Project Manager

Project Management for Zanini India

Role mission

Leader and maximum responsible for the Project. Understand Project as an independent business unit (from the Nomination until Industrialization (SOP)). Assume this role both internally and in front of the customer. The Program Manager is responsible for the Part/Tool profitability, Development timing and quality (technical, development-based and client service).

Areas of Responsibility

Contacts and Dependencies

Size and Dimensions

Competence Profile

Responsible to Manage Customer requirements

The main face of the Project with the client Both for new Projects and engineering changes on projects that are in production.

• Lead Project review meetings with customer
• Ensure Part supply and Quality level for customer events during Project phase as per launch schedules
• Establishes the project’s critical points Identifying / Controlling / Managing risks/deviations and opportunities
• Customer assistance in the new products’ development and homologation phases ensuring its compliance.
• Ability to negotiate quality levels, boundary samples or test subrogation
• Responsible to manage/prepare Project timeline
• Keep real time tracking of project timeline
• Lead all Project Milestones (MI) as per the Zanini Project workflow(ZITA), execute APQP.
• Verify all documents are signed and in the appropriate area of the database during each phase of the project
• Responsible to update customer portals related to project management responsibility. (Timing updates, Prototype Orders, tooling invoicing etc.)
• Responsible to manage Project Investments
• Keep real time tracking of project Economic status
• Reporting monthly the economic status
• Ensure tooling budget and part profitability of the new project launches as per the indicator.
• Responsible for Resource, Priority management for project
• Responsible for Project related Communication
• Leads the Projects within Zanini, Main communicator between departments
• Lead internal meetings related to project development tasks (project review meeting, Trial meetings).
• Responsible for communicating relevant project launch information effectively and timely within all levels of the organization to drive resolution to all critical and serious issues prior to start of production.
• Responsible for Project related decision making, by leading a cross-functional team with the support of Plant manager and project quality engineers
• Ensures the proper industrialization of the Project before Project handover
• Perform Project Handover checks, Run @ Rate
• Prepare and Present Project economic status
• Manage all aspects of the new project development process to deliver a manufacturable product to production by leading a cross-functional team.
• Responsible of studying offers in coordination with BDM.
• Support BD/Cost estimator during Quotation phase with lesson learn from previous projects

1. Internal contacts

Head of Business Development, Product Engineering, Project Quality, Purchasing, Plant Process Engineering, Logistics, Plant Quality and Plant Management, Tooling team.

2. External contacts

Customer (Purchasing, Engineering, Quality, Logistics, Studio) Development team.

Suppliers (if purchasing and PM find it necessary).

1. Departments to which it reports

Head of Business Development India (hierarchical reporting)

Project and Engineering Director (functional reporting)

2. Departments which report to it

PROJECTS INDICATORS:

• Tooling invoicing
• Tooling profitability
• Parts profitability
• Project Status report (Timing/Quality)
• Compliance w/ project’s timing
• Project Cost/Budget

INDICATORS BALANCE SCORE-CARD

To be defined according to Strategic Plan’s review

Number of Subordinates

Direct

None

Indirect

Project team

Personal Competencies

• Know the OEM business in India
• Initiative and self-motivated - proactiveness
• Achievement orientation
• Customer orientation
• Comprehension of the Organization
• Analytical thinking
• Good inter-cultural competences.
• Effective communication
• Time management
• Negotiation
• Teamwork

Technical competencies

Academic Background

University degree in Engineering or Business studies.

MBA degree is an asset.

Project Management: Knowledge of the product’s development process (NPD) and its industrialization.

Economic follow-up: Knowledge on economic management (courses, MBA, etc…)

Exposure of Customer Audits, IATF etc..

Advised Professional Experience

Experience in a similar position.

To have a good knowledge of OEMs like Maruti Suzuki, Tata, Mahindra, Hyundai, Kia, MG, etc.

Knowledge about similar products/technology as Zanini’s is an asset.