About this role

Responsibilities & Key Deliverables

- Technical:

SoR/drawings : Timely finalization with inputs on supplier and cost feasibility inputs in coordination with PEH

Ensures timely & comprehensive feedback from SBC (material cost) assessment

- Ensures timely & comprehensive feedback from supplier

- Technical sign-off :Timely completion of technical sign-off along with PEH to ensure that only the suppliers capable of meeting TCP targets are signed-off

- Techno-Commercial:

SBC & Quote Synthesis : Deliver on TCP targets for part development

Timely completion of SBC & quote synthesis (incl. supplier feedback, capex / investments)

- Ensure supplier capacity to provide parts as per projected volume in time & at scale

- Decision on cost trade-offs across commodities minimizing TCP deviations at vehicle-level

- Ensure that underlying assumptions of SBC & quote synthesis are similar, so that, SBC and supplier quote are in striking distance of each other

- Suppliers in the panel should be capable of meeting TCP targets for each part

- Commercial:

Supplier Panel & VoB : Coordinate with SSU to ensure timely closure with help of PSL1

Ensure only the vendors who cleared technical sign-off get onboarded

- Part development:

Delivery as per material cost targets & within budgeted investment for bought-out parts

- Delivery of right quality parts as per Project MRD2

- Timely completion of vendor PPAP and handover to SQE & SCM

- Other Business decisions:

Finalize the project budget related to part development. Provide inputs to PFH for business case

- System-level target drill-down : Provide feedback on techno-commercial feasibility to PEH

- Make vs Buy decisions : Timely finalization in line with platform TCP targets, in coordination with PMH & CPH

Experience

- 20 + years of relevant experience in areas of different commodities involved in Purchase, costing and sourcing.

- Expertise in business case preparations with overall vehicle attributes & evaluation will be an added advantage.

Industry Preferred

Qualifications

BE / B. Tech / M. Tech in Automotive/Mechanical streams

General Requirements

- Disruptive innovation and change catalyst, Market knowledge and technology

- Strong knowledge in automotive product/ecosystem with a desire to learn new aspects of business