Our global motorcycle manufacturing client is urgently looking to fill the following role:

Role context and purpose:
As a Quality Assurance Team Manager for our client's Genuine Motorcycle Accessories (GMA) you will be part of the Global Commercial Organisation and report to the Head - Genuine Motorcycle Accessories. Your role will involve working with cross-functional teams including Product Strategy, Design,
Procurement, Warehouse Operations, Sales & Programme Management. You will lead a small dedicated team of Supplier Quality Assurance Engineers and be responsible for ensuring products are produced & approved to the required quality standards in accordance with project timelines. Supply
Chain Management experience will give you a distinct advantage in communicating/eliminating possible technical issues before they arise internally or externally. You will be a strong, effective communicator with the ability to influence, ensuring all dependencies within the GMA team (and outside) are completely understood & aligned when it comes to delivering product on time to meet the commercial business objectives.

Key responsibilities:
- Overall responsibility for establishing Quality Procedures/Standards and their governance.
- Implementing PPAP Quality documentation & processes within the business.
- Weekly input into GMA Project Mtgs with Product Development & Sourcing teams.
- Interacting with Motorcycle Product Development Teams to ensure GMA Products are fully considered up front.
- Conducting Supplier Visits as required on technical issues as required.
- Organising Supplier capability & process control audits.
- Coordination of Supplier route cause analysis and corrective action planning.
- Collaboration with Procurement team on Supplier Selection.
- Working closely with GMA Product Development & Procurement Teams during resource & budget planning for Strategic Business Plan.
- Workload planning and coordination of GMA Supplier Quality Assurance team.

As Quality Assurance Team Manager you will be measured on OTIF delivery on various goals and performance indicators. These will depend on the focus area for the year. Overall success of your role will depend on the following measures but not limited to:
● Achieving agreed Quality reject rate targets.
● Timely release of agreed # new SKUs in accordance with project plan deliverables.
● Approval of checking fixture design and manufacture in line with project timing.
● Approval of PPAP samples and documentation in line with project timing.
● Product Availability (First Pick Rate %).
● Achieving Strategic Business Plan 2018-19 Sales target as set by Head - Genuine Motorcycle Accessories

You will be responsible for ensuring GMA Quality is delivered on time and in full. The GMA team is split between the UK plus and our client's international locations and it sits within the GCO (Global Commercial Organisation) but also links into the GTO (Global Technical Organisation) in terms of procedures and operating systems. The Quality Assurance Manager - GMA is an influential & critical role for the business which ultimately drives product quality and process control. The GMA Product catalog will consist of 200+ ‘live’ products in 2018 and will expand further beyond that in 2019-20.

Qualified to degree level or with 10-15 years relevant experience in a similar role:
● Strong, effective communicator who can make decisions & influence outcomes
● Can do attitude with hands on approach to business
● The ability to identify & prioritize business critical tasks is a core competency
● Fully conversant with typical quality management systems.
● Efficient multi-tasking capability & meticulous attention to detail
● Adaptable to business changes & scenarios
● Able to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines
● Team player with the skill set to work under own initiative when required
● Experience of Product Development & Supply Chain Management would be advantageous

The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment Agency.

Our global motorcycle manufacturing client is urgently looking to fill the following role:

Role context and purpose:
Customization of motorcycles has become one of the biggest and most enduring trends in motorcycling over the past several years, and our client’s products are particularly well suited to modification. In the coming years, a number of new model launches and an increasing presence at motorcycle events around the world will grow our client's program exponentially.

Key responsibilities:
As a Custom Program Builds Coordinator in the Industrial Design team, you will be responsible for all of the arrangements for making sure the custom builds sponsored and supported by our client are of the highest quality. This includes both coordinating with external suppliers and managing the creation of “factory” or in-house special projects. The results of these activities will support our positive brand perception around the world, building on out client’s reputation as a canvas for personalization, as well as providing critical feedback on future design directions. You will likewise be responsible for coordinating output of Content, Events and Retail assets, liaising with these departments and outside suppliers as necessary. You will also be responsible for coordinating
integration of web assets related to the program with our client’s brand strategy team.

