Senior Manager, New Product Creation (NPC) - LATAM Technology Center

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 Title: Senior Manager, New Product Creation (NPC) – LATAM Technology Center

Function: New Product Creation (NPC) – Manufacturing Development & Commercialization (MDC)

Location: Balneário Piçarras, SC - 100% on-site

Reports to: Director, Manufacturing Development & Commercialization (MDC)

The Sr. Manager, New Product Creation (NPC) leads the LATAM Technology Center and is responsible for all new product development for products manufactured in Newell’s LATAM facilities that does not possess global R&D support, from ideation through the contract gate within Newell’s IGM (Integrated Go-to-Market) product development process. As the leader of the NPC pillar of MDC in the region, the role owns product design, platforms, specifications, regulatory compliance and cost engineering, bringing products to an industrialization-ready state for handoff to the plants.

The Sr. Manager builds and leads a multidisciplinary organization – Product Development Specialists (PDS) across the Outdoor & Recreation (O&R), Learn & Development (L&D) and Home & Commercial (H&C) segments, Design Engineers responsible for CAD and technical drawings, and the Laboratory – and coordinates the DFM group managed by the central ERA (Engineering, Reliability & Automation) team through a dotted-line relationship. Reporting to the MDC Director, the role builds capability in people, processes and technology and partners with Segment/IGM, R&D, marketing, sourcing, quality, regulatory and plant NPI teams to deliver robust, manufacturable and commercially successful products.

Job Duties

• Lead the LATAM NPC Technology Center, overseeing regional product development strategy, innovation, engineering, laboratory operations, and multidisciplinary teams across key business segments. 
• Drive the end-to-end new product development process from ideation through commercialization readiness, ensuring performance, quality, compliance, cost, and manufacturability targets are achieved. 
• Manage resources, budgets, and priorities while fostering organizational capability and operational excellence. 
• Partner cross-functionally with R&D, Marketing, Operations, Quality, Regulatory, Sourcing, and global stakeholders to deliver business objectives, support industrialization, and standardize best practices across the organization.

Key Deliverables

• Regional NPC roadmap and Technology Center capability plan
• Products developed to contract-gate / industrialization-ready state
• Product specifications, platforms, BOMs and design documentation
• CAD models and technical drawings (Design Engineering)
• Prototype, test and validation reports (Laboratory)
• VAVE / cost-reduction results delivered to target cost

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Electronic, Mechatronics, Industrial or related).
• Solid experience in product development / engineering in a manufacturing environment, including people leadership.
• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary product-development or engineering teams.
• Strong knowledge of the product development lifecycle, DFM/DFA and stage-gate processes.
• Advanced to fluent English (written and spoken).
• Availability to frequent travel across LATAM sites, with periodic global travel as required.

Skills & Abilities

• Strong leadership and team-development capability across multiple disciplines.
• Ability to operate effectively from the shop floor to the executive level.
• Strong strategic, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management across functions and cultures.
• Ability to manage a portfolio of projects and balance competing priorities.

Newell Brands (NASDAQ: NWL) is a leading global consumer goods company with a strong portfolio of well-known brands, including Rubbermaid, Sharpie, Graco, Coleman, Rubbermaid Commercial Products, Yankee Candle, Paper Mate, FoodSaver, Dymo, EXPO, Elmer’s, Oster, NUK, Spontex and Campingaz. We are focused on delighting consumers by lighting up everyday moments.