Project Engineer

Job Summary

Reporting to the Manager India Supply Chain and QA and coordinates new product development projects. Evaluates and resolves technical feasibility, design optimization, and production issues. Ensures that product, labeling and packaging materials match product specifications. Works with other departments to establish a design, technology, product development, and vendor strategy.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Project Management Execution

• Primary liaison between US-based brand management team and India supplier base.
• Maintains master project list of all open projects, tracks their progress and ensures all roadblocks to on-time completion and resolved in a timely manner.
• Travels to assigned suppliers as needed to monitor product sampling and development of production tools.
• Clarifies production/drawing spec and discusses opportunity on design changes for cost and manufacturability optimization with brands and vendors.
• Hosts US marketing teams on product development trips.
• Updates open sample report in a weekly basis and ensure samples are shipped on time and samples evaluation results are provided by brands in a timely fashion, track samples until FAI approval or initial production delivered per BU differentiation.
• Ensures on-time delivery of production POs for assigned vendors by monitor capacity constraints and resolving production hurdles.
• Any other duties assigned from time-to-time by line Manger.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent Project Management skills
• Ability to manage long lead-time product deliveries in support of production.
• Working knowledge of assembly & manufacturing processes.
• Excellent communication skills, written & verbal.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office products
• Must be able to read and interpret engineering prints and drawings
• Demonstrated technical knowledge with mechanical, and electrical commodities.
• Knowledge of technologies and competitive dynamics of the electrical and electronics industry

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelors degree in supply chain management, Distribution, or Engineering and 3+ years validated experience.
• Good communication skills in English and Hindi
• Project Management in a Manufacturing/Engineered Product environment.
• Experience in procurement and sourcing project management