Programme Manager, New Product Development

at  Konecranes

PROGRAMME MANAGER, NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

At Konecranes, we believe that great customer experience is built on the people behind the Konecranes name. Everything we do, we do with passion and drive. We believe diversity drives business success and is the foundation for our growth. We welcome different backgrounds and skills that enrich our community and we promote a place where we can ALL be ourselves. This is what makes Konecranes a unique place to work.
Product Line Rope Hoist Cranes, Components & Ex-Proof is part of Business Unit Standard Equipment for Industrial Service and Equipment. The product line is responsible for a leading range of industrial cranes and hoists covering a full range of industrial applications.
The core role of the product line is to provide ownership and lifecycle management for the RH portfolio. Main activities include; definition of product strategy and its execution, delivery of new products to market, ongoing product maintenance and 2nd level offer & order engineering.
Liaison with our sales channels and key stakeholders is fundamental to ensuring customer centricity is forefront in our portfolio management. Our goal is to provide a competitive offering of sustainable lifting solutions which improve the safety, productivity and sustainability of our customer operations.
We are now looking for a Programme Manager to be responsible for a range of challenging new product development projects through the development phases to start of production. Key objectives will be to demonstrate achievement of project goals for product quality, reliability and cost whilst realising smooth introduction of new products to market on time.

• Lead new product development projects to defined quality, cost and delivery targets
• Manage and lead cross-functional programme teams
• Define and prioritise project requirements
• Develop, monitor and control; project scope, timing, cost, quality, resources and risk from project start to completion
• Ensure resource is on-board to support programme requirements
• Communicate individual role and project expectations to team members
• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with all project stakeholders
• Risk management and effective mitigation planning
• Report project status to key stakeholders