NPI Engineering Supervisor
Employer · Nilfisk
Production engineer
Production manager
Production supervisorFull-timeNagykanizsa
At Nilfisk, we are looking for an NPI Engineering Supervisor to play a key role in bringing new products successfully into production at our Nagykanizsa facility. In this role, you will lead the small team of our new product introduction area while you will also be responsible for NPI projects.
Tasks
- Lead the team of Engineering Change Management team and NPI Engineers (team of 6)
- Lead manufacturing-related activities within New Product Introduction (NPI) projects
- Represent the Nagykanizsa plant in global project core teams
- Develop and drive industrialisation project plans, milestones and launch activities
- Coordinate cross-functional collaboration across Engineering, Production, R&D, Product Management, Quality, Planning and Procurement, ECN team
- Ensure manufacturing processes, equipment, tooling, documentation, capacity and resources are ready for launch
- Define manufacturing concepts, process flows, layouts and production strategies
- Lead prototype and pilot builds, production trials and readiness reviews
- Proactively identify industrialisation risks and drive mitigation actions
- Coordinate problem-solving, root cause analysis and preventive actions during pilot and launch phases
- Support master data and change management activities related to new product implementation
- Drive Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) principles
- Promote Lean Manufacturing, continuous improvement and operational excellence
- Capture lessons learned and help continuously improve NPI processes, standards and ways of working
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management, Business Administration or a related field
- Experience in project management and leadership experience within a manufacturing or production environment
- Experience supporting or leading successful product launches
- Experience coordinating cross-functional projects and stakeholders
- Strong communication, organisational and problem-solving skills
- Fluency in Hungarian and English
- Confident knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; Microsoft Project and SAP experience is an advantage
- A proactive, collaborative approach and a continuous improvement mindset