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Southern Electronics (bangalore); Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Electronics (bangalore) requires a Project Manager for PED projects with a focus on planning, scheduling, and on-time delivery. You will interact with suppliers and internal teams to align inputs, resources and timelines for successful project execution.

The role demands experience in manufacturing environments and strong communication, interpersonal, and IT skills to manage planning, MIS reporting, and quality processes.

Qualifications

• BE / B. Tech (Mechanical) / Diploma in Mechanical Engineering.
• Experience in Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Engineering Industries in Tier-1 / OEM/Medium Scale Organisation/MSMEs
• Exposure to Manufacturing Processes, Engineering Drawings, Customer Interaction, Project Planning and Scheduling, MIS Reports, OTD Performance, Quality Systems
• Good Communication Skills, Interpersonal Skills, IT Skills, Soft Skills

Responsibilities

• Project Management for PED Projects and ensuring On-Time Delivery (OTD).
• Coordinate inputs for project execution including raw materials and tools; manage supplier interactions for outsourced parts development.
• Review PO contracts, perform risk assessments, support cost calculations and track plan vs. actual weekly to reduce delays.
• Participate in data analytics, KPIs capture, and continuous improvement initiatives to resolve bottlenecks with production and other departments.

Skills

Good communication

Interpersonal skills

IT skills

Soft skills

Education

BE / B. Tech (Mechanical) / Diploma in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Summary of Functions

- Responsible for Project Management for PED Projects; RFQ Management; Project Planning; OTD performance of PED.

Qualifications and Experience

- BE / B. Tech (Mechanical) / Diploma in Mechanical Engineering.

- Experience in Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Engineering Industries in Tier-1 / OEM/Medium Scale Organisation/MSMEs

- Exposure to Manufacturing Processes, Engineering Drawings, Customer Interaction, Project Planning and Scheduling, MIS Reports, OTD Performance, Quality Systems

- Good Communication Skills, Interpersonal Skills, IT Skills, Soft Skills

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Project Management-

• Project Management for PED Projects
• Obtain Customer Inputs for Project Execution including Raw Materials, Tools etc.,
• Supplier Co-ordination for Outsourced Parts Development
• Meet OTD Performance for the Division

Planning-

• Contract review of all received PO. Comparing the feasibility study done during PFQ stage and fine tune in case of any anomalies.
• Risk Assessment of all received PO. Also comparing the risk assessment done during RFQ stage and follow up of mitigating planned.
• Support cost calculation of all the assembly projects and monitoring its execution.
• Capturing the time variance between estimated and actual in live and initiating actions for resolving.
• Identifying the non-value added activities during execution, discuss with concerned and initiating actions for reducing the NVA.
• Data capturing for KPIs and initiating corrective actions in case of any deviations.
• Measuring plan V/s Actual week wise and initiating correcting actions for achieving 100%
• Follow up of projects at various stages of processing and removing the bottle necks by co-ordinating with productions.
• Co-ordinating with other departments for resolving day to day issue if any.
• Follow up with vendor for issues related to technical, documentation, etc. and bringing the finished parts on time.
• Assembly based projects follow up for completion of projects on a daily basis.

Presales-

• Support Estimation by Co-ordinating internally and with Suppliers, as necessary to obtain Techno Commercial details.
• Participate in Data Analytics by Win/Loss Analysis

Customer Focus-

• Developing vendor base to a capacity equivalent to our in-house capacity. Also developing vendor where we do not have capability.
• Monitoring corrective actions of customer complaints and process complaints.
• Co-ordinate with the team for smooth customer relations with regard to customer part status and delivery.
• Co-ordinating with customers for arranging the materials, drawings, gauges and resolving issues if any on a regular basis.

MIS Reports-

• Evaluating capacity of VMCs, CNC lathes and represent constraints to HOD.
• Tracking of dispatches and follow up regarding order completion.
• Updating and sending the PO status to HOD and to all customers once in two weeks.,
• Conducting daily production meeting and update the status to HOD wherever constraints and potential delays are observed.
• Monitoring, reviewing and implementation of AS9100D procedures.