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Our client in Northumberland is looking to appoint a Head of Project Support to join their team.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
"Leading a team of Approvals, Prototyping and Testing personnel (currently 7 Technicians / Engineers plus 1 student)
"Supporting all running new product development projects with R&D Services and resources
"Managing priorities and workloads to ensure deadlines are met
"Leading and coordinating small projects in conjunction with Sales and Marketing
"Achieving high level of performance on Approvals and Testing
"Process improvement - Approvals, globally
"Testing - enhanced level of quality and robustness in our approaches
"Developing all the people in the team
"Playing a key role in the leadership team of R&D UK (1 of 4 members, total staff in the department is 34).
Technical skills required
"Degree qualified.
"Experience of the new product development process, from concept to launch.
"Experience in manufacturing environments.
"Total Quality - preferable Six Sigma but not essential.
"People leadership experience - some experience important, but the potential to grow is essential.
Personal attributes required
"Must be an active team player
"Must be highly motivated and able to work on own initiative with limited supervision.
"Committed to achieving deadlines
"Tough and nice
"Global outlook.
"Leader - Empathy, Vision, Motivational,
"Works to get the job done, whatever is required
"WITSOTC
"Must be flexible and willing to work with all areas of the Company, especially Manufacturing, Quality and Marketing. Willing to take on a wide range of tasks, as required, to get the job done.
"Experience in a Total Quality environment.