Role & responsibilities
Drive end-to-end supplier development, recent product development, project management and cross-functional coordination to ensure successful product launches.
Key Responsibilities
- End-to-end management of CFT activities for new part/CBU development projects.
- Coordinate proto, pilot and production approvals with R&D;, Quality, Production and Sourcing.
- Ensure business case, volume, technology, tooling and manufacturing readiness before project launch.
- Maintain project trackers, activity plans and milestone reviews.
- Liaise between suppliers, Quality and R&D; to resolve development issues.
- Support suppliers for PPAP and quality documentation until approval.
- Track project delays, escalate risks and drive closure actions.
- Identify bottlenecks and conduct review meetings.
- Drive value engineering, productivity improvement and cost optimization.
- Ensure compliance to SOPs, NPD process and project governance.
Preferred candidate profile
- Minimum 5 years experience.
- Strong NPD and Project Management knowledge.
- Ability to read drawings, schematics and technical documents.
- Analytical capability to identify and resolve bottlenecks.
- Knowledge of SAP, PLM, S2P and MS Office tools.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently.
- Willingness to travel across India.
📌 Sr Officer - Supplier Development (Electronics & Solar Power Systems) (Kochi)
🏢 V-Guard
📍 Kochi