Project Lead / Project Manager (Manufacturing Solutions)

Vlink; Dadri, Gurugram District, Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Vlink is seeking a Project Lead/Project Manager for Manufacturing Solutions in India. This onsite role covers end-to-end project delivery in manufacturing and MRO transformations, coordinating clients and delivery partners, and driving data-driven improvements across plant operations.

You will lead workshops, translate requirements into specs, manage risks, and ensure timely delivery while maintaining strong client relationships. Travel to customer sites will be required as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant field.
• 5–8+ years of experience in project delivery, manufacturing consulting, industrial engineering, MRO optimization, or enterprise systems implementation.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating multiple stakeholders, delivery teams, vendors, or implementation partners.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing operations, production, maintenance, procurement, inventory, and storeroom processes.
• Practical knowledge of MRO master data, asset BOMs, preventive maintenance, inventory optimization, and supplier management.
• Experience with project planning, risk management, KPI reporting, documentation, and customer acceptance.
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, project tracking tools, and data analysis.
• Willingness to travel to customer manufacturing plants when required.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery across manufacturing and MRO transformation engagements.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, resource plans, milestones, budgets, RAID logs, and status reports.
• Manage scope, dependencies, risks, change requests, and escalations to ensure timely delivery.
• Establish project governance, quality standards, acceptance criteria, and stage-gate reviews.
• Track deliverables against timelines, budgets, quality expectations, and customer requirements.
• Act as central coordination point between clients, internal teams, technology providers, and delivery partners.
• Define roles, responsibilities, dependencies, deliverables, and accountability across workstreams.
• Conduct regular reviews, governance meetings, action tracking, and issue-resolution sessions.
• Identify delivery bottlenecks and drive timely resolution.
• Ensure consistent communication, documentation, and reporting across distributed teams.
• Serve as primary contact for plant managers, maintenance, production, and IT teams.
• Coordinate plant visits, workshops, assessments, and requirements gathering.
• Translate business requirements into functional specifications and measurable acceptance criteria.
• Manage client expectations and maintain strong customer relationships.
• Oversee MRO material master cleansing, parts categorization, and data enrichment.
• Coordinate asset hierarchy validation, equipment BOM creation, and PM parts linkage in CMMS/EAM systems.
• Monitor ABC/Pareto analysis, criticality assessment, Min/Max optimization, safety stock, and reorder-point recommendations.
• Coordinate supplier master cleansing and vendor performance tracking.
• Oversee storeroom organization, inventory verification, and barcode tagging.
• Ensure data quality, engineering validation, and traceability of master-data changes.
• Coordinate CMMS/EAM, ERP, maintenance systems integration and deployment readiness.
• Manage SIT, UAT, defect resolution, cutover, and post-go-live stabilization.
• Maintain technical documentation and integration dependencies.
• Facilitate IT/OT coordination with stakeholders and partners.
• Define and monitor KPIs for schedule, scope, data quality, inventory, BOM, and supplier data quality.
• Prepare dashboards, reports, and steering presentations.
• Track benefits like inventory reduction and improved maintenance readiness.
• Drive corrective actions when KPIs fall short.
• Maintain governance around risks, issues, and change control.
• Support commercial planning, proposals, and delivery planning.
• Identify opportunities for additional services and follow-on projects.

Skills

Excel

PowerPoint

Project tracking tools

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Communication

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing, Information Technology, or a related discipline

Tools

Fiix

SAP PM

IBM Maximo

Infor EAM

Job description

Job Title: Project Lead/ Project Manager (Manufacturing Solutions)

Location: Noida/Gurugram/Bangalore/ Hyderabad (ONSITE)

Employment Type: Full Time Role

Job Description :

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
• Approximately 5-8+ years of experience in project delivery, manufacturing consulting, industrial engineering, MRO optimization, or enterprise systems implementation.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating multiple stakeholders, delivery teams, vendors, or implementation partners.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing operations, production, maintenance, procurement, inventory, and storeroom processes.
• Practical knowledge of MRO master data, asset BOMs, preventive maintenance, inventory optimization, and supplier management.
• Experience with project planning, risk management, KPI reporting, documentation, and customer acceptance.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, project tracking tools, and data analysis.
• Willingness to travel to customer manufacturing plants when required.

Preferred Qualifications Not Mandatory

• PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, or equivalent project management certification.
• Experience with CMMS/EAM platforms such as Fiix, SAP PM, IBM Maximo, or Infor EAM.
• Exposure to SAP ERP/S/4HANA, enterprise data migration, or digital transformation programs.
• Experience with MRO data cleansing, UNSPSC classification, equipment BOM development, ABC analysis, Min/Max planning, or Kraljic Matrix assessments.
• Familiarity with API integrations, manufacturing systems, and IT/OT coordination.
• Experience in food and beverage manufacturing or other asset-intensive industries.

