23172-Mechanical Team Supervisor

Our Opening and Your Responsibilities

Team management (20%) Build load cell team's capabilities in professional expertise, technical innovation, and knowledge management. Drive digitalization and automation by integrating digital load cells with compact automation terminals. Recruit, manage, coach, and develop team members; set and evaluate objectives; maintain regular communication; and ensure company policies are clearly communicated and understood. Lead the execution of company strategy within the load cell team to ensure reliable, consistent delivery. Play a key role in the company's Business Agility initiatives to support continuous customer value creation. New product development (40%) Lead the agile development and iteration of new load cell product, improving development efficiency, product quality, and time to market. Own the mechanical design of load cell and coordinate joint development and technical support with other teams. Research and Innovation (15%) Research and evaluate emerging technologies and prepare technical feasibility reports. Generate, validate, and implement innovative concepts based on market and customer requirements; pursue patent protection where appropriate. Contribute to the definition and evolution of the load cell technology roadmap and translate the roadmap into new product development priorities. Continuously monitor and analyze global trends in weighing technology and prepare competitive analysis reports. Product maintenance (15%) Manage the maintenance and lifecycle support of existing products, with a focus on technical support for internal and external customers. Continuously improve the quality and performance of released products, and document findings, actions, and outcomes in technical summary reports. Cross-unit cooperation (10%) Actively contribute to company strategic projects to enhance "China Growth and Global Impact." Fulfill customer centricity through end-to-end collaboration with other R&D teams and with Operations, SCM, Quality, Finance, and HR to better serve IC customers. Build effective cross-unit and cross-functional partnerships to support strategic initiatives and enable growth of weighing business.

What You Need to Succeed

Master’s degree or above with mechanical background. At least 5 years of experience in mechanical design and new product development for load cells, sensors, or comparable precision instruments. At least 3 years of team management or project management experience, team size is 5 or more employees; proven ability to recruit, coach, set objectives, evaluate performance, and build capabilities. Strong expertise across the product lifecycle, including translating customer and market needs into concepts, mechanical design, feasibility analysis, verification and validation, industrialization support, sustaining engineering, quality improvement, and technical service. Demonstrated capability in technology trend awareness, technology roadmap development, competitive analysis, innovation management, and intellectual property development. Strong strategic thinking, growth mindset, structured problem-solving, execution, and change-leadership skills, with a consistent focus on customer value, quality, and measurable results. Fluent English in spoken, listening and writing.

Our Offer to You

Competitive compensation & benefit package Possibility to work in an international environment with multicultural team Interesting and challenging career in a successful leading global organization Trainings and professional development

METTLER TOLEDO is a global leader in precision instruments and services. We are renowned for innovation and quality across laboratory, process analytics, industrial, product inspection, and retailing applications. Our sales and service network is one of the most extensive in the industry. Our products are sold in more than 140 countries, and we have a direct presence in approximately 40 countries. For more