Herman Miller Looking for Global Lifestyle R & D Program Manager at Holland, MI Full Time

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.

GENERAL PURPOSE

Serves on the Global Lifestyle New Product Development team as Program Manager. Coordinates product development activities from Exploration through Commercialization. Serves as the key source of information management for the MillerKnoll Product Development Process. Delivers in-depth project and program plans including project schedules, budgets, risks, changes, and resource allocations to ensure clear understanding and communication between team members and department stake holders across the globe.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• As a member of the cross disciplinary NPD core team facilitate a heightened level of understanding, communication, interaction, collaboration, coordination and problem solving between departmental stake holders using the MillerKnoll Global NPC process.
• Assist with trade-off analysis on program objectives to include aesthetics, functionality, cost investment, and schedule to guide team decision-making.
• Contribute to the on-going effort to create a world-class Lifestyle R & D structure and process to include evaluation of appropriate structure (internal and external), tools, and processes to be deployed as well as facilitation of lessons learned experiences.
• Coordinate product development projects through all phases of execution from inception to production readiness.
• Develop and communicate reports that measure project performance related on-time, on-scope and on-budget project delivery.
• Performs additional responsibilities as requested to achieve business objectives.
• Plan, initiate and maintain project schedules; identify standard project phases, milestones, actions and goals and synchronize them with corporate, market and sales objectives.
• Prepare regular project communications or presentations to key stakeholders and the executive team, including project timing/launch dates, resource constraints and potential conflicts that could impact deliverables, dates, overall schedules, etc.
• Understands and adheres to policy and objectives for, and commitment to, quality.
• Work with appropriate departments (e.g. Engineering, Marketing, etc.) to coordinate sub activities of new product development projects (i.e. prototype builds, CAR’s, BIFMA testing, photography or sales samples).
• Work with Consumer and Contract channels, Product Management, Creative Direction and Marketing to be aware of any commitment/dates made to sales and/or customers from a marketing standpoint that impact project schedules.
• Performs additional responsibilities as requested to achieve business objectives.

QUALIFICATIONS

Skills and Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Design, Business or a related field.
• Four to six years of successful project management experience, ideally within the furniture or medical equipment industry.
• Three or more years’ experience in product development process preferred.
• Strong interpersonal and problem solving skills required.
• Strong leadership skills. Demonstrated ability to influence multiple disciplines without a direct reporting relationship and multiple levels within the organization.
• Strong analytical, personal organizational and time management skills; self motivated and self directed.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple time-sensitive projects simultaneously.
• Requires accuracy, initiative, business familiarity, adaptability and tenacity to persevere in challenging assignments.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively use office automation, communication, software and tools currently being used in the MillerKnoll office environment.
• Must be able to perform all essential functions of the position with or without accommodations.

Who 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.