14 Sep
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Agratas – A Tata Enterprise
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Sanand
14 Sep
Agratas – A Tata Enterprise
Sanand
Deputy General Manager – Change Management Job Purpose: As Deputy General Manager for Change Management, you will lead the development, deployment, and governance of the company-wide change management framework, ensuring robust control of product and process changes across the lifecycle. You will build organisational capability, drive adoption, secure cross-functional alignment, and ensure changes are effectively assessed, implemented, and embedded to protect product quality, compliance, and operational performance. Key Duties & Responsibilities: • Lead development and continual improvement of the global change management system, processes, tools, and governance framework. • Drive standardisation and adoption of change management practices across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and Programme functions. • Establish robust governance to ensure all changes are consistently assessed, approved, implemented, and verified. • Ensure effective integration of change management with problem management, APQP, FMEA, and wider quality systems. • Striving for an intuitive, easy to use IT tool that is deeply integrated into the Agratas toolchain and incorporates all necessary guardrails and safeguards. • Provide strategic oversight of the change landscape, enabling prioritisation based on risk, impact, and business objectives. • Build organisational capability through training, coaching, and development of change management competencies. • Lead and develop a high-performing team of change management specialists and engineers.
• Facilitate cross-functional alignment and decision-making for complex, high-impact, or ambiguous changes. Leadership & Impact Expectations: • Acts as the functional owner of change management across Agratas. • Provides strategic direction and governance, not just execution. • Influences senior stakeholders across global functions and customer interfaces. • Ensures end-to-end lifecycle integration across NPI, industrialisation, and series production. • Drives continuous improvement and maturity of systems, tools, and organisational behaviours. Qualifications & Experience: • 7+ years experience in change management within a complex manufacturing environment. • Solid understanding of product lifecycle processes (APQP, FMEA, problem management, industrialisation). • Proven leadership experience, including team development and cross-functional influence. • Demonstrated ability to implement governance frameworks and drive company-wide adoption. • Data-driven mindset with strong analytical and decision-making capability. • Educated to Degree level in an Engineering or Quality related subject. • Experience In The Automotive Industry, preferably In a Tier 1 Supplier Environment • Preferred: Experience with PLM, ERP and MES tools. • Preferred: Certified 6 sigma Green Belt and Core Tools Certified (APQP, FMEA, SPC, MSA, PPAP / Control Plan) • Preferred: Experience with SharePoint, PowerApps and Power BI. • Nice to have: Experience in a start-up environment.
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