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Job Description
Platform Manufacturing Lead
Manufacturing Strategy & Planning
- Support the Platform Manufacturing Head with inputs for business case development and manufacturing strategy formulation.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (PPH, PFH, CPH) to assist in make vs buy decisions.
- Facilitate interactions between CME COE and manufacturing planning teams to promote flexibility and cost efficiency.
Product & Process Development
- Coordinate with CME to gather manufacturing feasibility requirements and relay them to PEH for system-level drills.
- Contribute to Design for Manufacturing (DFM) reviews by aligning inputs with process capability, cost feasibility, and investment needs.
- Assist in finalizing RFQs, SoRs, and engineering drawings incorporating manufacturing perspectives.
- Participate in BEC (Base Engineering Contents) reduction initiatives and process simplification.
Program Build & Delivery
- Act as key interface for manufacturing activities of vehicle/aggregates/PTD.
- Coordinate on-site build activities, ensuring part availability and gateway readiness in alignment with PPH.
- Monitor execution of FTG elements including plant infrastructure and facility readiness.
- Support proto builds with a focus on plant production alignment.
- Facilitate installation, commissioning, and milestone tracking of manufacturing systems.
Target Achievement & Governance
- Help align and track Manufacturing TCP targets with plant manufacturing teams.
- Track quality indicators across builds and escalate deviations.
- Collaborate on cost tracking for process and product delivery targets.
- Ensure project documentation (ROCM, signoffs) is completed in time, especially during scope or engineering changes.
- Support budget monitoring and timely handover to the launch team.