New Product Fulfillment Lead

Job title: New Product Fulfillment Lead

Company: MillerKnoll


Job description: Why join us?Our purpose is to design for the good of humankind. It’s the ideal we strive toward each day in everything we do. Being a part of MillerKnoll means being a part of something larger than your work team, or even your brand. We are redefining modern for the 21st century. And our success allows MillerKnoll to support causes that align with our values, so we can build a more sustainable, equitable, and beautiful future for everyone.New Product Fulfillment Lead – APACDescriptionYou can make a salary. Or you can make a difference. Or you can work as a New Product Fulfillment Lead – APAC at Herman Miller and make both.About this Opportunity
As a New Product Fulfillment Lead – APAC, you’ll lead and supervise a multi-functional Fulfillment Team for large, complex new product programs. You will manage programs to support key product and process strategies with an emphasis on teamwork, leadership, setting project objectives, and approaching project objectives with a business development and implementation attitude. You’ll also serve as the Fulfillment Lead on New Product Core Teams.What You’ll Do
You’ll have opportunities to speak up, solve problems, lead others, and be an owner every day as you…

• Continually improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the work team through investing in the growth of team members, adopting new and improved tools, eliminating systemic waste in work processes, and through additional means where appropriate.
• Define, locate, and secure internal and external manufacturing and assembly resources and establish and maintain a network to support product design, development, and commercialization.
• Ensure that Lean manufacturing principles and Quality Operating Standards are reflected in all project results.
• Establish and maintain close working relationships with clients, external design and development partners, strategic alliance partners, suppliers, and internal functional areas.
• Lead the drive toward the attainment of business objectives to reduce warranty and defect PPM measurements and to increase the reliability of ship-to-promise.
• Lead, coach, and mentor a multi-functional Fulfillment Team, including employee development, performance planning and review, performance management, and maintaining a positive employee relations environment.
• Maintain communication with development project teams and operational support groups to ensure successful implementation within the program directives.
• Organize, plan, and lead the new product manufacturing and logistics implementation.
• Prioritize the total work demand for the New Product Fulfillment Team and align the team’s resources with the needs of the Core Team, Operations, suppliers, and other business partners.
• Provide a communication link with Operations Teams to ensure the current availability of product development information.
• Provide operational expertise and insight into the solution, design, development process, and process methodology that will provide successful implementation of new product programs.
• Strategically position new product offerings to meet required customer lead-time expectations by developing programs, processes, and distribution capabilities.
• Solidify key links between site personnel and appropriate core team members to guarantee successful project implementation, and facilitate strong ties to site resources to meet their needs and enable their success.
• Take ownership of best practices as defined by the Corporate Quality System. You will ensure that training for work team members is delivered, critical work processes such as the ECO and NPC processes are understood and utilized, and that work team members suggest changes and improvements to the defined system in the spirit of continuous improvement.
• Perform additional responsibilities as requested to achieve business objectives.

Sound Like You?
You might be just who we’re looking for if you have…

• A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field. A Master’s degree in Engineering or Business Administration is preferred.
• Eight to ten years of previous operational experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• The ability to understand, articulate, and communicate Herman Miller strategy and operational capabilities.
• The ability to direct and orchestrate project management work process activities for cross-functional internal and external resources.
• Experience and results in establishing operational (manufacturing and logistics) excellence for the development and commercialization support of new products.
• Communication skills to effectively give and receive information in written and verbal form that is constructive and informative in directing business activities.
• Leadership and teamwork skills to inspire and guide others while actively achieving team goals through respect and collaboration with team members.
• The ability to be effectively adapt under shifting conditions with multiple tasks, responsibilities, and people.
• Strong interpersonal, leadership, and problem-solving skills, as well as initiative, business acumen, adaptability, flexibility, and tenacity to persevere in providing effective solutions.
• The ability to effectively use the office automation, communication, software, and tools used in the Herman Miller office environment.
• Fluency in new product development processes and a proven ability to lead teams in the conceptualization and implementation of new products.
• Thorough knowledge of project management concepts such as scheduling, MS Project, scope management and control, resource management, and budgeting, and the proven ability to apply these concepts successfully to manage projects to achieve business results.
• The ability to perform all essential job functions of the position with or without accommodations.

Who We Are
At Herman Miller, our unique culture represents the collective attitudes, ideas, and experiences of the people who work here. We focus on protecting the environment, impacting our communities, exceeding the expectations of our customers through high quality products, and championing diversity in all areas of the business, and together we are on a journey toward a better world. We support the well-being of our employees in and outside of work by providing a variety of opportunities including award-winning work-life integration resources, development programs, complex health and wellness offerings, and much more.Herman Miller is a globally recognized provider of furnishings and related technologies and services. Headquartered in West Michigan, we have relied on innovative design for over 100 years to solve problems for people wherever they work, live, learn, and heal.Herman Miller is committed to diversity and inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer including veterans and people with disabilities.Schedule: Full-timeEmployee Status: RegularTravel: Yes, 10 % of the TimeShift: FirstWork Schedule: 8am-5pmHiring Manager: Louis KongPrimary Location: Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, ChinaOther Locations: HongKong, Japan, India, AustraliaWho We Hire?Simply put, we hire everyone. MillerKnoll is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veterans from every branch of military service, and more. Here, you can bring your whole self to work. We’re committed to equal opportunity employment, including veterans and people with disabilities.MillerKnoll complies with applicable disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact MillerKnoll Talent Acquisition at .

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Location: Dongguan, Guangdong

Job date: Wed, 01 Jan 2025 05:03:27 GMT

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