Lead - Research & Development - Consumer Durable

Industry : Consumer Durable

Category : Operations

Skills : Lead R&D - Consumer Durables - Delhi NCR

Description :

- Responsible to lead cross functional teams in areas of strategic innovation and development of products that meet the companies goals of new products as well as improving existing product portfolio.

Client Details :

- Our client is a Global MNC with R&D and sales offices in multiple locations across the world

Job Description :

- Develop & maintain world-class R&D capabilities by being a change catalyst in improving the current R&D processes

- Undertake the smooth execution of the end to end process of concept to production of products

- Collaborate with all BU stakeholders, to define R&D priorities and activities supporting organic growth and product launch on time and within budget

- Devising the Long term Strategy for R & D to develop infrastructure aligning to meet the BU investment plans

- Ensure all projects (New development, Improvement & lifecycle) delivered comply with required standards, regulations and processes

- Liaise and collaborate with the organisation's international R&D teams for faster solutions to product improvement and product development.

- Encourage teams to improve key processes including; reducing time-to-market, improving design for manufacturability, improving design for quality, and driving down cost to manufacture while maintaining innovation

Profile :

- Bachelor degree or higher degree in Mechanical/Electrical with experience in R&D operations. Prefer candidates with a Masters degree.

- 15+ years of experience with atleast 5 years in the domain of product development

- Demonstrable experience in R&D operations, product life-cycle management, product introduction and product development, stability studies & specifications development

Job Offer :

- An excellent opportunity to lead the R&D function out of India in a global organisation which offers fast tracked career progression in the consumer durable space.