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Zodiac Pool Systems Program Manager in Atlanta, Georgia
Program Manager
Engineering Atlanta, Georgia
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Description
Fluidra is seeking a Program Manager to join our team at our Value Improvement Office and Lab in Atlanta, GA.
WHAT YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE
The ideal candidate will be a Program Manager with exceptional organization and communication experience, managing different project timelines and diverse engineering knowledge in a fast-paced team environment. This position will have responsibilities across a full range of pool products and equipment, and across our global regions. This is not an IoT or IT related position.
The role of the Program Manager will be to contribute to optimize our products, to make them more efficient and to better use the natural resources. Primary responsibility will be to coordinate the idea generation events with the Global Regions and VI Teams and to document every phase of the process from ideas presentation to approved projects with realistic potential savings; to benchmark similar products and to identify value improvement opportunities that in turn, can become projects related to any of our products, globally .
In this role, you will be joining an international company as a member of the Global VI DtV team. You will work side-by-side with engineers, sourcing specialists, purchasing people and manufacturing sites to identify Value Improvement opportunities. You will be able to learn from our product specialists and apply your knowledge and experience to make a difference. At the same time, you will build yourself an inspiring international career with a company that believes in giving its employees the challenges and opportunities they need to grow professionally and personally. A dditionally, you will:
Work with VI DtV Team and Global Regions to define ours and competitors’ products for every teardown, to generate and document all ideas and to facilitate the information to review each of them at the Product Conventions.
Work with VI DtV Team and the VI Teams in APAC, EMEA and NA to perform purposeful product teardowns, should cost analysis, ideas creation and project management.
Work with the Global VI DtV Director; as well as the VI Teams in APAC, EMEA and NA to ensure the teardowns are consistently executed, to coordinate the logistics of the products being analyzed and to make sure that all ideas are captured and sized accurately.
Become the key member of the VI DtV Global engineering Team to provide with accurate information that could translate into projects for every product and VI Team in APAC, EMEA and NA.
Develop and document teardown analysis for every product based on the Quarterly teardown plan developed for all Fluidra Regions and Products.
Analyze Fluidra products to understand how they work and how the different functions can be done in a simpler and more cost-effective way.
WHAT WE SEEK
5 or more years as Project Manager, Project Engineer, or Continuous Improvement Engineer.
A team player with good interpersonal skills, who is self-motivated
Exceptional meeting facilitation skills and public speaking remotely and in person.
Flexibility to travel around 20% domestically and internationally.
Ability to work independently and as a team member.
Ability to clearly communicate and to present with impact and clarity.
Proven track record of accomplished projects with increasing responsibilities.
A background in pool products is a plus.
Engineering background with e xtensive knowledge of various types of mechanical and electro-mechanical components and their use in product designs.
Knowledge of plastics, metals, electrical and electronic manufacturing processes; as well as electro-mechanical assemblies .
Design experience focusing on Value Analysis / Value Improvement of consumer products is also desirable.
Analytical, flexible, and able to work on multiple tasks simultaneously.
EDUCATION
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering . Mechanical, Industrial or Electro-Mechanical Engineering or similar field
Advanced degrees are preferred .
WHAT WE OFFER
An exciting opportunity to dive in and begin your career with a company that offers a competitive total rewards package that includes:
9/80 work week schedule (EVERY OTHER FRIDAY OFF!)
3 weeks of paid vacation
11 paid Holidays
Full range of health benefits including medical, dental & vision, short & long-term disability
401(K) matching (100% of first 3% contributed, 50% of the next 2%)
Health and wellness programs / gym reimbursement
Educational assistance up to $7,000 per year
Company sponsored FUN events!
Generous product discounts
WHO WE ARE
Fluidra is a publicly listed company focused on developing innovative products, services and IoT solutions for the residential, commercial and wellness pool markets, globally. The company operates in over 45 countries, has over 7,000 employees and owns a portfolio of some of the industry’s most recognized and trusted brands : Polaris®, Jandy®, CMP, S.R. Smith, and Zodiac®. We also sell products under the Cover‐Pools®, iAquaLink ®, Grand Effects®, Dell® and Nature2® names. With these combined resources we’re able accelerate innovation in critical areas like energy-efficiency, robotics and the Internet of Things.
Our focus is on creating the perfect pool and wellness experience responsibly. We take our mission to heart, and our employees embody these guiding principles in everything we do: passion for success, honesty & trust, customer collaboration, teamwork and inclusion, learn and adapt, excellence and innovation.
Don't meet every single requirement listed? At Fluidra, we thrive on building an inclusive workspace, so if you are excited about this role and your past experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyways! You may be just the right candidate for this role or another role in the organization. Fluidra is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Fluidra recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, or any legally protected characteristic.