Tools & Moulds- Plastics Engineer

Role & responsibilities

This profile is required to commission and maintain the plastic injection moulds at moulder end and to ensure the supply of moulded parts as per the Exide plant schedule. Role is bi-furcated in Tooling & Material fulfilment front with following KPIs -

On Tooling Front

a) New plastic injection moulds commissioning

b) Molding parameters optimization (m/c tonnage, cycle time, net wt. & shot wt.) and input for competitive costing

c) Mould preventive maintenance monitoring & mould restoration

d) Guiding the suppliers on resolution of day to day production & quality issues

e) Ensuring uptime of all moulds required for daily production

f) Ensuring supplier readiness on infra. required for new model implementation

On Material Fulfilment Front

a) Planning & allocation of parts as per monthly plant schedules

b) Collecting the RM requirements from moulders and sending to HO Commercial and ensuring RM adequacy at moulder end all the times

c) Ensuring timely supply of parts as per production plan on daily basis

d) Close monitoring of Share of business v/s delivery performance

e) Conducting frequent vendor visits to focus on Delivery & Quality improvement

f) To conduct fortnightly meetings with critical vendors at plant and resolve issues

g) To develop & monitor the safety stock (RM & BOP) mechanism at vendor end

h) Monitoring of vendor capacity and ensuring 100% on time capacity

i) Constantly explore & implement new avenues of cost savings

j) Preparation for statutory & internal audits w.r.t Purchase function

Preferred candidate profile

• Should be expert in plastic tool functioning & trouble shooting resolution
• Should have worked in supply chain function of manufacturing industry involving daily material ordering, following up and ensuring on time delivery on daily basis
• Preferred industry experience Automobiles, White Goods etc.
• Should be well versed in handling multiple supplier supply scenario
• Should have good working experience in procurement of Regular Production / BOM items on daily basis.