Lead development of Catalogue designs and Customer Designs from scratch to production ready development
- Knowledge of Global Cycle industry designs and trends.
- Ensure complete technical drawing, BOM and Autodesk design with specifications are made
- Work with a team of Designers and draftsman for 3D and Manufacturing drawings creation in specific TATs
- Manage multiple programs under development with timelines
- Build capability towards product design knowledge and capability within Business Unit
- Work closely with HoD Process and Quality for testing and product qualification of New Developments
- Know and work on strengths of Hindalco to know which products can be designed within and which can be designed from outside resources
- Work with HoD Process and Vendor Development to facilitate NPD and qualification through designs and technical support on child/forged parts on customer designs
- Evaluate proposed engineering changes for impact and feasibility, on the product and process prior to incorporation
Work towards creating IP products for Hindalco Cycles
- Ensure continuous unique design development in accordance to the trending market requirements that will be USP of HIL.
- Ensure each new product design is IP protected through contract and with support of legal team
- Work with Metallurgy R&D; for development of Possible current alloys
- Ensure designs of Hindalco and co-created designs are appropriately IP protected
3.Customer and Market trends
- To ensure customer partnership for Co-creation of Designs and quality
- Work with Customers and industry experts to keep revamping catalogue of Component designs for Hindalco.
- Work towards NPD of newer trends of design with specific drawings
- Continuous Research and development on Newer trends within Cycling industry in Gear Set, EDU sets and various other componentry
- Work with Industry components suppliers – Shimano, Bosc, Bafang – for Co-creation/ partnership on design sharing
- Ensure designs meet customer quality requirements, global standards for testing and product qualification
- To institutionalize system for Customer satisfaction and Customer Centricity
4.Planning and Execution
- Lead a team of Designer and draftsmen to ensure proper delivery of required outputs to other departments
- Manage multiple programs with Full product and child part developments ensuring customer timeline deliverables
- Conducts feasibility studies and complete compliance matrix for the product and established risks and opportunities
- Supports prototype sample builds, establishes proto control plan and help process head to ensure end customer requirements are met
- Coordinates preparing quotation packages and making engineering drawings as required to facilitate prototypes
- Detailed Feasibility study and interaction with vendors, customer to meet best possible dimension & tolerance.
5.Establish documentation and systems
- Conducts Product Design Reviews with Cross functional teams
- Review and development of prints as per Hindalco and Global standards
- Responsible for making sure the Documentation related to engineering deliverables (including Design FMEA) is up to date.
6.People development and engagement
- Drive improvement of functional capability
- Capacity building (Knowledge, skill, and attitude) of NPD Team and peers and keep abreast with latest in the Cycles field to deliver proactive designs for customers.
- Groom design engineers to ensure capability towards catering to customer requirements independently.
📌 New Product Development Manager (Chakan)
🏢 Hindalco Industries
📍 Chakan
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