GaMEP Northeast Region Manager (Gainesville/Athens, Open Rank, Hybrid)

Overview

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

1. Students are our top priority.
2. We strive for excellence.
3. We thrive on diversity.
4. We celebrate collaboration.
5. We champion innovation.
6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
8. We act ethically.
9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

About The Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (GaMEP) at the Georgia Institute of Technology

The Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (GaMEP) helps manufacturers increase top-line growth and reduce bottom-line costs. With ten regional offices across the state, GaMEP offers a solution-based approach through coaching, implementation, and training in the following areas: (1) Strategic Planning developing and incorporating organization-wide strategies into an overall business plan and day-to-day operational tactics; (2) Innovation Management creating and sustaining a process to grow businesses and feed an ideation pipeline; (3) Process Improvement applying continuous improvement solutions in lean (5S, value stream mapping, kanban, kaizen events, and more) to manufacturing plant and front-end processes; (4) ISO Standards implementing and modifying quality- (ISO 9001), environmental- (ISO 14001), and energy-management (ISO 50001) systems; (5) Sustainability incorporating sustainable environmental and safety solutions; (6) Energy integrating best practices in energy efficiency and management; (7) Technology Acceleration Locating and transferring technology to improve internal processes and/or market existing technology out to improve competitiveness into new adjacent markets. To learn more about GaMEP visit: http://gamep.org/

Georgia Tech Extension Professionals are research personnel that fulfill the extension and service mission of Georgia Tech to the State of Georgia and beyond. This mission includes, but is not limited to, technology-based economic development, technology commercialization and deployment, entrepreneurship, start-up company incubation, and business/industry outreach. Extension Professionals also provide educational programs for business and industry in support of these missions through facilitating and fostering increased industrial engagement and sponsorship of applied research activities at Georgia Tech. Extension Professional appointments are based on the merit and special qualifications of the individual and follow the same general ranking, hiring, and promotion principles as other professional research faculty ranks.

Gainesville/Athens, GA

Georgia Tech MEP (Manufacturing Extension Partnership, GaMEP) personnel assigned as Region Managers are responsible for leading the overall business development strategy for the organization. Assigned to one of ten Georgia regions, incumbents in this role serve to cultivate an expansion of relationships between Georgia Tech and the state manufacturing and industrial business sectors. Overall, this role identifies, develops, and helps deliver innovative GaMEP services/programs to improve the business and economic competitiveness of manufacturers in Georgia. Region Managers serve in a leading role for GaMEP general project managers who perform various services offered by the GaMEP. General GaMEP Project Managers are responsible for initiating, conducting, reporting and follow-up on technical projects for the focused (but not exclusive) client customer base defined as the small to mid-size manufacturer (<500 employees).

Responsibilities

• Cultivate/maintain long-term state-wide Georgia Tech relationships with manufacturers/industry partners.
• Manage and participate in GaMEP regional business development process. Achieve GaMEP business development goals, including but not limited to, revenue generation, number of clients served, and overall state economic impact.
• Assess/develop the business needs of potential clients and create project proposals that promote GaMEP services.
• Manage projects through consistent follow-up activities to maximize a positive impact for GaMEP clients/partners.
• Leverage Georgia Tech resources and utilize knowledge of industry research environments to tailor partnership models that drive a culture of open innovation for clients.
• Perform organizational administrative tasks, and other related duties, as assigned.

This position is hybrid: remote and onsite. The primary office location may be in the Northeast Metro Atlanta area such as Gainesville, Athens area. Incumbent in this position may be expected to travel state-wide and remain flexible to on-site daily service delivery hours (due to client schedules and/or project requirements).

This position vacancy is an open rank announcement. Final job offer will be dependent on candidate qualifications in alignment with Research Faculty Extension Professional ranks as outlined in section 3.2.1 of the Georgia Tech Faculty Handbook. https://policylibrary.gatech.edu/faculty-handbook/3.2.1-research-faculty-hiring-and-promotion-guidelines

Extension Professional I

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Technology or related area.

Extension Professional II

• A Master's degree in Engineering or Technology, and three (3) years of relevant full-time experience after completion of that degree, or
• A Master's degree in Engineering or Technology, and five (5) years of relevant full-time experience after completion of a Bachelor's degree, or
• A Doctoral degree.

Senior Extension Professional

• A Master's degree in Engineering or Technology, and seven (7) years of relevant full-time experience after completion of that degree, or
• A Master's degree in Engineering or Technology, and nine (9) years of relevant full-time experience after completion of a Bachelor's degree, or
• A Doctoral degree in Engineering or Technology, and four (4) years of relevant full-time experience after completion of a Bachelor's degree.

• Preferred Education: BS degree in Engineering, Technology, or other related fields in combination with an advanced degree (MBA or doctorate) in business management.
• Preferred Skills/Work Experience: 15+ years of job-related work experience, preferably in manufacturing.
• Preferred applicant backgrounds include experience in manufacturing-related consultative service delivery; experience as a provider of on-site project management services with a track record of measurable success; Web-based database program reporting experience; and a background in teaching adults and/or course facilitation.
• Skills: This job requires working knowledge of general manufacturing processes as well as the ability to perform sales, marketing, and customer service from a consulting delivery perspective. This job also requires strong public speaking/presentation skills, process analysis, and problem-solving, as well as the use of standard office equipment and specialized computer applications. Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate a reputable track record in project management with an ability to interpret/present data in a logical and client-understandable fashion.
• Travel: Incumbents in this position are expected to travel, as needed, and remain flexible to on-site daily service delivery hours (due to client shift schedules and/or project requirements).

Requests for information may be directed to Derek Woodham, derek.woodham@innovate.gatech.edu

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The University is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and University policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

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More information on these policies can be found here: https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/c2714 Board of Regents Policy Manual | University System of Georgia (usg.edu).

GT benefits include:

• Retirement plan of either Teacher Retirement Plan (TRS) or Optional Retirement Plan (OPS) Retirement Benefits | Human Resources | Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA (gatech.edu)
• Medical plan options Your USG Benefits | University System of Georgia
• Vacation (working 100% time)
• Sick time accrual 8 hours a month (8 days per year, do not expire at year-end)
• 10 paid national holidays (including Juneteenth) plus Thanksgiving includes off Thursday and Friday, and there is entire week of winter break with a campus shut down which includes 5 business days off paid- depending on calendar year might have Christmas or New Year included, if not, those paid holidays as well) this does not count against vacation time.
• After 6 months of full-time employment, eligible for Tuition Assistance Program (TAP)
• After 12 months of full-time employment eligible for Staff Tuition Reimbursement Assistance Program (STRAP)
• Perks at work - discounts available through various businesses.

Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI²) extras:

• Professional Development budget
• Monthly cell phone reimbursement (flat rate of $50 or $75)
• Home Office Internet reimbursement (flat rate of $50)

The candidate of choice will be required to pass a pre-employment background screening. http://policylibrary.gatech.edu/employment/pre-employment-screening.