New Product Introduction Project Lead
Caterpillar Underground Mining Pty Ltd
Burnie, Tasmania, Australia
- Management of the NPI program of work. Liaised with project team managers & supervisors to meet development scope, schedule & milestones including managing resource allocation.- Drafted project charter from feedback received from Voice of Customer, Voice of Business & Voice of Regulation. Led approvals and presented regular project status reports to the management team.- Developed project schedule, with the project team and key engineering team input.- Monitored project, ensuring adherence to budget & providing expenditure data to stakeholders.- Led a team of 10, in all activities of the NPI program building prototype AD63 trucks.- Led a global team of 4, transitioning engineering & manufacturing to Thailand offshore facility for pilot truck builds and ongoing progression to production builds. - Designed and analysed strategic budgets for research and development and capital expenditure.- Led monthly stakeholder review, consolidated all NPI project status’s into a combined presentation for the global management team.