What are the responsibilities and job description for the NA Product Care & Launch Director position at Electrolux Group?
Taste Food Preparation R&D – Product Care & Launch
Product Care & Launch
NA Product Care & Launch Director
Product Care & Launch
NA Product Care & Launch Director
- Responsible for BA NA product improvements in term of cost, quality, sustainability and implementation of company’s strategic plan.
- Responsible for BA NA product launching (BOM creation & management, launching scheduling, governance and management of product variants requests, Phase In & Phase Out and Range complexity management).
- Plan and secure achievement of cost reduction plans, leading DME CEP initiatives for BA NA
- Plan and ensure achievement of quality improvement plans for BA NA
- Actively support NA factory on product-related production continuity issues and short-term legal requirement requests
- Ensuring time to market launches of new product variants
- Guarantee that all product improvements and running changes comply with Global R&D strategy (modularization and standardization) and legal requirements
- Supporting sustainability target
- Support Global Procurement strategy on supply base development
- Definition and tracking of overall Product Care & Launch budget (resources, CapEx, OpEx)
- Foster cooperation between Global R&D Food Preparation and cross-functional teams (Procurement, Quality, Factory, Manufacturing Engineering, Product Line, Service, Design, etc)
- Guarantee collaboration and synergies among all other Global R&D functions (Product Care teams, Lab, Technologies, Architectures, Electronics, etc)
- Responsible for teamship, talent pipeline, competences development and comply with company’s values
- Promote and lead the introduction of common new procedures and processes
- Secure IQ&EMS application
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field or equivalent work experience
- Consolidated experience in product development with strong innovation focus and driving for digital process
- Cooking products and process knowledge is a definite plus
- Skilled in influencing and managing various stakeholders with the ability to work effectively with all levels of organization and communicate effectively across various discipline
- Strong Financial understanding
- Quality methods and tools
- Good interpersonal and cross-cultural skills on all levels
- Good analytical ability and you support the business pro-actively
- A performance driven approach and can-do attitude
- Ability to think outside of the box
- Strong internal and external communicator (fluent English)
- Strong leader- and ownership skills with entrepreneurial decision making
- Ability to work in a matrix organization
