Description
Since 1959, Bien-Air Dental SA has been one of the leaders in dental instrumentation. At the forefront of technology, we design, manufacture and distribute our own devices and accessories in more than 100 countries. Ingenuity, innovation and the quality of our products and services have placed us at the top of global markets. Currently, for our headquarters located in Biel, we are looking for a candidate for our "Research and Development" department:
MECHANICAL PRODUCT LINE MANAGER (M/F)
Mission:
- As Mechanical Product Line Manager, you oversee the product line throughout the entire development cycle, aiming to ensure technically controlled, competitive solutions that comply with industrial, regulatory and market requirements.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure the development and maintenance of the product line to meet customer needs while satisfying economic, industrial and regulatory requirements
- Develop, initiate and actively follow study requests and modification requests allowing continuous product improvement
- Based on specifications, manage allocated projects with budget tracking, profitability (ROI) and scheduling
- Organise, coordinate and unite multidisciplinary teams, while ensuring hierarchical responsibility and the development of the skills of product line staff
- Define technical solutions and supervise their design, from prototype development and certification to production transfer
- Actively contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and the resolution of technical issues related to production and market feedback
- Guarantee product compliance with regulatory and normative standards by ensuring documentation and technical coherence
- Monitor, capture and transfer new technologies into development projects
Skills:
- Engineering degree HES/EPF, ES technician or equivalent, with at least 3 years proven experience in a similar role
- Strong expertise in microtechnology and machine elements. Good knowledge of electric motors and plastics is an asset
- Proven experience in managing industrial projects, including budget management, meeting deadlines and coordinating multidisciplinary teams
- Knowledge of design tools as well as PLM and ERP programmes
- Comfortable in a highly regulated and quality-oriented environment, with expertise in continuous improvement and optimisation
- Natural leadership, excellent communication skills and interpersonal ease, both internally and externally
- Structured, rigorous and autonomous mindset, with a strong sense of organisation and teamwork
- Natural curiosity, pragmatic approach, synthesis skills and ability to propose solutions
- Good knowledge of technical English (any other language is an asset)
What we offer:
- A friendly and collaborative working environment within a human-sized team
- Varied technical challenges in an innovative context
- Great autonomy in your tasks and the possibility to contribute your ideas
- 5 weeks of holiday, with 2 additional weeks through daily catch-up
- Contribution to health insurance