MillerKnoll is looking to lead the product development process across a product portfolio within the assigned category, ensuring new products are commercialized on time and within budget, while meeting the company's design and quality standards.
Requirements
- 3D CAD and Adobe Creative Suite preferred.
- MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) required.
- Knowledge of furniture construction and furniture market landscape preferred.
- Luxury/high end experience preferred.
- Financial literacy with the ability to perform retail math.
- Experience with product development-related functions and disciplines.
- Program/project management skills.
Responsibilities
- Manage project schedules to meet critical company milestones.
- Lead weekly meetings with cross-functional teams to share progress on new developments and conduct prototype/design reviews.
- Generate Request for Quote (RFQ) bid packages for new developments and manage review/selection process.
- Facilitate prototyping with Engineering and/or Suppliers.
- Ensure all new developments meet target costs and margin requirements.
- Create quality criteria for all new programs and maintain/develop Quality Assurance Protocol with Supplies.
- Conduct in-depth review of prototypes to ensure products meet or exceed all standards for build quality, ease of assembly, packaging, comfort, value, etc.
Other
- Bachelor’s degree in industrial design, Business, or a related field.
- 3+ years of experience in development-related functions and disciplines.
- Willingness to travel globally as required.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, particularly communicating with team members across cultures and functions.
- Demonstrated expert written/verbal communication skills and a proven capability to present complex concepts in a concise and understandable way to a variety of audiences.
