Job Summary
The NPD Project Leader is responsible in leading the entire process from the conception to
the launch of innovative products. Leveraging your exceptional leadership and profound
project management skills, you will ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, and
to the highest quality standards, while fostering cross-functional communication and
collaboration to drive continuous optimization and growth of our product lines. This position
requires strategic vision, keen market insight, and outstanding problem-solving abilities to
guide the team through challenges and achieve the company's long-term goals.
Responsibilties
- Cooperate with US project leader for all assigned projects and provide the support.
Responsible for the completion of assigned engineering projects within budgetary and
scheduling guidelines. Prepare project budgets, capital expenditure forecasts, status reports
and other reports as necessary to effectively manage the project activity.
- Communicates, both verbal and written, to assure all groups are working toward the goal of
timely project completion. Communicate technical details, ideas, and concepts to engineers
and non-engineers in multiple locations.
- Drive design of project to meet market driven design guides and fulfill cost, timing, reliability,
and high volume manufacturing requirements.
- Analyze, evaluate and select from design execution alternatives to best meet specification
objectives and implement designs into mass production.
- Plan and oversee design and safety reviews as needed to gain necessary approvals for
product development phase progressions.
- Comply with all Milwaukee procedures covering new product development and design output
in addition to procedures of non-engineering departments related to project flow.
- Consistently visualizes entire scope of a project with very little guidance.
- Schedules, develops agendas, facilitates and documents project meetings.
- Tracks project schedule to ensure adherence to timelines.
- Regularly makes presentations of project status.
- May occasionally recommend changes to existing standards and procedures.
- Maintains an awareness of competitive offerings and the general business climate in the
power tool industry.
- Identify project risks and implement risk reduction plans.
Requiments
Academic: Bachelor degree in engineering related field required (Mechanical
Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Material and Science Engineering,
Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent technical degree). Post graduate degree is preferred
Years of experience
- Minimum 7 years experience in the related field.
- Minimum 2 years prior experience in engineering project management.
- Work experience at multinational company is preferred.
- Candidate be aware of Western culture and cross-country management is
preferred.
Special knowledge
- In-depth understanding of product development processes, production
technologies, and quality standards.
- Must have a working design knowledge of a wide variety of the
technologies associated with Milwaukee products.
- Must possess managerial skills combined with technical expertise along
with a working knowledge of planning, budgets and financial analysis
- Must be able to personally conduct detailed analyses, or recognize the
need and seek the appropriate expertise to achieve the desired results.
Other Skills
- Proficient in project management tools and methodologies (e.g., PMP,
Agile development).
- Strong leadership and team-building skills to effectively motivate team
members.
- Excellent communication and coordination abilities, able to work in
multicultural environments.
- Outstanding problem-solving and decision-making capabilities, able to
remain calm and make effective judgments under pressure.
- High sensitivity to market dynamics, able to respond quickly to market
changes.
- Fluent in spoken and written English to accommodate international project
collaboration needs.
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office software including Microsoft
Project.
- CAD Skill Level: Basic 3D
- Familiar with engineering tools such as FMEA, GD&T, SPC, FAI, DOE,
Tolerance Stack-up analysis is plus
