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Kohler Co. · 1 hour ago

Sr NPD Project Leader, North America Faucets

Wisconsin, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$101K/yr - $156K/yr

8+ years exp

Kohler Co. is a leading company in the faucets industry, seeking a Senior NPD Project Leader to manage product development teams for innovative product launches in the North America region. The role involves leading cross-functional teams, managing project budgets, and improving existing products while ensuring adherence to the KBDP process.

Consumer Goods

No H1B

Hiring Manager

Sarah Briggs

Responsibilities

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

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

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

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 global and regional business impact

Willing to speak up and raise concern in global and regional settings

Provide options, scenarios and recommendations to overcome obstacles

Qualification

Product DevelopmentProject ManagementTeam LeadershipBudget ManagementRisk ManagementGlobal ExperienceCommunication SkillsProblem SolvingDecision MakingCreative ThinkingConflict Resolution

Required

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)

Must demonstrate the capability to build cohesive high-performance teams, improve development processes and communicate effectively with associates and executives

Ability to travel 10-20% including international

Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future