Senior NPI & Manufacturing Readiness Engineer
Newell Brands
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Job summary
Newell Brands is seeking a Senior Product Development Engineer with manufacturing experience to lead NPI projects and drive manufacturing readiness for launches. You will coordinate across Operations, Production, Quality, Planning, and Engineering to ensure on-time delivery and quality targets are met.
Responsibilities include process design, time studies, lean initiatives, and close collaboration with cross-functional teams to support successful product introductions in a fast-paced environment.
Qualifications
- 3+ years in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience leading NPI projects.
- Strong Industrial Engineering and process improvement experience.
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing tools (Kaizen, VSM, Kanban, 6S).
- Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and driving project execution.
- SAP and AutoCAD experience.
- Intermediate to advanced English.
Responsibilities
- Lead New Product Introduction (NPI/NPD) projects from development through production launch.
- Coordinate validation builds, pilot runs, and manufacturing readiness activities.
- Drive project execution, ensuring milestones, deliverables, and timelines are achieved.
- Design and optimize manufacturing processes, workflows, and production layouts.
- Conduct time studies, line balancing, and capacity analysis.
- Implement Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Act as the primary liaison across cross-functional teams to ensure successful project launches.
Skills
Education
Job description
Newell Brands is seeking a Senior Product Development Engineer with manufacturing experience to lead NPI projects and drive manufacturing readiness for launches. You will coordinate across Operations, Production, Quality, Planning, and Engineering to ensure on-time delivery and quality targets are met.
Responsibilities include process design, time studies, lean initiatives, and close collaboration with cross-functional teams to support successful product introductions in a fast-paced environment.
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