Mission and Role:
The role is to drive strategic projects including new business models, Product Industrialization and localization of grid automation & communication products. The charter is to ensure uninterrupted series production of GPG AC products and on time implementation of projects.
The role will be cross-functionally cooperation with Supply Chain Management (SCM), R&D and Operations with local teams in Peenya , Global teams at Sweden & Switzerland. The projects and activities can be of strategic or tactical nature.
Responsibilities:
- Introduce new products in in-house and external factories in collaboration with Operations, R&D, external partners, Product Management and Global teams.
- Responsible for end-to-end strategic project implementation and lead Steering Committee Meetings (Steco's) with local and global stakeholders.
- Lead new Business Model Introductions for enabling strategic growth of AC Products in India.
- Enable supply change for a product/ smooth transfer of Business from global factory to India while closely working with stakeholders from Operations, Product Management, Quality & management.
- Work on factory setup with best in class xx and new technologies for production.
- Work closely with R&D, SCM and Operations team to implement projects related to localization of components for- various products such as IEDs, RTUs, Communication Equipment's
- Review the BoMs in collaboration with R&D and SCM for material risks (single-sourcing, tightly specified components, supplier risks, manufacturer risks, geopolitical risks, quality, etc) and trigger actions to reduce our risk exposure proactively
- Trigger proactive redesigns and marshal reactive redesigns in collaboration with R&D
- Ensure fast reindustrialization after redesign (regression testing, type testing) in collaboration with R&D, SCM and Quality
- Ensure fast adaptation after redesign of production test equipment in collaboration with Operations and Quality
- Review and manage the required test coverage after design changes in collaboration with R&D and Quality
- Remove bottlenecks in our value chain in collaboration with SCM, R&D and Operations
Profile:
- Customer focused and highly committed to delivery (focused, resilient, end-to-end accountable)
- Able to lead a cross-functional team to achieve unprecedented results (component engineers, product architects, NPI engineers, HW product owners, tactical SCM staff, production planners)
- Able to manage complex projects including technical, commercial and organizational challenges.
- Calm under pressure
- Outstanding communication skills
- Able to travel (30%) Locally in India & International
Background:
- Solid understanding of operations, quality & production environment
- >15 years industry experience
- Technical background, Bachelor or MSc
- Superior English oral and writing skills
- Multi-cultural experience