VC 12701 Application Engineer, Application Team, BU DS

Working at Freudenberg: We will wow your world!

• Strategy:

  
  

  Realize acquisition of target projects in cooperation with Sales including technical presentations at customers

  
  

  Monitor and assure profitability of respective projects over lifecycle through change management

  
  

  Customer Focus:

  
  

  establish as key contact for customer's Engineering team and maintain close relationship

  
  

  Build up and develop relationship to relevant technical functions at the customer and support customer engineering to ensure customer satisfaction and to enable long-term sustainable growth

  
  

  Project Management:

  
  

  Manage global projects with high complexity and impact to the company according Vibracoustic procedure (APQP/VC ProMap).

  
  

  Manage RFQ fully independent including all internal and external activities

  
  

  Take full responsibility for the project results in terms of quality, cost and timing in all phases of the project from RFQ to EOP

  
  

  Ensure effective communication within the project team - Execute regular project reviews (internal/external) and report on project status

  
  

  Professional interaction with Top Management to provide management summary of project status

  
  

• Phase 1:

  
  

              Lead RFQ phase and support product and process development - Drive RFQ to success

  
  

              Solve development-related customer concerns (on time, quality, cost)

  
  

              Translation of customer Spec into internal spec (SOR and DVP)

  
  

              Align specification with internal departments

  
  

              Align product concept and production/measurement process/ with customer

  
  

              Assure successful Feasibility Study of the project

  
  

              Prepare Baseline of the project after nomination and perform Kickoff.

  
  

              Support review of contracts and involve relevant departments

  
  

  Phase 2:

  
  

              Manage DVP and align internal needs and translate customer spec

  
  

              Define measurement concept

  
  

              Support translation of spec to component level

  
  

              Drive internal proto-design freeze

  
  

              Get proto design freeze confirmation from customer

  
  

              Accountability for Prototype production and delivery

  
  

  Phase 3:

  
  

              Review DVP results and drive necessary changes to meet the requirements

  
  

              Get customer design release

  
  

              Support know how transfer from proto to series (internal and external suppliers)

  
  

  Phase 4:

  
  

              Drive GTV (global testing validation)

  
  

              Execute PVP test, collect and check the reports and communicate to customer

  
  

              Get customer sign off

  
  

  Phase 5:

  
  

  Ensure project launchin serial production on budget

  
  

  Phase 6:

  
  

  Support plant for specific production topics (scrap issue, ECR…)

  
  

• Bachelor in Engineering - Mechanical or Automobile
• Experience in Project Management , successful management of projects : Period 6 to 8 years

• Analytical thinking

  
  

  Strong communication and presentation skills across cultures

  
  AVS/NVH product know-how is an advantage
• Local language Hindi; fluent in English
• Team player, Assertiveness, Conflict management, Willingness to develop, strong communication skills, good overview of Vibracoustic organization

The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.