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Are you a kid at heart looking to build a career with a leading global children’s toy, entertainment and digital gaming company?
At Spin Master, our unwavering commitment to open mindedness, integrity and innovation is a great part of what has made us an industry leader. How do we stay ahead of the pack? By hiring the best and brightest minds—and that’s why we want you!
Job Description:
What will you work on?
The Director, Mechanical & Prototype Engineering must possess a history of strong leadership, deep practical engineering knowledge and a proven track record for successful team building, resource development, timely project delivery, project metrics development, budget, cost and quality control for early and mid-stage product design and development. A successful candidate must be able to work effectively in collaborative global team environments and interface closely with engineering execution, inventor & ideation groups, brand, design, finance, and operations. Candidate will have the proven ability to closely collaborate with Asia manufacturing teams. The desired individual is someone who will be able to mentor and foster managers and individuals and bring knowledge and creativity to the position as well as having the discipline to drive results and champion new high-complexity product development processes and products.
How will you create impact?
You will provide technical direction and guidance, for all mechanical engineering and prototype development work on high-complexity or high-impact products, especially in the early stages of development from all Spin-Master Global Business/Product Units. Managing multiple teams which may be led by Managers or Leads. Owning short to mid-term (1-3 years) strategic development and execution, operational direction, career pathing, and vision for the department. Communicate business, strategic, and financial direction from Senior Directors and executives to functional teams; devise resourcing and operational plans to successfully execute. Develop technical content for executive leadership meetings with some guidance. Support with clear presentation of status and next steps. Recognizes and resolves conflict internally and externally. Ensure the optimal application of skill and engineering resources of team to meet product development and internal/external customer requirements. Ensure adaption and success of the updated product development process and metrics across all assigned projects. Advise GBUs on blue-sky ideation projects and assist with transitioning them to feasible consumer products. Provide mechanical, manufacturing, and fabrication direction to engineering and manufacturing teams with a focus on delivering high quality products and designs which are on-cost, on-time, and on-spec. Drive productivity/efficiency through continuous improvement and by implementing design for manufacturing/assembly up front
How will you fit into the team?
You will demonstrate team building and leadership skills. Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment. Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills. Ability to multi-task and prioritize competing demands. Demonstrates a “hands-on” team approach to solving problems. Ability to navigate the competing demands of multiple cross-functional organizations and teams. You will work with high-complexity and/or high-impact consumer products with focus on Mechanical, Manufacturing, and Prototyping success across different geographical locations and constraints.
What are your skills and experience?
10+ years of product engineering experience
5+ years of management experience
BS or MS Degree in Mechanical or Mechatronics Engineering
Toy or consumer goods experience preferred
Solid understanding of engineering technical issues/needs,
financials, sales and marketing as related to product design
and development
Track record of driving innovative, cost-effective, and quality
design solutions
Deep knowledge of multi-national manufacturing on a global
scale.
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What you can expect from us:
Our mission is to Make Life More Fun with a vision to push the boundaries of innovation, creativity, and fun.
Growth and Career Opportunities
Flexible Work Hours
Innovation, Collaboration and Fun
Comprehensive Benefits
Other fun Perks!
What’s it like to work here?
Spin Master is a fast-paced, hands-on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision-making; though our challenging start-up atmosphere isn’t for everyone, we have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results driven team.
Everyone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants.
Spin Master strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes. Should you require an accommodation, please contact our Talent Acquisition team, by email at (url removed) or by phone at (phone number removed) and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.
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We do appreciate all interest; however only those selected for interview will be contacted.