You will be responsible for global custom builds:
● will coordinate large aspects of the Global Custom Competition(s)
● role reports directly to Group Manager in charge of Custom Program
● will work independently, with scope to increase team size in line with program expansion
● budgets available are as per builds assigned for management
working with custom builders and in house team members (ID, PD, PS, GMA) on factory builds
● working with internal and external shipment and logistics suppliers to move motorcycles globally
● working with Marketing teams to coordinate build readiness and delivery to events
● working with Marketing teams to facilitate interactions and support dissemination of pictures and
build info to media outlets
● working with Content teams, including designated content coordinator, for making photos and
video content

Experience Required:
Requirements
● Proven experience in the custom motorcycle industry / space
● In depth knowledge and / or experience in building custom motorcycles
● A strong knowledge of and personal connections with custom builders
● Proficiency in coordinating multiple builds at the same time
● Proficiency in arranging photo and video shoots
● Understanding of logistics requirements for moving custom motorcycles
● Ability to manage complete projects (inc. build, content, logistics) from start to finish
● A passion for motorcycles and familiarity with the motorcycle market.
● Excellent team working ethic and an enthusiasm for cross-cultural experiences

The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment Agency.

Our global motorcycle manufacturing client is urgently looking to fill the following role:

Role context and purpose:
Update and create latest CAD models to reflect manufactured physical motorcycle products using ProE Wildfire / Creo with minimal supervision.

Key responsibilities will include, but not limited to:
- Producing high quality 3D CAD models using Pro-Engineer from scratch.
- Creation of high quality 3D CAD models taking physical measurements from manufactured components.
- Packaging of CAD models.
- Managing own time and workload effectively.
- Kinematics

Experience Required:
● Applicant should be qualified to degree level or equivalent in a relevant engineering discipline.
● Proficient in 3D CAD - ProE Wildfire / Creo.
● Significant experience in engineering design and in particular, concept generation and packaging, ideally within the motorcycle/powersports/automotive industry.
● Will be able to demonstrate good time management.
● Will be able to demonstrate excellent understanding of engineering fundamentals

The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment business.

Customer Ref: CHS059

Our client who is an iconic luxury sports car manufacturer, is currently recruiting for the following role:

Job Purpose
Chassis management lead within the programme team. Manage the functional and technical delivery of all of the Chassis systems to the vehicle platforms. Manage the generation and maintenance of Chassis costs, timing plans, reporting documents and presentation material.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks:
 Chassis management lead within Programme. Responsible for applying and introducing all Chassis systems to a given programme.
 Collaborate with other application managers & engineers, systems integration engineers & commodity engineers to achieve whole vehicle quality & cost targets.
 Work with commodity engineers across Research and Development to ensure a robust system delivery plan is created & achieved.
 Work with vehicle engineering to support builds and project milestones.
 Lead meetings including gateways and Programme check points.
 Define the engineering change content in response to the Strategic Evaluation Letter.
 Ensure that commodity financial targets reflect the activities required to deliver all features across Product Development.
 Support Programme Manager and Concept Leader to balance performance and cost targets by providing information on the cost to deliver new features.
 Define programme’s Chassis engineering resource requirements (internal and external).
 Work with Concept Leader to ensure that platform commodities and functional archetypes are applied, and that Function commodities integrate effectively with other commodities to achieve overall vehicle targets.
 Create boundary diagrams for new features & identify which componentry is required to support their delivery.
 Ownership of Chassis System Specification.
 Perform system reviews during concept phase.
 Ensure that Chassis systems and components are delivered by application & platform engineers to achieve the cascaded feature content.
Includes:
 Use external engineering partners as required to deliver system designs & component feature content.
 Co-located with Programme Manager, collaborates with cross-functional programme team including application engineers from other Functions, Vehicle Performance & Concept, Purchasing, Manufacturing & Quality to deliver the programme QCFT (quality, cost, function and timing) requirements.
 Work with application & commodity engineers across Research and Development to create a robust vehicle delivery plan for the whole vehicle.
 Ensure that application, platform engineers & external engineering partners achieve the delivery plan, working with them to create & manage recovery plans as required (escalating to the Programme Manager as required).
Includes:
 Manage functional implementation progression over time.
 Manage Design Failure Modes and Effects Analysis and Final Engineer Sign Off progression documentation
 Manage together with the Chassis manager, the implementation of the Chassis engineering commodities and delivery lead times.
 Monitor internal & external engineering integration resource utilisation to identify potential efficiency improvements for the next programme.
 Creates & manages whole vehicle integration test plans.
 Support system engineers in system validation.
 Responsible for whole vehicle system qualification, ensuring all features are robustly validated.
 Ensures effective report writing to identify potential efficiency improvements for the next programme.
 Ensure that all concerns are robustly resolved.
 First port of call for build issues & vehicle sign off.
 Assist in data collection and analysis for problem resolution
 Coordinate software versions and incompatibilities within the engineering fleet.
 Support the commodity Final Engineer Sign Off process.
Includes:
 Support system engineers with Practical Failure Mode and Effects Analysis/System Failure Mode and Effects Analysis.
 Support and facilitate System reviews and system FMEA.
 Create information packs to be presented in meetings, to all levels of the business.
 Outsource engineers to achieve the delivery plan.
 Must guarantee the functional and technical delivery of all of the systems to the project.
 Attend cross-functional programme meetings to discuss Chassis delivery issues.
 Must create Chassis gateway slides and attend gateway meetings.
 Manage and lead all required Programme financial reviews. Work with the Programme and Finance teams to provide all information in the correct format.

