Function: Corporate

Location: Bangalore

Direct Reports: As per Organisation Structure

Qualifications: Must be an engineering graduate

Experience:

- Must have minimum 10 years of experience with at least last 5 years in Leadership role in engineering/manufacturing companies.

- Hands on experience in SolidWorks or similar,

- Solidification Simulation software,

- Knowledge of ASTM / ISO/ DIN / JIS / Customer Standards

- Good knowledge in casting drafts and tolerances, GD&T, etc.

- Good knowledge of castings processes

- Project management Tools like Gantt Charts

Role Purpose:

- Responsible for the development and provide support for product development of New Parts / products as per the customer requirements/market demand in stipulated time and costs.

Key roles and responsibilities:

- Prepare NPD Budget and work within the Budget

- Responsible to prepare project plan for new products including timelines and resources required,

- Responsible for complete gamut of New Product Development activities like Casting Design, Fixture Design, Sample development, Pilot Lot Submission, techno commercial discussions, etc.

- Ensure documentation of process for all new products

- Work in close co-ordination with customers, understanding the requirements and identifying/suggesting appropriate improvements.

- Ensure prototypes are developed on schedule and within budgets

- Support pilot production of new products

- Partner with quality in ensuring rigorous new product testing to meet customer specifications

- Facilitate the feasibility study with Marketing team/Management for RFQs

- Track metrics- with respect to new product development timelines etc.

- Responsible for conducting feasibility study for castings and machining drawing

- Responsible for organizing CFT meetings at every stage of the project and keep records of the same

- Responsible for raising internal and external engineering change note

- Responsible for casting simulation, interpretation of results and take corrective actions in design and development

- Responsible procuring of material for product development as per the defined process

- Responsible for vendor development for Casting and Machining Products.

- Responsible for APQP and PPAP documentation

- Responsible for implementing the QMS in his function

- Responsible for setting up systems for archiving and cataloguing of all the new products developed

People Management:

- Ensure discipline is maintained and culture of performance is inculcated in the team

- Establish accountability and ownership in his team towards achievement of deliverables against the plan

- Ensure coordination and communication between internal teams for sharing relevant inputs on time including the support functions

- Identify training requirements of his team members and recommends training programs accordingly. Ensures his team members are imparted training to bridge the gap.

- Provide coaching, direction and leadership support to direct reports / team members in order to achieve business results

MIS & Reporting:

- Responsible for reporting to COO on key issues of New Product development

- Responsible to prepare SOPs and other related documents and keep them updated

- Responsible all documents related to new product are archived for future reference

Internal Interface:

- CEO

- COO

- Heads of Other Department

External Interface:

Customers; Vendors

KPIs

- No of parts developed within budget

- No. of product support development

- % of first time right

- % of on time delivery

- No. of innovations / suggestions / kaizen