Program Manager - RFQ

Job Title : Program Manager RFQ

Manage the RFQ process based on Customer Enquiries (SOR). Evaluate new RFQs / RFIs and costing estimations for submitting cost estimates to Finance / Business Development for Business/ project acquisition,

Liese with CFT (BD, R&D, CD, SCM, ME, LAB, Tooling team) to arrive at cost estimation & respond to OEM RFQ.

Program Manager RFQ & RFQ engineer provide technical support to Business Development, R&D, Tool room, SCM & Plant teams during RFQ processing and business acquisition. (Cost engineering and ZBC is the way to achieve the customer targets).

• Coordinate for launch of OEM RFQ with all commodities pertaining to respective product line products Programs.
• Liaise with BD & internal CFT for costing cycle execution in short span & to strive for award for business.
• Participate in kick off meeting with CFT consisting of QA, CD, ME and Costing teams arranged by BD team with help of RFQ team in which customer expectations, milestones, projects timelines are set.
• Coordinate with RFQ and design teams for assessing BOM and technical feasibility and share with CFT members to study the RFQ investment/machinery required, risks associated, reusing existing infrastructure,JFG/testing/certification cost involved
• Prepare cost sheet and evaluate the sheet with our cost benchmarks along with CFT members
• Propose RMC cost and analysis & discussions with finance based on IRR calculation during business award stage (at Gate zero)
• Coordinate & review for costing and actualization during development and SOP stage and in case of cost increase take up with BD team for price increase negotiations with customer
• Maintain daily check of tracking sheet, create code for new projects for RFQ generation including details such as date, engineering release of BOM, sharing of costing details to finance and BD (encompassing all techno commercial aspects).
• Keep a check for pending businesses Win & Lost analysis.
• Maintain the central database of customer-wise cost compilation to reduce person dependency in execution of priority tasks.
• Ensuring BD arranges the RFQ kick off and participates in the same and ensures CFT input dates are shared by BD with CFT as MoM. (Ensure Go-NoGO is approved by BD and PLM enquiry is available in RFQ login before BD conducts RFQ KO)
• Create Gate 0 plan and assign required resources in PLM
• Ensure R&D conducts the DR0 meeting before sharing the BOM with CFT
• Ensure timely inputs from CFT for cost estimates, escalate if required
• Prepare the costing- RMC, capex, tooling, D&D, DVP, launch cost etc., review and share with finance for business case preparation
• Review the cost inputs with ZBC or should cost to meet customer target cost
• Ensure CFT updates the Gate0 deliverables in PLM on time
• Ensure Total RFQ turnaround time meets with RFQ KO dates or meets the market standard timeline
• Ensure tracking of all gate-0 inputs is up to date- Manual tracking or in automated tools, whichever is available
• Ensure gate wise costing as per request from PM & finance
• Ensure Gate0 lessons learned are captured in PLM
• Keep a check for pending businesses Win & Lost analysis.
• Drive program profitability gate wise

To ensure the cost competitiveness

Sufficiency of commodity wise product knowledge to carry out accurate and competitive costing

RFD Costing with Stringent timeline.

Demanding low cost targets from customer due to increasing competition

Correctness and timely inputs from the customer

Un availability of the standard costing templates

Dependency on the CFT which is not directly reporting to RFQ team

Complex, customer-specific requirements driving cost-to-serve variability.

Cross-functional alignment on assumptions and capacity plans.

Tight bid timelines requiring rapid, high-accuracy costing and approvals.

Familiarity with cross-functional collaboration (BD, SCM, R&D, Tooling, ME, CD etc.)

Ability to perform cost modeling and BOM analysis

Proficiency in ERP systems and PLM tools

Strong understanding of automotive industry standards (APQP, PPAP)

Good commercial acumen for negotiations

9. Educational Qualifications

a) Qualifications

Minimum Qualification required: Engineering -Diploma/Graduate/Postgraduate

Qualifications preferred: Product Costing background

b) Work Experience

Minimum 6-9 years of experience out which minimum 3-5 Years in automotive costing

Automotive background experience preferred

Preferred working experience in program management and costing department

9. Competencies (Technical and Behavioral)