Technical Head - Steel Mill
Job Description:
Role: Head Technical and Design
Designation: Senior Manager- Head Technical and Design
Department: Technical
Reporting to: Director
Reportees: Team of Design and R&D
Job summary
The purpose of this role is to undertake following across all plants :
- Ensure the finalization the design as well as operational requirements of the products
- To identify and adopt new technological developments and also technology improvement in existing products
- Ensure the product design is as per the customer requirements
- Support at the pre-tendering stage for technical specifications
- Responsible for the adherence of the product development process
- Continuously identify opportunities for improving product profitability by way value engineering/value analysis
- Ensure product quality adherence to new products in the plant as well as on customer sites.
- New Project and Capital Investment
Working relationship with Director
To discuss plans and strategies technological up-gradation and R&D and its execution plans with long terms perspective
To support for the formation of short term product strategy based on identified synergies between existing products and market dynamics
To identify and plan for Annual CAPEX and any new project and its implementation.
To make a long-term business plan of the company and projections of Investments/resource requirements and capabilities enhancement and talent acquisitions.
Working relationship with Engineering
To advise for internal working for component & tool cost for giving quotations to the customer.
Working relationship with Production Planning & Control (PPC)
Continuously determine ways to improve product portfolio
Continuously scan, identify, evaluate, and recommend new products, new technologies, and new concepts.
Design and develop new products based on market requirement/technology advancement.
Evaluation of competitor product analysis and recommend the changes required.
Identify, plan, and monitor product up-gradation and modification based on field and shop floor feedback.
Identify and implement Value Engg. Initiatives to improve profitability and / or performance.
Undertake improvement/development initiatives to achieve international product benchmarks
Working relationship with Sales and Marketing
-Responsible for providing support to marketing for sectors
- Support for preparing and clarifying technical specifications.
- Technical evaluation of tenders/inquiries and offer the most suitable solutions.
- Prepare technical data for the preparation of Sales literature.
- Training to dealers/sales engineers/customers on technical aspects.
- Manage customer visits for technical discussion
- Take feedback regarding areas of improvement from marketing and make improvement plans to provide better product and service to customers
Working relationship with Accounts - To support accounts in price costing and pricing processes.
Working relationship with Quality
-Monitoring the development of the lab data for all the products (existing and new)
- support Product management and R&D in decisions regarding the feasibility of the launch of the products
To analyses customer complaints and support in solutions
Ensure the technical training of marketing team and customers to educate them on the benefits of the products of the organization
To support the implementation of the Quality Management System
Working relationship with Customer
To update customers on technological changes and their benefits.
To drive towards the technological leaders in the product profile.
To maintain interaction flow with customer
To understand and discuss new requirements of the customer and his inclination towards new products and technical up gradation in future business plans
Key Authorities
Departmental Budgeting,
To attend seminars and exhibition
To build a robust team of Design and R&D and to create future leaders.
Leave sanctioning of his team members.
Rewarding and recognizing the Good work of his team members.
Key Performance area
Marketing planning and driving revenue growth
To Understand the technical requirements of the products and incorporate the same at the design stage. To understand the customer requirements at the marketing stage, develop the product specification, design & develop the product, facilitate pilot lot manufacturing, field trial, pilot marketing, product launch, and productization of new product.
To Monitor the development of promotional material for new products (technical brochures, its contents, articles, conducting seminars, etc.)
To establish a process for continuously collecting & analyzing potential/existing technical improvement opportunities by generating competition and technology data.
To review critically the inquiry & sales MIS from sales team & using the information for any technical up gradation in the product
value engineering activities (Identification & execution).
People Development
To form an appropriate robust team of Design and R&D through right talent acquisitions
To identify training needs and plan for the training of team members (Need-based all members across all plants) from the perspective of business needs.
To resolve the interpersonal operation issues of team members
To identify future leaders and make succession planning
To work and continuous review for team engagement and satisfaction
To ensure a work-life balance of team members
To make communication channels for maintaining flawless communication flow.
To reward and recognize the team and keep people motivated.
To establish the grievance redressal procedure
Customer relations ship and their satisfaction
To develop self-designed and customize parameters for Internal and external customer satisfaction and enriching the mutual relations at every level at both ends
To develop communication channels with the customer for maintaining communication flow
To develop MIS mechanism with mutual understanding
To design key processes for enhancement of technological knowledge
Units at all Locations Identify CAPEX needs & timely implementation every year
Create an Annual Improvement Plan in processes and equipment.
Identify automation needs for various processes.
Reporting and MIS
To make monthly MIS for the Director and board.
To maintain and submit reports to director plans v/s achievements
To report Monthly profile of his function
To plan for bridging the gap if any
Competencies requirement
Educational qualifications - BE/ME Electrical/Mechanical/Electronics from a good institute
Technical qualifications - Exposure and inclination towards automation/ process improvements desired.
Experience- Minimum of 5 years- experience.
Behavioral Leadership, effective communication, Technical acumen, and proactive attitude towards business. Likings towards New technological up-gradation and value engineering.
Key Skills :
Company Profile
The company is a 40-year-old B2B Manufacturing Company. Their line is called Roll Forming and they are catering to customer segments like Automobile (Commercial Vehicles), Solar, Air Pollution Control, Construction, Railways, etc. They are basically into steel processing and the line is similar to Tube Manufacturing. They are mainly dealing with large corporates and hence, relationship building and market intelligence play a major role in success for a marketing person. They supply pan India
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