• Gender: Male
• Age: 40
• Designation: Manager
• Highest Education Level: Masters - Degree
• Preferred Country: India
• Notice Period: 30  Days
• Work Experience: 21.1 Year(s)

Education

MBA From International Business Management University of Madras

BS - Engineering Technology, From Birla Institute of Technology, (BITS), Pilani, Through Distance Education in 2010 with CGPA : 7.20    

DME From PSG Polytechnic College, Coimbatore, in 2004 with 95%  

S.S.L.C. From Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Vidhyalaya, Coimbatore, with 90% 

Skill Sets

Experience across Costing , Program management , Industrial engineering, Production engineering, Business development , Production and allied facility management, Vendor development and Sourcing.
Have experience across various commodities including Sheet metal stamping/ assemblies, Plastic and Rubber component manufacturing industries, catering to both automotive and non-automotive sectors.

Work Experience

Assistant Manager – Business Development 
Since Nov 2011
Company Profile: Manufacturer of various automotive sheet metal parts like cross members, control arms for chassis, Body in white parts etc.
Job Profile:
Process, analyze and submit quotation to customer RFQs.
Prepare, submit and get all new business cases, approved by Top management
Analyzing stamping and assembly process, purchase part cost, packing, logistics
and provide directional guidance to achieve competitive cost targets.
Finalize on Make or buy decision for stamping parts
Finalization of BOP and tooling suppliers based on aspects like cost, quality, delivery, competency, reliability and long term supply chain prospectus.
Responsible for negotiations and finalization of general and program specific sales contracts.
Responsible for plant capacity planning and analysis.
To develop and win business, that are in line with the average profitability, ROFE, IRR and NPV guidelines / targets of the corporate
To update and resolve all commercial issues with customer pertaining to products.
Responsible for quoting and implementing ECN.
Work along with Marketing to finalize the strategic business models and work towards implementation of same.
To review and update all product costing based on the changes in market rates of input material and conversion rates.
Plant business forecasts preparation and short term and long term planning
To plan and drive implementation of part contribution margin improvement activities

Program management
Handled BIW and Window regulator stampings project for Nissan, new small car project.
Responsible for the total program management activities right from RFQ till SOP. The activities involve,
BOM, stamping and assembly process design and finalization
Obtaining design modification approvals (if required) , from customer to suit the manufacturing feasibility
Stamping tooling, assembly tooling and BOP supplier finalization
Program timeline scheduling and follow up
Advanced Product Quality planning to ensure robust process design and implementation. This includes development of effective PFD, PFMEA and control plan with the inputs from both customer and internal learning
Yield improvement planning and implementation
Engineering change (ECN) management and implementation
Implementation of allied production and testing facilities for the project
Co-ordinate homeline commissioning, trials, and establishment for productionizing the parts,
With the following deliverables,
To launch the program on time. To ensure that customer timeline is not affected due to our deliverables.
To establish a robust, capable process to ensure that the quality deliverables of the part is met throughout the program life.
To ensure the program and part cost are met to the budget level.
To ensure the process design in such a way that, the planned productivity levels are achieved. 

Significant Acheivements
Have won business that would be sufficient to break-even the plant within 4 years of establishment and started doing profits.
Successfully launched two programs for OEM.
Worked and lead commercial activities for India Thailand region for global programs.

Sr. Project Engineer 
Sep 2009 to Nov 2011
Company Profile : Manufacturer of precision plastic injection mold offering concept to reality solutions to various business segments including automotive and business machines. 
Job Profile : 
As a Project Engineer, I am the single point contact for the customer and responsible for establishing new projects right from RFQ to mass production commencement, involving activities like,
Provide technical and commercial costing inputs to general RFQ’s 
Provide entire quotation for new products for allocated customers 
Assist customer in finalizing the part design, based on feasibility studies.
Supplier development initiatives for bought out parts and subcontracted parts.
Total Project management that involves,
Complete Techno-commercial feasibility and risk analysis for all new projects.
Evolving APQP timing plan for the new projects
Raw material and bought out parts co-ordination required for the project
Tooling management and co-ordination in China
Establishment of various secondary operations like printing, painting, ultrasonic welding, labeling, automated assembly and testing facilities, packaging and transportation design
Special purpose machines development for assembly and testing that are part / project specific 
Interaction with customer for project establishment and approval.
Development of all standards and work instruction required for manufacturing the part
Bill of material creation in ERP system
Ensuring adherence and accuracy of the actual norms with the bill of materials and product costing.
Establishment of capital equipments
Designing of plant and machinery layouts
Capacity planning and procurement of Capital and revenue items through supplier selection