Qualifications and Experience
• Mechanical Engineering Degree preferred or a degree in another appropriate discipline will be considered
• Extensive experience gained with Chassis commodities.
• Project management experience.
• Proven record or working to strict deadlines.
• Extensive experience gained within a Component Engineering environment.
• Good working knowledge of Excel, Power Point, Project.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Confidence with presenting to seniors and taking away actions.
• Excellent understanding of Chassis technologies and their function.
• Can manage and produce and maintain timing plans.
• Able to manage a small team of 2 - 4 people.
• Confident to interface with many departments such as Finance, Programme Management, Attributes and Purchase
• Strong time management , accuracy , diligence , ability to balance and prioritise multiple tasks to meet customer needs
• Competent in all Microsoft Office applications

Due to the significant growth our client has experienced in recent years it now benefits from being a true multi-site organisation, and as such this role could be based at a number of sites, including Warwickshire, Wellesbourne and Milton Keynes

The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment Agency.

Customer Ref: SSD027

Our client who is an iconic luxury sports car manufacturer, is currently recruiting for the following role:

Job Purpose
To deliver Passive Safety attribute performance for a vehicle model line ensuring both program targets and legislative requirements are met. To act as 1st point of contact for program application teams for safety and restraints content. To represent Safety and Restraints team at program application reviews and gateways.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks
• Lead cross-functional Safety Attribute Team
• Establish and confirm vehicle, system and component level target
• Lead performance delivery of Passive Safety attribute to targets
• Drive engineering issues resolution to meet program targets and constraints
• Set and manage program budgets
• Liaise with internal and external CAE partners
• Manage Safety attribute related DVP and timing
• Represent Passive Safety and Restraints team at program application team reviews
• Manager Safety and Restraints KPI’s (e.g. Change management) on specific vehicle applications
• Co-ordinate and Conduct safety attribute related testing (including full vehicle, sub-system and component testing)

Qualifications and Experience
• Good Engineering degree (or equivalent) minimum 2.1
• Experience in Passive Safety related development & testing
• Experience of Passive Safety attribute / integration development
• Extensive knowledge of worldwide automotive regulations (ECE/FMVSS etc)
• Intuitive knowledge of fundamental mechanical engineering theory
• Excellent IT skills and working knowledge of MS word/Excel etc
• Excellent problem solving abilities
• Excellent organisational skills
• Experience and proven track record of leadership within Passive Safety Attributes

Due to the significant growth our client has experienced in recent years it now benefits from being a true multi-site organisation, and as such this role could be based at a number of sites, including Warwickshire, Wellesbourne and Milton Keynes

The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment Agency.