Role Purpose
The Candidate will lead the company-wide Product Lifecycle Management function and convert PLM from a technology implementation into a business operating model. The role will establish common governance, develop the PLM team, harmonize NPI/NPD processes across business units, and connect engineering, product management, quality, sourcing, manufacturing, service, IT and PMO through controlled workflows and reliable product data.
Success Definition
- A capable PLM Centre of Excellence with clear ownership, roles and service standards.
- Common product lifecycle processes and controls adopted across business units.
- Controlled product data, BOMs, documents, revisions and engineering changes with end-to-end traceability.
- Robust user adoption, measurable compliance and reduced dependence on spreadsheets, shared drives and offline approvals.

Key Accountabilities
Enterprise PLM Strategy and Governance
- Define the enterprise PLM vision, target operating model, governance framework and multi-year roadmap aligned with business growth priorities.
- Create common policies,



standards, decision rights, RACI and review mechanisms for product lifecycle governance across business units.
- Ensure PLM priorities remain business-led, value-focused and integrated with PMO, digital transformation, quality and ERP programs.

PLM Process Ownership and Standardization
- Own and standardize end-to-end processes covering product concept, requirements, design, validation, industrialization, release, change, sustenance and obsolescence.
- Harmonize NPI/NPD stage-gate deliverables, approval criteria, lifecycle states and control points across business units while allowing approved variants where justified.
- Identify and eliminate duplicate data entry, manual handoffs, uncontrolled trackers and non-value-adding approvals.

PLM Platform and Solution Leadership
- Provide business ownership for PTC Windchill and the broader PLM ecosystem, including requirements, workflow design, p

📌 Hiring: Lead (India)
🏢 Havells India
📍 India