Global Mould and Tooling Manager (Composite/FRP/Manufacturing)

Establish and maintain a single, authoritative inventory of all FRP moulds, including unique identification, location, supplier stewardship, condition, revision level, and usage history. - Implement and govern digital mould tracking and documentation systems (ERP, MES, PLM, or specialized tooling databases) as the system of record. - Provide real-time visibility into mould availability and condition across all manufacturing partners and regions. - Define and enforce controlled processes for mould storage, transfer, and audits to prevent loss, duplication, or unmanaged modifications of tooling assets. Supplier, Partner & Tooling Network Management

Act as the primary interface between the company and all mould-holding suppliers and tooling partners. - Ensure suppliers adhere to defined standards for mould handling, storage, maintenance, reporting, and modification. - Plan and coordinate new tool builds, mould transfers, repairs, and refurbishments in support of production requirements. - Conduct audits of supplier tooling practices and drive corrective actions where deficiencies or risks are identified. - Manage an extended global tooling network to ensure consistent execution, accountability, and availability of critical mould assets. Maintenance, Refurbishment, Cost Control & Capital Planning

Define and enforce preventive and corrective maintenance standards for FRP moulds based on process requirements, material systems, and expected service life. - Approve mould refurbishments, surface renewals, structural repairs, rebuilds, or retirements based on wear, quality performance, risk, and future demand. - Manage internal and external tool shops and repair resources, including supplier-based and third-party capabilities. - Own mould-related operating and capital budgets, including review, approval, and issuance of purchase orders within approved capital plans. - Prepare and present annual and multi-year tooling CAPEX roadmaps aligned with product, capacity, and supply chain strategies. - Evaluate total cost of ownership (TCO), including build cost, maintenance, refurbishment, logistics, storage, downtime, and scrap impacts. Production Readiness, Risk & Supply Chain Strategy

Ensure mould availability and readiness align with global production schedules and manufacturing capacity plans. - Identify critical capacity constraint or single-point-of-failure moulds and implement risk mitigation strategies such as duplication, refurbishment, or relocation. - Support new product industrialization activities by ensuring mould readiness, validation, and supplier capability prior to production ramp-up. - Provide tooling inputs into supply and operations, network design, and regional manufacturing strategy discussions. - Optimize mould placement and duplication strategies to reduce inter-regional freight costs, lead time, and supply risk. - Support dual-sourcing and resilience initiatives by ensuring tooling does not constrain regional autonomy or continuity of supply. Engineering, Quality, Continuous Improvement & Capability Evolution

Partner with Product Development and Engineering internal teams to ensure new and revised mould designs meet approved process, quality, and manufacturability requirements. - Serve as owner of mould version control, ensuring all revisions are clearly defined, approved, documented, and traceable across duplicate or mirrored tooling. - Manage mould-related change control through formal ECO/ECN or equivalent processes, including downstream impact assessment. - Collaborate with Quality on NCRs and investigations to determine tooling-related root causes and ensure corrective and preventive actions are consistently implemented. - Drive standardization and continuous improvement initiatives to improve mould durability, uptime, surface life, ergonomics, and overall lifecycle performance. - Lead the evolution of the global tooling function from a reactive, execution-heavy model to a governed, transparent, and scalable asset management capability while maintaining day-to-day delivery performance. QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

7–10+ years’ experience in FRP / composites manufacturing, tooling, or mould management. - Technical understanding of FRP mould construction, materials, surface life, and wear mechanisms

PMP is considered an asset

Proven experience managing large tooling and/or asset portfolios across multiple suppliers or regions

Experience with ERP, MES, PLM, or tooling management systems