GPG Engineering Process expert professional

Role focus:
Develop, implement, and manage engineering processes to ensure high-quality output and efficiency. Scale processes to fit various project sizes while retaining their intended value. Conduct regular process reviews to ensure adherence and continuous improvement.

• Develop, implement, and manage engineering processes to ensure high-quality output and efficiency.
• Scale processes to fit various project sizes while retaining their intended value.
• Conduct regular process reviews to ensure adherence and continuous improvement.

• Lead Kaizen and Workshops to identify and implement value stream improvements to enhance process efficiency and effectiveness.
• Utilize Lean methodologies to streamline workflows, eliminate waste, and optimize resource utilization.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (especially Sales, Operations and Procurement) to ensure alignment and integration of value stream improvements: have Engineering seen as part of the entire value chain.
• Use process discovery to identify bottlenecks in process and suggest improvements.

• Analyze current processes to identify areas with high manual intervention and develop strategies to automate these processes.
• Implement digital tools and technologies to reduce manual tasks and improve process accuracy and speed.
• Drive the above implementation in cooperation with the BU IT function – and stressing the concept of “Business Lead and IT Supported”.
• Monitor and evaluate the impact of automation on process performance and make necessary adjustments.

• Collaborate with platform and tool teams to define requirements that enhance the speed and quality of tools.
• Ensure that tools and platforms are aligned with business needs and support the overall strategy.
• Monitor the performance of tools and platforms, providing feedback and recommendations for continuous improvement.

• Functionally lead a multinational team of Factory Eng Process Managers or Digital Transformation Lead to coordinate the common activity and ensure best practices between factories and across the GPG.
• Implement agile development setups and ensure timely delivery of projects.

• Promote a culture of continuous improvement by encouraging feedback and suggestions for process optimization.
• Analyze results of internal and external audits to identify common areas of improvement.
• Develop and share best practices across the engineering communities.

• Ensure successful implementation of projects, delivering tangible business value.
• Implement clear stages and decision points in the Engineering processes, as well as change management practices.
• Define requirements for the universal processes that are applicable in Engineering such as Design Review, Time Tracking, Project management Tool set etc.

• Work with cross functional teams to identify a common strategy for interfaces and processes that are common across the product lines such as SAP.
• Develop a blueprint for the PLM (Windchill) implementation in GPG I&C and support GPG Engineering Manager to define GPG PLM Strategy.
• Work with IT Team and HUB Digital transformation leads to ensure above PLM strategy is implemented.
• Lead Cross functional team to support design anywhere build anywhere strategy in Eng.
• Define and implement change management process for rolling out Global procedures/standards and tiered accountability in engineering.
• Support establishing a process for Supplier collaboration across the GPG to boost this at BU level using above implemented Windchill /PLM methodology.