NPI Director

YDU JC Air Cond & Ref Inc.- Dubai; Monterrey; Presencial; MXN 1.000.000 - 1.500.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Comprehensive benefits

Professional growth opportunities

Work‑life balance

Descripción de la vacante

Johnson Controls is seeking a Manufacturing Readiness and Launch leader to drive new product introductions. You will lead NPI teams, coordinate with Product Management, Engineering, and Supply Chain, and ensure safe, reliable production at required quality, rate, and cost.

You will shape manufacturing requirements early, manage gates, secure capacity, and implement Lean-based systems to shorten launch cycles and sustain ramp performance across plants and regions.

Formación

• Ability to lead manufacturing readiness and launch events across cross-functional teams.
• Experience applying stage-gate processes to product introductions.
• Strong problem-solving and data-driven decision making.
• Lean or continuous improvement mindset to shorten cycle times.

Responsabilidades

• New Product Manufacturing Plan: define and deliver the manufacturing plan for each new product, ensuring safe, reliable production at required quality, rate, and cost.
• Gate Decisions and Launch Readiness: define manufacturing requirements for each RCLP gate and escalate gaps with recovery plans.
• Supplier and Material Readiness: ensure supplier capability and material availability to support prototypes and launches.
• Plant and Workforce Readiness: ensure plants have processes, equipment, materials, systems, standard work, staffing, and NPI training prior to launch.
• Launch and Ramp Performance: deliver first production, ramp, and stable operating performance against safety, quality, delivery, cost, and capacity targets.
• Business System Leadership: establish a repeatable NPI operating system with visual management and root-cause countermeasures.

Descripción del empleo

Johnson Controls, a global leader in thermal management, mission‑critical building systems, energy efficiency, and decarbonization, helps customers use energy more productively, reduce carbon emissions, and operate with the precision and resilience required in rapidly expanding industries such as data centers, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, advanced manufacturing, and higher education.

For more than 140 years, Johnson Controls has delivered performance where it really matters.

Backed by advanced technology, lifecycle services and an industry‑leading field organization, we elevate customer performance, turn goals into real‑world results and help move society forward.

Role Overview Leads manufacturing readiness and operational launch for new products within an assigned domain or region. As leader of manufacturing team members on core product development teams, the role ensures new products can be produced safely, reliably, and at the required quality, rate, cost, and lead time. The role leads a dedicated NPI team and directs the extended manufacturing teams supporting product development and launch. It works with Product Management, Engineering, Procurement, Supply Chain, Quality, Finance, and plant leadership to shape manufacturing requirements early, secure the capabilities and resources needed for launch, and address risks before they affect customers or operations. Its value is faster, more predictable launches, stable production ramps, and manufacturing capability that supports sustained growth.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• New Product Manufacturing Plan Defines and delivers the manufacturing plan for each new product. Ensures the product can be produced safely and reliably at the required quality, rate, and cost, with the necessary process, equipment, capacity, investment, and make‑or‑buy decisions in place.
• Gate Decisions and Launch Readiness Defines manufacturing requirements for each RCLP gate. Confirms critical gaps are closed or have approved recovery plans, and makes or escalates the manufacturing go/no‑go recommendation.
• Supplier and Material Readiness Ensures supplier capability and material availability support prototype, validation, launch, and ramp requirements. Escalates sourcing, qualification, lead‑time, capacity, or continuity risks through the appropriate authority.
• Plant and Workforce Readiness Ensures each receiving plant is ready to produce the new product. Confirms the manufacturing process, equipment, materials, systems, standard work, staffing, and NPI‑specific training are in place before launch.
• Launch and Ramp Performance Delivers first production, ramp, and stable operating performance against agreed safety, quality, delivery, cost, and capacity expectations. Resolves launch issues and completes the handoff to normal operations when performance expectations are met.
• Business System Leadership Builds a disciplined, repeatable NPI operating system that connects strategy to execution. Establishes visual management, standard work, tiered accountability, Gemba‑based problem solving, root‑cause countermeasures, and lessons‑learned reuse to shorten launch cycle time, improve predictability, and prevent recurring issues.
• Talent System Leadership Builds the capacity, capability, and culture of the extended teams that deliver manufacturing readiness and launch. Plans resource and capability needs, clarifies roles and goals, sets high standards, and strengthens performance through coaching, development, feedback, and recognition across the NPI team and cross‑functional partners.

