Key Role & Objectives:
•To communicate the project requirements in terms of overall timing with Customers, Team Members and Central Services.
•To co-ordinate systems and meetings defined in NPI, APQP, PPAP and other company and customer procedures.
•To organise APQP activities, minute and follow up all actions.
•To prepare all documentation for presentation in customer organised meetings
•To ensure all relevant personnel are aware of project scope.
•To manage the customer approval of new products introduced to the Business through PPAP or customer equivalent process.
•To manage the new programme pricing targets set by the Commercial Team.
•To manage the team to achieve profit targets on tooling programs, set by the Commercial Team.
•To manage the introduction of new programs into production, staying with the programs 3 months post SOP.
•To ensure that the fundamentals of any new processes will meet the Business and customer’s requirements.
•To track all project and engineering change activity, communicate and if necessary escalate problems, delays etc.
•To support the manufacturing system throughout the life of the product.
•To take responsibility for the spares requirements for each of the Business’ products in respect of storage, plans to manufacture, shipment and communication of payments to relevant personnel.
Qualifications/Experience:
Essential
•Business / Engineering related degree or proven track record of carrying out a similar role for a minimum of 3 years in a high volume manufacturing environment.
•Experience of customer and industry systems and procedures including QS9000, ISO 14001, TS16949, APQP, PPAP.
•Computer literate
Desirable
•Plastics experience preferred.
•Experience of Jaguar Land Rover Online APQP (Covisint)
•Experience of Japanese OEM systems & procedures
•Microsoft Project Knowledge
•IMDS
Personal Characteristics:
•Strong customer focus
•Ability to manage customers
•Good communicator
•Commercially astute
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