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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

- Support new product development programs by ensuring supplier capacity availability,



manufacturing readiness and timely closure of supply-related risks before SOP.

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

- Conduct supplier visits, capacity audits and process reviews to evaluate utilization levels, bottleneck operations, operational efficiency and future scalability.

- Monitor critical supplier investments, equipment commissioning, capacity augmentation projects and readiness milestones to ensure on-time program execution.

- Analyze production plans, market demand, supplier loading and capacity utilization trends to proactively identify potential supply challenges and recommend corrective actions.

- Facilitate cross-functional reviews with commodity teams and suppliers to ensure alignment on demand forecasts, capacity planning assumptions and risk mitigation strategies.

- Leverage APQP, PPAP, Run-at-Rate, Production Trial Run (PTR) and supplier readiness review processes to ensure smooth industrialization and launch execution.

- Drive continuous improvement initiatives related to supplier productivity, operational efficiency, manufacturing capability and supply chain resilience.

- Ensure timely handover of stabilized programs to sourcing and supply chain teams while maintaining focus on cost, quality,



delivery and capacity performance objectives.

- Prepare management reviews and dashboards on supplier capacity status, readiness risks, mitigation actions and program health for leadership decision-making.

Key Commodities Covered: Automotive Glass, Windshields, Backlite Glass, Quarter Glass, Sunroof Glass, Weatherstrips, Glass Run Channels, Door Seals, Hood & Tailgate Seals, Rubber Molded Components, Bellows, Bushings, Grommets, Hoses, NVH Components and other Elastomer-based systems.

Preferred Industries

Automobile

Farm Sector

Education Qualification

B. Tech Plastics Engineering / Mechanical Engineering

MBA Preferred

General Experience

4 to 10 yrs experience

Critical Experience

Experience in development, sourcing or manufacturing of Elastomer, Glass and Sealing products.Strong understanding of rubber and glass manufacturing processes.Supplier assessment and capacity evaluation experience.Knowledge of automotive quality systems and APQP framework.Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.Exposure to supplier audits and manufacturing process capability assessment.

SAP knowledge.Exposure to capacity planning tools and digital manufacturing systems.Lean Manufacturing / Six Sigma certification.

System Generated Core Skills

Analytical Thinking

Communication Skills

Influencing Skills

Project Planning & Execution

Risk Analysis

Supplier Selection

Pricing

Price Optimization

Supplier Risk Management

Sourcing

Strategic Sourcing

Benchmarking

System Generated Secondary Skills

Negotiation

Project Management

Supplier Management

Job Segment: Mechanical Engineer, Engineer, Engineering, Automotive

📌 Capacity Planning - EGS (Nasirabad)
🏢 Mahindra
📍 Nasirabad