Value Engineering Technical Manager

Value Engineering Technical Manager

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Who We Are:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work.

We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today's complex world.

Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what's next.

We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here.

We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs.

We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you.

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Job Description:

This position interacts directly with HPE Engineering and Supply Chain Operations and close collaboration with all HPE manufacturing partners ( ODMs/CMs) in the EMEA and APAC regions.

Leads V alue E ngineering (VE) initiatives across manufacturing partner site s and product line s , identifying design, materials, and process opportunities to reduce total product cost s and improve manufacturability, quality, without compromising product performance or reliability .

Collaborates with Manufacturing Partners (ODMs and CMs) , R&D, Sustaining Engineering , quality, Commodity Management, and production teams to drive continuous Sustaining Product cost- optimization, Supply continuity, and Field Customer Support through our Quality & Sustaining Engineering team.

Responsibilities:

Accountable for results of a major category, supply chain, product line or program in terms of strategy, costcost savings, direction and people management.



* The interaction includes material customer escalation support activity, multi-sourcing, cost reduction, and activities supporting supply assurance and stability.


* Lead s product and component level VE cost savings projects and workshops a cross ODMs and CMs


* Review s product data BOMs, Design to identify part reduction, material substitution, and , where possible, process modifications for cost-reduction opportunities


* Engages throughout the entire product life cycle to influence multi-sourcing, supply continuity and optimized cost s at the design stage


* Work with ODM and CM p artners, d evelop s VE proposals with cost-benefit analys i s, ROI, and risk assessments to SCO & engineering leadership


* Collaborate s with product design, procurement, quality, and production engineering (HPE and Partners) to implement approved cost-reduction changes


* Track s and report VE/cost-out savings against targets, project budgets


* Maintain database of VE ideas, to be c ost models, and lessons learned across product families


* Mentor s VE Program Managers on methodology , DFM/DFA, and life-cycle costing improveme...