Requisition ID: 64997 

ABOUT WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION 
Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is a leading kitchen and laundry appliance company, in constant pursuit of improving life at home and inspiring generations with our brands. The company is driving meaningful innovation to meet the evolving needs of consumers through its iconic brand portfolio, including Whirlpool, KitchenAid, JennAir, Maytag, Amana, Brastemp, Consul, and InSinkErator. In 2023, the company reported approximately $19 billion in annual sales, 59,000 employees, and 55 manufacturing and technology research centers.  Additional information about the company can be found at WhirlpoolCorp.com.

The team you will be a part of

ORGANIZATION

 

THE GLOBAL BUSINESS:

#1 Fortune 500 Company in Consumer Durable category

Annual sales turnover of $21 billion

70 Manufacturing & Technology centers around the Globe

Operations in more than 170 countries

Over 12 brands as part of global portfolio

 

BEST EMPLOYER AWARD

 

We believe that our people make us a great place to work, reflected in the awards we have received consistently over the past couple of years.

This role in summary

Strategic Competitive Category and Brand Architecture Analysis that consistently delivers architecture insights to the platforms.

 

Your responsibilities will include

Responsible for driving core activities in brand and category competitive architecture design analysis:

Create and maintain status, trends, and reports of competitive architecture which support Whirlpool global product attribute targets, architecture roadmap and product plans with specific emphasis on specific category and brand

Document competitive functional architecture design including  architecture function, form and interface according to project plan 

Create and deliver competitive commonization matrix with the Partnership of CAA Manufacturing Process Analysis team 

Partner with platform subsystem teams to create competitive functional and structural subsystem, module and component insights of design solutions and technology trends

Partner with global EES team to create EES competitive insights of hardware, software, control systems, integration and attribute / technology

Input data into competitive component database to inform Whirlpool product complexity reduction strategy

Identify opportunities and solutions to improve CAA teardown project efficiency

Work together with CAA Category Competitive Analysis, Competitive Cost Analysis and Competitive Manufacturing Process Analysis teams to ensure project work is completed according to CAA project plans

Partner within CAA team to identify architecture design opportunities and provide input into competitive analysis strategy and competency roadmap

Partner with CAA architecture design analysts to identify brand and category gaps, needs and opportunities

Partner with CAA manufacturing process analysis team to identify industrial cost opportunities and to develop/improve cost models

Partner with CAA cost analysis team to identify architectural cost opportunities and to develop/improve cost models

Minimum requirements

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Eg. B.Tech-Mech/  M.Tech-Design 

AGE

NA

EXP

B.E/ M.Tech 7-10 yrs

     Preferred skills and experiences

Key KPIs

Competitive Category And Brand Communication And Modularity Analysis 

Competitive Insights Of Platform Category And Brand Architecture Design

Project Delivery (Schedule And Resources)

Customer Satisfaction

 

Application of Technical tools:

Experts in Tool Design.

Knowledge on Costing tools (aPriori DFMA)

Knowledge on CAD tools (Creo 2.0 or 4.0), PLM Software- Windchill 

Experts in Project management tools (PMP trained /certified)

Basic knowledge of Data Analytics and Reporting Tools (Tableau / Data Studio)

 

Key Deliverables 

Providing insight on competition analysis of Design and Architecture

Conduct Teardown analysis and prepare a detailed analysis report

Explore the opportunities in new regions to exceed the platform’s expectations. 

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