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Job Overview

Supervises and manages all molding activities, team schedules and cycle times for full targeted output.

Responsibilities

- - Responsible for SAFE compliances and achieving the value stream/cell KPIs.

- Lead value stream and ensure rated output, completion of daily and monthly production schedule.
- Production tracking on daily basis and ensure all the internal external customers are served on time.

- Responsible for process trouble shooting and standardization as per scientific molding process.
- Responsible for molding and assembly capacity planning & load balancing to maximize production.
- Responsible for SQCD (Safety, quality, cost & delivery), drive daily SQCD meeting along with CFT.
- Preparation of production schedule along with SCM planner and ensure plan adherence by close coordination with all cross functional teams (ME, Maintenance, Quality, Supply Chain, Tooling, etc.)

- Drive and engage employees in generating improvement ideas/suggestions/Kaizens.
- Identifies non-value add activities and waste, initiate and drive improvement activities
- Closely monitoring the downtimes due to mold and machine breakdowns and quality rejections. Analyze and find root cause using problem solving techniques.
- Timely reporting of scrap in SAP and production data in system.




- Plan and execution of NPD projects along with project management team.

- Responsible to closely monitoring of RM inventory at defined level & ensure efficient usage.
- Maintain 5S in value stream, drive continuous improvement projects. Follow Pull, Kanban and other lean systems (As per TEOA).
- Training and developing team on soft and technical skills.

Education and Knowledge

BE/ B.Tech (Mechanical)

Post-graduation (CIPET

Critical Experience

- 8-10 years of experience in Automotive molding manufacturing industry. Handling of molding and assembly Production, process trouble shooting, material planning, inventory management and team development.
- Very good hands-on experience in the operation of All electric high-speed molding machines and SPMs, like

Arburg; Fanuc; Demag; Engel

High speed assembly machines, welding, soldering, potting, stitching.

- Integrated auxiliaries like
- 4-6 axis Robot,
- Cavity pressure system.
- Mold temperature controller
- Hot runner system
- Mold vacuum
- Centralized feeding system
- Blending system for masterbatch and regrind.

- Valuable knowledge of engineering materials and the quality defects can occur during process.




- Able to find and drive COPQ reduction activities and propose solutions for the internal defects during production
- Automotive connector manufacturing experience would be an advantage
- High precision mold handling experience
- Should know the SMED concept in molding to optimize the changeover.
- Should have the basic understanding of the mold construction to minimize the trouble shooting time.
- Inlay molding/ over molding work experience in different projects.
- Should know the scientific molding process.
- Should know the effective recycling of the runner in close loop system.
- Hands on experience in the inventory management.
- Able to understand the product drawings/ dimensions and the criticality.
- Have handled TPM and lean practice implementation, Kaizen activity and improving asset utilization through proper planning and improvement actions.

Skill Set and Knowledge

- Technical capabilities: Expert functional/domain knowledge
- Strategic agility: Identifying relevant technology trends and opportunities and leveraging TE global technology to increase competitive position and increased value to customer
- Application Engineering: Ability to understand customer requirements & offer engineering solutions
- Engineering management across cross functional teams: Developing technical roadmaps to align with market direction & communicating it across business units, management & customers to share applicable technology
- Global-local stakeholder alignment: Developing relationships and partnerships with key customers, industry leaders and core suppliers both locally & globally
- Optimizing engineering &

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