Lead - Enterprise PLM & Product Lifecycle Excellence- Havells CRI

Role Purpose
The Candidate will lead the company-wide Product Lifecycle Management function and convert PLM from a technology implementation into a business operating model. The role will establish common governance, develop the PLM team, harmonize NPI/NPD processes across business units, and connect engineering, product management, quality, sourcing, manufacturing, service, IT and PMO through controlled workflows and reliable product data.
Success Definition
A capable PLM Centre of Excellence with clear ownership, roles and service standards.
Common product lifecycle processes and controls adopted across business units.
Controlled product data, BOMs, documents, revisions and engineering changes with end-to-end traceability.
Strong user adoption, measurable compliance and reduced dependence on spreadsheets, shared drives and offline approvals.

Key Accountabilities
Enterprise PLM Strategy and Governance
Define the enterprise PLM vision, target operating model, governance framework and multi-year roadmap aligned with business growth priorities.
Create common policies, standards, decision rights, RACI and review mechanisms for product lifecycle governance across business units.
Ensure PLM priorities remain business-led, value-focused and integrated with PMO, digital transformation, quality and ERP programs.
PLM Process Ownership and Standardization
Own and standardize end-to-end processes covering product concept, requirements, design, validation, industrialization, release, change, sustenance and obsolescence.
Harmonize NPI/NPD stage-gate deliverables, approval criteria, lifecycle states and control points across business units while allowing approved variants where justified.
Identify and eliminate duplicate data entry, manual handoffs, uncontrolled trackers and non-value-adding approvals.
PLM Platform and Solution Leadership
Provide business ownership for PTC Windchill and the broader PLM ecosystem, including requirements, workflow design, prioritization, release governance and adoption.
Partner with IT and implementation partners to define scalable solution architecture, configuration principles, access controls, validation and support models.
Govern integrations with SAP/ERP, CAD/ECAD, QMS, PMO/portfolio systems, MES and other upstream or downstream platforms as approved in the enterprise architecture.

Product Data, BOM and Configuration Governance
Create governance for item masters, part numbering, product structures, engineering BOM, manufacturing BOM, service BOM and approved product configurations.
Define ownership for BOM creation, validation, reconciliation, release and downstream transfer.
Drive a single, reliable product record across functions and lifecycle stages.

Engineering Change and Release Management
Establish disciplined ECR/ECN, deviation, waiver and release processes with clear impact assessment and approval accountability.
Govern Change Review Board / Change Control Board mechanisms and ensure representation from affected functions.
Track change ageing, implementation status, downstream synchronization and closure evidence.

PLM Team and Capability Development
Build the PLM function and define roles for solution leadership, process analysis, BOM/configuration control, engineering change coordination, data governance and PLM-to-ERP integration.
Recruit, coach and develop team members; create competency matrices, learning paths, operating procedures and succession coverage.
Establish a PLM Centre of Excellence that supports business units through standards, training, problem resolution and continuous improvement.
Create a network of business super-users and process champions to improve ownership and adoption.

Decision Rights
Recommend and maintain enterprise PLM policies, process standards and…