Toner Supplies Engineer Senior Manager

Key Responsibilities

Technical & Program Leadership

• Provides direct and ongoing leadership for organizations designing, developing, and sustaining toner cartridges and related hardware across new platforms, derivatives, and legacy products.

• Oversees engineering execution across multiple concurrent programs, ensuring alignment to Toner Supplies and Solutions (TSS) platform strategies, interface requirements with external partners, and HP business objectives.

• Guides technical decision‑making for complex tradeoffs involving cost, yield, reliability, manufacturability, and time‑to‑market.

• Acts as an escalation point for the most challenging cross‑functional and supplier-driven technical issues, ensuring timely resolution.

Portfolio, Resource & Execution Management

• Manages headcount, skill mix, budgets, schedules, and deliverables across multiple teams and programs to meet roadmap commitments.

• Ensures effective resource allocation across NPI, platform evolution, and sustaining engineering, balancing near‑term execution with long‑term capability development.

• Partners closely with program management, operations, quality, and supply chain to ensure execution discipline across the product lifecycle.

Cross‑Functional & Executive Engagement

• Engages regularly with senior leadership, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, finance, and executive stakeholders to:

• Communicate program status and technical risk

• Escalate issues with clear options and recommendations

• Influence strategic decisions related to platform investments, cost optimization, and make‑vs‑buy strategies

• Represents mechanical engineering perspectives in business reviews, technical reviews, and executive forums.

Supplier & Partner Leadership

• Owns senior‑level engineering engagement with key external suppliers, setting expectations for:

• Technical deliverables and interfaces

• Product quality and reliability

• Cost and yield targets

• Development and production schedules

• Ensures effective collaboration and communication between HP engineering teams and outsourced partners across geographies.

• Drives joint problem‑solving and continuous improvement initiatives with suppliers.

Process Improvement & Cost Leadership

• Identifies and leads opportunities for engineering process improvement, simplification, and standardization.

• Drives cost‑reduction and yield‑improvement initiatives through:

• Design optimization

• Platform reuse

• Manufacturing and tooling improvements

• Supplier collaboration

• Champions data‑driven decision‑making and best practices across teams.

People Leadership & Talent Development

• Provides overall people‑care management for direct reports, including hiring, performance management, coaching, and career development.

• Builds strong leadership bench strength within the team by developing managers and senior technical leads.

• Drives a culture of accountability, technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement aligned with HP values.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's or Advanced Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline, or equivalent experience.

• Typically 10+ years of relevant engineering experience with 8-10 years of people and organizational leadership, preferably in:

• Hardware product development

• High‑volume manufacturing environments

• Platform-based product strategies

• Supplier‑intensive development models

Knowledge & Technical Skills

• Mechanical system and component design for high‑volume consumable products

• Manufacturing processes (injection molding, machining, sheet metal, tooling)

• New product development and sustaining engineering across long product lifecycles

• Product Lifecycle Management

• Cost, yield, and reliability optimization in production environments

• Thermal and mechanical integration as relevant to toner systems

Cross‑Organizational Leadership Skills

• Strategic thinking and systems leadership

• Strong prioritization and execution discipline

• Resilience in managing ambiguity, complexity, and external dependencies

• Customer and business outcome focus

• Proven people and change leadership

Impact & Scope

• Impacts large, globally distributed engineering teams and critical product lines.

• Leads initiatives requiring coordination across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, external partners, and executive leadership.

• Direct influence on cost structure, product quality, supply continuity, and long‑term platform success for HP Toner Supplies.

• Operates with broad autonomy, applying HP and organizational objectives to resolve highly complex technical, organizational, and supplier‑related challenges.

• Achieves results through multiple layers of management and senior technical staff.