Head/Sr. Manager - NPD

Job Summary Responsibilities

• Lead New Product Development (NPD) activities for fasteners from RFQ to production handover.
• Review customer requirements, drawings and specifications and conduct technical feasibility.
• Prepare product costing, process costing and commercial feasibility for new projects.
• Lead product design, process development, tooling and prototype development.
• Coordinate Tool Development/Tooling activities for dies, fixtures, gauges and related tools.
• Manage prototype trials, testing, validation and performance evaluation.
• Drive APQP, PPAP, FMEA, Control Plan, MSA and related NPD documentation.
• Coordinate with customers/OEMs for technical discussions, drawings, specifications and approvals.
• Lead cross-functional teams across Design, Tool Room, Production, Quality and Purchase.
• Ensure successful industrialisation and smooth new product transfer to production.
• Identify opportunities for cost reduction, process improvement and product optimisation.
• Monitor NPD timelines, project milestones, trials and customer approval status.
• Resolve technical issues during development, prototype and pre-production stages.
• Ensure new products meet quality, cost, delivery and customer requirements.
• Mentor and guide the NPD/Development team and drive project ownership

Required Skills

• Fastener New Product Development (NPD)
• RFQ Technical Feasibility
• Product Process Development
• Costing Cost Reduction
• Tool Development / Tooling
• Prototype Development Validation
• APQP PPAP
• PFMEA Control Plan
• Customer / OEM Technical Interaction
• Engineering Drawing Specification Review
• Process Planning Industrialisation
• Production Trial Process Approval
• Cross-Functional Team Management
• Root Cause Analysis Problem Solving
• Project Planning Execution
• Supplier Tool Vendor Coordination
• NPD Documentation Reporting
• Continuous Improvement / Kaizen
• Team Leadership Development

Required Qualification Key Skills

• npd
• Rfq