.HFI, LLC is a privately held, tier 2 Supplier of cut & sew, foam in place, foam, wrapped sub-assemblies to the Tier 1 interior suppliers within the North American automotive and heavy truck markets. The company is head quartered in Canal Winchester, Ohio and operates eight manufacturing facilities: two in Ohio, one in Alabama and five in Mexico. The company also has a sales office in the Detroit, MI area, a distribution facility in Eagle Pass, TX and a business office located in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. The company currently employs approximately 3,800 people in North America. For nearly 45 years, HFI has produced urethane foam-based products beginning with the recreational vehicle and furniture industries prior to the transition to the automotive industry in support of the introduction of Honda vehicles in the early 1980's. The company now provides headrests, seat trim, console assemblies, armrests, seatbacks, door inserts, shifter boots, air bags and other assemblies supporting the vehicle production within a diverse set of automotive OEM's including: Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Subaru, Mercedes and General Motors. HFI, LLC is differentiated by their relationship and solutions oriented approach to the Tier 1 suppliers, their vertically integrated approach to the production of their product offerings, and their knowledgeable and dedicated work force. This differentiation allows HFI to target profitable growth opportunities while ensuring value-added solutions resulting in high satisfaction levels within their customer base**Reporting Relationships**:The Advance Manufacturing Engineer/Sewing will report to the Dir of Advance Manufacturing and will not have direct report responsibilities. The Sewing Specialist will work closely with the HFI Plant Operations teams, Tooling/Product Engineering, Quality Managers and Sales, during the development and launch phases of the program.**MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE**:- Manage ongoing development and improvement of HFI Sewing-in-Place and Conventional Sewing processes, through new technologies and improvement of processes and systems.- Coordinate efforts to maximize utilization of capital Sewing equipment across all HFI plants, thru utilization of effective OEE tracking and visual management systems.- Maintain accurate, current plant & equipment capacity and utilization information, ensure Manufacturing Location decision for new business, can be made with long term, strategic perspective.- Support new program RFQ and feasibility studies completion, with sales, costing and product engineering. ensure alignment align with new technology and current process capability.- Maintain current plant & equipment capacity information, ensure Manufacturing Location decision for new business, can be made with long term strategic perspective
