Product Development Manager & China's Office Manager

Newell Brands is a leading $8.3B consumer products company with a portfolio of iconic brands such as Graco®, Coleman®, Oster®, Rubbermaid® and Sharpie®, and 25,000 talented employees around the world.

Our high-performance culture, unparalleled curiosity about the world around us, and talented people fuel our success. Our culture is enabled through our core values which guide all we do and how we win as One Newell.

They are Integrity, Teamwork, Passion for Winning, Ownership & Leadership.

Position : Product Development Manager & China’s Office Manager

Location : Balneário Piçarras, SC or Vila Olímpia, SP - hybrid model 3-2

Reports to : Marketing Director One Newel Brazil

Responsibilities :

• Manage a portfolio of complex initiatives that span all lines of business, especially for Appliances;
• Full project life cycle ownership : successful project delivery will include full implementation from initiation to deployment for one major or several minor initiatives simultaneously;
• Participate in establishing practices, templates, policies, tools and partnerships to expand and mature these capabilities for the organization;
• Provide status reporting regarding project milestones, deliverable, dependencies, risks and issues, communicating across leadership;
• Analyze feedback from customers, stakeholders and other teams to shape requirements, features and end products;
• Coach, motivate and supervise project and product team;
• Manages the supplier qualification process for Asia suppliers, defining criteria, implementing the audits and sharing the results with the leadership;
• Manage ongoing quality control and participate in quality issue resolution;
• Define, implement and manage the quality assurance process, testing methodologies and supporting tools for Asia sourced finished goods and SKDs;
• Manages the compliance testing, certification, and surveillance with OCPs for Brazil’s Inmetro electrical safety certification for Asia sourced finished goods;
• Assist in dispute, negotiation, arbitration or litigation as needed;
• Manages the quality inspection process in China assuring 100% pre-shipment inspection, approving / rejecting the reports received from inspector and communicate the results for Brazil shipment release, for SFG;
• Build strong relationships with suppliers to support product development, quality assurance and sourcing initiatives;
• Participate in sourcing fairs in China providing technical and experience support to the sourcing team from Brazil, enhancing and enabling the relationship between local Chinese suppliers and Brazil staff when required;
• Execute and supervise administrative tasks on a day-to-day basis;
• Responsible for the China Office budget, headcounts and general management;

Monitor China’s Office staff performance and complete performance reviews.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering field

Fluent English & Portuguese

Relevant experience in product development management within the full project life cycle

Experienced in the consumer goods sector, preferable appliances, electrical or electronic

Availability to travel to China 1-4 times per year