Company:
NAPA Auto Parts
Location: Atlanta
Closing Date: 18/10/2024
Salary: £100 - £125 Per Annum
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
Position Summary
This position will support new product development projects and procurement tenders. The responsibility of this position is to provide engineering expertise in development, evaluation, analysis, and/or product engineering functions on aftermarket automotive parts distributed by NAPA.
Responsibilities
Product Evaluation
- Conduct product teardowns for should-cost modeling and provide inputs to cost modeling tool. Present findings and align within engineering peers on clean sheet should-cost models.
- Conduct product teardowns for competitive comparison and benchmarking in support for marketing collaterals.
- Conduct product analysis on product samples from different suppliers with the goal of managing risk for the business, customers and end-users and meeting customer requirements.
- Develop testing requirements for products, working with Suppliers, Industry experts, outside consulting agencies, Testing labs, engineers within GPC and independent research.
- Manage testing of products with Suppliers, third party agencies and internal labs.
- Develop NAPA standards per Brand tiers in accordance with the Category strategy. Translate product features as defined by Product Manager into engineering specification requirements.
- Support the New Product Introduction process in terms of reviewing Product Submission Warrants and ensuring that they meet the NAPA standards.
- Partner with suppliers to ensure on time execution of next products and programs.
- Assist with the onboarding of new product lines and data analysis of products.
- Assist in executing best in class Supplier and Product Quality program through data review and analysis.
- Ensure product quality standards are documented correctly and issues are escalated to the required parties.
- Help Support Product Quality Metrics including delivering YOY improvements across defective rates and return $ and %.
- Work with third parties and cross functional teams to compile quality information and audits.
- Support internal customer meetings, presentations, and Global Tender product category support of Sourcing and Merchandising team.
- Understand assigned product line and grow the ability to provide insight into the product line through existing product analysis.
- Analyze features and specifications of each product line to understand differences in parts and report information.
- Provide technical assistance to production and inspection areas at Suppliers, where required.
- Ensure timely and profitable execution of multiple projects simultaneously by applying best project management practices.
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline or similar
- Work experience of 2-4 years
- Experience in manufacturing and quality preferred
- Automotive Background is a plus, but not required
- Understanding & Knowledge of automotive systems
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Experience using various computer applications including Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and other applications in the Microsoft Office Suite
- Ability to work across all internal departments to drive projects to on-time completion.
- Highly motivated individual that has a strong drive for results; communicates effectively both in written and verbal communication formats.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Consumer/Customer centric thinking and problem solving skills.
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