Manager NPD

Responsibilities & Key Deliverables

Union Management: Dealing with the Union during productivity linked proposals and negotiations. Resolving issues related to work content reduction. Getting their buy in on new proposals related to productivity, ergonomics etc.Manpower Management: Evaluate and calculate number of manpower and capacity as per monthly plan. Manage resources and maintain schedule requirements to meet required production and distribution schedules.Low Cost Automation: Evaluate the proposal and prepare a Business case to present to the senior Management. Performing cost studies, economic comparisons, and justification analysis.New Product Launches - Work Content optimization: Work with Design teams to reduce the work content at the design and process level, before the product comes to the shopfloor.UEWT: Design EWT improvement and review it periodically.Balance the line and layout for optimum material flow and Takt time. Determine all pulse points and set up program to optimize flow, inventory, people and process.Analyze existing operations and propose cost justified improvements.Analyze bottlenecks in the process and coordinate debottlenecking with multi department resources to improve productivity.Communicate project status reports on all identified initiatives using the appropriate tools

Preferred Industries

Education Qualification

General Experience