Purpose of the RoleThe primary purpose is to oversee and manage the production process, ensuring that products are manufactured efficiently, meet quality standards, and are delivered on time and within budget, by planning, scheduling, coordinating, and organizing various production activities and resources. Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities:Product LaunchCollaborate with Sales, Marketing, and Activation teams to define scope and client expectations and work to develop product designs that are within estimated budget, meets client expectations and fits with our chosen manufacturing partner’s core capabilities. In addition, attention to the ease of installation shall be considered with all designs.Collaborate with Design Engineers to document the design concepts for manufacturing.Work with suppliers to complete first article launch. Travel to manufacturing location to review and approve first articles. Track all changes required and document the change process and completion dates. Ensure manufacturing processes are per Principle standard and are developed to reduce the risk of production failure causing warranty. Including, but not limited to the development of packaging, tooling and set-up design, supplier’s quality processes, and general manufacturing processes.Collaborate with Design Engineers to update design documentation per first article approval process.Perform periodic quality checks at the plant as product rollout commences.Installation training shall be done as the first sites are installed to ensure the installation companies are performing their duties to our expectations.Value EngineeringBring value engineering ideas to the table and work with the manufacturing partners to solidify cost reductions and the required design changes within assigned accounts.Collaborate with the operations team to get approval to proceed with the proposed VE opportunities.Collaborate with Design Engineers to implement approved value engineering ideas.Warranty reductionOwn warranty costs per assigned accounts.Look for opportunities to improve products, processes or supply chain to reduce warranty costs.Bid and QuoteAid the process as directed to help the business continue building our customer base, product offerings and revenue. Primarily through the specification and development of pre-sale signage for competitive bid purposes with suppliers that are selected by the Production Engineer.Specification development as neededAct as technical liaison to answer supplier questions as they ariseCustom SignageConduct periodic meetings with project managers to access and identify custom signage requirements on upcoming orders. Perform gap analysis and offer direction on what steps the project managers need to take to obtain needed information for Design Engineering. Ensure production of custom signage is per the Principle specifications and quality requirements.