Key Responsibilities

1. Process Design & Engineering Leadership

• Establish and own end-to-end process flow designs (drawing, stranding, insulation extrusion, sheathing, armouring, cabling, and assembly operations) for LAN, power, house wire, instrumentation cables and cable assemblies.

• Define machine-wise process parameters, line speeds, tooling and die specifications for new products and new customer approvals.

• Approve process route cards, work instructions and standard operating procedures (SOPs) before release to production.

• Lead process improvement, automation and de-bottlenecking initiatives to enhance throughput, yield and first-pass quality.

• Review and approve process changes arising from new raw materials, machine upgrades or customer specification changes.

• Drive New Product Development (NPD) process design from concept/sample stage through to mass production readiness.

2. Costing & Commercial Support

• Own the standard costing framework (material, conversion, overhead) for all product categories and ensure it is updated in line with input cost movements (copper, aluminium, PVC, XLPE, PE, etc.).

• Review and approve product costing sheets, BOM-based cost builds and quotations for new enquiries, tenders and key accounts.

• Provide costing inputs for pricing decisions, margin analysis and profitability reviews in coordination with Sales, Marketing and Finance.

• Benchmark costs against competitors and industry standards; identify and lead cost-reduction and value-engineering projects.

• Validate costing impact of engineering changes, alternate raw materials,



and process modifications.

3. Cross-Functional Coordination

• Work closely with Production, Quality, R&D;, Procurement, Sales and Finance to ensure process and cost data integrity across the value chain.

• Coordinate with Procurement on raw material specifications, alternate vendor qualification and cost-saving substitutions.

• Support Sales/Business Development with technical-commercial inputs for tenders, RFQs and customer negotiations.

• Liaise with R&D; and Quality on new product qualification, testing requirements and regulatory/standard compliance (BIS, IS, IEC, UL, RoHS as applicable).

4. Team Leadership & Governance

• Lead, mentor and develop the Process Design & Costing team, including Executives and Engineers.

• Set departmental KPIs/targets, review performance and build technical capability within the team.

• Establish document control, version management and audit trail for all process design and costing records.

• Ensure compliance with ISO/quality management system requirements relevant to process and costing documentation.

• Present periodic reports to senior management on cost trends, margin performance, process efficiency and improvement initiatives.

Key Result Areas (KRAs) / KPIs

- Costing accuracy (variance between estimated vs. actual cost)
- Process yield improvement and scrap/wastage reduction
- Turnaround time for recent product costing and process design release
- Cost savings achieved through value engineering / process optimisation
- On-time NPD process readiness

- • Team productivity and capability development

📌 HOD - Design & Costing - Wire & Cable Industry (Alwar)
🏢 Sone India Group of Industries
📍 Alwar