Aftermarket Lifecycle Lead

Aftermarket Lifecycle Lead

Company Description

HBT GmbH, headquartered in Luenen, Germany, is a leading manufacturer and provider of high-performance equipment for underground coal mining. Exporting to all major mining markets worldwide, HBT specializes in longwall mining systems, including shearers, plow systems, conveyors, and hydraulic roof supports. The company offers comprehensive products and services, including OE parts manufacturing and support services. HBT’s facilities enable in-house research, development, design, and testing of their mining equipment, all compliant with international standards. HBT operates subsidiaries and partner offices globally, including Europe, Australia, the United States, China, and India.

Job Role Description

This is a full-time on-site role for a Aftermarket Lifecycle Lead, located in Chennai. The Lead Lifecycle Engineer will be responsible for overseeing for HBT Aftermarket and Life cycle team Operation/Strategy activities. The role would involve interactions with the External Dealers, Vendors, Engineers & Internal stakeholders to deliver operational excellence in Parts life cycle activities, Pricing, sourcing, Life cycle calculations Aftermarket  and Parts order to deliver.

Responsibilities:

·       Provide leadership and technical support for Longwall product lifecycle activities, as well as HBT pricing and sourcing requirement.

·       Contribute to the technical roadmap and ensure alignment with HBT product strategy

·       Be responsible for the preparation of critical spare lists of projects, manage life-cycle status and replacement strategy in the Global Parts catalog within the Longwall Product.

·       Perform Parts obsolescence studies and identify alternate solutions for obsolete parts, collaborating with different functions and product engineering teams around the globe.

·       Drive Lean mindset in the team and ensure adherence to processes.

·       Recognize and evaluate sales, promotional campaigns, and other opportunities to secure reduced prices.

·       Assess supplier's products to ensure they that they comply with specifications and meet the organization's Cost standards.

·       Leadership Planning, Pricing of Parts,  Inventory Management, Parts Delivery, Supplier Sourcing

Education Qualification/ Requirements

·       Bachelors/Diploma Degree from accredited college/university in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering.

·       8 – 10 years of relevant experience

·   Experience in design engineering, field engineering, manufacturing, shop assembly or spares/ replacement parts involvement. Ability to read and write technical specifications.

·       Writing, Reading and Verbal English fluency required.

·       Ability to translate and interpret BOM into orders and parts.

·       Excellence in Customer Service with fair amount of commercial awareness

·       Ability and willingness to travel as required.

·       Proficient with SAP or similar ERP systems.

·       Prior experience with Teamcenter or similar PLM systems.

·       Aptitude with analytical tools (ex. Excel, Access, and PowerPoint); specific skills should include data mining, pivot tables and data Manipulation.

krishnan.munirathinam@hbt-group.com