• Gender: Male
• Age: 37
• Designation: Senior Engineer
• Highest Education Level: Graduate - Degree
• Preferred Country: India
• Notice Period: 30  Days
• Work Experience: 14.5 Year(s)

Education

B.E. (Mechanical) From  Thiagarajar College OF Engg, Madurai, Anna University in 2010 with 9.14%

H.S.C From St. Peters Matric. Hr. Sec. School, Kodaikanal , State Board in 2006 with 89.58%

S.S.C From Sri Sankara Vidhyalaya Matric. Hr. Sec. School, Kodaikanal in 2004 with 88.37%

Skill Sets

Cost Estimation of auto parts (plastic injection moulded, painted parts and rubber moulded part) for value engineering to meet project cost targets and standards.
Business case preparation & analysis, resource planning for the new projects.
Manufacturing process expertise on Plastic and rubber moulding, painting, fabrication, machining and assembly process
Basic knowledge and application of APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, PFD and QC tools in new product development.
Basic fundamental exposure to automotive systems and functions and evaluation.
Working on MS Office tools and ERP software like SAP.
SAP Operations - basics

Computer Proficiency
Application software  - Pro-E Wildfire 2.0 solid modelling, FLUENT 6.2, GAMBIT.
Operating System  - Windows 7 & 8. Basic Ubuntu, SAP (User)
Good exposure to Microsoft office tools like Excel, Word and Powerpoint.

Cost Estimation of Parts and Tools , Project Management , CAPEX planning for NPD , Business analysis and development              
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Work Experience

Senior Engineer – Business development (Costing, Project handling, RFQ)
Since Jul 2010
Company Profile: Specializes in automotive interiors, exteriors and plastic components, painting and assemblies.
Job Profile:
Cost estimation of new products and related tools for the plastic and rubber injection moulded body styling and functional components, air filter assembly, painted components and other sub assembly parts.
Business case preparation, resource planning and investment proposal (CAPEX & REVEX) for the new projects based on requirements on process.
Zero based costing for components & tools based on 2D drawings, 3D data & concepts.
Negotiation and finalise on the cost with customer & vendor for the new products
Prepare presentation materials and participates in the customer and internal Project Management meetings to review on project cost tracking and control.
Ensure smooth implementation of parts in Production line in alignment with Quality/Logistics/Production & Projects
Initiating VA/VE projects and Bench mark process of auto components.
Activity/process based cost working for the new products development and process.
RFQ/RFI processing and quotation working for new projects and Engineering changes (ECR).
Cost down/reduction activity with engineering changes through material, packing, process and common parts and process improvements.
Monthly contribution and material cost track down for cost controlling process.
Basic Knowledge of CAD Design, DFMEA, GD&T and QC tools & story procedures.
Liaison between management and customer concerning about business (cost), responsiveness and new product development process.

Major Projects Handled
Two wheeler projects worked and finalised business (Engineering, Styling and Body plastic parts)– TVS Sport, Apache, Jupiter, Pheonix, Royal enfiled – Continental GT, BMW G310R, Apache 200 4V Passenger Car(Steering wheel and Safety Air bag parts)–Tata (Bolt, Zest, Nano Gen X), Ford (Figo Aspire), Mahindra (KUV100 & TUV100).
Developed excel based Costing and Business case analysis format for the organisation based on various considerations of sourcing, finance and design.
Implemented monthly monitoring of the low contribution parts track down and cost correction process with customer and improvement with management.
Bench mark analysis of major auto products of Indian Two wheelers, four wheelers Light commercial vehicles for improvement and value engineering for recent trends and technology

Academic Achievements
Secured First Rank in B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) from Anna University Chennai and awarded with a “GOLD MEDAL”.
Graduate Project : “Numerical investigation of fluid flow and heat transfer analysis of microchannel heat sink using nanofluids” 
Presented paper in National Symposia in Sri Venkateswara Engineering College, Chennai titled, “Emission control in Automobiles using inlet air carbon control”.
Presented paper titled “Numerical modelling of electronics cooling using liquids” in Mechanica’09 conducted by IIT Madras, Chennai.

Future Goals

Growth