Product Director - Molding Solutions

Overview

About Cretex Medical

Cretex Medical is a leading contract manufacturer of precision components and assemblies for the medical device industry. Our customers view us as a trusted partner in the areas of injection molding, laser processing, metal stamping and device assembly. Learn more at www.cretexmedical.com.

Position Summary:

The Product Director – Molding Solutions drives profitable growth, market expansion, and the technology roadmap for Cretex Medical’s precision injection molding business, including micro-molding, insert/over molding, liquid silicone rubber molding, high-cavitation tooling, and advanced polymers.

Working with medical device OEMs and cross-functional teams, this leader turns customer needs into differentiated capabilities, value-based pricing, and Design for Manufacturability (DFM) solutions.

Responsibilities

Product Line Growth, Application & Market Expansion

• Strategy & Growth: Own the multi-year Molding Solutions roadmap, targeting sustainable double-digit growth and margin expansion across Cretex Medical target markets.
• Technology & Market Development: Expand advanced polymer, micro-molding, multi-shot/over molding, automation, and tooling capabilities; monitor competitors, material advances, resin pricing, and customer pipelines.
• Customer Engagement: Partner with commercial and OEM engineering teams from concept through commercialization, leading technical discovery, DFM reviews, and mold flow evaluations.
• Investment Planning: Build ROI-based business cases for presses, cleanrooms, automation, metrology, and tooling to support growth and capacity.

Quoting & Technical Commercial Development

• Quoting & Pricing: Lead technical quoting for tooling, prototype-to-production programs, resin selection, and engineering changes. Build margin-protective cost models covering cavitation, tonnage, cycle time, automation, scrap, validation, and packaging.
• Feasibility & Risk: Partner with Tooling Engineering and Operations to assess manufacturability, resin behavior, lead times, capacity, and supply readiness before quote submission.
• Commercial Support: Serve as the technical authority in customer negotiations, presentations, and executive reviews.

Operational & Engineering Collaboration

• NPI & Scale-Up: Partner with NPI, Tooling, Manufacturing Engineering, and Quality on handoffs from tooling design through scientific/decoupled molding validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) and production.
• Capacity & Utilization: Work with Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) to optimize press allocation, tooling maintenance, cleanroom space, and labor.
• Supplier Partnerships: Develop supplier relationships for materials, tooling components, external services, and automation to support pricing, quality, and supply continuity.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Plastics Engineering, Polymer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Business, or a related field, or equivalent education and industry experience.
• Bias to Action: Understands that prompt, responsive communication shapes a positive customer experience, and leads a hands-on, action-oriented team.
• Experience:
• Minimum 10 years of progressive leadership in medical device contract manufacturing, with direct experience strongly preferred in precision injection molding, tooling development, and commercialization.
• Strong knowledge of polymers and engineering resins, mold flow, tooling construction, and scientific/decoupled molding.
• Proven experience in cost estimating, tooling quotes, and financial/margin modeling.
• Leadership & Commercial Acumen: Ability to influence cross-functional teams and senior leaders without direct authority, manage competing priorities, and develop market analyses, roadmaps, pricing, and value propositions.
• Regulatory Knowledge: Working knowledge of ISO 13485, FDA QSR, and process validation (IQ/OQ/PQ).
• Systems: Proficiency in Microsoft Office, ERP, and engineering/quoting software.
• Travel: Ability to travel up to 20% for customer, industry, and supplier meetings.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or master’s degree in Plastics/Polymer Engineering.
• RJG Scientific Molding / Master Molder certification or deep decoupled molding experience.
• 5+ years in Product Management, Strategic Marketing, or Technical Sales/Commercial Development in medical plastics molding.
• Experience with micro-molding, implantable polymers, bioresorbable materials, or cleanroom automated assembly.
• PMP or Lean/Six Sigma Green/Black Belt certification.

Pay Range USD $139,500.00 - USD $216,300.00 /Yr. Pay Range Details

This is a bonus eligible role.

This pay range reflects the base hourly rate or annual salary for positions within this job grade, based on our market-based pay structures. Actual compensation will depend on factors such as skills, relevant experience, education, internal equity, business needs, and local market conditions. While the full hiring range is shared for transparency, offers are rarely made at the minimum or maximum of the range.

Company Benefits

All Employees:

Our 401k retirement savings plan with a company match contribution; onsite health clinics, discretionary holiday bonus program (based on years of service), Cretex University, 24/7 employee assistance program with access to five confidential visits with a licensed counselor at no cost, wellness program with incentives, an employee death benefit, and employee sick and safe leave are available to all Cretex employees.

20+hours:

Cretex’s medical benefit package includes: comprehensive medical insurance with access to virtual providers; dental insurance (Little Partners Dental benefit covers services 100 percent for children 12 and younger when seen by a Health Partners in network provider); vision insurance; a pre-tax health savings account, healthcare and dependent care pre-tax reimbursement accounts; paid holidays, paid time off; and our discretionary profit sharing program are available to employees working 20+ hours/week.

30+ hours:

Parental Leave, accident and critical illness benefits, optional employee, spouse, and child life; short and long term disability; company provided life insurance; and tuition assistance programs are available to employees working 30+ hours per week.

(Some benefits are subject to eligibility criteria.)

Applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, veteran status, marital status, family status, status with regard to public assistance, or any other protected status as required by law.

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