Responsibilities & Key Deliverables

Support Strategic Sourcing Unit (SSU) in building a resilient supply chain for Elastomer, Glass & Sealing commodities through long-term capacity planning, supplier capability assessment, risk mitigation, and capacity creation initiatives across current and future vehicle programs.

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Lead long-term capacity planning and supplier capacity assessment for Elastomer, Glass and Sealing commodities in line with business plans, production forecasts and current vehicle programs.

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Conduct supplier capacity mapping, identify capacity constraints, manufacturing bottlenecks and business continuity risks, and drive mitigation plans to ensure uninterrupted supply.

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Evaluate supplier readiness for upcoming vehicle programs, facelifts, technology transitions and volume ramp-up requirements through detailed capacity and capability assessments.

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Collaborate with Strategic Sourcing, Product Development, Supply Chain, Supplier Quality, Manufacturing and suppliers to drive capacity creation, expansion and readiness initiatives.

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Assess manufacturing capabilities across key EGS processes including rubber compounding, extrusion, molding, vulcanization, glass bending, tempering, lamination, encapsulation and sealing system assembly.

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Develop and monitor supplier capacity enhancement plans, tooling readiness, line expansion projects and productivity improvement initiatives to meet current and future business requirements.

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Identify vulnerable suppliers, single-source dependencies and supply risks; drive alternate source development, localization opportunities and risk mitigation actions.

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Support new product development programs by ensuring supplier capacity availability, manufacturing readiness and timely closure of supply-related risks before SOP.

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Drive short-term and long-term capacity interventions to address supply constraints, demand fluctuations, quality-related disruptions and escalation cases.

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Conduct supplier visits, capacity au

📌 Capacity Planning (Narasaraopeta)
🏢 Mahindra and Mahindra
📍 Narasaraopeta