Position: Head – Development (Pressing & Stamping)
- Industry: Pressing, Stamping & Sheet Metal Components
- Department: Product & Process Development / Engineering
- Reports To: Plant Head / Business Head / Director
- Experience: 6–10+ years in sheet-metal pressing, stamping, press tools, die design, and NPD.
- Salary: ₹8.00 – ₹10.00 LPA
- Location:Chakan, Pune
Role Summary
Drive the end-to-end Product & Process Development function for new and existing pressing/stamping components. You will lead projects from customer enquiry, RFQ, and DFM feasibility through tool design, trials, APQP/PPAP validation, to flawless mass production transfer.
Key Responsibilities
- NPD & Feasibility: Lead RFQ-to-SOP development, drawing/GD&T reviews, DFM studies, timelines, and customer technical resolution.
- Tool & Die Development: Oversee progressive, tandem, transfer, and compound die designs, strip layouts, tool room coordination, and tryout approvals.
- Process & Simulation: Define press tonnage, SPM, blank sizes, and process flows; use engineering simulation to eliminate rejection, springback, and cracks.
- APQP & PPAP Management: Drive complete documentation (Process Flow, PFMEA, Control Plan, Work Instructions, MSA, Capability Studies, and customer PPAP approvals).
- Cost Engineering & VAVE: Optimize material utilization, blank layouts, cycle times, and tool life to hit targeted product costs.
- Production & Problem Solving: Provide shop-floor technical support, resolve recurring dimension/forming issues using 8D, 5-Why, and Fishbone root-cause analysis.
- Team Leadership: Manage and mentor design, development, and tool room engineers to build a high-performing technical culture.
Required Qualifications & Skills
- Education: B.E. / B.Tech / Diploma in Mechanical, Production, Automobile, or Tool & Die Engineering.
- OEM Exposure: Hands-on experience in managing Tata Motors as a primary customer (APQP/PPAP protocols, quality norms, and technical interactions) is highly preferred.
- Technical Mastery: Deep knowledge of die design, DFM/DFA, GD&T, forming simulation, tonnage calculation, and CAD (AutoCAD, CATIA, SolidWorks, NX).
- Quality Standards: Strong expertise in APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, Control Plans, and MSA.
- Soft Skills: Hands-on problem solver, excellent customer-facing communication, and team management ability.
Key Deliverables & KPIs
- NPD On-Time Delivery & First-Time-Right Development
- On-Time PPAP Approval (including OEM/Tata Motors milestones) & Smooth SOP Handover
- Tool Tryout / Modification Cycle Reduction
- Material Yield Optimization & Cost Reduction (VA/VE)
- Reduction in Launch Rejections & Customer Complaints
Apply Now
- Send CV with subject “Head – Development (Manufacturing Industry)* ”:
- *WhatsApp:* *HR Omkar* 93712 59599
- Email : [email protected]
Pay: ₹800,000.00 - ₹1,000,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Provident Fund
Work Location: In person
