Product Development Process and Continuous Improvement Manager

Product Development Process And Continuous Improvement Manager

Product Transformation / Products & Solutions Work Location : Onsite at Westerville, OH

Vertiv, a $8.0B global organization with nearly 31,000 employees, designs, builds and services critical infrastructure that enables vital applications for data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial facilities. We support today's growing mobile and cloud computing markets with a portfolio of power, thermal and infrastructure management solutions.

Job Summary

The Global PMO team mission is to continuously develop and improve our Product Lifecycle Management Processes, which includes New Product Development and Introduction (NPDI), Sustaining, and Phase Out. The Product Development Process and Continuous Improvement Manager is responsible for identifying and leading initiatives that reduce Vertiv's product development cycle time - the manager will be responsible for defining and driving Operational Excellence in the product development process. The Continuous Improvement Manager acts on process improvement actions from many sources, including our Operating Model KPIs, Leadership actions, Lessons Learned, lean workshops and Kaizens. The Continuous Improvement Manager will use lean principles, identify waste, and continuously improve NPDI processes. Process improvements will be documented in Standard Operating Procedures, built into the Operating model, and accompanied by communications and training for process users. The Continuous Improvement Manager will support on the job training affected functions for key process steps in the NPDI process. It is anticipated improvements can occur across any of the functions in the development process - not just engineering. Additionally, the manager may engage in assisting PM's in documenting their critical path, summarizing the critical path norms across the portfolio, comparing the complexity rating of projects to TTM performance, understanding root causes and recommending corrective actions for projects with high Schedule Slip and / or TTM, and helping to drive accountability for Schedule Slip and TTM. This work may will also yield sources of best practice to further incorporate into process updates. The role will entail a combination of working closely with Business Unit Project Managers as well as supporting functional team members to define critical path steps, sequencing, and areas for improvement required. The Continuous Improvement Manager will work closely with the GPDO team and functions to implement necessary process improvements and actions.

Responsibilities

• Identify, prioritize, develop, and implement lean product development process improvements
• Learn the NPDI process and be capable to mentor / train and execute the process.

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