Specialist - New Product Implementation

Job Title: Specialist – New Product Implementation

Location: Chennai
Department: Global Blade 

Your Tasks: As part of the Global NPI team within the R&D function, you will be responsible for supporting blade manufacturing processes and ensuring successful industrialization of new blade projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as process owner for defined blade manufacturing processes within the global NPI team.
• Support process development for new blade projects including prototyping, zero-series, and global production rollouts.
• Prepare and review process specifications, documentation, Bills of Materials (BOM), Value Stream Mapping (VSM), and manpower planning.
• Develop decision matrices for product and process design; prepare test documentation, conduct trials, and generate test reports.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders (Blade Engineering, Quality, Tooling, R&D, NPI) for development activities, process improvements, and change management.
• Collaborate with external stakeholders to align on development changes and supervise production/process activities during rollouts.
• Travel extensively (up to 6 months/year, including continuous stays of 3–6 weeks) to support project execution and plant ramp-ups.

Your Profile

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering – Process, Production, Composites, or Aeronautics

Technical & Complementary Skills

• Proficiency in MS Office, Teamcenter, and AutoCAD 2D
• Knowledge of CATIA or Siemens NX 
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings/blueprints
• Strong training, team management, and conflict-resolution skills

Experience Requirements

• Minimum 8 years of experience in the composite manufacturing industry (marine, civil, blade structures)

• Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience in:

  • Boat building or composite structures (blades/civil)
  • Processes such as Hand Layup, VART, RIM
  • Use of epoxy or polyester materials

• At least 4 years of experience in 

  • New product development
  • International product rollouts
  • Process engineering in production with focus on HSE, Quality, Cost, and Cycle Time (CT)

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