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.