Head of Electrical Engineering (NPD)
If you’re looking for a progressive and rewarding career and you thrive in a fast-paced, fun and team-orientated environment, then look no further!
Overview of Vax:
Our heritage-rich, expert-led business has always had the same goal: to prioritize innovation and to design easy-to-use products that seamlessly integrate into our customers' lives, offering reliable, quick solutions to cleaning homes, whatever the mess.
Vax has forged its reputation as a brand that focuses on the needs of its customers. Our culture of innovation is at the heart of everything we do and we work hard to constantly think of new ways to improve our products, ensuring that we deliver premium quality products for our customers.
Head of Electrical Engineering
Global Floorcare, part of TTI, is home to two iconic floorcare brands: Vax and Hoover.
Together, we combine decades ofexpertisewith a passion for innovation, creating products that make cleaning faster,easierand more effective for millions of customers around the world.
Our success is built on understanding the needs of consumers and continuously pushing the boundaries ofwhat'spossible in floorcare. Backed by the scale and strength of a global business, we are committed to developing high-quality, innovative solutions that deliver exceptional performance and help people care for their homes with confidence.
We'relooking for a Head of Electrical Engineering who can inspire and develop a high-performing electronics engineering team while shaping the technical direction across multiple products and programmes.You'llbe responsible fordelivering innovative solutions that align with businessobjectives, ensuring teams consistently achieve project goals while meeting cost, performance, and schedule targets.
You'llcoach and develop engineers into future technical leaders, proactivelyidentifyand mitigate risks, and foster a culture of collaboration by promoting best design practices and knowledge sharing across the organisation.
Responsibilities:
Team Leadership: Effectively manage the electronics team to deliver onproject goals across multiple products
Technical Direction: Direct and review work across multiple projects,teaching others to evaluate designs and determine analysis needs
Coaching & Mentorship: Coach and mentor engineers through riskassessment, management, and technical communication
Innovation Culture: Foster a team that delivers product innovation andproposes new ideas with strong business fit
Organizational Leadership: Build leaders within the org and managecomplex programs to achieve cost, performance, and schedule
What we need from you:
Communicates effectively across the BU and up to VP/SVPlevel, simplifying complex technical topics
Wholistic mastery of the Advanced or NPD (Vigor) process andconverge at a Project Leader level
Frames technical tradeoff discussions and coaches others ontechnical and project communication
Effective resource planning with the ability to realign teamsto urgencies and pitfalls
Very knowledgeable of customer needs across all products inthe category
Vax is made up of people who have a shared understanding of our mission and vision. Our values define who we are and what we stand for;
Trust - We’re experts and everything we do is based on brilliant knowledge.
Honesty - Our commitment to doing the right means we are always open and transparent.
Resilience - For decades, we have embraced change and been agile in what we do. We aren’t easily discouraged.
Innovation - We’re curious and explore opportunities, innovating to benefit our customers and business.
Valued - We are better when each of us feels included and respected for who we are and what we contribute.
Energy - We are positive thinkers, excited about what we do.