NPD Project Leader
Ubicación: As a member of a New Product Development project team:
Focus on product categories for North America region including regional and general 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. Develop and manage the project budget with the team including development expense, capital tooling and expense tooling. 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. 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.
Project Management
Lead regional and global projects of moderate-to-high complexity, risk and business impact.
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.
Challenge project teams to achieve innovative solutions.
Take independent action with insight into global and regional business impact.
Willing to speak up and raise concern in global and regional settings.
Direct report to Director, Program Management
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 Platfor

📌 Global NPD Project Lead — Innovation (Monterrey)
🏢 Sterling Kohler
📍 Monterrey