Head - R&D - Auto Component Manufacturing/Engineering Firm

Position - Head R&D

Reporting to Managing Director/ R&D Director, Matrix reporting

Reporting in 4-5 Direct

Position Overview Strategically lead and drive the company's R&D function

Experience:

- Approx. 15-20 years experience with 4-5 years leadership role in an auto component manufacturing/ engineering company and exposure of handling a medium sized turnover business.

- Emphasis on manufacturing operations, project management and organization development. This role also involves a great deal of strategic execution through operational excellence.

Age: 40-45 years

Location: Pune

Qualifications: B.E./B.tech. Mechanical from a reputable university, MBA preferred.

Responsibilities

- Ensure the product's development: Adherence of quality methods; Keep the development plan up to date; Ensure timely completion of each work package; Define and supervise work packages of Technical Development and manage necessary changes, Co-ordination with customers, suppliers and Industrial Engineering.

- Master's / Bachelor's degree in engineering

- Strong written and oral communications skills

- Basic finance skills

- Professional experience: minimum 15 years of experience of working on Automotive (4-5 years on CAD)

- International Exposure Required.

Key Competencies :

(Functional & Behavioural)

- Strong managerial, leadership and people management skills.

- Visionary.

- Strategic thinker and decision maker.

- Business and financial acumen with result orientation.

- Exposure to multi-disciplinary and multi-functional areas.

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

- Multi-tasking and ability to work under pressure.

- Critical eyed, result-oriented, tenacious, dynamic self-starter.

- International exposure.