The Furniture NPI (New Product Introduction) Specialist plays a key role in launching new furniture products by coordinating project timelines, ensuring cross-functional collaboration, and tracking deliverables. This role ensures products meet quality, cost, and schedule targets, supporting efficient collaboration between Vietnam and U.S. teams.
Project Coordination: Track NPI project timelines, milestones, and deliverables; flag risks and delays; prepare status reports.
Cross-Functional Support: Facilitate communication across engineering, manufacturing, sourcing, design, and sales teams in Vietnam and the U.S.
Product & Market Research: Assist in idea gathering, competitive analysis, and collecting feedback to support innovation.
Manufacturing & Quality Alignment: Understand basic furniture manufacturing; help verify compliance with quality and production standards.
Performance Tracking: Support KPI monitoring, maintain dashboards, and suggest workflow improvements.