Lead NPD ME

Role & responsibilities

1New Product Development Phase
Ensure for each new program a timeline is prepared by NPD engineer and is in line with customer timeline and follow all APQP steps Periodic review of each program and act on delayed activities by communicating to other function stake holders and escalate to PM and plant ME head if remains unresolved and make sure in-house facility is ready as per plan Resource planning as per NPD workload Weekly and monthly summary update of own set of product category to plant ME head for his compilation

2. RFQ Phase
Review make or Buy sheet, Manufacturing feasibility document, tentative timeline for accuracy of information

3. Proto Phase
Review with NPD engineer on their observations from proto sample making event and make sure respective functions R&D and PM etc. aware of the engineer recommendation

4. Process Design Phase
Review process and line design recommendation prepared by NPD engineer and do course correction Review PFD, PFMEA and control plan for their accuracy Review machine and Jigs& fixture design requests for adequacy

5. Process Development Phase
Support in trouble shooting, if any, by providing technical guidance to NPD engineer Resolve inter departmental issues for smooth functionality of NPD engineer Escalate to plant ME head if issues are unresolved JFG design phase: JFG Design lead Variant

6. Design Work estimation and Delegation
Receive design request from M.E. engineers Estimate workload and allocate design work to designers per time availability Review Progress and make necessary changes

7. Design Approval
Check and approve JFG Designs

8. Design Manual
Keep on creating design guidelines for critical design points and keep updating design manual

9. Design Quality
Promote SMED concepts in design Promote pokayoke and interlocks features in JFG Design wherever feasible Current products (In process) phase: (ME Current Product lead Variant)

10. Capacity Planning
Periodically review capacity sheet cellwise and product wise and get it approved from Plant ME head Annual capacity planning and proposals for annual budgeting to plant ME Head Monthly capacity utilization review and recommend actions to plant ME Head Review & Plan capacity improvement for growth products by de-bottlenecking, automation etc.

11. Quality Improvements
Periodic review of PFMEA, pokayoke and interlock list along with concerned engineer Review process defect analysis and its adequacy for preventive/defective controls and get approval from plant ME Head

12. Productivity Improvement
Reduce direct manpower by automation, alternate process recommendation, conveyorization for material movement, layout improvement etc.

13. Industrial engineering
Lead MOST norm estimation for new products as well as current products as and when requested