Whirlpool

Whirlpool

KASA Project Manager / Project Leader (Manager, PLO)

Benton Harbor,Michigan,USA · Mid

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About the role

  • In 2025, the company reported approximately $16 billion in annual net sales - close to 90% of which were in the Americas - 41,000 employees, and 35 manufacturing and technology research centers.
  • Additional information about the company can be found at WhirlpoolCorp.com.

Responsibilities

  • 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.
  • The Manager in the Project Leadership Office (PLO) leads cross-functional teams to deliver consumer relevant launches with speed, quality, and efficiency.
  • The Project Manager drives the consistent application of the Whirlpool Product Development (WPD) system to enable disciplined execution and predictability, while enabling flexibility to meet consumer and business needs.
  • Additionally, this role will act as a project leader for the KASA Test Kitchen, a strategic initiative to validate and de-risk new category entry into the small appliances space, ensuring that KASA can rapidly and systematically pursue its growth ambition.
  • Your responsibilities will include Lead cross-functional project teams with clarity, ensuring accountability for scope, timing, cost, quality, consumer outcomes, and delivery against the business commitments.
  • Lead and operationalize early-stage Advanced Development Projects (ADP) to de-risk execution, comfortably operating 'in the grey' to orchestrate the team through validating desirability, feasibility, and viability before business case commitment.
  • Anticipate risks, escalate with transparency, and drive resolution through data-based decisions.
  • Build strong followership by creating psychological safety, modeling straight talk, and empowering team members to take ownership.
  • Partner with category leaders, Marketing, Engineering, Brand and Operations to ensure launches are consumer-centric and business-viable.
  • Manage stakeholder relationships proactively-aligning cross-functional leaders, clarifying decision ownership, and ensuring transparency of status, risks, and trade-offs.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or related field Proven experience leading cross-functional project teams within consumer product development or related industries.
  • Demonstrated expertise in structured product development processes (WPD or equivalent).
  • Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with proven ability to align diverse functions and geographies.
  • Strong critical thinking and business judgment, with the ability to ask incisive questions, and influence decisions without direct authority.
  • 5 years of experience in Consumer/Durable Goods Sector Product Development.
  • Minimum requirements Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or related field Proven experience leading cross-functional project teams within consumer product development or related industries.

Skills

  • 3 - 5 years of experience in Consumer/Durable Goods Sector Product Development.
  • Experience in the Home Appliance industry.
  • Accountability & Trust: Holds teams and self accountable, creating an environment of transparency and psychological safety.
  • Connect with us and learn more about Whirlpool Corporation See what it's like to work at Whirlpool by visiting Whirlpool Careers.
  • Additional information about the company can be found on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.
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  • Leadership Behaviors Serve & Build:
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  • Holds teams and self accountable, creating an environment of transparency and psychological safety.

Compensation

  • In 2025, the company reported approximately $16 billion in annual net sales - close to 90% of which were in the Americas - 41,000 employees, and 35 manufacturing and technology research centers.
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