As the Production Readiness Support Leader , you will lead and coordinate all manufacturing readiness activities supporting new product launches, product transfers, engineering changes, and industrialization events. You will be responsible for ensuring that production processes, materials, equipment, capacity, and cross-functional teams are fully prepared to meet launch milestones and customer requirements. This role serves as a key interface between Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, Program Management, and Customers to ensure successful and timely production launches.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead the Production Readiness team, establishing priorities and allocating resources to support launch and industrialization activities.
- Coordinate manufacturing readiness for prototype builds, Production Validation (PV), PPAP, Run at Rate (R@R), and Start of Production (SOP) events.
- Drive cross-functional collaboration to ensure production capacity, tooling, equipment, materials, and manufacturing processes are ready to support launch requirements.




- Manage and resolve escalations related to production readiness constraints, capacity limitations, engineering changes, and material availability.
- Lead launch reviews and readiness meetings with Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, PC&L;, Purchasing, Program Management, Customer teams, and other stakeholders.
- Develop, maintain, and manage launch schedules, readiness trackers, engineering change records, and industrialization databases.
- Partner with PC&L; to monitor material readiness, critical component availability, and mitigation plans for supply chain risks.
- Ensure completion of APQP, PPAP, Run at Rate activities, customer requirements, regulatory requirements, process documentation, and manufacturing approvals prior to launch.
- Track, communicate, and drive closure of launch-related action plans, risks, and open issues.
- Participate in engineering change reviews and ensure proper implementation

📌 Production Readiness Support Leader (Reynosa)
🏢 Aptiv
📍 Reynosa