- To provide technical as well as managerial leadership to Design & Development function for developing and designing Injection molds which are technically superior in performance, Cost effective, easy to Manufacture and acceptable to the customers.
- Develop, lead and execute design & development Strategies at Accurate.
- Develop Mold Designs with First Time Right commitment.
- Design & Develop desired number of Injection Molds with in the specified time frame.
- Formulate and deploy systems and processes for bringing continuous improvement in mold design and enhance productivity.
- Ensure annual budget for Manpower and other resources for Design Department. Focus on developing product design capabilities and support R&D; Projects
- Ensure all confidentiality of our Designs and meet QMS requirements/statutory compliance.
- Communicate with BD & Projects Managements Departments for inputs from the customer for Mold Design.
- Help the team members in understanding business objectives, periodically monitor the progress of Design work undertaken by designers and guide them for better output.
- Plan and schedule designing of each mold on receiving Work Order and assign to each designer giving target dates for design release.
- Ensure that designers prepare BOM (Bill of Materials), HRS Design, Design of Inserts, in- house parts, Mold Base as per schedule.
- Finalize Details on Layout, Concept, Size, Material, Cooling System, Ejection system, hot runner system etc.
- Guide CFT to bring about design solutions for addressing customer complaints using DFMEA. Conduct Design interface to finalize design concepts with concerned Departments.
- Participate in After Trial Meetings and other CFT Meetings. Conduct Mold Design reviews with Customers/ Converters for approvals, Clarifications and modifications in the design process.
- Visualize and compute dimensions, sizes, shapes, and tolerances of assemblies, based on specifications requirements.
- Updating the 3D designs for minor modifications capable to make modification without designs by reverse Engineering
- Interact with manufacturing department and ensure timely schedule & dimensional quality