Head of Product, Wellbeing & Domestic Appliances

About the Role

Electrolux Group is a leading global appliance company that has shaped living for the better for more than 100 years. We reinvent taste, care and wellbeing experiences for millions of people, always striving to be at the forefront of sustainability in society through our solutions and operations. Under our group of leading appliance brands, including Electrolux, AEG and Frigidaire, we sell household products in around 120 markets every year.

In 2023, Electrolux North America had sales of $4.6 billion and employed more than 10,000 people.

This position must be hybrid from our Charlotte, NC HQ. Minimal local/international annual travel anticipated.

• Report into the North American CEO; oversee development, launch, and management of Wellbeing and SDA products in Business Area North America (BA NA) including short- and long-term profitability

• Translate Wellbeing & SDA into successful 3 to 5-year generation plans and category growth

• Ensure the Product Lines have a competitive range with the right profitability in all segments, brands, channels, and markets

• Provide leadership to the Product Line team

• Deliver Consumer Experience Innovation

  • Consumer experience focuses in the areas of innovation, design and marketing

  • Best-in-class Wellbeing & SDA star product pipeline

  • Focus on consumer quality experience

• In collaboration with the Global Category and innovation team, build and update a 3-to-5-year product roadmap which includes sourced and licensed products based on consumer insight, customer requirements, competitor mapping, technology mapping, and sound business management principles

• Work with Sourcing teams both Regional and Global on new product solutions

• Ensure to protect and foster Electrolux intellectual property, patent portfolio, and differentiated platform development

• Overall responsibility to deliver the financial commitments on new products through the development and execution of robust commercialization plans

• Ensure achievement of budget targets

• Drive team to improve quality of product in market, below target launch of new product, and elimination of poor-quality products in market

• Collaborate with CDI, Engineering, Purchasing and Suppliers as needed to drive innovative solutions, cost outs, and quality improvements

• Leadership accountability of the annual business plans including monthly and quarterly P&L maintenance

• Support cross-functional teams to drive technological breakthroughs, implement new product development plans, and ensure that plans are delivered on-time and on-budget

• Collaborate and support the work across the organization to manage the product line's long and short-term profitability, e.g.

• Cross-Functional Responsibilities:

  • Partner with Sales to optimize market pricing and drive profitable growth across channels.

  • Collaborate with Marketing to articulate product value proposition, ensure consistent messaging, and support effective go-to-market strategies and point of purchase material

  • Work with Marketing to nurture consumer communities and build long-term ecosystem engagement and lifetime relationships.

  • Align with Merchandising & Pricing to define pricing strategies that maximize growth, profitability, and market penetration.

  • Coordinate with Quality to embed quality into product design and phase out underperforming offerings.

  • Partner with Supply Chain to set sales, inventory, and delivery plans, manage product launches, and resolve bottlenecks.

  • Work with Purchasing to improve productivity and reduce costs through complexity management and design-for-manufacturing principles.

  • Collaborate with Industrial Design to ensure product benefits are clearly expressed through industrial design.

  • Align with Global Brand Licensing to develop and execute a strategic roadmap that guides the licensing approach and supports brand and market objectives.

• Responsible for oversight of the resources (people, equipment, and budget) allocated for Wellbeing and SDA products in line with the category strategy

• Identify, lead and develop talent, Teamship, and Product Line leadership to maximize individual, team, and organizational effectiveness in meeting company goals

• Foster a culture…