Location: Saint Joseph,MI, USA
**Requisition ID:** 65050
ABOUT WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION:
Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is a leading kitchen and laundry appliance company, in constant pursuit of improving life at home and inspiring generations with our brands. The company is driving meaningful innovation to meet the evolving needs of consumers through its iconic brand portfolio, including Whirlpool, KitchenAid, JennAir, Maytag, Amana, Brastemp, Consul, and InSinkErator. In 2023, the company reported approximately $19 billion in annual sales, 59,000 employees, and 55 manufacturing and technology research centers. Additional information about the company can be found at WhirlpoolCorp.com.
**The team you will be a part of:**
Whirlpool Corporation is currently seeking a qualified candidate for a Senior Manager leadership role to join our Global Dishwasher Engineering Team in North America. This role offers an exciting opportunity to interact with global teams and functions to make Whirlpool Corporation the undisputed leader in Dishwashers.
**This role in summary:**
The Dishwasher Global Planning Leader is accountable to lead the annual planning process globally for the dishwasher business working closely with the regional business units to drive projects to support the strategy. This role will own the budget & resource management for the category. In addition, this role will lead system integrators (technical project managers) in China and Brazil to develop new products to help further accelerate the growth of the dishwasher business in Latin America and Asia.
**Your responsibilities will include:**
+ Drive alignment on key development and architecture requirements with the regions towards development of 5 year Global Platform Plan.
+ Ensure platform strategy to meet platform product leadership requirements.
+ Work with the regional Product Marketing Directors to understand the needs of each region for the dishwasher platform, and develop the strategic plan for meeting these needs across all regions, while driving toward fewer architectures within the dishwasher category.
+ Resolve cross-regional design trade-offs and issues.
+ Identify key global leverage points for product roadmaps and technology migration paths.
+ Align regions on global priorities for innovation and platform advancement.
+ Converge roadmap support to ensure product plans can be delivered, drive cost and quality improvements through product plan both through NPI and within improvement bundled introductions, conduct profit and resource planning for projects to meet NPI targets as well as P4G objectives, and ensure product leadership is sustained through lifecycle management (model line, cost, and quality improvements).
+ Lead responsibility for the engineering and technical operations of the dishwasher organization.
+ Lead system integrators in Brazil and China to drive new project development working with local manufacturing and suppliers.
+ Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and prioritize data-focused opportunities to drive portfolio improvements and scope out new projects to meet the region demands.
+ Develop roadmaps to achieve green product leadership scorecard metrics for key battleground segments.
+ Drive the overall category management system and budget looking at resolving trade-offs.
**Minimum requirements:**
+ Bachelor's degrees in Engineering or Computer Science.
+ Fluency in English.
+ 10+ years experience in product development and driving differentiated outcomes for product launches, cost and quality improvements, and working closely with different cultures.
+ Proven strength in problem-solving, decision making, and attention to detail.
+ Proven track record of delivering exceptional and beyond results.
+ Strong computer skills involving Google Suite, Tableau, and SAS Visual analytics.
**Preferred skills and experiences:**
+ Master's degree or MBA.
+ Prior experience with major, domestic home appliances.
+ Experience working autonomously with little oversight and making prudent and informed decisions, often quickly and with limited information.
+ Ability to influence and drive consensus across regions to converge on solutions that leverage global scale while still delivering regional needs.
+ Proven business case development/value creation experience.
+ Exceptional strategic thinker.
+ Proven ability to grow individual and organizational competency through proactive coaching and mentoring.
+ Outstanding communication, interpersonal, and facilitation skills.
+ Values the diversity of ideas, opinions, experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives needed to foster a competitive global business environment.
+ Proven ability to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment and meet tight deadlines.
+ Demonstrated ability to identify anomalies and trends in data quickly.
**Additional information:**
Whirlpool's Ways of Working -
Our goal is to provide an environment that helps you bring your best to Whirlpool every day. We apply 'always on' flexibility to all work days. You will have the autonomy to manage personal, family, and outside-of-work commitments as needed. Employees in this role work in person Monday through Thursday with the option to work remotely on Friday. We offer other flexibility and industry-leading time-off benefits that will help you balance what's important at work and at home, including:
+ Flexible Friday - Option to work extra hours Monday through Thursday to finish up work early on Friday.
+ Two-Week Work Remote from Anywhere - Minimum of one-week increments for a total of two weeks per year.
+ Sabbatical - Four weeks paid leave after every five years of service.
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