11 oct
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Omi
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Huejotzingo
Location: Puebla, Mexico
Job Type: Full-time
Company Description
OMI is a technology-driven company that designs and manufactures electrical, mechanical, and computing solutions.
Our clients bring us real-world product challenges, and we work closely with them to develop purpose-built components and integrated systems that solve those challenges.
We specialize in custom electric motors and electro-mechanical systems for industries such as automotive, medical devices, oil & gas, marine, and agriculture.
Job Overview
As a Launch Coordinator , you will be responsible for coordinating and following up on new product introduction (NPI) projects, ensuring that cross-functional teams remain aligned with project plans, milestones, deliverables, and APQP requirements.
You will serve as a key link between Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Purchasing, suppliers, customers, and international teams, helping ensure that risks are identified, actions are followed through, and launches are completed on time and according to quality requirements.
This role combines project coordination, APQP follow-up, risk management, cross-functional communication, and launch readiness in a dynamic manufacturing environment.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate new product launches according to defined project plans and APQP methodology.
- Track project schedules, milestones, deliverables, responsibilities, and open actions.
- Coordinate follow-up meetings with cross-functional teams to review progress, risks, blockers, and deviations.
- Follow up on APQP deliverables, including FMEA, Control Plans, MSA, PPAP, and other applicable project documentation.
- Identify and monitor project risks, ensuring that critical risks have an owner, mitigation plan,
and committed date.
- Coordinate communication and follow-up between Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Purchasing, suppliers, customers, and international teams.
- Prepare project status reports and executive updates, including launch readiness, milestone compliance, open actions, and risks.
- Support project reviews and launch gates by ensuring that required activities and deliverables are properly tracked and updated.
- Follow up on activities required to ensure a stable transition from development into production.
- Coordinate follow-up activities with customers and suppliers related to new product launches.
- Participate in customer visits, technical reviews, and launch activities in Mexico and internationally, including activities at OMI's facility in China.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement and document lessons learned from launch projects.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Electronics, Automotive Engineering, Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field.
- 3–5 years of experience in project coordination, NPI, APQP, new product development, quality, manufacturing, or related areas.
- Experience participating in or coordinating new product launches, preferably within the automotive or manufacturing industry.
- Working knowledge of APQP and its main deliverables, including FMEA, Control Plan, MSA, and PPAP.
- General knowledge of manufacturing processes and product development stages.
- Experience tracking project schedules, milestones, deliverables, risks, and action items.
- Experience coordinating activities across cross-functional teams.
- Familiarity with project management tools such as Excel, MS Project, Jira, or similar platforms.
- Ability to prepare project status reports and communicate project risks and progress effectively.
- Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and follow up effectively with different stakeholders.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
- Availability to work onsite.
- Availability for national and international travel, including customer visits and activities at OMI's facility in China.
- Spanish fluency required.
- English B2 level or higher required.
Why Join OMI?
- Be part of a growing technology company developing custom solutions for integral industrial and automotive applications.
- Work directly on new product launches with international customers and multidisciplinary teams.
- Gain exposure to APQP, NPI, manufacturing, engineering, quality, and project management.
- Collaborate with teams across Mexico, US, and China.
- Play a key role in building and improving OMI's NPI and launch processes.
- Work in a role with high visibility and direct impact on the successful launch of new products.
- Opportunity to grow professionally within a technology-driven and international environment.
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