NPD & Process Excellence Project Lead

Milwaukee-Tool; West Bend (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental insurance on day one

Vision and life insurance on day one

401k plan

On-site cafeteria

State-of-the-art fitness facility

Job summary

Milwaukee Tool is seeking an Operations Project Leader to drive multi-disciplinary projects across NPD, manufacturing support and cost reduction initiatives. You will lead schedules, risk planning, and cross-functional teams to ensure on-time, within-budget launches with robust technical problem solving.

The role requires deep knowledge of manufacturing processes, strong project management skills, and willingness to travel domestically to Wisconsin sites and international locations as needed.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree in industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, supply chain or operations.
• Graduate studies in PM/Finance/Marketing/Organizational studies preferred.
• Formal project management training preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple moderate to highly complex operations projects for NPD, process improvement & manufacturing support.
• Create project schedules, resource plans, and facilitate/project meetings.
• Track schedules, mitigate risks, and escalate issues as needed.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Quality, Engineering, Sourcing, Finance, and others.
• Provide technical problem solving and present status at reviews.
• Evaluate design relative to cost, reliability and manufacturability.

Skills

Project management

Technical problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Process improvement

Manufacturing process knowledge

Education

Industrial engineering

Mechanical engineering

Supply chain/operations

Graduate studies in business (PM/Finance/Marketing/Org studies)

Formal project management training

Tools

Microsoft Project

Unigraphics NX (NX8.5)

Teamcenter

Oracle Cloud (ERP)

High Jump (WMS)

Job description

Milwaukee Tool is seeking an Operations Project Leader to drive multi-disciplinary projects across NPD, manufacturing support and cost reduction initiatives. You will lead schedules, risk planning, and cross-functional teams to ensure on-time, within-budget launches with robust technical problem solving.

The role requires deep knowledge of manufacturing processes, strong project management skills, and willingness to travel domestically to Wisconsin sites and international locations as needed.