Product Development Manager

ALPLA - McDonough, GA

Full-time - Mid Level

McDonough, GA

Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing

About the position

The Product Development Manager at ALPLA Group is responsible for managing product development projects with minimal supervision, ensuring timely delivery to production while adhering to budget and quality requirements. This role involves coordinating activities from design to production, addressing customer needs, and maintaining effective communication among stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage product development projects with minor supervision and mentoring from senior staff.
• Coordinate activities during the development phase through customer approval.
• Deliver projects to production on time, within budget, and to quality requirements.
• Develop and maintain project timelines and track budgets.
• Communicate effectively among project resources and stakeholders.
• Translate customer requirements into actionable plans.
• Manage project planning, including Gantt charts and scheduling constraints.
• Address customer complaints, concerns, or requests throughout the project lifecycle.
• Hold regular meetings to ensure projects are on time and within budget.
• Coordinate design activities between customers and internal design teams.
• Document key project information and follow established procedures for project execution.
• Maintain costs on projects and manage health, safety, and legal requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, preferably in Packaging, Mechanical, or Plastics Engineering.
• Three years of project management experience, preferably within the plastics industry.
• Technical knowledge of HDPE, PP, and PET resins.
• Understanding of mold and design construction.
• Knowledge of blow molding principles and related machines.
• Ability to apply and assess SPC/statistics/Quality charts/Six Sigma principles.
• Understanding of customer filling lines and packaging systems.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in the plastics industry.
• Familiarity with bottle testing and conducting dimensional evaluations.

Benefits

• Health and Wellness Care Program
• Child Care Benefits
• Dependent Care Cost Savings Program
• Recognition programs; Promotional opportunities
• 401K Retirement Plan and excellent Matching Plan
• Medical, dental, vision plan
• Education assistance program/tuition reimbursement
• Short term, long term and life insurance paid by ALPLA
• Paid vacation; paid holidays