GPG Engineering Process expert professional

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The opportunity

The GPG Engineering End-to-End Process Manager is responsible to oversee and lead the entire engineering pro-cess within the Global Product Group (GPG) from creating tenders to supporting marketing quotations and providing Bills of Materials to manufacturing and towards ERP system; uses Lean methodologies and Digital Transformation to improve standardization speed and quality for customers and internal teams; supports the Design Anywhere Manufacture Anywhere framework.
This role focuses on ensuring process efficiency and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. The manager will collaborate with various stakeholders and ensure alignment with business objectives. Additionally the role em-phasizes value stream process improvements reduction of manual processes and developing requirements for plat-form and tool teams to enhance the speed and quality of the design process; coordinates with factory Eng Process Managers and Digital Transformation Leads to ensure that best practices across the whole GPG are implemented for each product line

How youll make an impact

• 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 process 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.
• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations procedures and guidelines.
• Living Hitachi Energys core values of safety and integrity which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for yourcolleagues and the business.

Your background

• Diploma with 15-20 yrs experience or masters or bachelors degree in engineering Information Technology or a related field with min 5-67years exp.
• Advanced degree or certifications in project management is a plus.
• Proven experience in managing complex projects leading initiatives and managing multinational teams.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Proficiency in agile methodologies and project management tools.

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