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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates extensive experience in automation, robotics, and applied AI within global supply chain environments, with a strong focus on leading technical teams and managing vendor relationships. Proven ability to drive process improvement and implement automation solutions that enhance operational efficiency and reliability.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Automation Engineering LeadershipRobotics and Industrial Automation ControlsVendor Contract and SLA ManagementAI and Machine Learning ImplementationProcess Improvement and Lean Discipline
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Hard Skills
Automation EngineeringRoboticsAI GradingMachine Vision SystemsPredictive MaintenanceRobotic Process ControlCapital Equipment PlanningHardware/Software IntegrationPerformance ManagementData Foundations
Soft Skills
Cross-Cultural LeadershipStakeholder ManagementClear CommunicationPeople LeadershipOrganizational Change Leadership
Certifications & Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
Industry Keywords
Supply ChainManufacturing AutomationHigh-Volume OperationsContinuous ImprovementMulti-Site Operations
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Own the automation, robotics, and applied-AI roadmap and execution across global Supply Chain sites
- Lead and grow the automation engineering team of engineers, technicians, and project managers
- Own end-to-end technical accountability for hardware and software from R&D through implementation and handoff to steady-state Operations
- Own vendor contracts and SLAs for automation solutions, including uptime, throughput, reporting, and zero-defect execution
- Own technical escalation for automation issues and coordinate with IT, Operations, Maintenance, and external vendors/integrators
- Establish automation capability at new production facilities as they come online
- Partner with Operations and Continuous Improvement to simplify and stabilize processes before automation
- Apply AI-enabled capabilities including AI grading, machine-vision quality control, predictive maintenance, robotic sorting and repair, and robotic process control
- Partner with site operations and equipment maintenance teams on reliability and uptime standards
- Partner with Planning, Procurement, Data, and Technology to connect robotic execution with unit-level outcome data, forecasting, grading, and routing models
- Ensure automated systems use the shared demand, inventory, and returns data platform
- Build and defend multi-year automation and robotics capital investment cases
- Manage automation hardware, robotics, and software vendors across a multi-site international footprint
- Build the robotics and automation talent pipeline and reskill floor teams
- Position automation capability for eventual externalization as a service for clients and partners
- Report roadmap progress, exit-criteria attainment, and site-level performance to senior leadership
Requirements
What you’ll need- 10+ years in automation, robotics, or process engineering leadership
- Experience running or scaling multi-site or global manufacturing/production automation programs
- Hands-on experience deploying automation and robotics in a high-volume operational environment — manufacturing, electronics repair/refurbishment, or distribution
- Experience owning vendor contracts, SLAs, and performance management for outsourced or vendor-supported automation solutions
- Experience running the full lifecycle of a technical solution from R&D through implementation and handoff to a steady-state operations team
- Experience applying process improvement or Lean discipline ahead of automation
- Experience leading technical teams across multiple international sites
- Track record of standing up new technical capability at a new site from the ground up
- Experience securing and defending capital justified on strategic capability and market position
- Experience taking AI or machine-learning capability from pilot into sustained production operation, including required data foundations
- Robotics and industrial automation controls
- Computer vision / machine vision inspection systems, including AI-based grading and automated quality verification
- Working literacy in demand forecasting, unit-level decisioning and routing logic, and supporting data/AI platforms
- Predictive maintenance and equipment reliability practices
- Robotic process control and workflow/conveyance automation
- Capital equipment planning, hardware/software integration, and vendor management
- Vendor contract and SLA management, including uptime, throughput, and performance reporting
- Strong financial and business-case acumen
- Cross-site, cross-cultural leadership across geographies and time zones
- Stakeholder management across operations, quality, engineering, IT, and external vendor/integrator partners
- Ability to build capability from the ground up in ambiguous, fast-scaling environments
- Clear, credible communication for executive, operational, and site-level audiences
- Proven people leadership, including hiring, coaching, and retaining technical teams
- Ability to lead organizational and process change
- Executive presence and ability to present roadmaps, investment cases, and performance results to senior leadership
- Ability to influence and align peer leaders and cross-functional partners without direct authority
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
Benefits
Comp & perks- Regular travel to Asurion's global operations and other production sites required