Athmanathan Sundararaman Pmp® Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Canada Area

New Sales Operations and Program Coordination and Business development support. Program Initiation and execution. Resource Optimization and profitability improvement. Internal stakeholder and Customer management.

• Managed multi-cultural cross functional team in a Matrix Organization Structure by ensuring alignment between Product design, Tooling, Manufacturing, Process development, Sourcing and Quality for flawless execution of.
• Acted as primary focal to work across different functions and conducted APQP and Program gate reviews as per plan and achieved 100% Customer milestone hit rate
• Conducted Value Engineering Workshops & Cost Reduction Projects to improve Project financials and achieved 3% YOY Cost reduction on New Programs
• Managed Global Projects for Ford and GM from cradle to grave and successfully handed over to Operations after SOP + 90 days sign off. Programs include T6 & VN127 Compressor and CAC for Ford US and GEM Compressor for GM.
• Achieved best contributor award by Hanon Global Leadership team consecutively for 2 years for effective coordination and planning skills to support Program execution

• Coordinated cross functional team from Germany, China and India to support New Product Development and execution in a Matrix structure
• Managed tasks and timelines to meet Customer milestone. Prepared master program plan and executable action plans for team and reported project status to Functional heads to mitigate possible issues to achieve 100%.
• Conducted APQP reviews right from Prototype Design until SOP and prepared Risk Mitigation Plan to meet quality and delivery commitment.
• Supported business development team with quotation for new business including capital equipment, fixtures and tooling
• Led Continuous Improvement projects and Lean Manufacturing for new launch and production parts
• Successfully conducted IATF 16949 and ISO 14001 audits on New Projects without major NCs

Managing the entire Value stream to meet the Production, Quality,Delivery,Morale and Safety targets. Promote Lean principles for operations management. Implement Quick Resolution Six Sigma for process improvements.

Responsible for Sourcing and Purchasing of VDC components reporting to VDC Value streamManager. Key deliverables include meeting coverage of parts for production, de-risking supplier base, achieving cost reduction potential through negotiation / alternate source development / out of box thinking. Issuing and maintaining POs.

Chennai Area, India

Responsible to deliver QCD targets of Vehicle Dynamics and Control Value stream. In-charge of a shift managing 50 persons to meet production requirements. Responsible to implement LEAN & TPM principles in assembly production.

Pgdms, Manufacturing Systems Engineering

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Mechanical Engineering

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