Responsible for reviewing and identifying market technical needs.
•Standardisation, identifying standard products
•Analysis of trends. (e.g. HP/HT, Large Bore etc.)
•Benchmark costs for standard product.
•Review of valve performance requirements verification methods and specification development.
Responsible for benchmarking our competitors and industry requirements:
•Define technical strengths and weaknesses (e.g. Matrix and Parametric analysis).
•Review if ITT’s.
•Identification of technical gaps.
•Segmentation of market by technical capability i.e. who will be the strongest in which market.
•Define capability trends
•Define specification developments e.g. API PR3.

Responsible for cost out initiatives
• Review and implement value engineering opportunities
• Drive the use of LCC engineering, sourcing and manufacture.
• Drive use of lean processes.

Responsible for NPI, PLE project definition, support and management relating to Subsea Valves.
• Define PLE / NPI needs and opportunities.
• Define and prepare toll gate review documentation for NPI / PLE investments.
• Manage ongoing programs.
• Encourage new ideas and break the mould.
• Monitor and review product adjacencies.

The role must interface with the Customer, Functional Teams and senior management team as required to ensure that the market, opportunity identification and risk assurance programs are planned, facilitated, and executed. The role will drive subsea valve product of tomorrow.

1. Quality, Health Safety and Environmental – Leadership

Implement HSE policies and procedures in all activities. Provide leadership and accountability in the execution of these activities. Develop a safety strategy for subsea valve product line as part of the MGPP.

2. Leadership

The candidate will be required to have strong leadership skills to develop and communicate a multi functional project, lead cross functional teams, developing specific action plans for business implementation and improvement.

3. Marketing

Work with Marketing to identify size and shape of the targeted markets. Identify strengths and weakness versus competitors. Identify market opportunities and work with marketing to develop the appropriate communications internal and external. Develop specific new product introduction strategies

4. Customer Interface

Participate in meetings with clients and provide feedback as required to support our product strategies. Be prepared to identify and justify mitigating actions to achieve growth plans.

5. Personnel Development

Provide leadership in the application of engineering and operational procedures to ensure that they are seen as fundamental in our activities. Act as a mentor for younger staff as required : -
• Monitoring, and counseling on their activities
• Ensure they understand regulatory requirements relative to designs
• Provide / support training of staff based upon technical expertise.

Principle Accountabilities

1. Ensure compliance with Company Policies and Procedures, maintains focus on Strategic Objectives.
2. Provide accurate and validated progress reports either directly or through direct reports as required by assigned tasks. The effectiveness should be measured through the product group metrics, own KPI’s, e.g. Budget vs plan, ROI, orders, revenue, margins, Say /Do ratios., etc.
3. Deliver on time and within budget the agreed metrics.

Dimensions

• Business Strategies up to $ 500M+
• Small teams up to 5 –10 persons
• Interfaces with Regional Management, EPC Project Management

4. Teamwork
Demonstrates good team working abilities and should be able to arrange and manage events which involve various teams, including staff reporting directly. Provide leadership and manage interfaces as required to deliver objectives. Clear and considered communication with the functional organization is key.

5. Customer focus

The ability to maintain customer focus on both internal and external customers is required. Good customer relationships are to be maintained to enable good feedback and input into product strategy and future developments. Close working relationship with the marketing department is required.