NPI Project Manager

Job Description Job Description Title: NPI Project Manager
Location: La Grange, IL
Overview: Sterling has helped build careers for thousands for professionals like yourself. Our expert recruiters support you at every step in the process and as a Best of Staffing company, Sterling provides exciting work with exceptional employers across the U.S.
Hire Type: Direct hire with benefits from day 1 and almost 100% coverage! In addition to 11 paid holidays, 2 weeks vacations, 401K, etc.
Job Summary: Lead Enterprise-wide multi-functional teams in all phases of the NPI (New Product Introduction) process for assigned products.
Job Duties:

• Provides leadership and direction to multi-function teams to develop a given product and controls all functions involved in the product development process
• Ensures the NPI program meets all goal requirements for product function and reliability, program cost/budget, and customer satisfaction
• Leads NPI teams in new model development and introduction plans including establishing performance, quality, cost, and investment targets
• Support the NPI team to establish and achieve target costs, reliability targets, and time tables
• Execute the NPI Requirements Management Process and identify critical customer and business requirements
• Guide concept selection and the identification and achievement of program requirements and technical specifications, shorten resolution times, achieve supply and manufacturability objectives, assure process conformance, and determine, justify, and monitor capital investments

Qualifications:

• BS in Business or Engineering
• Minimum of five years of progressively responsible job-related experience on capital intensive, highly engineered, long life cycle product line
• Minimum of three years of Project Management experience
• Strong commercial, business, engineering, and manufacturing skills, along with an understanding of product test and development, materials, accounting, and pricing functions
• Must have excellent problem-solving skills, good leadership, and team management capabilities
• Requires strong written and verbal communications skills

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.