Product Development Platform Manager/Director-Vacuum Products

2 weeks ago

Louisville, United States Midea America Corp Full time

Midea America Corp., is one of the world’s largest home appliance brands, offering the most comprehensive selection of products in the world to fully serve the needs of day-to-day living at home, at work, or anywhere else you go. In North America we strive to aim high, put the customer first, transform and innovate the marketplace, utilizing our commitment, dedication, inclusion, and partnership with our teams.

Midea America is a subsidiary of the Midea Group, a global company with over 150,000 employees and operations in more than 195 countries. As a publicly listed company, we are ranked #245 as a Fortune Global 500 company and offer one of the most comprehensive product portfolios in the industry.

To support our growth in the US floorcare products, Midea is expanding its research and innovation capabilities in U.S. With this objective, Midea is looking for a Platform Manager/ Director for floor care products

Essential Job Responsibilities:

  • Drive innovation and development of market-leading vacuum products for the US Market.
  • Responsible for building the North American vacuum cleaner R&D team.
  • Identify and develop new technologies, features, and products to enable the eureka product business growth.
  • Support Midea America Corporation and China Product Division on technical matters concerning products sold in the US market. (AHAM, Safety, Quality, trade partners concerns)
  • Lead team to become domain experts on US consumer behavior. Research and utilize consumer insights to guide development of new product platforms.
  • Identify new features and models to grow US market share.
  • Create intellectual property portfolio protecting technology and innovations.
  • Create and maintain technology roadmaps to enable successful product planning.
  • Maintain an ongoing assessment of competitive products through competitive feature analysis, product teardowns, performance comparisons, marketing claim analysis, and related activities.
  • Proactively identify and resolve design-related quality issues and identify product quality improvements as part of the Research and Development process.
  • Manage budget, develop resources, drive teambuilding, support future lab development, and recruit approved headcount.
  • Meet with customers to understand potential product offerings and associated requirements. Lead team to convert these customer needs into viable product strategies.
  • Ability to travel domestically and internationally.
  • Other duties assigned.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or electrical engineering required. Other engineering fields considered with appropriate experience.
  • 10+ years’ engineering experience in Vacuum Cleaner Industry, 5+ years as manager.
  • Previous management experience with at least 2 direct reports and demonstrated strong leadership skills.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and high emotional intelligence.
  • Ability to lead technical teams and mentor engineers.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with commercial team and customers.
  • Strong problem-solving skills.
  • Proficient in CAD software UG/Solidworks/Creo, (Creo is preferred). Experience in structural design of plastic parts and related injection molding and molds.
  • Vision to see and the ability to organize and execute a strategy.
  • Strong knowledge of high-volume manufacturing processes.
  • Goal-oriented and self-managed.
  • Ability to thrive in a collaborative team environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master’s degree in engineering or MBA
  • Previous experience with building a new team.
  • History of working with global colleagues.
  • Previous experience with consumer appliances.


This is a full-time position. Some domestic and international travel is required.

Midea America Corp, is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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