New Product Launch Management Professional

Vitesco Technologies•Seguin, TX

7d•$10 - $11

About The Position

This role is responsible for leading and coordinating all activities related to new product launch, including investment budgeting, development of new technologies and processes, industrialization, and project start-up. The professional will support the project team in quotation, validation, prototyping, and sampling. They will develop and maintain the Operations Launch Schedule, coordinate and control project activities, track progress, and define corrective measures. This role ensures capital spends and other costs align with approved authorizations, budgets, and project plans. It also involves eliminating/minimizing excess and obsolete material, evaluating production equipment capacity, and coordinating manufacturing line concepts. The professional will drive product DFM reviews, ensure compliance with Lean concepts, and manage line industrialization to meet cycle time, product, and process requirements. They will develop operations quotes, establish adequate project organizations, and be responsible for the completion of activities within operations to meet cost, timing, and quality requirements. Risk management, reporting, and escalation of issues are also key responsibilities.

Requirements

Experienced with existing processes and rules and internal escalation and decision-making structures.
Expert in methods, tools and contact persons for managing the project in operations.
Experienced in Specific Customer Requirements (project phases & milestones, terminology, process audits, PPAP, R&R, capabilities, customer drawings).
Experienced with Product Life Cycle, the Operations Processes including Project Supporting Processes.
Expert in new product launch.
Strong knowledge in Test Coverage Analysis, Safe Launch, Line Release, APQP, PPAP.
Strong knowledge of key quality indicators (FPY, 0-km ppm, Field PPM, warranty, scrap ratio), documents (8D).
Experienced in Process improvement tools (VSM, TPM, Kaisen).
Experienced driving NPL sample builds to completion and resolving open issues.
Representation of operations and plant in project, customer and supplier meetings.
Representation of project interests in operations meetings.
Experience supporting Project changes and Problem Solving activities, based on feasibility considering timing, cost, quality and risk.
Communication of specific issues with the customer.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without employment visa or other sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of quotation process in order to support it by delivering required inputs.
Knowledge of methods and tools (eCR, R&R, Lean Check, task force, D-FMEA, work instruction).

Responsibilities

Lead and coordinate all activities related to new product launch, e.g. investment budgeting, development of new technologies and processes, industrialization and project start-up.
Support Project team in quotation, validation, prototyping and sampling.
Develop and maintain the Operations Launch Schedule including all necessary processes (phases, deliverables, gates, etc.) throughout life of project.
Coordinate and control project activities, track the project progress, define corrective measures, if deviating form the Project Schedule.
Ensure Capital spends are aligned with approved authorizations and/or budgets.
Ensure other costs, labor, startup costs are according to approved Project Plan, eCR, and Budget.
Eliminate/ Minimize excess and obsolete material associated with the product launch or changes.
Evaluate capacity of the production equipment and impact of the new product volumes to it.
Coordinate the development of manufacturing line concepts in conjunction with plant and central support organizations.
Drive product DFM reviews and improvements.
Ensure compliance to Lean concepts and robust processes.
Project Management of line industrialization that meets cycle time, product and process.
Develop operations quotes for industrialization based upon product requirement, lean principles, robust processes.
Establish adequate project organization (meeting structure, information/ knowledge exchange, documentation, archiving).
Responsible for completion of activities within operations to meet the specific, cost, timing, and quality requirements as directed from the Project Manager.
Responsible for documentation of operations activities.
Perform Risk Management activities, control and steer the implementation of risk mitigation items in alignment with project management.
Regularly report the Launch status in accordance with the valid tool and process set (eLSR).
Provide updates of Project (Launch) status and potential needs to Operations Management of his/her department.
Provide updates of Project (Launch) status and potential needs to Project Manager.
Escalate issues to Project Manager, and Operations management, affected Quality, Suppliers and Customer, if necessary (with Project Manager).