NPI Project Manager in Dudley

Energy Jobline ZR; Dudley; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

SF Engineering are seeking an NPI Project Manager for a manufacturing business in the Black Country (Dudley area). The role focuses on creating long-term partnerships with OEM customers, driving improvements in service and quality assurance.

You will coordinate actions, report to stakeholders, and work with tooling engineers and external suppliers. The starting salary is £45,000 for a 40-hour week with flexible start/finish times.

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills to engage with colleagues and senior stakeholders.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional improvements to quality.
• Ability to liaise with tooling engineers and external suppliers.
• Focus on reducing internal and external scrap and ensuring data integrity.

Responsibilities

• Clear and concise communication and reporting on all activities to customers and stakeholders including weekly status updates.
• Coordinate action plans and ensure cross functionality between all departments.
• Work closely with tooling engineers, external suppliers including scanning, measurement and technical resource.
• Minimise internal and external scrap.
• Upgrade and maintain NPI to ensure all manufacturing data is logged, with finishing instructions and packaging.
• Work closely with the quality department for PPAP & APQP operations.
• Liaise with sales to expand markets for potential customers and applications.
• Assist with customer visits and liaise on audits.
• Recommend projects to improve performance and implement cost saving ideas.
• Attend and lead meetings: Daily review and analysis of internal rejects; External rejects/quality; H&S and environmental; Production; Sample/NPI; Monthly business plan.
• Participate in process and quality audits.

Job description

Job Description

SF Engineering are currently working with a Manufacturing business based in the black country who are looking to hire an NPI Project Manager.

The position will focus on creating long term partnerships with current and potentially new OEM customers, with the aim to continuously improve service and quality assurance. It is essential that you're about to demonstrate effective communication skills, with the ability to engage with colleagues and senior stakeholders. You'll be tasked with coordinating, participating and supporting improvements to increase the quality of products.

Responsibilities of the successful NPI Project Manager will include:

• Clear and concise communication and reporting on all activities to customers and stakeholders including weekly status updates.
• Coordinate action plans and ensure cross functionality between all departments.
• Work closely with tooling engineers, external suppliers including scanning, measurement and technical resource.
• Minimise internal and external scrap.
• Upgrade and maintain NPI to ensure all manufacturing data is logged, with finishing instructions and packaging.
• Work closely with the quality department for PPAP & APQP operations.

Other tasks that will be required within the role:

• Liaise closely with sales function to expand markets for potential customer and applications
• Assist with customer visits and liaise on audits.
• Recommend projects to improve performance and implement cost saving ideas.
• Attend and lead meetings:
  • Daily review and analysis of internal rejects
  • External rejects/quality
  • H&S and environmental
  • Production
  • Sample/NPI
  • Monthly business plan
• Participate in process and quality audits.

In return we are able to offer £45,000 as a starting salary, working 40 hours a week with flexiblity on start and finish times.