Product Development Manager - Fluid Handling Solutions

Continental - Mount Pleasant, SC

Full-time - Senior

Mount Pleasant, SC

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The Product Development Manager for Fluid Handling Solutions at Continental is responsible for leading the development of innovative products related to industrial textile and steel reinforced hoses. This role involves coordinating the prototype building process, supporting supplier development, and ensuring successful product launches while managing a team and fostering collaboration across various departments.

Responsibilities

• Develop new and innovative Fluid Handling Solutions for industrial textile and steel reinforced hoses and assemblies.
• Coordinate sample and prototype building process, including documentation.
• Support the local supplier development process (Product Evaluation).
• Lead Fluid Handling Product Development projects for textile and steel reinforced hoses.
• Provide support to other functions & departments as a Product Development team member.
• Exchange know-how throughout regional and global locations.
• Support global standardization and consolidation of product specifications.
• Ensure project plans are defined to reach the Product Development project targets.
• Regularly review status of projects for timeliness and completion of requirements.
• Assess product requests from PLC with feasibility studies.
• Support Application Engineering, PPI, Operations, and Quality departments to satisfy PLC requirements.
• Work with PPI to ensure a successful product launch and stable production process.
• Coordinate with controller for cost calculations.
• Evaluate processability, sample production scrap rate, and sample quality.
• Support localization activities (materials-R&D and processes-PPI).
• Define DFMEA and product DVP to meet the project requirement book and develop test plans and procedures.
• Define procedures for requalification plan (audit plan).
• Work with Technology and Purchasing to define specifications and test procedures for raw material suppliers.
• Assist in the development of new alternative material suppliers.
• Define necessary new test methods to check product quality.
• Organize the prototype testing by labs.
• Evaluate the test results, documentation of test results for discussion with application engineering and/or customer.
• Benchmark testing of competitive product.
• Inspire people considering Continental's leadership philosophy and OneContiTech.
• Develop and implement training and qualification plans to ensure expertise and know-how of staff in the area of testing and measuring.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering.
• 7+ years relevant experience.
• Previous experience with hose products.
• Experience in the development of technical products.
• Previous leadership experience.
• Ability to manage direct reports assigned to multiple locations.