Senior Analyst, Product Delivery

**Requisition ID**:57788

ABOUT WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

**The team you will be a part of**:

- The Product Delivery team plans and prepares manufacturing production schedules and departmental workflows to establish sequence and lead time of production operation to meet shipping dates. Expedites operations that delay schedules and alters schedules to meet unforeseen conditions. Analyzes plant capacity and production requisition data to determine processes and resources; prepares production reports.

**This role in summary**:
**Whirlpool Corporation is consistently recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies. Our values are the driving force behind everything we do. Respect, integrity, diversity and inclusion, teamwork and the spirit of winning propel our teams to excellence. Get to know us and see what it's like to be part of the world's leading major home appliance company.
**As a PLO (Project Leadership Office) Project Planner, you will work with cross functional teams and will be responsible for several aspects of multiple projects including scope, time, cost & quality management to ensure a successful project delivery. You will be working with the entire project lifecycle: initiating, planning, executing, monitoring & controlling, and closing.**

**This position will be filled as Analyst or Sr. Analyst depending on the experience.**

**Your responsibilities will include**:

- **Work on projects using the Whirlpool Product Development (WPD) System / Methodology, for Production Development Projects (PDP) & Advanced Development Projects (ADP).**
- **Work with cross functional teams in project activities through weekly core team meetings, 1:1 interactions, and other forums & communications.**
- **Engage project key stakeholders for scope alignment and change management.**
- **Support risk management and drive issues resolution.**
- **Manage data in multiple systems to report KPIs (Key Project Indicators) monthly, provide component part tracking status, and bridge communication networks between core team members.**
- **Drive capital calendar and project expenses planning & execution, providing oversight on spending and monthly outlook status.**
- **Tracking of Parts development and production readiness: Part supplier selected, Toolmaker selection, IO (Internal Order) approvals, Tooling PO (Purchase Order), Tooling initiated, Tool execution tracking, Tool release from toolmaker to molder, Tooling delivery to final supplier, Tool trials coordination, Tool arrival date, Drawing releases, Part & Assembly revisions, PPAP for Make and Buy parts.**
- **Manage and ensure company assets are being deployed in accordance with policy and project deliverables.**
- **Support development and tracking of project master schedule, including follow-up on execution w/ core-team and extended team members.**

**Minimum requirements**:

- **Bachelor’s degree.**
- **2+ years of experience in Consumer/Durable Goods Sector Product Development.**
- **2+ years of project management experience working with cross-functional team projects.**
- **1+ year of experience with scope, time, cost, quality, communications, stakeholder and risk management working on global and/or domestic projects.**

**Preferred skills and experiences**:

- **PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.**
- **Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Business.**
- **Experience in the Home Appliance industry, and in Refrigeration.**
- **Whirlpool Product Development (WPD) or similar product development & project delivery methodology experience.**
- **Whirlpool Project Part Tracker Application (PPTA) or similar product parts & capital tooling tracker system experience.**
- **Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) knowledge.**
- **SAP / ERP systems experience.**
- **MS Office, Google Suite, Excel/Google Sheets Formulas, Charts, Macro/Scripts.**
- **MS Project and/or SmartSheets.**
- **Budget management, financial planning and analysis, capital management.**
- **Critical thinking and diagnostic capability in a fast-paced environment.**
- **Proactively take ownership of issues and drive solutions.**
- **Organization, analytical, communication, and leadership skills.**
- **People skills to work in cross-functional teams with a can-do attitude and ability to integrate**

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