Ubicación**:Monterrey, NL.** / **Onsite**
**Mexico Technical Center (MTC) Opportunity**
- BASIC FUNCTION- As a member of a New Product Development project team:
- Focus on product categories for North America region including regional and global projects.
- Lead product development teams to launch innovative new products and improve the quality, performance and/or cost of existing products.
- Manage cross functional teams using the KBDP new product development process through market launch. Drive each Program to defined metrics.
- Develop and manage the project budget with the team including development expense, capital tooling and expense tooling. Guide the team to develop new products that meet cost targets.
- Develop and monitor project schedules and adhere to the KBDP process. Manage deliverables and tasks within each phase of a project. Anticipates and manages tasks/risks within each project.
- Participate in performance expectations and evaluations for cross functional teams. Provide leadership and mentoring to less experienced team members as needed.
- Communicate to senior management on project status, execution plans, and process.
- Define and facilitate decision-making process for development teams. Coaches project team personnel to develop and implement cross-functional solutions to complex issues.
- Establish and maintain relationships with senior management for the purpose of aligning NPD objectives and removing obstacles for project completion.
- Drive improvements in creative problem solving and continually improve the KBDP process and organization.
- SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES- Project Management:




- Lead regional and global projects of moderate-to-high complexity, risk and business impact.
- Provide structure and leadership for solving technically complex design and business problems.
- Proactively identify and plan for project risks, communicating risk clearly, early and appropriately to management
- Managing your assigned projects' timing and financial adherence to plan.
- Leadership- Challenge project teams to achieve innovative solutions.
- Willing and successful in taking moderate risk.
- Identify opportunities for organizational and process change.
- Work effectively when organizational structure or processes are unclear or conflicting.
- Lead brainstorming discussions.
- Able to facilitate & resolve conflict and problem solving.
- Decision-making- Make decisions with moderate levels of ambiguity.
- Chooses appropriate action and alternatives with rationale that is consistent with facts, constraints, and predicted consequences.
- Take independent action with insight into integral and regional business impact.
- Willing to speak up and raise concern in global and regional settings.
- Provide options, scenarios and recommendations to overcome obstacles.
- RELATIONSHIPS AND CONTACTS- Supervisory Relationships:
- Direct report to Director, Program Management
- Organization Relationships:




- Frequent collaboration with global Marketing, Purchasing, Industrial Design, Engineering, Manufacturing, Finance, Legal and Quality and other groups associated with the New Product Development process.
- Frequent contact with Global Platform Team and appropriate Category Management Team to give status updates on project performance and to address problem solving needs.
- External Business Relationships:
- Collaboration with suppliers, some global.
- Contact with customers and consumers.
- EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS- 1. Bachelor’s degree in a product development related discipline (e.g. Engineering, Manufacturing, Marketing, or Design) with a minimum of 8 years of experience in concurrent product development (project management, product design, process engineering or manufacturing engineering).- 2. Must demonstrate the capability to build cohesive high-performance teams, improve development processes and communicate effectively with associates and executives.- 3. Global product development experience is preferred but not required.- 4. Ability to travel 10-20% including international.
**- Why Choose Kohler?**
- We empower each associate to #BecomeMoreAtKohler with a competitive total rewards package to support your health and wellbeing, access to career growth and development opportunities, a diverse and inclusive workplace, and a strong culture of innovation. With more than 30,000 bold leaders across the globe, we’re driving meaningful change in our mission to help people live gracious, healthy, and sustainable lives.
**About Us

📌 Sr. Npd Project Leader (Ciudad Juárez)
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