Role & responsibilities

- To carry out vendor development activities related to molded/formed parts
- Finalization of the procurement strategy / SOB for plastic raw material and part vendors ,
- Finalization of price and other commercial terms of the contracts with plastic raw material / parts vendors
- Identify cost reduction & VA/VE projects related to the sheet metal parts & implement the same
- Visit suppliers to assess current and existing supplier capabilities to meet product, cost, quality, capacity and fulfillment ensuring suppliers are able to meet requirements for performance
- Assist in the tool development for plastic parts
- Release the monthly MIS for the plastic market scenario to assist in making the strategic decisions related to the long term and short term procurement strategies
- Prepare and implement effective risk mitigation plan in terms of supply constraints for plastic parts
- Drive plastic parts supplier selection through robust qualification processes
- Benchmark the best practices followed in industry for plastic parts sourcing and implement the same .
- Develop positive relationships and work closely with procurement team to manage, implement and track supplier/engineering, design changes, capacity studies and New Product Introductions, and transfers
- Responsible for leading the solution for supplier component concerns, driving Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP),



supplier component development and approval and supplier cost improvements
- Work with Engineering (Design and Manufacturing Engineers) team to define process parameters and criteria to ensure supplier process capability is effective to meet product and process requirements
- Timely selection of moulder for involvement from MFA stage till DFM and MP stage along with tooling and design team to optimize process parameters to attain product cost leadership
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Preferred candidate profile

- Technical Knowledge of various resin grades and rubber grades used for components moulding (injection, pressure, vacuum form, etc)
- Adequate exposure to type of moulding, machines, tools and manufacturing operations used
- Optimization of process parameters MHR, CT, RM Grades, type of tool, operations, clamping and actual tonnage, sub assembly processes
- Optimization of mould flow, layout to avoid any surplus or scrap generation
- Process controls and rejection level monitoring
- Make versus Buy decision
- Expertise in commodity price trend analysis
- Expertise in commercial negotiations for parts and tooling cost
- Knowledge of GST/customs duty/ logistics cost estimation ( import /local)
- Expertise in VA/VE process &various; cost reduction levers widely used in industry
- Knowledge of new parts development process , APQP, PPAP, 8D required
- Risk mitigation of single sourced and tooled up items
- Capacity planning of individual Supplier
- SOB based on alternate sourcing, should costing

📌 Assistant Manager Plastic Molding Vendor Development (Mumbai)
🏢 Selective Global Search
📍 Mumbai