Hirschvogel Group - Manager - Product Development

1. Job Role: PD - Manager

2. Superior Position: PD - Leader

3. Subordinate Position:

4. Department: Product Development

5. Purpose of the Role: To provide technical interface between customer & HCI. Develop new products as per customer requirements. Act as technical mentor for the manufacturing team.

6. Responsibilities:

a. Function Specific:

- Responsible for developments of new parts.

- To add on new product growth by forward selling to customers.

- Work with design departments to come up with solutions to technical metal forming problems.

- Project Manager and APQP champion for all new parts and changes.

- Provide technical clarification for customer and internal departments.

- Aid strongly in the development and upkeep of all Quality Control documents including PFMEA, Control plans, Inspection Plans etc.

- Plan, supervise and manage all new projects within the timeline allotted by the customer.

- To establish the process parameters necessary for the smooth production of components as per the planned costing.

- Spearhead process improvements to reduce costs of running process.

- Check tool drawings to ensure product manufacturability

- Conduct process validation and optimization trials and document back the findings to all control documents.

b. Environment Health & Safety:

- Report incidents on time in a given format

- Ensure Air, water or land is not polluted due any of his/her activities

- Follow safety norms inside the premises

- Ensuring safety of his/her guest/visitors inside the premises

c. Operational Excellence (OpEx):

- Look for waste in the process or activity performed with the intent of elimination

- Ensure that the work place is maintained in a neat and clean manner

7. Authorities:

8. Requirements of profile:

a. Education / Qualification: Bachelor of Engineering/Master degree in Engineering

b. Number of years of past Work Experience: Min 3 yrs. of experience in forging industry or in metal forming

c. Desired past experience: Creative, hands on problem solver

Internal:

- Design Of Experiments experience

- Familiar with Solid Modeling (Pro-E) and Finite Element Analysis for metal forming

- Understanding of heat treatment processes and metallurgy

- Familiar with Quality Systems; QS-9000, TS-16949

- Familiar with GD&T, APQP, FMEA, Control Plans, Statistical Process Control

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