New Product Launch Management Professional

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate all activities related to new product launch, e.g. investment budgeting, development of new technologies and processes, industrialization and project start-up.
• Supports Project team in quotation, validation, prototyping and sampling.
• Develop and maintain the Operations Launch Schedule including all necessary processes (phases, deliverables, gates, etc.) throughout life of project.
• Coordinate and control project activities, track the project progress, define corrective measures, if deviating from the Project Schedule.
• Ensure Capital spends are aligned with approved authorizations and/or budgets.
• Ensure other costs, labor, startup costs are according to approved Project Plan, eCR, and Budget.
• Eliminate/minimize excess and obsolete material associated with the product launch or changes.
• Evaluate capacity of the production equipment and impact of the new product volumes to it.
• Coordinate the development of manufacturing line concepts in conjunction with plant and central support organizations.
• Drive product DFM reviews and improvements.
• Ensure compliance to Lean concepts and robust processes.
• Project Management of line industrialization that meets cycle time, product and process.
• Develop operations quotes for industrialization based upon product requirement, lean principles, robust processes.
• Establish adequate project organization (meeting structure, information/knowledge exchange, documentation, archiving).
• Responsible for completion of activities within operations to meet the specific, cost, timing, and quality requirements as directed from the Project Manager.
• Responsible for documentation of operations activities.
• Perform Risk Management activities, control and steer the implementation of risk mitigation items in alignment with project management.