Portfolio Manager- Lathe

The role

The Portfolio Manager owns the business development and growth strategy for the turning offering. This role finds and wins new turning demand and follows production programs through to on-time delivery.

What you will do

• Own the business development strategy and growth plan for the lathe/turning line of business
• Identify and pursue new turning demand from prototype through production
• Use demand, quoting, and win/loss data to find growth actions
• Serve as the internal subject-matter reference for turning and Swiss-type machining
• Support production-turning pursuits end to end
• Establish and report turning metrics
• Work in a collaborative, flexible team structure
• Maintain and contribute to the QMS

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Industrial), Operations Management, or related field or equivalent hands-on experience
• 5+ years of experience in CNC turning, with meaningful exposure to business development, commercial strategy, or growth ownership
• Direct working knowledge of CNC lathe and Swiss-type turning technologies

Nice to have

• Familiarity with production program management
• Strong commercial/business-development instincts
• Comfortable operating in a flexible, matrixed, highly collaborative team structure without needing formal authority
• Excellent communication skills to translate technical considerations into business terms

About the company

MISUMI Americas, a division of MISUMI Group, is a provider of standard, configurable, and custom manufacturing solutions. The company has operations in the San Francisco Bay Area and Chicago.