Participate in CFT meetings Estimate manufacturing costs and investment for industrialization process. Lead and support plant operation activities to conduct launch builds. Maintain overall program timing plan for manufacturing activities Lead design for manufacturing activities and manufacturing feasibility assessments. Review, implement and create best practices and lessons learn for new products. Ensure proper implementation of manufacturing standards and process design. Lead all Manufacturing APQP activities and submit customer documentation as required. Develop and maintain process documentation (process flow, PFMEA, Control Plan, QPS) Monitor program costs against Gate 2 commitments. Prepare funding requests (PAR) and submit for approval. Coordinate Plant Build activities with cross-functional teams. Lead capability studies, MSA and process statistical data. Prepare PPAP documentation and develop Safe Launch Plans. Monitor Launch Performance of new products. Deploys Visteon Business practices, processes and systems regionally, developing local competence and expertize. Ensures optimum flow of information and material between customers, plants and suppliers Ensures that new programs under responsibility are planned and implemented in accurate/timely manner at planned costs. Develop and review design prototypes, perform test and finalize product design to facilitate mass production (DFM). Approve product design and test plans, review design and recommend adequate changes to the approved models before actual role out of new products. Participate in workshops to promote continuous product improvement initiatives to the programs to be launched. Prepare comprehensive project plans with technical objectives and detailed cost estimates. Arrange weekly meeting with OBO team to get final approval for the program industrialization. Meet customer’s timeline of launch programs. Attend gate reviews and maintain reporting of launch phase activities. Develops and evaluates manufacturing capacity, and methods, used for new product launch. Recommends new equipment and manpower needs for new products.