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Chennai, Tn, In

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

• Digital Twin Benchmarking (DTB) & VAVE Cost Reduction Programs: Contributed to cost reduction initiatives, focusing on benchmarking and optimizing vehicle components for leading automotive manufacturers.• Bespoke Program: Engaged in Zero-Based Costing and Should Costing programs for various clients.• Delta Costing: Successfully completed cluster-wise mechanical parts Delta Costing for programs including Jaguar Land Rover, Renault Megan & Austral, Scout, Re-Build, BMW, Nissan Qashqai, Renault Master E-Tech, Renault Echo5.• Porsche Macan EV Program: Led the Delta Costing project for Porsche Macan EV (Brome Eye, UK), working onsite.• Should & Zero-Based Costing Projects: Applied Zero-Based Costing and Should Costing for global clients such as Yachiyo, BYD, Hyundai Ioniq, Delphi TVS, EATON, Tesla Model Y, Nissan Pathfinder, Ford, JFE Steels, Hozon Neta, and others.• Thumb Rule-Based Costing: Collaborated on the Depoortere project, validating inputs from 2D & 3D models and creating Bill of Materials (BOM) for cost estimation.• Costing Data Management: Creation and maintenance of costing template and costing databases, including material costs, machine hour rates, labor hour rates, and space & power costs—region.• VAVE (Value Analysis and Value Engineering) Idea Generation: Involved in Apple-to-Apple comparison during VAVE programs, where the vehicle was torn down for cluster-wise comparison and ideas were generated for cost-effective solutions.

Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, India

Sr. Engineer – Vendor Development Jul 2018 – Present Responsible for supplier sourcing, validation, rating, audits and supported for new product development and ensure that the supplier quality meets the required standards. Preparing Supplier Quality Manual for vendors and reviewing the vendor performance as per quality manual and reported their performance to the management at regular intervals. Responsible for on-site visits for ensuring their process control measures and standards implementation. Ensuring vendor products related to quality & delivery and verification of correction of supplier quality issues - Root cause analysis. Responsible to new products for time, cost, process validation, testing performance as per standard and reviewing vendor ISAR (PPAP). Responsible to implement the use of customer preferred techniques for continuous improvement Poka – Yoke (Error Proofing), Measurement System Analysis (MSA) and Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis (PFMEA). Responsible for finalizing the vendor costing for the new product developed products.

Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, India

Sr. Engineer – New Product Development Jul 2018 – Present Participated in cross-functional teams in the development of new products or any changes related to current products as per the customer requirements. Knowledge in Tooling, Gauging with the knowledge of 3D (PRO-E, Auto CAD). Experience in planning, costing and developing new product as per the customer requirement and managing overall development related operations and ensure time, quality goals, failure action plan and productivity targets. Process verification and suggestions and preparing, reviewing internal technical documents such as RFQ, APQP, CP, PPAP, PFMEA, MSA, PSW and submission to the customers as per requirements. Conducted phase off meeting with cross-functional team for discussion about feasibility study, resource planning and reviewing the targets for productivity, process capability, time and cost for new product. Reviewed the process design inputs targets for productivity, process capability, time and cost, TGR & TGW, product handling and ergonomics requirement at appropriate stages. Reviewed the process design output targets for Quality goals, Reliability, Maintainability, Measurability, Capacity planning at appropriate stages. Responsible for sample submission of new product to the customer within timing plan.

Ambattur, Tamil Nadu, India

Associate Engineer – Quality Assurance May 2017 – Jun 2018Addo Tools and Dies, Ambattur  Conduct 3C & 5S Audit Managing IATF documents 16949:2016 (IQA, MRM, Process & Product Audit) Team Leader – Quality Customer handling Maintain customer & In – house PPM targets Maintain COPQ within target level Managing maintenance related documents Preparing PPAP and ISAR documents Documents preparing for Process and System Audits Preparing Re-validation, Calibration, Counter Measure, 8-D, In-house CAPA

Ambattur, Tamil Nadu, India

Engineer – Quality Control Apr 2016 – Apr 2017Geekays Auto Components, Ambattur  Process inspection control Rejection & rework parts handling Maintain Process inspection report Production record updation Rejection & rework register updation Maintain In-house PPM Maintain COPQ Maintain 3C & 5S Incoming inspection and report updation Operator check sheet verification

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Mechanical Engineering, 7.11

Diploma Of Education, Mechanical Engineering, 78.50

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State Board, 75.6