VC Manager, Launch, Application Team, BU DS

Freudenberg Filtration; Morinda; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Freudenberg Filtration India Morinda site is seeking a Launch Manager to drive early project involvement, coordinate cross-functional launch activities, and ensure SOPs are met on time and within budget. You will lead the launch team, plan timing across plant functions such as logistics, production, process engineering and quality.

Ideal candidates hold a B.Tech in Mechanical Engg with 3 years in project management or industrialization, and APQP experience.

Qualifications

• B.Tech in Mechanical Engg.
• 3 years experience in project management, production or industrialization.
• Ideally in the automative industry, with complex project and processes.
• Preference APQP knowledge.
• Strong presentation and communication skills, Team player.
• High understanding of risk management.
• Autonomous, structured and target-oriented way of working.

Responsibilities

• Lead launch activities to ensure SOPs are met on time and within budget.
• Define the launch team and coordinate plant functions for launches.
• Coordinate and monitor ECRs and PTRs for running and closed projects.
• Create and monitor the launch timing plan for smooth production starts.
• Lead weekly launch meetings and contribute to lessons learned and audits.

Skills

Presentation skills

Communication

Team player

Autonomous working

Structured working

Target oriented

Risk management

Project management

Education

B.Tech in Mechanical Engg

Tools

APQP knowledge

Job description

1. - As part of the VC ProMaP project core team, early involvement in the project (ideally in phase 1 in the project risk evaluation), attend & contribute to project meetings and gate reviews, when appropriate to Multi Project Board meeting as well, provide inputs to risk and ECR events organized by the Project Manager.
2. 2- Accountable for all Operations activities from the beginning to the end of the project, with a maximum peak of involvement in phase 3 and 4: coordinate the processes for new launches between the involved functions in the plant,e.g logistics, production, plant process engineering and quality
3. 3- Contributes to planning and preparation of PTR(s)
4. 4- Main target: allow a successful SOP: series production begins on time, on budget without quality issues).
5. Therefore, focus on achiebing a green IRR before SOP: use the LLI/LLR KPIs to anticipate
6. Planning and preparation of IRR, complete the IRR documentation, tracking open actions from IRR(s)
7. 5- Reports all launch projects, is expected to escape them within Operations when appropriate, leads the weekly launch meetings to track the progress of the launches

• Defines the launch team, out of the plant functions supporting the launches, together with plant manager
• Coordinates and monitors in the plant project related ECRs (for running and closed projects)
• Creates and monitors the launch timing plan for all plant activities related to a smooth launch
• Contributes to the Lessons Learned collection and shares into the Launch Management organization
• Supports preparation and execution of customer audits

Qualifications :

• B.Tech in Mechanical Engg
• 3 years experience in project management, production or industrialization
• Ideally in the automative industry, with complex project and processes
• Preference APQP knowledge
• Strong presentation and communication skills, Team player
• High understanding of risk management
• Autonomous, structured and target-oriented way of working