Assistant General Manager-Tool Development & Safe Launch

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead Product Design, Tool Design & Development for automotive plastic components.
• Manage end-to-end New Product Development (NPD) from concept/RFQ to SOP.
• Handle 3D CAD modelling, assembly, drafting and design engineering teams
• Lead tooling development, mould design, tool trials and modifications.
• Coordination with Local and Foreign tool rooms for optimum cost, design, and tool development lead times
• Review product and tool design feasibility, DFM/DFA and GD&T.
• Drive RFQ costing and value engineering.
• Coordinate with OEMs customers and cross-functional teams for tech reviews
• Ensure timely completion of APQP, PPAP and project milestones.
• Drive product reliability, validation, endurance testing and design improvements.
• Ensure safe launch for NPD, including complete product industrialisation starting from tools, assembly fixtures, on time PPAP etc.
• Identify opportunities for cost reduction, productivity improvement and design optimization.
• Resolve complex design, tooling and manufacturing issues through root-cause analysis.
• Drive continuous improvement and new technology/concept implementation.Required Experience & Qualification
• 20–25+ years of experience in Automotive Product Design & Tooling Development.
• Strong exposure to automotive plastic components for 4-wheeler OEMs/Tier-1.
• B.E./B.Tech – Mechanical / Plastic / Production / Tool Engineering.
• Strong knowledge of CATIA / NX / Creo / other 3D CAD tools.
• Experience in Injection Moulding, Tool Development, NPD
• Strong leadership, project management and cross-functional coordination skills.