NPI Launch Coordinator — Guitar Manufacturing

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation; Corona (CA); Presencial; USD 28.000 - 37.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation in Corona, CA is seeking an NPI Coordinator to drive end-to-end new model development, coordinating builds across departments and ensuring readiness before handoff to production.

The role requires experience in guitar manufacturing, strong documentation skills, and bilingual English/Spanish communication. On-site work with a focus on cross-functional collaboration and process improvements.

Formación

• Minimum of 1 year guitar manufacturing experience
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles desired
• Ability to read drawings, spec sheets, work instructions, and BOMs.
• Working knowledge of First Article Inspection and basic measuring tools.
• Excellent communication skills (English & Spanish preferred), ability to speak in group settings
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
• Excellent time management skills, ability to prioritize assignments to meet deadlines

Responsabilidades

• Coordinate MPR, pilot, and pre-production builds across all production departments including mill, Intersand, Paint, B&P, Sub-assembly, final and packaging.
• Run and validate new body, neck, electronics, through each department and confirm readiness to spec and print before handoff.
• Maintain a single build tracker showing where every NPI unit is, what it is waiting on, and who owns the next step.
• Lead daily check-ins with department leads and upscale blockers to the NPI Project leaders and Manager
• Act as the working link between R&D/NPI and Factory carrying design intent, drawings, and specs into the plant.
• Track deliverables owned by NPI, R&D, PD, Engineering, QA, and Ops, and flag anything late or missing before phase gate reviews.
• Confirm BOM accuracy and material availability for each build, working with Planning to open orders for builds on the floor and coordinate with Purchasing to ensure parts are available for department leads to work on new products.
• Confirm R&D DWG availability and share the information with department leads on the specifications
• Coordinate first-article parts from each department and work with NPI, Engineering and R&D to be able to understand on the pass or fail criteria
• Understand the process capability during the MPR and Pilot run, collect and summarize the data and present it to NPI, Engineering for approval and improvements
• Provide DFM recommendations whenever appropriate
• Help create and update Work instructions and in-process spec sheets in every department as necessary
• Train operators on new models using a “show and do” approach, and maintain training records
• Capture lessons learned after each launch and recommend improvements to the NPI process, templates and gate criteria
• Splits time between the production floor (about 80%) and meetings (about 20%).
• Run & validate new body, neck, and sub-assembly samples thru processes
• Coordinate sample completion through the department processes utilizing relevant documentation
• Additional duties as assigned

Conocimientos

Guitar manufacturing experience

Lean principles

Reading drawings

First Article Inspection

Bilingual English/Spanish

MS Office

Time management

Educación

High school diploma or equivalent

Descripción del empleo

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation in Corona, CA is seeking an NPI Coordinator to drive end-to-end new model development, coordinating builds across departments and ensuring readiness before handoff to production.

The role requires experience in guitar manufacturing, strong documentation skills, and bilingual English/Spanish communication. On-site work with a focus on cross-functional collaboration and process improvements.