Head of Department - Seating Foams, Plastics & Trims

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What we offer:
At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.
Group Summary:
Magna is an innovative leader in the development and manufacturing of high quality complete seating systems. Our solution includes seating structures, mechanisms and hardware, as well as foam and trim products for global automotive, heavy truck and bus industries. Our capabilities include market and consumer research; full concept development; design and engineering capabilities; testing, validation and world-class manufacturing. Our award-winning seating solutions are developed from consumer research, finding the ease of operation to be comfortable, convenient and connected.
Job Responsibilities:

• Manages the design, release, build, and test of a collection of products in accordance with standards and regulations that achieve profitability and customer satisfaction.
• Ensures the engineering team has well defined product targets, specifications and expectations for their programs, complies with the product delivery process and successfully resolves open program and product issues in a timely manner.
• Well versed with foams, plastics design, manufacturing, materials and their properties.
• Experience in trim development for seating system
• Well versed with complete seat integration, seat comfort and craftsmanship processes and validations.
• Sound knowledge of automotive seating system regulations (India, Europe, North America and China)
• Experience in conducting / auditing DFMEAs and other engineering disciplines.
• Experienced in working in a CFT (Manufacturing, program management, Suppliers)
• Establishes appropriate staffing levels required to develop, validate and launch product per program timing, develops budgets for engineering programs, and manages performance and variances to budget.
• Recruits, coaches and mentor's employees for success, conduct performance reviews. Manages the professional development of employees, planning for progression and succession.
• Manages workforce and other resources to achieve program imperatives in an efficient manner. Provides staff with the necessary support, resources, tools and training to execute required tasks effectively.
• Ensures engineering and design releases adhere to program schedules. Facilitates critical design review meetings and ensures compliance to all design guidelines and best practices.
• Champions continuous improvement efforts and performance to divisional goals and objectives.
• Provides direction to the product engineering team to ensure timely and appropriate communication and coordination of engineering efforts with customers and suppliers and within the Company. Participates in gate reviews.
• Supports efforts to introduce new technologies and pursue new business opportunities.
• Supports Internal / External Audit efforts regarding ISO 9001:2015, IATF 16949 Certification.

Qualification: Masters / Bachelor's degree specialization in Mechanical / Automobile /Production Engineering.
Experience, Skills & Competencies:

• Minimum 15 + years of experience in automotive seating systems design and development
• Strong communication skills: verbal, written, and presentations. Ability to manage employee communications.
• High in Integrity, ethical behavior, highly professional.

Awareness, Unity, Empowerment:
At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That's why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email or traditional mail to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.
Worker Type:
Regular / Permanent
Group:
Magna Seating