Director, Manufacturing Engineering
Functional leader
Career Explorer · Procurement, Supply Chain & Manufacturing · Manufacturing Engineering Management
Standard where organizational scale supports the level
What the role involves
- Autonomy
- Department / major product or regional function
- Scope
- Department / major product or regional function
- Time horizon
- 1-2 years
- Expertise and judgement
- Sets functional strategy, operating model and investment priorities
- Expected impact
- Department/business outcomes
Expected skills (24)
Grouped as human, professional and technical. Target proficiency uses the P1–P5 scale, and each row says what that level means for that particular skill.
Human (13)
| Skill | Importance | Target | What that level looks like |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coaching Collaboration & Leadership | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Decision making Thinking & Judgment | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Delegation Collaboration & Leadership | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Executive communication Communication & Influence | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Feedback delivery Collaboration & Leadership | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Risk judgment Thinking & Judgment | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Stakeholder management Communication & Influence | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Strategic thinking Thinking & Judgment | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Talent development Collaboration & Leadership | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Conflict resolution Communication & Influence | Supporting | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Inclusive leadership Collaboration & Leadership | Supporting | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Quality mindset Operational Human Skills | Supporting | P4 | Models and institutionalizes Quality mindset across teams. |
| Safety-first judgment Operational Human Skills | Supporting | P4 | Models and institutionalizes Safety-first judgment across teams. |
Professional (7)
| Skill | Importance | Target | What that level looks like |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business acumen Business & Strategy | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Financial acumen Business & Strategy | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Performance management Business & Strategy | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Lean manufacturing Operational Excellence | Supporting | P4 | Sets cross-team standards and governance for Lean manufacturing, integrating risk, metrics and stakeholder needs. |
| Operational excellence systems Operational Excellence | Supporting | P4 | Sets cross-team standards and governance for Operational excellence systems, integrating risk, metrics and stakeholder needs. |
| Resource management Program, Risk & Sustainability | Supporting | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Standard work Operational Excellence | Supporting | P4 | Sets cross-team standards and governance for Standard work, integrating risk, metrics and stakeholder needs. |
Technical (4)
| Skill | Importance | Target | What that level looks like |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill of Materials (BOM) Manufacturing Systems & Automation | Supporting | P4 | Designs standards/approaches for Bill of Materials (BOM), leads cross-team implementation and mentors practitioners. |
| Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) Manufacturing Systems & Automation | Supporting | P4 | Designs standards/approaches for Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), leads cross-team implementation and mentors practitioners. |
| New Product Introduction (NPI) Advanced Manufacturing | Supporting | P4 | Designs standards/approaches for New Product Introduction (NPI), leads cross-team implementation and mentors practitioners. |
| Technology transfer Advanced Manufacturing | Supporting | P4 | Designs standards/approaches for Technology transfer, leads cross-team implementation and mentors practitioners. |
Career ladder
Reached from
Next steps
- Senior Director, Manufacturing EngineeringM4Management promotion
Move from department leadership to large multi-portfolio leadership; integrate functions, influence enterprise decisions and strengthen the leadership pipeline.
What changes to advance
Move from department leadership to large multi-portfolio leadership; integrate functions, influence enterprise decisions and strengthen the leadership pipeline.
Source: PROCOMER FTZ benchmark; SFIA; PMI · MF354-M3