Mgr, Engineering Change Control

Salary Range: $112,406.00 - $168,608.00

Position Summary:

The Manager, Engineering Change Control leads the execution, governance, and continuous improvement of the Engineering Change Order (ECO) process across the organization. This role ensures engineering changes are defined, reviewed, and implemented accurately and efficiently, minimizing disruption to manufacturing, inventory, and customer commitments.

As the process owner for engineering change control, this role partners cross-functionally with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, and PDM to drive consistency, data integrity, and operational excellence. The Manager is responsible for both team leadership and end-to-end process performance, enabling scalable and high-quality change execution across the enterprise.

This is a hybrid role requiring onsite work three days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday).

Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

• Lead the Engineering Change Control function, owning the execution, quality, and continuous improvement of the Engineering Change Order (ECO) process across the organization.
• Chair and drive cross-functional Change Review Board (CRB) meetings to evaluate, prioritize, and advance engineering changes.
• Ensure all engineering changes are accurately defined, reviewed, and implemented with minimal disruption to manufacturing, inventory, and customer commitments.
• Own end-to-end ECO process performance including cycle time, first-pass quality, and implementation accuracy.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Quality to ensure alignment on change priorities, timing, and business impact.
• Ensure BOMs, configurations, and related product data are correctly updated and released through established change control processes.
• Lead root cause analysis and resolution of issues related to change execution, data errors, and downstream impacts.
• Support product lifecycle activities including revisions, obsolescence, and phase-out planning.

Operational & Strategic Duties

• Establish and manage KPIs for ECO throughput, accuracy, and cycle time; drive continuous improvement initiatives based on data insights.
• Identify and implement process improvements to increase efficiency, visibility, and scalability of the change management process.
• Partner with Engineering Services and PDM to ensure change workflows and system capabilities support business needs.
• Drive standardization of change control practices across product lines and brands.
• Support automation initiatives that improve change visibility and reduce manual effort.

Team Leadership

• Lead and develop the Change Coordination team, establishing clear roles, expectations, and performance standards.
• Provide coaching, mentoring, and training on change control processes and tools.
• Manage workload prioritization to ensure timely execution of critical changes.
• Build team capability to support increasing product complexity and business growth.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Serve as the primary process owner and point of contact for engineering change control across the organization.
• Communicate change status, risks, and priorities to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Partner with Customer Service and Quality to investigate and resolve warranty and field issues through structured change processes.

Qualifications, Skills and Education:

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Business, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of experience in engineering change control, product data management, or a related operational environment.
• Working knowledge of PLM/PDM and ERP systems.
• Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional processes, prioritizing competing demands, and driving accountability for timely, accurate execution.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior people leadership experience.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics AX and/or Dynamics 365.
• Experience with SolidWorks PDM or similar workflow/document control systems.
• Background supporting complex product lifecycles or cross-functional change review boards.
• Experience improving BOM governance, product data integrity, or ECO workflows.

Perks and Benefits:

We hope that you're excited by the possibilities that come along with working at Exemplis! With us, TEAM comes first. We bring integrity, passion, and excellence to work each day. Being part of our team means living our core values and thriving in an environment of constant innovation and positive change.

In addition to our unique culture, we also offer these fun perks and benefits.

• Competitive Salary: Our compensation philosophy is to be externally competitive, internally fair, and not win or lose on compensation. Salary ranges are developed with the support of national benchmarks and industry best practices that adjusts to your cost of labor, years of relevant experience, skill set, and education.

• Hybrid Work Schedule: We believe in supporting a healthy work-life balance and offer a flexible hybrid schedule, with remote work on Mondays and Fridays and onsite collaboration on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

• Health Insurance: We offer a variety of health insurance options (medical, dental, vision, etc.) for all of our team members. Eligible the first month following your start date.

• 401(k): We match 100% up to 3% and then 50% of the next 2% deferred.

• Time Off: Taking time off to recharge is a must whether it is for your personal health or vacation; paid time off starts accruing day 1!

• Observed Holidays: 10 company observed holidays: New Years, Martin Luther King, President's Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Day.

• Employee Discounts: We offer discounts to our employee across all of our product lines.

• Hit our Numbers Lunch: When we hit our monthly milestones, we all celebrate!

• Tuition Scholarships: Partnership with UMASS Global for 10%-20% off tuition for you and/or your family.

About Us:

It all started in a small warehouse in California with just three employees, a fax machine and a bell that rang out every time a chair came down the conveyor belt. 30 years later, Exemplis continues to lead, innovate and disrupt an array of industries through its growing family of brands - including SitOnIt Seating, Timbuk2, X-Chair, Maverick, Mavix, Edloe Finch, and Albany Park.

From sustainable manufacturing to outreach programs and more, we strive to make a positive impact on everyone we serve. We make sure our people (and their communities) are at the core of our organization. To make a difference, we must be a champion of diversity, inclusion, service and social justice - above all else.

Are you ready to be a part of something special? We have headquarters, offices and retail stores across the U.S. (plus a variety of flexible work opportunities). Learn more and apply today.

Exemplis is an Equal Opportunity Employer and our company adheres to the equal employment opportunity guidelines set forth by federal, state, and local laws. Read our full statement on our careers page.