Assistant Manager - Vendor Development (Mechanical)
Royal Enfield · Posted Oct 20
Classic mid-size motorcycle design, manufacturing, and global adventure riding services
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About the role
The role sits within Royal Enfield's vendor development function, focused on sourcing, evaluating, and onboarding suppliers that specialize in surface treatment and chemical processing such as heat treatment, plating, painting, and powder coating. The work supports New Product Development, design revisions, and capacity expansions, with accountability for quality, cost, and Direct-on-Line targets through to Start of Production. The Assistant Manager also oversees vendor performance, payment processing, and capacity planning.
What you will do
- Sourcing & DFM: Issue RFQs from engineering drawings/BOMs, evaluate surface-treatment vendors, and lead Design for Manufacturing (DFM) reviews to ensure technical feasibility, coating consistency, and part durability.
- Cost Management & Commercials: Partner with Cost Management to calculate target costs, negotiate pricing/payment terms, and align vendor proposals within target cost bands.
- Quality & PPAP Governance: Oversee APQP/PPAP qualification, direct Supplier Quality Engineers (SQEs), conduct process audits (CQI standards compliance), and implement corrective actions to cut incoming rejection rates.
- Vendor Performance & DOL: Track lead times, capacity, and order status to ensure compliance with Direct-on-Line (DOL) targets and overall vehicle business plans.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Special Process Expertise: Deep knowledge of Heat Treatment (Carburizing, Nitriding, Induction), Surface Plating (Zinc, Chrome), Industrial Painting, and Powder Coating standards (CQI-9, CQI-11, CQI-12).
- Core Quality Frameworks: Hands-on mastery of APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, and MSA.
- Commercial Acumen: Strong skills in target costing, price breakdown analysis, contract negotiations, and payment terms management.
- Technical Auditing: Expertise in conducting process capability audits, root cause analysis (8D, 5-Why), and quality corrective action tracking.
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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