provides leadership on product development projects coordinating activities from design pilot mould production mould and successful handover into production environment coordinates design activities between customer and internal design effectively communicates internally and externally with customers and suppliers to determine project requirements coordinates project activities and provides direction documents key project information uses appropriate data base systems and follows procedures established for project execution responsible for maintaining and tracking project costs analyzing and interpreting data and information to draw conclusions and recommended next steps identifies and resolves technical issues and risks to achieve project goals and coordinates testing with quality assurance laboratory secures production approval and project closing provides requested technical information to sales