For more than 80 years, our client’s engineers and product specialists have partnered with customers to produce highly engineered connectivity and sensing solutions that make a connected world possible. Their focus on reliability, durability, and sustainability exemplifies their commitment to progress. The unmatched range of their product portfolio enables companies, large and small, to turn ideas into technology that can transform how the world works and lives tomorrow.
Job
Role :
Lead and supervise end-to-end supply chain planning for New Product Introduction (NPI) and New Product Development (NPD) projects at the Shirwal plant.
The role converts project requirements into executable material, production, capacity, inventory, packaging and logistics plans from early project gates through prototype, validation, pilot build, PPAP/PSW, SOP and ramp-up.
The position ensures launch readiness, timely risk escalation, disciplined SAP planning and structured handover to the regular MRP planning team after SOP.
Responsibilities:
Team Leadership & Governance: Lead the NPI planning team, assign project ownership, review priorities and represent supply chain in plant and project launch reviews.
NPI Planning & Launch Readiness: Own supply chain deliverables from early project gates through prototype, validation, pilot, PPAP, SOP and ramp-up, ensuring material and capacity readiness.
SAP, Master Data & Material Planning: Ensure timely setup of parts, BOMs, routings, sourcing and MRP parameters. Convert project demand into executable material plans and manage shortages and MRP exceptions.
Supplier & Cross-Functional Coordination: Coordinate with Procurement, Suppliers, Engineering, Quality, Operations, Logistics and Project Management to secure materials, tooling, packaging, capacity and shipment readiness.
Risk, Cost & Change Management: Maintain launch risk visibility and control engineering-change, inventory, premium-freight, capacity and obsolescence exposure through timely recovery actions and escalation.
Performance Improvement & Handover: Standardize NPI planning dashboards and routines, improve data quality and automation, and complete a controlled handover to the series MRP controller after SOP. KEY DELIVERABLES / SUCCESS MEASURES
On-time completion of NPI supply chain deliverables and gate commitments.
Material availability and build readiness for prototype, validation, pilot, PPAP and SOP events.
Accurate BOM, sourcing and MRP master-data readiness before planning execution.
Clear visibility of shortages, capacity constraints, inventory exposure, freight risk and recovery dates.
On-time PPAP/PSW support, SOP achievement and stable ramp-up without avoidable customer disruption.
Controlled inventory, premium freight and obsolescence exposure through early risk management.
Timely and complete handover from NPI planning to regular series planning after SOP.
Requirements:
Technical Skills
SAP planning and procurement processes (MRP, stock/requirements analysis, material master, PR/PO and inventory visibility) - mandatory.
Advanced Microsoft Excel, including analytical models, PivotTables, lookups, dashboard preparation.
Power BI or an equivalent reporting and visualization tool.
Working knowledge of BOMs, routings, capacity planning, production scheduling, inventory planning, supplier lead times and logistics.
Good understanding of automotive NPI/NPD phases, PPAP/PSW readiness.
Bachelor's degree, preferably in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations or a related discipline.
MBA or equivalent postgraduate qualification is preferred.
Strong analytical, problem-solving and data-management capability.
Clear communication, stakeholder management and cross-functional partnership skills.
Working knowledge of automotive manufacturing, launch planning and project-gate governance.
3 to 7 years of relevant experience in supply chain, material planning, production planning or NPI/NPD planning within a manufacturing environment.
Experience managing material and capacity readiness for new product launches from prototype through SOP and ramp-up.
Hands-on experience with SAP MRP, planning master data, shortage management and supplier follow-up.
Experience coordinating across Project Management, Engineering, Quality, Operations, Procurement and Logistics.
People leadership or team-coordination experience, with evidence of disciplined follow-up and escalation.
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