Description
The Plant Launch Manager (LL5) for the Chennai Transmission Plant (CTP) provides overall plant leadership for the industrialization, launch, and stabilization of new transmission programs, transmission upgrades, localization initiatives, and export configurations. This role is accountable for integrating product, manufacturing, quality, supplier, and plant-operating teams to deliver safe, capable, cost-effective, and on-time launches through all Global Product Development System (GPDS) milestones—from early manufacturing feasibility through Job 1 and sustainable high-volume production.

Operating as the senior plant launch authority, the Plant Launch Manager sets the launch governance, leads cross-functional decision-making, escalates enterprise risks, and develops the launch organization. The role owns plant launch readiness against Quality, Cost, Delivery, Safety, and Morale (QCDSM) targets while ensuring a disciplined handoff to production operations.

Responsibilities
1. Plant Launch Strategy, Governance & GPDS Delivery
- Own the integrated plant launch strategy,



master timing plan, investment readiness, and operating cadence for CTP transmission programs in alignment with GPDS gateways and regional/global program requirements.
- Lead cross-functional launch governance involving Powertrain Product Development, Global Powertrain Manufacturing Engineering (PTME), Plant Quality, Production, Maintenance, Material Planning & Logistics, Finance, Purchasing, and Supplier Technical Assistance.
- Establish explicit launch deliverables, escalation paths, recovery plans, and executive reporting for all critical program milestones, including virtual build events, verification prototypes, tooling trials, Production Trial Runs (PTRs), Job 1, and ramp-up.
- Provide concise plant readiness assessments and risk-based recommendations to plant, regional, and global leadership forums; drive timely resolution of issues that threaten program timing, cost, quality, or safety.

📌 Area Manager Plant Launch (Chennai)
🏢 Ford Motor
📍 Chennai