NPI Team Leader

• Coordinating with the businesses, sales, marketing, and platform groups to manage resources for each deliverable within the project.

• Overseeing project progress and costs; communicating status with stakeholders and participating functional areas; addressing and resolving problems.

• Influencing project staffing; motivating and developing project team and team members.

• Communicating with customers and managing expectations; ensuring effective use of project controls and reporting mechanisms.

• Office Model: This position requires the employee to work a 5-day-a-week schedule in the office.

• Contributes to short-term operational plans.

• Anticipates and adapts to plan changes.

• Monitors progress of work against plan as required to meet objectives.

• Reports variances and makes agreed-upon corrections.

• Under guidance, develops tactical plan for own direct responsibility.

• Obtains information about product and service linkages with other products and services elsewhere in organization.

• Researches the target market and how the product and services are sold and delivered.

• Explains current status, delivery alternatives and announced updates to products and services.

• Summarizes key features of major products or services in own unit.

• Assesses own unit's product alternatives, costs, and pricing.

• Explains the purpose and limitations of quality management.

• Accesses organizational resources that enable quality management.

• Defines quality management concepts.

• Cites examples of organizational quality management initiatives.

• Reviews others' writing or presentations and provides feedback and coaching.

• Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience.

• Demonstrates both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position.

• Communicates well downward, upward, and outward.

• Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement.

• Maintains focus on the topic at hand.

• Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives.

• Examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved stakeholder.

• Develops alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of information.

• Helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decision on resolution.

• Uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems.

• Facilitates the resolution of customer problems, issues, or concerns.

• Monitors and reports on delivery of what was promised.

• Participates in a team that provides direct customer service.

• Ensures identification of customer needs and priorities.

• Analyzes problem trends and takes steps to avoid recurrence.

• Assists in detailed project plans including cost, schedule, and resource requirements.

• Participates in planning, estimating, and executing a set of projects.

• Follows standard criteria to track project progress and status to ensure they are in line with program objectives.

• Monitors standard project status reports.

• Coordinates the necessary resources for managing efficient and effective projects within the program.

• Analyzes the implementation challenges of DFM methodologies and shares them with their supervisors.

• Documents each stage of the design process for audit and review purposes.

• Follows standard guidelines and best practices while carrying out DFM procedures.

• Implements DFM methodologies to standardize product designs, simplify operations, and reduce costs for certain types of manufacturing processes.

• Utilizes basic DFM tools and technologies to implement DFM methodologies.

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