Description
Major duties and responsibilities:
- Leads a team comprised of (20 to 30) employees and (50-70) contractors who create digital models which develop vehicle production programs as defined throughout the Global Vehicle Development Process, and advanced projects with focus on creativity and quick ideation
- Deliver criteria compliant math surface to enable engineering execution
- Provide leadership to ensure sculpting deliverables meet Design and Engineering’s quality and timing requirements
- Manage the working relationship with multiple regions and studios to create an overall balanced workplace culture, while optimizing resource allocation across all customers of Global Design
- Integrates teams: Engineering, Manufacturing, Design and Program while driving execution of GVDP deliverables
- Ensures a skilled, capable workforce. Leads recruitment and creates hiring strategies and talent attraction. Constructs a retention plan for the organization. Provides career development for all sculptors and identifies individuals with people leader or tech lead potential
- Sets and develops strategic direction for team technical growth, methods, tools and expectations
- Ensures digital sculptors are adhering to the PDM, glidepath, Sculpting Scorecard and Global Math Modeling Standards
- Build strong connections into Global Design Sculpting Organization
Additional Description
Qualifications:
- Thorough knowledge of Engineering/Design criteria and solutions to achieve a balanced result meeting aesthetic expectations and requirements
- Thorough knowledge of Design Center specific GVDP processes, deliverables, corporate data management and communication systems
- Knowledge of current trends in design, technology, production methods and materials
- Expertise in digital modeling techniques and processes
- Leadership Skills: Strategic Orientation, Results Orientation, Change Leadership, Collaborating and Influencing, Team Leadership, and People Development
- Comfortable dealing with ambiguity, paradox and risk
- Ability to provide coordination, advice, collaboration in a non-threatening, tactful way
- Ability to speak English/Chinese fluently, good communication skills both oral and written
Experience/Educations
- Bachelor’s degree for Automotive Design, Industrial Design or etc.,
- 8+ years digital sculpting experience, ideally leading programs
- 3+ years of experience managing a sculpting team handling multiple programs
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