The R&D Project Manager is an influential and visible part of the Materials R&D department with responsibility for providing hands-on project management experience and leadership to develop new products through commercial launch, and support existing products within the Inkjet & Visual Workplace Safety (VWS) business. This individual will also provide mentorship to junior R&D staff. Technical areas of focus will be in inkjet ink technology, functional coatings, pressure sensitive adhesives, print on demand technologies, floor tapes, and other associated technologies.
Preferred Qualifications- Leads and supervises research projects that deliver business results
- Lead and supervise corrective actions to supply chain disruptions and other tasks needed to sustain launched products.
- Leads various project activities through a defined Stage Gate process
- Manages projects including developing scope, goals, budget, timelines, and business case
- Builds comprehensive and global plans for meaningful projects that meet customer needs
- Works within and or leads multiple cross functional teams to enable new product development
- Collaborates constructively and communicates effectively with all business functions
- Coordinates with site manufacturing, test engineers, and Global Product Managers to complete strategic initiatives
- Understands process capability and variability, design selection criteria, structure property relationships, knowledge management, risk management, and intellectual property fundamentals
- Assures and validates proper documentation of responsible technical and experimental activities
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What We Do
Brady Corporation is an international manufacturer and marketer of complete solutions that identify and protect people, products and places. Brady’s products help customers increase safety, security, productivity and performance and include high-performance labels, signs, safety devices, printing systems and software.
Founded in 1914, the Company has a diverse customer base in electronics, telecommunications, manufacturing, electrical, construction, medical, aerospace and a variety of other industries.
Brady is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and as of July 31, 2021, employed approximately 5,700 people in its worldwide businesses. Brady’s fiscal 2021 sales were approximately $1.14 billion. Brady stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BRC. More information is available on the Internet at www.bradycorp.com.
