Global Mould and Tooling Manager

Global Mould Inventory, Traceability & Asset Visibility

• Establish and maintain a single, authoritative inventory of all FRP moulds, including unique identification, location, supplier stewardship, condition, revision level, and usage history.
• Implement and govern digital mould tracking and documentation systems (ERP, MES, PLM, or specialized tooling databases) as the system of record.
• Provide real-time visibility into mould availability and condition across all manufacturing partners and regions.
• Define and enforce controlled processes for mould storage, transfer, and audits to prevent loss, duplication, or unmanaged modifications of tooling assets.

Supplier, Partner & Tooling Network Management

• Act as the primary interface between the company and all mould-holding suppliers and tooling partners.
• Ensure suppliers adhere to defined standards for mould handling, storage, maintenance, reporting, and modification.
• Plan and coordinate new tool builds, mould transfers, repairs, and refurbishments in support of production requirements.
• Conduct audits of supplier tooling practices and drive corrective actions where deficiencies or risks are identified.
• Manage an extended global tooling network to ensure consistent execution, accountability, and availability of critical mould assets.

Maintenance, Refurbishment, Cost Control & Capital Planning

• Define and enforce preventive and corrective maintenance standards for FRP moulds based on process requirements, material systems, and expected service life.
• Approve mould refurbishments, surface renewals, structural repairs, rebuilds, or retirements based on wear, quality performance, risk, and future demand.
• Manage internal and external tool shops and repair resources, including supplier-based and third-party capabilities.
• Own mould-related operating and capital budgets, including review, approval, and issuance of purchase orders within approved capital plans.
• Prepare and present annual and multi-year tooling CAPEX roadmaps aligned with product, capacity, and supply chain strategies.
• Evaluate total cost of ownership (TCO), including build cost, maintenance, refurbishment, logistics, storage, downtime, and scrap impacts.

Production Readiness, Risk & Supply Chain Strategy

• Ensure mould availability and readiness align with global production schedules and manufacturing capacity plans.
• Identify critical capacity constraint or single-point-of-failure moulds and implement risk mitigation strategies such as duplication, refurbishment, or relocation.
• Support new product industrialization activities by ensuring mould readiness, validation, and supplier capability prior to production ramp-up.
• Provide tooling inputs into supply and operations, network design, and regional manufacturing strategy discussions.
• Optimize mould placement and duplication strategies to reduce inter-regional freight costs, lead time, and supply risk.
• Support dual-sourcing and resilience initiatives by ensuring tooling does not constrain regional autonomy or continuity of supply.

Engineering, Quality, Continuous Improvement & Capability Evolution

• Partner with Product Development and Engineering internal teams to ensure new and revised mould designs meet approved process, quality, and manufacturability requirements.
• Serve as owner of mould version control, ensuring all revisions are clearly defined, approved, documented, and traceable across duplicate or mirrored tooling.
• Manage mould-related change control through formal ECO/ECN or equivalent processes, including downstream impact assessment.
• Collaborate with Quality on NCRs and investigations to determine tooling-related root causes and ensure corrective and preventive actions are consistently implemented.
• Drive standardization and continuous improvement initiatives to improve mould durability, uptime, surface life, ergonomics, and overall lifecycle performance.
• Lead the evolution of the global tooling function from a reactive, execution-heavy model to a governed, transparent, and scalable asset management capability while maintaining day-to-day delivery performance.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE: 

• 7–10+ years’ experience in FRP / composites manufacturing, tooling, or mould management.
• Technical understanding of FRP mould construction, materials, surface life, and wear mechanisms
• PMP or MBA are highly advantageous.
• Proven experience managing large tooling and/or asset portfolios across multiple suppliers or regions
• Experience with ERP, MES, PLM, or tooling management systems

COMPETENCIES, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite with the ability to quickly learn new technology, systems, and tools.

• Strong Project management and problem-solving skills.

• Strong supplier management, cost control, and cross functional leadership skills

• Skilled in applying lean manufacturing and continuous improvement principles to drive operational excellence and consistency across global suppliers.

• Enthusiasm for innovation and process improvement.

• Demonstrate professional behaviour with internal and external stakeholders.

• Build trust and maintain mutual respect, cooperation, and consideration.

• Strong interpersonal, communication and organizational skills required.

• Demonstrated ability to lead, motivate, and develop a diverse team of professionals to achieve high performance and operational excellence.

• Exceptional ability to listen with excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Proven ability to analyze, streamline, and optimize complex manufacturing workflows to improve productivity, reduce waste, and ensure cost-effectiveness.

• Ability to identify and adopt new FRP technologies and innovations that enhance production efficiency, product quality, and sustainability.

• Willingness to travel internationally as required

• Must be legally eligible to work in Canada.

WhiteWater Competencies:

• Accountability – We do what we say
• Collaboration – We work well together
• Customer Focus – We know and respond to our customers
• Communication – We listen to and understand each other
• Authenticity – We are honest and trust each other
• Resilience – We deal effectively with pressure, are persistent and optimistic
• Flexibility & Adaptability – We are willing and able to respond to changing circumstance