Description de l'annonce:

Job Title: Technical Coordinator- Europe & North Africa

 Location: Tunis

 About Coats:

Coats is the world’s leading industrial thread company. At home in some 50 countries, Coats has a workforce of 17,000 people across six continents.

Coats’ pioneering history and innovative culture ensure the company leads the way around the world. It provides complementary and value added products, services and software solutions to the apparel and footwear industries. It applies innovative techniques to develop high technology Performance Materials threads, yarns and fabrics in areas such as Transportation, Telecommunications and Energy, and Personal Protection.

Headquartered in the UK, Coats is a FTSE 250 company, a constituent of the FTSE4Good Index Series, a participant in the UN Global Compact and a Network member of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.

 Role Purpose:

Lead and manage technical services, including seminars, training, customer trials, on-site technical support, innovations product introduction etc.

To be responsible for performance materials product and process developments in Performance Thread mainly; to ensure products performing as per customers’ expectations.

Be an interface between sales, manufacturing, quality and innovation teams to support profitable sales growth.

 Key Accountabilities:

·  Lead the engineering projects between manufacturing, quality,  innovation and commercial.

·  Lead the product validation process with the customer.

·  Take an active lead in supporting commercial resolving quality problems

·  Provide product quality, technology and process support to Performance Materials manufacturing

·  Track product complaint trends and determine need for Performance Materials product enhancement

·  Assist in global innovation product roll out. Interact with customers on quality and technology issues.

·  Design and lead Product Technical Training programs for sales force and customers

·  Support on product enhancement, leads for product development, superior products vs competition

·  Working with Quality function ensure that management of Critical to Product Quality Parameters is in line with global best practice.

Education, Qualifications and Experience:

(Essential)

·  Educated to degree level, preferably in Textiles

·  Knowing Sewing machines and having sewing skills 

·  A sound knowledge of textiles and terminology

·  Familiarity with the setup and maintenance of sewing machines

·  Understand automotive quality requirements

·  Min. 5 years of manufacturing or technical experience preferably in thread company.

·  Demonstrated ability to translate customer requirements into viable products.

·  Ability to organise, manage and prioritise workload

·  Proven ability to develop effective collaborative relationships at all levels within the organisation.

·  Excellent communication skills.

·  Fluent in English.

·  Travel through all of Europe 80% of time with particular focus on Turkey, Hungary, and Poland

(Desirable)

Automotive experience