Sr. NPD Project Leader
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 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. 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.