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ABOUT US

tms unites technology, marketing, and sourcing to drive transformational change for the world’s leading brands. With 1,200+ employees across 26 countries, we offer an impressive range of solutions – from inspiration and innovation to category management and delivery.

Operating as a creative agency, a strategic consultancy, a sourcing business, and a technology provider, we engage with over 110 million customers every single day for our clients, including McDonald’s, T-Mobile, O2, Starbucks, and adidas.

Most importantly, we're a place where you can achieve great things, and be recognized as the best.

WHAT MATTERS THE MOST

Breakthrough, business-driving ideas come from extraordinary people with the freedom to be their most authentic selves at work. Authenticity and diversity are critical elements of our business. They can only be realized when we create access and equity for all. We foster a culture of inclusion and belonging and aspire to be ever-evolving.

tms is a place where brilliant people are better together. If you want your ideas to be heard and to contribute to a culture of inclusion and authenticity, bring us your voice! Visit us at tmsw.com.

Job Summary:

This position is responsible to provide full support and oversight the tooling development and manufacturing locally on-site in the area.

During development stage, works with Tool Makers / Manufacturing Vendors to ensure the product meets all the safety and quality requirement, injection molds are properly fabricated, the optimized manufacturing processes are adequate for mass production and the tooling development milestones are met.

During mass production stage, works with factories to ensure production processes are under controlled and meets all TMS/client product safety and quality requirements.

To follow up on quality issues found. To assist and support the Quality and Safety team to handle/manage quality and safety issues (e.g. Intervention test failure, customer complaint, etc.) at factory level.

Job Relationships

Internal – Global Quality & Safety Team, Product Development Engineers (based in Hong Kong and China), Supply Chain Operations, TMS Agency

External – Manufacturing Vendors, Tool Makers, Factories, Subcontractors, Raw Material Suppliers.

Job Responsibilities

• Actively participate in the new product turn over activities organized by Development Engineer (based in Hong Kong and China) such as Design Review and VTO meeting to provide technical opinions on the product design.
• Manages the new product development schedule to ensure the product could be released for production on time.
• Organizes and leads the EP meetings during tooling development stage to resolve the issues found at EP stage.
• Working closely with tool makers and factories to ensure the molds are properly built and delivered on time.
• Ensure the factories prepare the approval and testing samples at development stage are properly made and meet TMS/client requirements.
• Oversight the tool manufacturing process and schedule.
• Monitor factories that optimized manufacturing processes are being setup and proper process control are implemented for mass production.
• Oversight the Production Pilot in factories to ensure all the issues are resolved before mass production.
• Follow up on quality and safety issues found during inspection and Feasibility/Intervention testing at factory level. Conduct, facilitate, advise on corrective action and preventive action preparation in product failure and defect analysis and monitor their effectiveness in implementation.
• Provide support and follow up on TMS quality and safety initiatives.

Qualifications/Experience

• Solid experience and technical expertise in plastic toys, premium & children’s products.
• Proven experience working with factories in high volume production.
• Good knowledge in a variety of other product areas.

Education

• At least 5 years working experience in toys or hard plastic industry.
• Degree in Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering or relevant scientific/technical discipline.

Job Knowledge/Skills

• Strong analytic thinking with good problem-solving ability.
• Good knowledge on plastic product design and mold making processes.
• Solid experience on injection molding workshop procedures and best practice.
• Good communication and influence skills.
• Good spoken and written English.

Other Requirements

• Reliable and strong character.
• High integrity and business ethics.
• Team Player.
• Proactive, self-motivated and able to work independently
• Able and willing to travel outside India

Career Ladder

• Senior Production Engineer / Assistant Production Engineering Manager / Production Engineering Manager.