WINNING BEHAVIORS

• We Focus on What Matters — We align our teams around customer needs and opportunities identified at Gemba, set clear priorities that deliver the most value, and enable data‑informed decisions closest to where the work happens.
• We Win as One Team — We seek and bring together different perspectives, connect teams across the value stream to achieve shared goals, address challenges constructively, promote collaboration and enable ownership closest to the customer.
• We Own the Outcome — We build team accountability and ownership for results, drive timely and disciplined execution, and build systems that enable sustained performance, always prioritizing safety and integrity.
• We Improve Everyday — We create an environment where problems are surfaced transparently, “red” is embraced as an opportunity to improve, root causes are sustainably addressed, and teams rapidly learn, experiment, adapt, innovate, and grow.

KEY LEADERSHIP ATTRIBUTES

• Foresight. Anticipates manufacturing, capacity, supplier, resource, and capability needs before they become launch constraints.
• Judgment. Distinguishes launch‑critical issues from lower‑value detail and makes balanced decisions when evidence is incomplete or trade‑offs are required.
• Candor. Surfaces risks, weak assumptions, and readiness gaps early, including when the message is difficult or unpopular.
• Composure. Remains clear and steady when launches face pressure, setbacks, ambiguity, or competing demands.
• Curiosity. Seeks direct understanding of products, processes, suppliers, plants, and frontline work before drawing conclusions.
• Humility. Tests personal assumptions, welcomes contrary evidence, and adjusts direction when facts indicate a better approach.
• Resolve. Maintains focus and standards through obstacles and follows critical issues through to effective closure.
• Stewardship. Strengthens the capability, ownership, and long‑term effectiveness of the extended teams and systems supporting NPI.

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

Required: Demonstrated ownership of manufacturing readiness and launch outcomes for multiple new products or comparable complex industrial programs. Deep knowledge of manufacturing planning, including process capability, equipment, capacity, quality controls, standard work, cost, and production ramp. Experience making evidence‑based manufacturing readiness decisions within a structured stage‑gate, product development, or equivalent launch process. Proven ability to align Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement, Quality, Supply Chain, and plant teams around launch commitments without relying on direct authority. Experience identifying and resolving supplier, material, capacity, or continuity risks that could prevent a successful launch or ramp. Demonstrated use of Lean or an equivalent business system to improve execution, solve systemic problems, and sustain results across.

Strongly Preferred: Demonstrated success improving launch speed, predictability, or ramp performance across a portfolio of new product introductions. Experience launching complex engineered products across multiple plants, regions, suppliers, or manufacturing models. Experience establishing or significantly improving a repeatable NPI operating system across manufacturing and cross‑functional teams. Experience building the capacity and capability of extended NPI teams through resource planning, role clarity, coaching, development, and performance leadership.

SUCCESS MEASURES

12‑Month Expectations for Success (Role Scorecard — Year 1)

Priority new products have validated manufacturing plans that support committed safety, quality, rate, cost, lead‑time, and investment expectations. Manufacturing gate recommendations are supported by clear evidence, with critical readiness gaps closed or governed by approved recovery plans. Supplier capability and material availability support prototype, validation, and priority launch requirements, with critical risks resolved or mitigated before production commitments. Receiving plants demonstrate readiness before first production, with the required manufacturing process, equipment, systems, standard work, staffing, and NPI training in place. Priority new products achieve first production and progress through ramp against agreed safety, quality, delivery, cost, and capacity expectations. A common NPI operating system is applied across priority launches, providing visible performance, clear accountability, disciplined problem solving, and reuse of lessons learned. Extended manufacturing launch teams have the resources, role clarity, goals, and critical capabilities required to deliver priority launches.

24‑Month Expectations for Success (Role Scorecard — Year 2)

New products consistently enter launch with viable manufacturing plans, with fewer late changes to process, capacity, investment, cost, or lead‑time assumptions. Manufacturing gate discipline prevents late readiness failures, reducing launch delays or resets caused by previously unidentified manufacturing risks. Supplier and material readiness consistently supports launch and ramp, with fewer production disruptions caused by qualification, capacity, lead‑time, or continuity gaps. Receiving plants consistently achieve readiness on plan and launch new products without significant disruption from unresolved manufacturing or workforce gaps. New products consistently achieve stable operating performance within the planned ramp and transfer successfully into normal operations. The NPI operating system delivers sustained improvement in manufacturing launch cycle time and predictability, with fewer recurring issues across products and plants. Extended manufacturing launch teams consistently deliver commitments, with the capacity, capability, and leadership depth required for the future product pipeline.

What do we offer?

• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.
• Supportive and inclusive work environment.
• Commitment to work‑life balance and employee well‑being.
• Engagement in meaningful projects that make a difference.
• Johnson Controls does not request pregnancy or HIV testing as a condition for hiring, continued employment, or promotion, in accordance with its commitment to labor equality and non‑discrimination.

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