P5P5 — Expert Professional
Principal
Has a strategic focus with broad autonomy. Defines multi-year manufacturing improvement roadmaps aligned with business goals.
What this level means
Expert in field; key problem solver and project leader, authority in multiple areas
- Scope
- Multiple systems or a technical domain
- Autonomy
- Sets direction within the domain
- Complexity
- Novel, high-ambiguity problems; establishes the approach
- Impact
- Org / multi-team outcomes
- Decision rights
- Authority over a technical domain
- Leadership
- Leads cross-team technical initiatives
- Typical experience
- 8–12 yrs
What you'd do
- Leads organizational-wide initiatives
- Influences supply chain and product development
- Defines manufacturing improvement roadmaps
- Aligns strategies with business goals
- Drives innovation in manufacturing
- Define improvement roadmaps
- Lead organizational initiatives
- Align manufacturing with business goals
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Strategic planning
- Stakeholder management
- Innovation leadership
- Roadmap development
- Business strategy alignment
- Strategic planning
- Innovation strategies
- Stakeholder management
- Manufacturing roadmaps
- Business strategy
- Strategic Thinking
- Innovation orientation
- Strong stakeholder management
- Roadmap development
- Business Alignment
What good looks like
- 12+ years of broad manufacturing experience
- Competent in enterprise-level data platforms preferred
- Proven strategic leadership
Where it sits & what it pays
O*NET / SOC: 17-2112.03 — Manufacturing Engineers
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