Chief Manufacturing Officer

Skills at this level

Manufacturing Process Development

— Develops manufacturing processes by studying product requirements, researching and validating testing methods, and conferring with equipment vendors to qualify production methods before volume ramp.

Lean Manufacturing

— Applies Lean concepts to systematically reduce waste and maximize efficiency across production lines, assuring the highest-quality and least-costly manufacturing processes.

Producibility and Design-for-Manufacture

— Works with product and industrial designers to refine designs so they can be built more easily and cheaply, increasing producibility and decreasing per-unit cost before designs are frozen.

Manufacturing Problem Investigation

— Troubleshoots new or existing product problems arising from designs, materials, or processes and resolves operational problems such as material-use variances and line bottlenecks.

Statistical and Analytical Process Improvement

— Uses mathematics and statistics to model, evaluate, and improve manufacturing processes, applying advanced process-improvement and statistical tools to complex production problems.

Engineering Science and Technology Application

— Applies engineering principles, techniques, and equipment to the production of goods, drawing on knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and machines and tools.

Manufacturing Capital and Automation Strategy

— Directs investment decisions on line technology, tooling, and automation, weighing payback, risk, and scalability of new manufacturing capability across sites.

Multi-Site Manufacturing Standardization

— Standardizes process-development, Lean, and statistical process-control practice across multiple plants so producibility and cost improvements scale consistently enterprise-wide.

Engineering Talent Development and Mentorship

— Coaches, mentors, and reviews the work of engineers and technicians, building the pipeline of engineering leaders and reviewing the work of lower-level specialists.

Manufacturing Technology Strategy

— Sets the long-horizon roadmap for advanced Lean/agile manufacturing and digitized process control that positions enterprise cost and quality competitiveness.