Product Development Program Associate I

Mattel, Inc.and Subsidiaries; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 71,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

Mattel is seeking a Development Program Management Associate I to join our Product Development team in El Segundo, CA. You will help manage projects from concept through production, collaborating with Design, Development, Marketing, Manufacturing and other functions across the product life cycle.

You will work with overseas teams to ensure on-time delivery, troubleshoot production samples, and drive cost estimates and scheduling for global product lines.

Qualifications

• BA/ BS Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial) or related discipline.
• 0-2 years of relevant project management experience.
• Proven ability to juggle multiple projects, make quick decisions, and possess excellent problem-solving skills.
• Comfortable leading cross-functional teams.
• Excellent organizational skills are must.
• Must be comfortable with systems and data entry.
• Relationship building and customer-facing skills.
• Demonstrated growth mindset by staying curious and continuously learning, embracing challenges, and improving themselves.

Responsibilities

• Managing multiple projects of varying product types and complexities while maintaining cost and schedule targets.
• Working closely with overseas development, tooling, and manufacturing to ensure successful project completion.
• Troubleshoot production level samples and make suggestions to fix defects, improve mechanisms, and guarantee end-consumer satisfaction.
• Develop, maintain and drive schedule execution of worldwide products.
• Act as liaison between El Segundo teams and overseas locations throughout the product life cycle.
• Reviewing concept sketches and providing support for products in the preliminary design phase.
• Working with external development sources to engineer the product.
• Managing project schedules and product costs.
• Working in a team environment with Design, Packaging, Product Integrity, Marketing, Planning, Cost Engineering, Model Shop, Electrical Engineering, Materials Lab, Sculpting, manufacturing plants, and offshore development sources.
• Develop cost estimates and provide cost /financial analyses for different types of products.
• Analyze product design to affect maximum utilization of materials, methods and processes in order to meet cost objectives and quality specifications.
• Examine product components to ascertain purpose, cost and value by utilizing knowledge of product design and budgetary considerations.
• Guide cross-functional teams into optimizing the content and features of products given the constraints of selling price and margins.

Skills

Cross-functional teamwork

Problem-solving

Organizational skills

Systems & data entry

Relationship building

Growth mindset

Education

BA/ BS Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial) or related

Job description

Mattel is seeking a Development Program Management Associate I to join our Product Development team in El Segundo, CA. You will help manage projects from concept through production, collaborating with Design, Development, Marketing, Manufacturing and other functions across the product life cycle.

You will work with overseas teams to ensure on-time delivery, troubleshoot production samples, and drive cost estimates and scheduling for global product lines.