• Gender: Male
• Age: 41
• Designation: DGM -NPD
• Highest Education Level: Post Graduate Diploma
• Preferred Country: India
• Work Experience: 19.3 Year(s)

Education

POST DIPLMA IN PLASTIC MOULD DESIGN -CIPET -Ahmedabad-2005 (71%)

Skill Sets

Six sigma Certified Green Belt –Videocon
Knowledge of Mould design, mould manufacturing, mould materials
Knowledge on operation of all Tool Room machines
Good analytical and problem solving skills
Knowledge of Moulding Over Fabric (LPI), Insert molding.
Handling of big mould likes Bumper, Door trims etc .
Good knowledge of TIG welding and Arc welding.
Mahindra certified PPAP approver.
PMP-Project Management

Work Experience

DGM ( NPD )
Since Nov 2016
Company profile- largest rigid plastic packaging company

Job profile-
New Product Development Projects:
Leading the team for NPD for end-to-end product development for FMCG customers.
Sourcing decisions for all moulds developments.
Prepare tooling budget and estimations for new projects for ISBM ,IM,EBM and IBM technologies product .
Provide technical solutions on plastics RM, processes, costs during the initial new product development phase.
Vendor development for raw material and master batch with vendors. Alternate source creation.
Reviewing RFQ, analyse and recommend potential tooling vendors along with tool clusters for tool development.
Conduct DFM and approve tools for meeting initial design intent in terms of Aesthetics, Part assembly requirements and cost.
Manage new product development tooling timelines through periodic progress reviews, raising flags wherever timelines are being missed, set up corrective action plans to mitigate risk of delay.
Review trials of tools and approval.
First thin wall moulding & IML mould development in MTL for milk base product
Support manufacturing locations by timely development of duplicate tooling as per the indents.
Gather feedback on the existing tools and explore improvement opportunities to reduce cost, improve part quality
Supporting establishment of retail brand with new design bottles and jars (Assure)

Product development Lead Time Reduction:
By reduction in internal approval time -Authority matrix revision .
Robust tracking mechanism- Developed cross functional online tracking system which starts from marketing request till production starts .
Addition of new Vendors with better lead time and cost as well .
Global vendor for ISBM moulds (Breaking Monopoly of vendor).
Localisation of complex EBM moulds for complex machines like Sikka,Kautex,Speedex,Lara,Uniloy.
Working on different strategy for M&A with tooling vendors.
SBC cost standardization for quick cost proposal submission to customer by costing.
Vendor Base :.
Scan global & local markets for new tooling vendors for all technologies. Selecting vendor base on cost, quality and lead time.
Assess New tooling vendor for Infrastructure, technical capability, financial strength. Recommend & getting approval for potential tooling vendors for future business.
Simulations solutions vendors base for supporting part design.
Additives vendors for unique requirements by customer.
Innovations :
weight reduction of parts by design changes, foaming additive
New design concepts and protos in pumps.
Tech change from EBM to ISBM for retort process .
Weight reduction in confectionery jar PVM to 37gms

NEW PROFILE -POST-MERGER ,OPERATION EXCELLENCE AND COST REDUCTION :
Handling post-merger integration of Pearl polymer in MTL for all technical points.
Responsible for synergy and operations
Operation budgeting and conversion of Pearl polymer to EBITDA positive.
Key member for Strategic and technical acquisitions
ERP system implementation in Pearl polymer from Day 01.

Handling customer queries and ongoing developments.
Increasing conversion cost of product by changing machine and moulds.
Refurbishment of all mould and machines from Pearl polymer.


Manager - Global Strategic Sourcing
Since Jul 2014-Nov 2016
Company Profile: Offers variety of Home & Kitchen Appliances like washing machine, refrigerators, ACs, microwave ovens and water Purifiers.
Job Profile:
New product development for Refrigerators (DC segment) across all platforms.
Vendor development for basic tech commodity -injection moulding, Gaskets, rubber and extruded parts .
Tooling development from global suppliers of Korea, China, Vietnam.
Ensure parts & materials are brought at most competitive price and delivered on time.
Ensure strategic relationship with key suppliers who are aligned to the company needs.
Using updated RM price movements for PO release & ensuring cost effectiveness month wise
Tooling support to Finish product sourcing.
DFM with toolmaker for tool kickoff.
Project cost correlations with TCM for cost.
Part cost finalization with supplier and commodity to release PO .
Alternate plastic material for cost reduction .
Prebuy of RM for cost saving
Design to delight with craftsmanship score improvement on new and existing components with PDC (Product Design Centre).
RM development like Microblock.
Development of special process maching like, hot foiling, hot stamping, printing .
Automization of vendor machine with robots and central feeding system.
Poke Yoke for mistakes at vendor end .
Material management for new development till handover with PPAP approve after sop+1 month.
Quality issue resolution with PPM monitoring
Yearly documentation of documents like SCOC, Vontik etc .
Cash flow monitoring wrt to capex.

Deputy Manager (CDMM-Trims)
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd
May 2012 to Jun 2014
Company Profile: Automobile Manufacturing Company 
Job Profile: 
Working as Vendor development Manager for Maxximo, Genio, and Thar jeep platform.
Responsible for part development for Interior/ exterior/cockpit system/Seating system/cooling system.
Preparing business case and Budget for new project.
Preparing RFQ and preparing quote synthesis, Tooling cost settlement along with investment and manufacturing process finalization wrt to cost targets, SBC.
Supplier selection with strategic sourcing team with CPO and complete the process of VOB (Vendor on board).
Organize and manage project activities and review with CFT, system leads and COE.
Creation and updating of project documentation related to system as per MPDS Gen 3.
Initiate and record prototype and validation related to trims.
CMF finalization with styling and material team .
Design review with suppliers, suggesting changes, Feasibility study of parts and assemblies to ensure 
part development from supplier as per QCD targets .
Ensuring product development with APQP in concept and development phase .
Release of Tool design review and continuous tracking of development..
Development and implementation of EN releases for Maxximo and Genio .
Generate and implement IMCR (Integrated Material cost reduction) for Existing Maxximo models with VA/VE.

Service Head (Techno-Commercials) 
Jun 2011 to May 2012
Company Name: Yudo Hot Runner India (P) Ltd
Job Profile:
Manufacturing development of hot runner system from overseas Korea, china, Honkong.
Handling all over India service branches of Pune, Delhi, Chennai, and Mumbai. 
Release of Data & Component drawing for Manufacturing of hot runner system.
Installation, trial and proving of hot runner systems and controller.
Introduced 4 hours QRT (Quick Response Time).
Introduced Hot Runner Health Check Up for tier -1 supplier.
Providing customer local service support on time with 24 X 7 availability of service.

Senior Engineer(HOD)
Oct 2009 to Jul 2011
Company Name: Motherson Automotive Technologies And Engineering 
Job Profile:
Tool room establishment for the unit. 
Planning and purchasing of tools and machines for Tool room.
Break down analysis & implementing corrective actions.
Responsible for maintaining MTTR & MTBF targets 
Making and maintaining the critical spares parts for all moulds.
Initialized the concept of ERP based Mould Management System and implementation.

Functional Head-Tool Room
April 2007 to Oct 2009
Company Name: Nilkamal Group
Job Profile:
New mould development for chair and crates .
Maintenance of all running moulds.
Proto development .

GET and Engineer
Aug 2005 to April 2007
Company Name: Videocon Industries Ltd
Job Profile:
Mould manufacturing for TV, AC and other small appliances .
Improvement of running mould health for better production.