• Gender: Male
• Age: 57
• Designation: Manager
• Highest Education Level: Post Graduate Diploma
• Current Gross Salary: INR  550000 /Annum
• Expected Gross Salary: INR  750000 /Annum
• Preferred Country: India
• Notice Period: 90  Days
• Preferred Location: Mumbai
• Work Experience: 40.7 Year(s)

Education

Post Diploma in Advanced Technology Course in Tool Engineering from Shri Bhagubhai Mafatlal Polytechnic, Mumbai in 1992.

Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Shri Bhausaheb Vartak Polytechnic, Mumbai in 1989.

Skill Sets

Co-ordinating the entire product development including requirement analysis, finalising specifications, designing, prototype development and testing activities.
Developing jigs, fixtures & moulds as per predefined specifications; undertaking testing/ inspection of jigs & fixtures, identifying defects & making relevant modifications.
Facilitating new product development initiative with key focus on Quality, Cost & Delivery; developing components in conformance to pre-set technical specifications.

Work Experience

Dy. Manager Marketing
Since May 2006
Company Profile: Leading commercial Tool Room, ISO9001 certified
Job Profile:
Handling key accounts of Die casting dies for OEMs & tyre 1 suppliers.
Handling RFQ, estimations & offers for Toolings.
Selected in core group for injection moulds improvement project.
Member of Integrated Management Systems Auditors team

Assistant Manager - Development
From Aug ’99 to April ‘06
Company Profile: An ISO 9000 certified plastic manufacturing organization in field of injection moulding.
Job Profile:
Managing product development initiatives in order to process business inquiries of the Business Development Unit; involved in designing jigs, fixtures and moulds.
Executed product development projects for Railways, Defence & Automotive Industries involving extensive use of value engineering techniques.
Successfully handled projects involving conversion from Metal, Rubber, Wood & Thermoset to Thermoplastics for various clients.
Submitted 15 applications for design registration in six months including 3 for patent registration.
Distinction of being selected for executing mould development projects in China; have visited China 6 times till date.
Successfully completed few projects for TATA FICOSA, TATA TOYO, Standard Radiators in Automotive sector.

Production Engineer
From Jan ’98 to Jul ’99
Ampson Plastics Pvt. Ltd.
Job Profile:
Successfully managed the project of developing “Lighting Fixture” for export market involving mould designing and vendor development activities.
Instrumental role in reducing mould delivery time by 20%.
Conducted ISO training for the employees

Self Employed - Jan-94 to Dec -97

Tool Room Engineer
From Jul ’92 to Dec ’94
Shreeji Engineering Works.
A Tool Room of Mutual Industries Ltd., a leading industrial plastic component moulder catering to automobile & white goods industry.
Job Profile:
Successfully reduced trial rate of the moulds by 75%.
Core member of the team involved in the execution of “Dry Grinding Machine” project.

Tool Room Supervisor
From Jun ’89 to Apr ’92
Accurate Moulds & Dies.
A commercial Tool Room catering to household & industrial customers in India and overseas
Job Profile:
Distinction of executing exports projects of 25 moulds within 4 months.
Successfully handled tool room operations in absence of Tool Room In charge for 8 months.

Product Development / R&D:
Co-ordinating the entire product development including requirement analysis, finalising specifications, designing, prototype development and testing activities.
Developing jigs, fixtures & moulds as per predefined specifications; undertaking testing/ inspection of jigs & fixtures, identifying defects & making relevant modifications.
Facilitating new product development initiative with key focus on Quality, Cost & Delivery; developing components in conformance to pre-set technical specifications.

Business Development:
Excellent presentation skills with proficiency in verbal & written communication.
RFQ processing, conducting team feasibility study , formulating negotiation strategies.
Key account management & skills in relationship building.
Transferring Customer requirements & inputs to project management functions to carry out the execution of contract.

Sourcing & Vendor Development:
Directing the development and implementation of key strategies for timely procurement of materials, spare parts and capital equipments to ensure smooth execution of projects.
Identifying and developing local / overseas vendors for obtaining timely procurement of materials; involved in techno-commercial negotiations and finalising contracts.
Conducting regular audits to ensure that materials received from vendors conform to pre-set quality standards; analysing rejections and taking corrective actions.

Future Goals

Assignments in Product Development / R&D Initiatives / Vendor Development with an organisation of high repute.