Production Expeditor

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Expedite production of NPD products
• Ensure availability of child parts and approvals in time for NPD
• Inventory management and demand balancing
• Vendor development for new products/processes in related field
• Align CFT members through meeting & various forums for NPD & regular production
• Bottom-up costing related to LED lighting products
• Creating database of suppliers in relevant fields
• Creating and managing supplier related documentation like NDA, contracts, PO's etc.
• Capacity planning for number of moulds/tools/fixtures/assembly lines requirement basis forecast
• Value engineering for existing product improvements
• Data management in Windchill or PLM for Engineering activities

Must Have Skills

• Complete knowledge of LED lighting product range/s
• Complete knowledge of bottom-up costing related to LED lighting products
• Handling of multiple vendors (inclusive of tier1's and tier2's)
• Creating database of suppliers in relevant fields
• Vendor development for new products/processes in related field
• Knowledge of commodities like electronics, steel, brass, plastics, packaging, hardwares, contact rivets etc.
• Knowledge of processes like electronics assembly, SMD, wave soldering, moulding, stamping, labeling, printing, packaging, assembly, testing, painting, cubic printing
• Creating and managing supplier related documentation like NDA, contracts, PO's etc.
• Capacity planning for number of products to be delivered
• Working with sales/supply chain and demand planners for developing operations plan and delivering on same
• Value engineering principles for cost outs and cost negotiations and product improvements
• Inventory management and demand balancing

Soft Skills

• Superior communication skills both written and verbal
• Presentation skills for the purpose of generating management information
• Superior negotiation skills
• Interpersonal skills to work with teams within and outside