Senior Engineer - La Porte, IN

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Company Description: The client company is a leading, global manufacturer and supplier of orthodontic products and services. The company is privately owned and has been in business for over seventy years.

Vision statement: The company wishes to significantly increase its share of market and become the preferred supplier for a broad range of products. In order to achieve this goal, the company needs to refresh its brand image and approach the market with new positioning. It also needs to establish a compelling value proposition, since many of its competitors have sold a full line of products for a longer period of time. Brand differentiation is more difficult as a commodity environment is evolving. Product innovation has been a key to staking out a unique position in the marketplace. Over the past fifteen years, many new techniques and appliances have been introduced by competitors. Despite introducing many product enhancements, their image remains aligned with priority brand products that make them very successful today as in the past, however a need to expand brand awareness is desired to reach more of the market.

General scope of work: This position will lead the team in the design, development, and testing of new products. This includes managing an integrated team of product development engineers and quality control personnel in developing new products that have significant market expansion potential.

In general this person will:
· Direct new product development
· Monitor and upgrade testing procedures
· Direct materials research
· Develop new processes and upgrade existing ones
· Direct personnel development

Education requirements: All engineering disciplines and degrees could be applicable. Ph.D. level is encouraged.

Skills required: A thorough knowledge of materials including polymers, plastics, adhesives, and metals. An ability to communicate and manage peers and subordinates effectively.

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Critical questions a candidate must be able to answer and prove from experience:

1. Please provide a description of your current job responsibilities.

2. Please describe the most important accomplishment you achieved with your current employer.

3. Please describe your most important accomplishment in the field of orthodontics.

4. Please describe the biggest challenge you have had to overcome in order to achieve your goals. What was the outcome?

5. Explain how you would launch a major project that appears, at first, divergent from the company's core product.

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E-mail resume to: michaelm@themorleygroup.com