Job Purpose:

Lead the CMB Centre of Competence section covering Interior Trims, Exterior Trims, Seating Systems and Mirrors. Provide end-to-end technical, people, resource and delivery leadership from concept through design, validation, release and launch; ensure solutions meet programme requirements for quality, cost, weight, timing, safety, compliance and manufacturability; and build reusable capability, standards and talent across the section.

Key Responsibilities:

- Translate CoC and CMB business priorities into the section strategy, technology roadmap, annual objectives, capacity plan and execution priorities.
- Own delivery of Interior Trims, Exterior Trims, Seating Systems and Mirrors engineering from requirements and concept selection through design, validation, release, industrialisation support and launch.
- Govern technical reviews, requirements traceability, design maturity, configuration and engineering change control; approve section deliverables within delegated authority.
- Plan and deploy people, engineering budget, tools, prototypes and test resources across programmes; resolve constraints and escalate cross-programme trade-offs to the CoC Head.
- Lead the section team and its functional leaders through goal setting, performance reviews, coaching, succession planning, recruitment and targeted capability development.
- Drive cross-functional issue resolution with vehicle programmes, manufacturing, quality, purchase, finance, service and other engineering functions, using clear ownership and closure dates.
- Identify and mitigate technical, programme, supplier and launch risks; maintain escalation discipline for critical quality, safety, compliance, cost and timing concerns.
- Deliver cost, weight, quality and warranty targets through value engineering, design optimisation, standardisation, localisation and robust root-cause / corrective-action practices.
- Provide technical direction to suppliers and engineering partners,



including design reviews, development readiness, validation evidence, change management and issue closure.
- Establish common methods, design guidelines, lessons learned, knowledge reuse and continuous-improvement practices; report section performance and corrective actions to governance forums.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Automobile, Production or a related engineering discipline. A relevant postgraduate qualification is preferred.

Experience

15 - 20 years in automotive product engineering, including substantial experience in trims, seating, mirrors or adjacent vehicle systems and demonstrated leadership of multidisciplinary teams and programme delivery.

Internal and External Interactions

Internal – CoC Head; CMB and vehicle programme leadership; product, system and vehicle architects; manufacturing; quality; purchase; finance; service; validation; homologation; and HR.

External – Suppliers, engineering service partners, tool / prototype / test agencies, technology partners and relevant certification or regulatory bodies.

Key Skills

- Solid domain understanding of interior / exterior trim systems, seating systems and mirrors, including interfaces, materials, manufacturing processes, validation and failure modes.
- Systems engineering, requirements management, design maturity, configuration and engineering change control.
- Automotive product-development lifecycle, design reviews, validation planning, launch readiness and issue resolution.
- Cost and weight optimisation, value engineering, quality planning, root-cause analysis and continuous improvement.
- Supplier technical management, sourcing support and engineering-partner governance.
- Portfolio, programme, resource, budget, risk and priority management across concurrent deliverables.
- People leadership, coaching, performance management, capability building and succession planning.
- Decisive technical judgement, structured problem solving, stakeholder influence and executive communication.

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