Significant Achievements
Established the first indigenous project 
Established 16 products for 4 customers within a time span of eleven months, with a potential sales value of  $1.1 million
Developed 7 parts (for proto and mass production) for a reputed automotive ancillary customer within a time period of 3 months.
Eliminated customer complaint in panel assemblies used for photocopier machines through DOE.

Engineer - Production Engineering Department and Engineer – Sourcing 
June 2004 to Aug 2009. 
Company Name : Sundaram Auto Components Ltd.
Company Profile : A TVS group company is involved in manufacturing of injection molded plastic and molded safety critical rubber components for automotive industries. 
Job Profile : 
Industrial Engineering
Facilities and process establishment for new products using APQP techniques.
Designing, Commissioning and proving of new machines, SPMs, Jigs and fixtures
Designing of plant and machinery layouts
Time study, Motion study (Video analysis), Man – Machine balancing in line with takt time and productivity improvement through value stream mapping.
Manpower and resource planning for production and non-production areas
Capacity planning and procurement of Capital and revenue items through supplier selection and techno- commercial activities
CFT member in new product development
Productivity improvements through Kaizens/Kaikaku. Inventory and lead-time reduction through VSM.
SMED Implementation by in time/out time analysis and reduction.
Implementation of TEI activities, Poka Yoke, 5S, safety & Material handling improvements
Product costing and Profit analysis 
Sourcing
Responsible for identifying the source, negotiating and sourcing, RM, BOP, capital and revenue items 
Responsible for cost reduction activities with respect to sourcing department.
Responsible for import related to RM, BOP and capital items.
Responsible for improvement in Inventory management and reducing inventory holding days.
Responsible for establishing new sourced for new projects.
Responsible for zero based costing for BOP’s
Responsible for supplier quality and delivery improvement.
Responsible for value engineering and wastage elimination activities in sourcing
Responsible for implementing FIFO in stores.
Responsible to eliminate loss due to grey inventory and end of life items in stores.
Responsible for management of Purchase executives and stores employees.

Significant Acheivements
Implementation of Mistake proof batch control system, a typical system for Polymer industries, resulting an increase in output from 600 to 800 kgs/man/day and an investment cost saving of Rs.76 lakhs/annum.
Implementation of Water based chemical for cleaning metal inserts, replacing TCE resulting an enviro-friendly environment and cost savings Rs.50 lakhs / annum
Established production facilities for 80 new products (4 product families). Also established a new product line for breather hoses.
Reduced average mold set up time (SMED) from 166 to 24 minutes per mold.
Implementation of 7-stage phosphating system for metal to polymer bonded components.
Achieved the cost savings target of Rs.82 lakhs in Q2, through alternate material, alternate source, VA/VE activities in RM and BOP sourcing.
Achieved zero percentage line stoppage in production (due to RM /BOP shortage) for continuous 6 months.

Internal Quality Auditor for ISO/TS 16949:2009

Trainings Conducted
I have been the trainer for the following training programs that are usually conducted for newly joined executives and operators – 5S, POKA YOKE, Operation standard, SMED
Delivered guest lecture on “Problem solving techniques using QC story methodology” at Government College of Technology, Salem during Aug 2012 for final year under-graduate engineering students.

Trainings Undergone
Costing, project management and tooling management training at Rosti, Suzhou, China 
TS 16949, ISO 14000, OSHAS awareness training program, Global Program management.
FMEA, SPC, APQP & PPAP, DOE,7 QC Tools, 5s & SMED, SAP, MS Project.

Areas Of Expertise
Product costing
Global Program Management
Sourcing & SCM
Vendor development
Industrial Engineering
Business development
Business planning
Cost reduction, VA/VE initiative

Commodities
Sheet metal
Plastics
Rubber

Future Goals

Growth