Project Manager – Manufacturing Innovation
Availability: Full time
Location: Pune, India
Experience: 5+ years in project management experience preferred

About the Role
· We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to drive zero waste manufacturing innovations at our customers’ manufacturing plants. We are looking for a self-motivated person with a positive "can-do" attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
· As a project manager, you will play a key role in the implementation of our AI projects.

Key Work Responsibilities
· Develop tailor-made change management strategies within the framework of digital transformation projects for Manufacturing Shopfloor.
· Assist project management division to build project management processes & templates.
· Set up detailed project planning and milestone tracking relating to Industry 4.0 implementations.
· Assessment of AI-Readiness of plants covering the topics of Sensors, PLCs, Traceability, Edge Devices, and Cloud Connectivity.
· Collaborate with stakeholders from customer plants to develop project scope,



deliverables, goals, blockers, resources needed, etc.
· Conduct interviews and workshops as part of change management for the adoption of our AI products at customers’ plants.
· Lead customer meetings, manage expectations and build close relationships with customers to acquire their requirements.
· Manage interface among customers, external vendors, sales, product, and tech team to deliver projects successfully.
· Ensure continuous learning with respect to manufacturing innovation trends.

Your Background
· Master’s or bachelor’s Degree in the engineering field of mechanical engineering, production engineering, industrial engineering or equivalent
· Robust project management skills from initiation to closure (scoping, structuring, work planning, status reporting tools, mgmt. updates)
· Experience in Industry 4.0 projects especially in the shopfloor digitalization, IIoT implementation, automation

📌 Project Manager – Manufacturing Innovation (Pune)
🏢 KBS Techsolution
📍 Pune