Business Unit Manager

**Business Unit Manager**

Location: Tillsonburg, ON
**Why Join Marwood**
**_Who We are_**:

- Marwood International Inc. is a full service, **award-winning**, Tier I and 2 automotive OEM structural components and modular assembly supplier, that focuses on waste elimination and light-weighting initiatives from prototypes to full volume products to end of life service parts **throughout Canada, US and Japan**.
- Marwood is also a well-established **Canadian owned** manufacturing company which have been in the industry for **30+** years
- We are community oriented, and focused on health and wellness.

**_We are happy to have you join our team_**
**_We offer_**_: _
- Competitive Pay **plus** premiums
- **GREAT benefits and Perks**: dental, medical and vision coverage, as well as outstanding pension plan and more
- Also, company provided uniforms

**Your Role and Responsibilities**
**_Responsibilities: _**
- Understands and works within the Marwood operational system and procedures
- Direct the activities of the Operational/Advance Teams and Gate 2 (F0337) assigned cross functional Team Members.
- Be part of a single point contact team with Marwood Sales for all Customers within respective Business Unit.
- Be an active participant with other Marwood Divisional Team Members in all estimating & quoting activity for respective Business Unit/Customer, including providing strategic level and lesson learned input on the program/product.
- Be an active participant with other Marwood Divisional Team Members in building and presenting all Business Unit/Customer technical reviews.
- Responsible for maintaining and updating Marwood Form 0306 (Marwood MCM) post Gate 2
- Be an active participant in all Phase 1 Gate 2 activity (F0337)
- Be a champion of all Phase 3 Gate 5 activity (F0337)
- Responsible for working with other Marwood Divisional Team Members in gathering and providing all necessary Commercial impact information to Marwood Sales for any Program/Product changes post Gate 2. Marwood Sales to complete final review and either send back to the Business Unit Manager for further clarification or submit to the Business Unit/Customer.
- Oversees continuous improvement and IATF 16949 standards for conformance and accuracy.
- Develop and communicate a vision, establishing strategies, and expectation levels for supporting operations.
- Attract new customers, promote business, support day-to-day activities with supporting manufacturing operations and perform other tasks that would increase success of the business unit.
- Set up and manage customer's profile and develop potential customers.
- Creative product development utilizing existing process capabilities as well as assessing new product/process offerings that may justify further capital investment.
- Revitalize relationships with current and past Marwood customers.
- Evaluate and manage ECN Cost Summary Binders and associated initial cost package information for Marwood Executive & Costing Team Review. Focus on providing actual data with a goal of achieving a minimum gross margin standard across the program.
- Maintain/update all program matrixes, and report to management of current status and or effectiveness via weekly APQP meetings.
- Champion and/or active participant of all internal and customer driven PCR's & ECR's associated with any program/product connected to assigned Business Unit/Customer.
- Have/hold internal and customer driven engineering, or program driven meetings
- Active participant in vetting RFQ/SOR for new quotes
- Support/drive or initiate improvement plans and/or kaizen activities for new/existing product or processes.
- Review and approve Marwood Standard Documents where assigned.
- Review and approve Marwood Purchase Orders where assigned.
- Work collaboratively with other Marwood Divisional Team Members on achieving full PPAP status at the external customer while ensuring a robust & capable process is provided to the Plant/Division Managers.
- Work collaboratively with other Marwood Divisional Team Members to ensure all applicable pre-production requests are completed in an accurate and timely manner via the Plex (ERP) Request Management System module.
- Champion any Miscellaneous, Prototype, Trial, ECR, and/or Tooling Accounting Jobs in Plex (ERP) as assigned.
- Provide cross functional support as assigned.
- All other duties as assigned.
- Support Business Development Team on providing any Supply Chain & Procurement Division relevant information for Customer Technical Reviews.
- All other relevant duties as assigned.

**_Skills /Capabilities: _**
- Proven ability to manage and deal with customer(s) including negotiations, problem resolution, relationship building.
- Strong work ethic and positive team attitude.
- Sound analytical thinking, planning, prioritization, and execution skills.
- A well-defined sense of diplomacy, including solid negotiation, conflict resolution, and people management skills.
- Able to effectively communicate bo