Manager - Product Development - PCR

Job Description

To facilitate new product development and existing product improvement
• To continuously capture customer requirements both from the export market and International OEMs, translate into value added products through new product development or improvement of existing products
• Monitor the life-cycle maintenance process of all products.
• Execute Quality Function deployment through extensive market assessment and product bench marking to enable in new product development.
SCOPE: DIRECT REPORTEES0 DIMENSIONS: Position holderInternal customersExternal customersExternal partners KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• PRODUCT DEVELOMENT FOR INTENATIONAL MARKETS - REPLACEMENT:
  • To capture customer requirements for respective markets and identify new product development or existing product improvement needs.
  • Identify and do benchmark tyre analysis for New product development and improvement of existing products.
  • Market visit, meeting with customers, Market analysis and understanding of product performance requirements and gaps.
  • Incorporate inputs from market visits, competitor activities analysis and customer sales feedback in developing more application based products within set timelines.
  • Analysis of claims, generate monthly claim analysis report and do failed tyre analysis to identify improvement opportunities for existing products.
  • Initiate development projects for new products based on the market gaps or improvement projects for existing products.
  • Tech review meeting with Marketing and QA and sign off specification
  • Lead NPD CFT meetings and review of progress
  • Organize and coordinate with the testing team for indoor and outdoor test requirements of OEM
  • Coordinate with various internal agencies for homologation of tyres. Initiate and organize homologation and certifications for new products
  • Develop the test procedures and performance requirements as per OE requirements
  • Evaluate products on the field through Product evaluation centers , through testing team and collect feedback.
FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES
• Business Focus (Capable)
(Knowhow on organization mission ,Code of conduct, product SKUs, accountabilities w.r.t market scenario & competition & ability to apply in ones role)
• Proficiency in project management
• Proficiency in Tyre Manufacturing and development Technology (Capable)
(Technical knowhow & ability in tyre designs, production processes, systems, layout plans and quality measure)
• Customer Orientation (Capable)
(Cultural orientation to engage with customers, proactively assess their needs and continuously create value for them)
• Data Interpretation Ability (Capable)
(ability to study & interpret data/trends and draw inferences/projections)
• Lateral Thinking (Advanced)
(Ability to think for innovative & out of the box solutions)
• Working with multicultural teams
MANAGERIAL COMPETENCIES
• Communication skills (Verbal and Written)
• Analytical
(Analyzes issues and breaks them down to component parts. Makes systematic and rational judgments based on relevant information.)
• Strategic
(Demonstrates a broad-based view of issues, events and activities and perceives their longer term impact or wider implications.)
• Innovative
(Creates new and imaginative approaches to work related issues. Identifies fresh approaches and shows a willingness to question traditional assumption)
• Coordinating
( Motivates and empowers others in order to reach organizational goals) PREFERRED AGE 26-32 years QUALIFICATION B.E./ B. Tech (In Rubber technology/Mechanical/Automobile) EXPERIENCE 4-7 years, preferably in Product development/Tyre Engineering/Design /Compounding . DEPT. HEAD FUNCTION HEAD ,

Keyskills :
code of conductnew product developmentcontinuous improvement facilitationmarket analysistest proceduresmarket assessmenttest requirementsproduct development