Senior Program Manager - Productions Planning

• Responsible for people management, team development and meeting project deliverables at every milestone/phase of the project for a specific carline adopting standard Engineering and company operating systems and all associated QMS procedures and policies.

Principle Accountability:

• Accountable for the team involved in Product Design and development activities
• Responsible for project and resource-planning
• Responsible for Quality, Cost, Time
• Follow the Daimler engineering processes defined in MDS
• Responsible for creating local synergies (with Simulation, manufacturing etc) in closed loop
• Responsible for aligning work with respect to the department strategy
• Responsible for business agreement
• Responsible for adherence to Budget targets of respective teams.
• Ensure KPI of the team are monitored, tracked and targets achieved
• Ensure QMS standards are followe'd, tracked and monitored on regular basis.
• Ensure timely escalations, if any through proper channel
• Drive Innovation and continuous improvement activities within the team
• Conduct Performance appraisals of the team members, seek feedback from project leader and provide timely feedback
• Improve the competency of engineering team members
• Measure & Ensure Customer satisfaction, Quality, Cost and Delivery.
• Drive efficiency improvement
• Responsible for people development, Coaching and mentoring
• Responsible for team engagement and motivation
• Manage conflicts
• Partner engagement

Skills Required:

• Knowledge of BiW New concept development.
• Component & Vehicle level Benchmarking of competitors.
• Well-versed with Various Mercedes Benz car Architectures, EVA (Electric Vehicle Architectures) would be added advantage.
• Knowledge of BiW optimization for performance requirements (Durability, Crash, Occupant safety, NVH, Manufacturing feasibility.etc..)
• Development Process - MDS Future.
• Domain specific experience within the Automotive Industry
• Working experience in product development process and exposure to program launches.
• Well versed with Mercedes Development process.
• Experience in Project and People Management.
• Strategic Planning and execution
• Budget Management and Forecasting
• Good knowledge on Product Design and Manufacturing process of Stampings, injection moldings & die casting.
• Knowledge on sheet metal part design, plastic part design.
• Expertise in use of design tools like FMEA, DVP etc
• Problem Solving skills and tools like DMAIC, 8D etc
• Awareness of QMS standards - ISO 9000/TS-16949 requirements
• Knowledge of CAD tools UG-NX preferred
• German language preferred