Apollo Tyres Ltd is an international tyre manufacturer and the leading tyre brand in India. The company has multiple manufacturing units in India and a unit each in The Netherlands and Hungary. The company markets its products under its two global brands – Apollo and Vredestein, and its products are available in over 100 countries through a vast network of branded, exclusive and multi-product outlets.
Job Title: Manager - Uniformity Specialist
Purpose of the Job
- Responsible for Establishment of tyre uniformity yields as per targets for the recent products
- Co-ordination for sustenance of Uniformity yields
- Process tuning for improvement of tyre uniformity values and reduction of standard deviation
- Provide knowledge based support for troubleshooting and improvement
Major Responsibilities:
- Prepare MSS/IPS/Setup parameters
- Certification of uniformity machine for reliability
- Establish new Equipment for uniformity checking
- Track uniformity trend and initiate corrective actions
- Initiate Product and equipment improvement activities
- Provide knowledge based support to BUs for uniformity improvement
- Track process deviations and support corrective actions
- Coordinate uniformity improvement trials at various production processes
- Support calibration studies, tooling studies, LFD checks, etc
- Co-ordinate periodic repeatability studies in TU machines
- Provide knowledge based support to BU for troubleshooting, efficiency improvement, scrap/waste reduction, etc
- Co-ordinate cycle time reduction projects
- Provide training to team members
- Prepare the secondary control plan/work instruction
Knowledge (Technical):
- Knowledge of tyre uniformity measurement system
- Knowledge of tyre uniformity measuring machine
- Knowledge of tyre uniformity parameters and acceptance criteria
- Knowledge of other process contributors for tyre non uniformity
- Knowledge of DOE and waveform analysis
Skills:
- Set up for tyre uniformity machine
- Troubleshooting for tyre non uniformity
- Tuning of process parameters for uniformity yield improvement
- Communication and Presentation skills Analytical and planning skills
- Decision making skills
- Inclination towards analysis and experimentation
Relevant Experience: 11-13 Years in Tyre Industry
Education Qualification(s): B.E. or B.Tech. in Rubber/Polymer/Mechanical