New Product Launch Manager

Schaeffler is a dynamic global technology company and its success has been a result of its entrepreneurial spirit and long history of private ownership. Does that sound interesting to you? As a partner to all of the major automobile manufacturers, as well as key players in the aerospace and industrial sectors, we offer you many development opportunities.

General Information

NPL Manager:

The Operations NPL Manager leads and manages a new development project within the operations to support the project time, budget and functionality. Responsible for the specific input and output from the discipline in support of achieving project team objectives and targets. Due to the experience and background (s)he is able to coach and guide less experienced NPL Managers.

Your Key Responsibilities

Project Management :

• Ensure a detailed and realistic plan is provided according to the project schedule and in-time delivery of committed deliverables.
• Report the project status on timing, quality and risk to Group Leader.
• Schedule, manage, and communicate multiple project activities between multiple project team members to assure on time completion
• Develop the Manufacturing Concept based on product architecture and requirements matching them to state of the art production processes and technologies.
• Drives the CFT and Reports the project status on timing, quality and risk to the Management
• Schedule, manage, and communicate multiple project activities between multiple project team members to assure on time completion.

Project Initiation and Planning:

• Responsible for completion of activities within operations to meet the specific, cost, timing, and quality requirements as directed from the Project Manager
• Responsible for specific decisions by operations
• Responsible to immediately communicate any delay, problem, or risk regarding operations activities to Project Manager.
• Responsible for documentation of operations activities.
• Responsible for ensuring operations Launch Team is staffed.
• Evaluate performance of team members in accordance with line management. Actively manage and optimize the use of resources on project. Assigning activities to the operations project team members (delegation and direction).
• Oversees the implementation of the equipment and processes necessary for the product.
• In multiple location launch, (s)he is capable to lead the coordination and alignment of the involved locations if appointed.
• Takes the ownership and drives the team to deliver the quality results.
• Co-ordinates closely with the CFT to ensure that the line performance is maintained.
• Responsible of reaching the targeted KPIs in his/her processes ( OEE, FPY, Productivity etc)
• Drive new process technology and continuous improvement. Ensure projects are completed on time.
• Provide technical support, capability improvement, standardized work, immediate problem solving, and process support for multiple processes.
• Responsible for the initiation, planning, implementation & control of the activity in his / her area of responsibility
• Responsible for implementing the best preventive and corrective measures for ensuring the best quality, highest equipment availability and the minimum costs
• Provide year over year Equipment / Process performance improvement (e.g. cycle time reduction, OEE improvement)
• Develop solution to make Equipment / Process more reliable using local material and with lower cost.

Steer Execution of project:

• Timing Control:
• Coordinate and control project activities, track the project progress, define corrective measures if deviating form the

Project Plan.

• Cost Control:
• Ensure Capital spends are aligned with approved authorizations and/or budgets
• Ensure other costs labor, ramp-up costs are per approved Project Plan, eCR, and Budget
• Eliminate/ Minimize Excess and Obsolete Material associated with the product change / launch
• Quality Control:
• Coordinate the development of manufacturing facilities in conjunction with plant wide & central support organizations.
• Drive product DfM reviews, Design Checks and improvements out of these efforts
• Ensure compliance to Lean concepts, robust processes
• Project Management of line industrialization that meets cycle time, product and process requirements
• Facilitate all required NPL builds to completion and resolving open issues
• Ensure technical, timing and cost feasability to manufacturing facilities to eventual changes in product or requirements

Project controls and reporting:

• Regularly align and report the Operations project status in accordance with the valid tool and process set
• Provide updates of Project status and potential needs to Operations Line Manager of his/her department .
• Provide updates of Project status and potential needs to Project Manager
• Escalate issues to Project Manager, BU Management and /or Operations management as required to affected Product or process Quality, Suppliers and Customer issues, if necessary (aligned with Project Manager)

Improvement / Maintenance:

• Provide Lessons Learned and share Experience Data
• Provide and promote continous improvements for products and processes and projects in his/her area of responsibility
• Provide support in quality tasks (warranty, Oh, red alerts from supplier or customer) to analyse, contain and resolve issues
• Manage lifecycle maintenance for parts and modules, unless this is handed over to another resource, to
• up / down scale capacity of lines
• requalificate product acc. to requirements of control plan

Representation of operations/ plant in project, customer and supplier meetings:

• Representation of operations/ plant in project, customer and supplier meetings.
• Representation of project-interests in operations meetings.
• Support Project Change and Problem Control Activity, including problem resolution activities, based on feasibility considering timing, cost, quality, risk. Support APQP Activities
• Communication of specific issues with and at the customer

Serial Life Management:

• Responsible for product in plant from G90 until G100
• Active involvement in launch and hand over to serial production
• Coordination of product related activities, especially the Product Maintenance (see also Improvement/Maintenance above), Change Management, Non-conformance activities
• Leads the preparation activities for Phase out of product out of serial production

Your Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in engineering (Mechanical, Mechatronics) or other related field or equivalent education and experience required
• Languages : English, Hindi and preferably Marathi
• Approx. 10 Years experience with Automotive Quality standards
• Practical understanding of modern production and quality management tools, like lean manufacturing, six sigma and TPM
• Electromechanics,Automation Know-how
• Process specific knowledge (technology, process, material, supplier, etc) of his/her process ownership

Our Offering

• Great company culture
• Flexi benefits & Relocation benefits
• Health & Life insurance
• Opportunity to be a key part of a growing organization.
• Competitive compensation and benefits.

As a global company with employees around the world, it is important to us that we treat each other with respect and value all ideas and perspectives. By appreciating our differences, we inspire creativity and drive innovation. In this way, we contribute to sustainable value creation for our stakeholders and society as a whole. Together, we advance how the world moves.

Exciting assignments and outstanding development opportunities await you because we impact the future with innovation. We look forward to your application.

Your Contact

Vitesco Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.

Hemanth Hurudi