Responsibilities & Key Deliverables

• Draw up a plan to develop/procure components with suppliers within time, cost and quality objectives

• Vendor assessment for capacity assessment & development times

• To ensure the material and tooling cost are settled within the budgeted values

• To support Strategic Sourcing in commercial matters

• Effective co-ordination with the Engg team to ensure first time right & end delivery of product

• Variance analysis at each stage of development in terms of Quality, Cost & Delivery & corrective action

• Developing & implementing innovative approaches in cost reduction

• To assess investments involved for toolings / vendor aid requirement for components development

• To support Strategic Sourcing in selection of supplier as per sourcing guidelines

• To meet MRD (Material Receipt Date) targets

• To meet the Gateway Requirements as per MPDS (Mahindra Product Development System) targets for projects.

• To get actively involved in project feasibility studies

• To meet targets for quality , Cost &  delivery (QCD) targets for all new products and improvements in existing products

• Support STA in part development as per APQP process & Project timelines

• Prepare Capital & Revenue Budgets for new Lamp Developments

• Must have good understanding of Taxation for Parts & Tools

• Desirable: Zero based costing knowledge for Lamps including its Electronics

Experience

Industry Preferred

Qualifications

General Requirements

* Must have very good knowledge & understanding of Automotive Electrical & Electronics Parts.

* Must have in-depth knowledge & experience of manufacturing processes of various Automotive Electrical Parts such as Front lighting, Rear Lighting, Interior Lighting, LED/LDM PCB development.

* Must have in-depth technical knowledge of components used in these parts such as, LEDs, PCBs, etc. as well as medium to light manufacturing & assembly processes, such as Injection Moulding, etc.

* Must have a hands-on knowledge & experience of Design & Development of the above parts for Automotive Applications.

* Must have good exposure to APQP Product Development Processes

* Must have good exposure to RFQ, Quote Analysis and Supplier Selection Process

* Must have good exposure to Program Management skills and should be capable of managing multiple programs on wiring harnesses, across locations, across platforms.

* Must have good commercial acumen and business-sense

* Highly Preferable : Should have developed at least 1 vehicle set of above-mentioned parts for an all new vehicle program, from RFQ to SOP+6 months.