Job/Position Summary Responsibilties Onsite Customer Interface & KPIT Representation - Act as the primary onsite representative of KPIT VEDM Manufacturing Practice .
- Serve as the single point of contact for customer manufacturing, process, industrial engineering, and operations teams.
- Lead daily coordination, weekly reviews, and sponsor-level status meetings.
- Build credibility and trust as the face of KPIT delivery at the plant.
Technical Project & Delivery Management - Own end-to-end delivery of manufacturing and process engineering engagements.
- Translate customer objectives into structured scopes, milestones, and execution plans.
- Manage schedules, risks, dependencies, and change control across onsite and offshore teams.
- Ensure disciplined execution aligned with automotive quality, governance, and delivery standards.
Process & Advanced Manufacturing Engineering - Provide technical leadership in process engineering and advanced manufacturing initiatives.
- Support efforts related to line balancing, takt time optimization, capacity analysis, and process flow definition.
- Guide new line, new model, and process change readiness activities.
- Ensure solutions are practical, plant-feasible, and production-ready.
Industrial Engineering & Lean Execution - Lead or oversee time studies, motion studies, work measurement, and standard work definition.
- Drive Value Stream Mapping (VSM) and waste elimination initiatives.
- Validate shop-floor data and translate findings into actionable improvement recommendations.
Onsite Data Capture & Offshore Coordination - Oversee structured capture of shop-floor data, videos, observations, and process documentation.
- Enable offshore KPIT teams with clear context, priorities, and validated inputs.
- Review and integrate offshore analysis outputs into overall project delivery.
Reporting & Stakeholder Communication - Consolidate technical findings into clear, executive-ready reports and presentations.
- Communicate complex manufacturing insights effectively to plant leadership and sponsors.
- Proactively escalate risks, issues, and dependencies with mitigation plans.
Requirements: - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field.
- 8-15 years of experience in automotive manufacturing , process engineering, or industrial engineering.
- Strong hands-on expertise in IE methodologies, VSM, and lean manufacturing.
- Proven experience managing customer-facing, onsite delivery roles .
- Ability to coordinate effectively with global offshore engineering teams .
- Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Fluency in English ; German language skills stron gly preferred .
Compensation and Benefits:Along with competitive pay, as a full-time KPIT employee, you are eligible for the following benefits:
- Geo Blue PPO and HSA plan.
- MetLife - Dental and Vision plan.
- Healthcare and Dependent care flexible spending account(FSA).
- 401k with employer match.
- Company-paid Basic Life and Long-term disability insurance.
- Voluntary benefits include Critical Illness, Hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft, and legal service.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Paid Holidays.
- Employee discounts and perks.
- Gym benefit.
ESSENTIAL SKILLS /COMPETENCIES• Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
• Lean Manufacturing Tools
• Customer Delivery Management Tools
• Stakeholder Management Tools
• Industrial Engineering Methodologies
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Responsibilties Onsite Customer Interface & KPIT Representation - Act as the primary onsite representative of KPIT VEDM Manufacturing Practice .
- Serve as the single point of contact for customer manufacturing
• process
• industrial engineering
• and operations teams. - Lead daily coordination
• weekly reviews
• and sponsor-level status meetings. - Build credibility and trust as the face of KPIT delivery at the plant.
Technical Project & Delivery Management - Own end-to-end delivery of manufacturing and process engineering engagements.
- Translate customer objectives into structured scopes
• milestones
• and execution plans. - Manage schedules
• risks
• dependencies
• and change control across onsite and offshore teams. - Ensure disciplined execution aligned with automotive quality
• governance
• and delivery standards.
Process & Advanced Manufacturing Engineering - Provide technical leadership in process engineering and advanced manufacturing initiatives.
- Support efforts related to line balancing
• takt time optimization
• capacity analysis
• and process flow definition. - Guide new line
• new model
• and process change readiness activities. - Ensure solutions are practical
• plant-feasible
• and production-ready.
Industrial Engineering & Lean Execution - Lead or oversee time studies
• motion studies
• work measurement
• and standard work definition. - Drive Value Stream Mapping (VSM) and waste elimination initiatives.
- Validate shop-floor data and translate findings into actionable improvement recommendations.
Onsite Data Capture & Offshore Coordination - Oversee structured capture of shop-floor data
• videos
• observations
• and process documentation. - Enable offshore KPIT teams with clear context
• priorities
• and validated inputs. - Review and integrate offshore analysis outputs into overall project delivery.
Reporting & Stakeholder Communication - Consolidate technical findings into clear
• executive-ready reports and presentations. - Communicate complex manufacturing insights effectively to plant leadership and sponsors.
- Proactively escalate risks
• issues
• and dependencies with mitigation plans.
Requirements: - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Industrial Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• or related field. - 8-15 years of experience in automotive manufacturing
• process engineering
• or industrial engineering. - Strong hands-on expertise in IE methodologies
• VSM
• and lean manufacturing. - Proven experience managing customer-facing
• onsite delivery roles . - Ability to coordinate effectively with global offshore engineering teams .
- Excellent communication
• presentation
• and stakeholder management skills. - Fluency in English ; German language skills stron gly preferred .
Compensation and Benefits: Along with competitive pay
• as a full-time KPIT employee
• you are eligible for the following benefits:
- Geo Blue PPO and HSA plan.
- MetLife - Dental and Vision plan.
- Healthcare and Dependent care flexible spending account(FSA).
- 401k with employer match.
- Company-paid Basic Life and Long-term disability insurance.
- Voluntary benefits include Critical Illness
• Hospital indemnity
• accident insurance
• theft
• and legal service. - Employee Assistance Program.
- Paid Holidays.
- Employee discounts and perks.
- Gym benefit.
