Senior Analyst, Engineering (Cost and Quality System Integration)

Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is a leading home appliance company, in constant pursuit of improving life at home.

As the only major U.S.-based manufacturer of kitchen and laundry appliances, 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 2024, the company reported approximately $17 billion in annual sales - close to 90% of which were in the Americas - 44,000 employees, and 40 manufacturing and technology research centers.

Additional information about the company can be found at WhirlpoolCorp.com .

The team you will be a part of

This role in summary

The Cost & Quality and Day to Day System Integrator will manage multiple project management to ensure timely execution and delivery of product design optimization opportunities to improve the cost or/ and the quality of the product.

Maintain manufacturing productivity by resolving factory issues associated with product design in alignment with subsystem teams.

Identify and capture efficiency opportunities through product design improvements Will scope ideas and bring them to execution using the Whirlpool Product Development methodology for projects.

Acting as a central technical integrator, you will align stakeholders, clarify project ownership, drive transparent decision making, and foster a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

Your responsibilities will include

• Drive idea generation in workshops to develop cost pipeline
• Scope ideas in order to understand project feasibility (technical / financial)
• Analyze SIR (Quality rates) information to generate insights on field trends and open Quality projects
• Analyze Bill of Materials (BOM) data to identify cost saving opportunities and evaluate project technical/financial feasibility.
• Manage and execute cost and quality projects following the WPD (Whirlpool product development) methodology (based on PMI)
• Drive and manage BOM changes in Windchill / SAP
• Create work plans ( schedules) to complete projects and introduce changes into production
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders as part of the project execution (Suppliers, Procurement, Subsystems, Manufacturing, Marketing, Quality)