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Manage multiple products within the refrigerated systems product lines.Developed product requirement specifications and business case information for new products and communicate requirements to the NPD project team utilizing the New Product Development Process.Develop marketing collateral for refrigerated systems such as promotional material, value propositions and customer presentations.Develop a tool for sales to generate product comparisons that show the value of Hussmann products over competitive productsAssist in the development of long rang plans and product road maps.

Lead the Thermodynamic domain function, including product development teams, prototyping and existing product support.Design and develop products using the New Product Development Processes to realize product plan objectives as communicated by the principle engineers and product management specifications.Work with the testing and reliability group to ensure products are developed in accordance with the product development process.Ensure that all new products are developed within cost and performance specifications, all products conform to local and regional safety standards and regulatory requirements and provide all necessary engineering documentation.Coordinate product design and development projects with the Lead Engineers of the other domains, and provide guidance on complex engineering situations and problems within the area of thermodynamics.

Project manager responsible for achieving over $600,000 in VA/VE cost savings for 2007.Designed and developed refrigeration systems from initial concepts to full production release.Responsible for developing the project plans, creating accurate BOMs, maintenance of the ERP system, complete drawing packages and all documentation related to the products.Worked with cross-functional partners (e.g. marketing, manufacturing, and application engineering) to ensure the projects meet internal and external customer expectations.Responsible for ensuring projects are completed on time and within the expected cost targets from marketing.

Team Leader of design engineering for the Port-A-Pak product, which consists of directing the group to meet its day-to-day production requirements as well as achieve its long-term goals.Balancing group workloads, programming of the BOM, and day-to-day production and quoting of the Port-A-Pak product line.Achieving bill of material accuracy, implementation of Solid Edge to replace AutoCAD in the design-engineering group, and seeking process improvements to reduce engineering time required for quoting and production.Maintaining the lean manufacturing processes within the Port-A-Pak department.