Purpose of Role
Provision of day-to-day customer interface for project management, technical and project related commercial matters. Interfacing with external and internal stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage projects from enquiry stage through to production, ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery:
- Manage APQP (and any customer equivalent) system and team for the duration of the project ensuring customer targets are met
- Managing and controlling expenditure
- Organising constructive & timely meetings and reviews
- Oversee the Design and Validation Plan for New Projects
- In support of the new business development team, support the preparation of the commercial and technical response to customer RFQ including population of CER.
- Develop cost reduction programmes in line with customer expectation.
- Within the APQP process be the point of contact with customer interfacing with engineering, purchasing, quality and logistics functions.
- During the APQP process, build and develop a network of contacts within existing customer base.
- Use network to identify new business opportunities for Senior and continually promote the Senior product offering. Feed any relevant information into BD team to ensure all opportunities are maximised.
- Co-ordinate prototype / pre-production procurement and build.
- Maximise profitability of new and existing projects.
- Help guide product development by communicating future customer demands and expectations.
- Provide support to the Buyer to develop existing and new suppliers ensuring APQP/programme requirements are met.
- To complete any administration tasks as reasonably required of the role.
- Where required, support marketing efforts such as trade shows, exhibits, and other events.