1. Project Planning and Delivery

• Lead end-to-end project planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery across manufacturing and MRO transformation engagements.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, resource plans, milestones, budgets, RAID logs, and status reports.
• Manage scope, dependencies, risks, change requests, and escalations to ensure timely delivery.
• Establish project governance, quality standards, acceptance criteria, and stage-gate reviews.
• Track deliverables against agreed timelines, budgets, quality expectations, and customer requirements.

2. Delivery Partner and Cross-Functional Coordination

• Act as the central coordination point between clients, internal teams, technology providers, and multiple delivery partners.
• Define roles, responsibilities, dependencies, deliverables, and accountability across workstreams.
• Conduct regular project reviews, governance meetings, action tracking, and issue-resolution sessions.
• Identify delivery bottlenecks, resource constraints, and integration dependencies, and drive timely resolution.
• Ensure consistent communication, documentation, and reporting across geographically distributed teams.

3. Client Engagement and Plant-Level Requirements

• Serve as the primary day-to-day contact for customer stakeholders, including plant managers, maintenance, production, engineering, procurement, stores, and IT teams.
• Coordinate and participate in plant visits, discovery workshops, operational assessments, and requirements-gathering sessions.
• Understand current-state manufacturing processes, maintenance workflows, spare parts management, procurement practices, and operational challenges.
• Translate business requirements into functional specifications, project deliverables, action plans, and measurable acceptance criteria.
• Manage client expectations, resolve concerns, communicate project status, and maintain strong customer relationships.

4. MRO, Asset and Inventory Optimization

• Oversee project workstreams involving MRO material master cleansing, parts categorization, standardization, duplicate identification, and data enrichment.
• Coordinate asset hierarchy validation, equipment BOM creation, and preventive maintenance (PM) parts linkage in CMMS/EAM systems.
• Monitor ABC/Pareto analysis, asset and spare-parts criticality assessment, Min/Max optimization, safety stock, and reorder-point recommendations.
• Coordinate supplier master cleansing, vendor performance tracking, supplier segmentation, and Kraljic Matrix assessments.
• Oversee storeroom organization, physical inventory verification, QR/barcode tagging, and inventory location mapping.
• Ensure data quality, engineering validation, business-owner approvals, and traceability of master-data changes.

5. Systems Integration and Digital Transformation

• Coordinate implementation activities involving CMMS/EAM, ERP, maintenance systems, and related manufacturing applications.
• Work with technical teams to manage integration requirements, data mapping, system dependencies, testing, and deployment readiness.
• Coordinate system integration testing (SIT), user acceptance testing (UAT), defect resolution, cutover, and post-go-live stabilization.
• Ensure technical documentation, integration dependencies, and support procedures are maintained.
• Facilitate collaboration between business stakeholders, IT/OT teams, implementation partners, and technology vendors

6. KPI Management and Business Outcomes

• Define and monitor project KPIs covering schedule, scope, data quality, inventory accuracy, BOM completeness, PM parts linkage, and supplier data quality.
• Establish baselines, targets, reporting frequency, ownership, and evidence requirements for each KPI.
• Prepare project dashboards, management reports, and steering committee presentations.
• Track customer benefits such as improved spare-parts availability, reduced inventory exposure, faster parts retrieval, improved maintenance readiness, and reduced emergency purchasing.
• Coordinate with client Finance and operational owners to validate claimed savings and ensure benefits are evidence-based.
• Drive corrective actions where delivery performance or agreed KPIs fall below target.

7. Risk, Quality and Governance Management

• Maintain project risk, assumption, issue, dependency, decision, and change-control registers.
• Ensure master-data changes, duplicate merges, obsolete-part dispositions, and engineering decisions follow approved governance procedures.
• Monitor project quality through deliverable reviews, data-validation checks, testing evidence, and customer acceptance.
• Escalate operational, technical, commercial, and schedule risks through the appropriate governance channels.
• Ensure project documentation, audit trails, handover records, and acceptance evidence are complete.

8. Commercial and Business Support

• Support project estimation, resource planning, effort assessment, proposals, statements of work, and delivery planning.
• Monitor scope changes, resource utilization, delivery costs, and project-level commercial commitments.
• Identify opportunities for additional services, follow-on projects, and expansion across customer sites.
• Contribute to account planning, customer presentations, solution demonstrations, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Help develop reusable delivery methodologies, templates, reporting standards, and project management best practices.