Manager - PPM CoE
- Job ID
- 65164
- Category
- Manufacturing
- Location
- Chennai, India
- Work Type
- Hybrid
- Lead the end-to-end coordination of Engineering BoM digitization and migration initiatives across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, IT, and program teams.
- Drive the transition from legacy BoM management systems to Teamcenter / 3DEXPERIENCE platforms for engineering product structure management.
- Coordinate integration and alignment between Engineering BoM systems and SAP for downstream manufacturing, procurement, and production processes.
- Establish governance for BoM accuracy, release and change management processes.
- Participate in cross-functional workshops to define future-state workflows, system requirements, business rules, and process harmonization.
- Ensure successful migration, validation, cleansing, and reconciliation of legacy product structure and material master data.
- Identify process gaps, system dependencies, and operational risks during transition phases and drive mitigation plans.
- Collaborate with IT, system integrators, to support testing, deployment, cutover planning, and user adoption activities.
- Monitor project timelines, milestone readiness, issue resolution, and transformation KPIs to ensure successful execution.
- Support organizational change management activities including training coordination, communication planning, and stakeholder engagement.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance BoM release efficiency, traceability, digital integration, and data quality across enterprise systems.
- Act as the central coordination point between engineering operations, manufacturing teams, enterprise architecture, and digital transformation leadership.
- Overall status of Engineering BoM digitization and system transition activities affection the section
- Progress of migration from legacy systems to Teamcenter / 3DEXPERIENCE and SAP
- Engineering BoM accuracy, completeness, readiness and release performance metrics
- Open risks, critical issues, system dependencies, and mitigation plans
- Support requirements, and escalation items requiring leadership attention
- Continuous improvement opportunities for BoM management, release processes, and system workflows
- Post go-live stabilization performance, user feedback, and defect resolution status
- Bachelor’s degree - Engineering
- Experience in Engineering BoM, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), ERP integration, or digital transformation programs.
- Strong understanding of product structure management, engineering release processes, and manufacturing change control.
- Hands-on exposure to Teamcenter, 3DEXPERIENCE, and/or SAP environments preferred.
- Ability to manage cross-functional stakeholders in complex enterprise transformation initiatives.
- Strong communication, governance, and program coordination skills.
- Experience working in automotive, manufacturing, or industrial engineering environments is preferred.
- Candidates from other industries / consulting firms will also be considered if they have demonstrated experience leading Bill of Materials (BoM), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), and digital transformation initiatives
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