Project Manager II - New Product Development

Generac Power Systems - Waukesha, WI

Full-time

Waukesha, WI

Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing

About the position

We are Generac, a leading energy technology company committed to powering a smarter world. Over the 60 plus years of Generac's history, we've been dedicated to energy innovation. From creating the home standby generator market category, to our current evolution into an energy technology solutions company, we continue to push new boundaries. GENERAC - It's a challenge, and an invitation. Most importantly, it's an opportunity to join an industry leader. There's never been a better time to work at Generac. We're shaping the market and investing in new companies and new technologies. Our rapid growth equals rapid career advancement opportunities for those who want to be challenged and enjoy a fast-paced, high-performance culture. The Project Manager II - New Product Development is responsible for planning and executing product development activities including new product introductions, cost reduction, technology integration, and lifecycle product support. The position requires strong technical and cross-functional product development and business process knowledge, superior people leadership skills, functional and project management experience, proficiency in quality systems, and business planning knowledge. This position works closely with the product business groups and other functional leaders in the company (product management, engineering, service, manufacturing operations, supply chain, marketing, quality, IT, finance) and is responsible for providing leadership and management for projects supporting a Generac business area / product line. This leadership role is responsible for planning and executing product development project plans which ensure superior products for Customers.

Responsibilities

• Provide project management leadership to teams for new product development projects including creating schedules, building product development plans, integrating the activities of cross-functional team members.
• Implement product requirements into project scope, design and product realization requirements.
• Lead key project execution, in primary collaboration with engineering and product management for new product development or similar product initiatives.
• Plan and execute multiple large, complex projects to meet or exceed schedule, project cost, scope and quality commitments.
• Achieve target product cost for Generac and product life cycle cost for Customers.
• Effectively execute and provide suggestions for improvement the product development process.
• Utilize the Generac Development Process (GDP) Milestones and Design Reviews as key drivers of product development progression.
• Define and drive Risk and Mitigation plans for projects.
• Define and lead contingency option assessments when needed, then select and execute mitigation plans.
• Facilitate collaboration between departments to identify and harvest new product development concepts, technologies, techniques, standards and procedures.
• Manage attributes and decisions such as make vs. buy (globally), shipping and logistics cost, bidding process.
• Actively participate in identifying and implementing continuous process improvements of the Generac NPI phase/gate process.
• Lead some CI initiatives in this area.
• Identify, evaluate and document 'lessons-learned' during the project and communicate best practices and lessons learned to project team members on future projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree OR equivalent work experience.
• 7 years of progressive work experience in engineering, project engineering, brand/product management of equipment, machinery, or other powered products.
• 5 years of project management experience in product development of industrial/commercial equipment, machinery, or other powered products.

Nice-to-haves

• Demonstrated Project Management experience with cross-functional teams which includes 'full system' product releases.

Benefits

• Opportunities for advancement