Assistant Manager - Vendor Development (Electrical & Electronics Proprietary)
Royal Enfield · Posted Oct 20
Classic mid-size motorcycle design, manufacturing, and global adventure riding services
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About the role
Royal Enfield’s vendor development team for electrical and electronics proprietary components supports new product development, design revisions, and capacity expansion. The role covers sourcing and onboarding automotive electronics suppliers, including electronics components, lighting systems, instrument clusters, cluster software, and telematics. The Assistant Manager will manage RFQs, target costing, APQP/PPAP, supplier quality audits, and DOL delivery through SOP handover.
What you will do
- Sourcing & DFM: Issue RFQs from BOMs/drawings, evaluate electronics suppliers, and lead DFM reviews for technical feasibility and reliability.
- Cost & Commercials: Calculate target costs with Cost Management, negotiate vendor terms, and manage cost-band alignment and payments.
- Quality & PPAP: Direct SQEs, drive APQP/PPAP processes, conduct audits, and resolve quality issues to cut incoming rejection rates.
- Performance & DOL: Track order status and vendor capacity to ensure on-time Direct-on-Line (DOL) delivery and meet vehicle business plans.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Education: B.E. / B.Tech in Electrical, Electronics, or Automobile Engineering
- Experience: 7+ years of vendor development experience in the automotive industry (OEMs or Tier-1 ancillaries)
- Domain & Commodity Focus: Electronics components, lighting systems, cluster software, instrument clusters, and telematics systems
- Core Competencies: APQP, PPAP, supplier identification, RFQ, target costing, cost negotiations, contract management, and vendor payment/performance evaluation
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Royal Enfield
Royal Enfield is the oldest motorcycle brand in continuous production, specializing in classic-styled mid-size motorcycles. Operating as a subsidiary of Eicher Motors, the company designs, manufactures, and distributes iconic models worldwide from its main production facilities in Chennai, India. Known for its rich heritage and robust engineering, Royal Enfield continues to expand its global footprint into new platforms and electric mobility.
- Industry
- Automotive
- Company size
- 5000-10000 employees
- Founded
- 1901
- Location
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company
Leadership
B. Govindarajan
CEO, Royal Enfield & Managing Director, Eicher Motors
Siddhartha Lal
Executive Chairman, Eicher Motors
Umesh Krishnappa
Chief Technology Officer (Electric Vehicles)
Vidhya Srinivasan
Chief Financial Officer
Mahesh Tripathi
Chief Operating Officer
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