Description
For us, 'the best' is never good enough, because nothing stays 'the best' forever.The fastest runner is always overtaken. The tallest building is always surpassed. The biggest ship is always superseded. We believe there's a more worthwhile ambition than wanting - or claiming - to be 'the best'. We are determined to get better and better because that's an unending ambition. And it makes us alert, innovative and self-critical.
We help our clients achieve better products for their customers - and better benefits for themselves. So every time we undertake a project, we continually ask ourselves hard questions.
Can we do this more cost-effectively?
Can we do this faster?
Can we enhance the design?
Can we improve on the performance?
Can we increase the benefits for client and customer?
And can we achieve all these advantages at the same time?
By asking such questions we find positive answers. And those answers are the foundation of our growing global reputation.
We are currently looking to recruit a Global Supplier Integration (GSI) Team Leader to support an onsite client project. The disciplines we require are:
Department
Product Development (PD) PLM Tools & Technologies are responsible for all aspects of the PD toolset usage and support. The tools include MCAD, ECAD, Data Management, CAM, CAE and Systems Engineering applications.
The PLM Tools & Technologies department is involved in the following activities:
PLM Business improvement projects.
PLM solution architecture & deployment.
Software testing.
Methods development.
All aspects of supplier PLM integration.
Implementing a set of new PLM tools and processes known as iPLM.
The Role.
The role is to lead a small, dedicated team of Project Managers and Application Engineers to support a proactive supplier integration strategy. The successful candidate will work alongside the connectivity team to ensure a high level of integration and collaboration between the client and its supply chain.
Responsibilities of the role include:
To lead a team of Project Managers and Application Engineers whose principal roles are to ensure client suppliers are fully integrated into working processes, methods and tools across the whole PLM spectrum.
To work closely with the department manager to ensure a cohesive team approach.
To provide project management guidance to the team and to help overcome project roadblocks.
To guide the team to build upon the functionality deployed to a supplier site as dictated by business requirements.
To ensure the team responds efficiently and proactively to support issues.
To help define and implement the deployment strategy for iPLM.
Play a leading role in the continued implementation of the extended enterprise integration process into the business.
To help to maintain and extend good working relationships between the GSI team and other key business areas.
Gain a basic understanding of all working methods associated with supplier data exchange for both CAD and other data formats as required by individual projects.
Give front line help to suppliers in relation to client specific integration.
Interface with other areas of the business, including; Purchasing, IT Project Management, Engineering etc as required.
The Person
The successful candidate will possess the following skills, experience and qualifications:
Experience of PLM tools.
Demonstrable leadership skills.
Strong communication skills. Both face to face and telephone.
Project Management experience.
Good presentation skills particularly to senior management.
Experience of DS V6 Enovia would be beneficial.
If you have a passion for making processes and projects better, we want to hear from you. We know that better employees provide better services for our customers - which is why we recruit, reward and contribute to the success of innovators and leaders from around the world. Over 4,000 professionals in 40 cities in 14 countries already know that Tata Technologies is a terrific place to work.
Tata Technologies: Better & Better.