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Chennai Area, India

• Responsible for quality leadership for Plant Operations• Position has the following direct reports: Quality Engineers; Quality Techs; Quality Systems Engineer; Supplier Quality Engineer. Supervises, leads, coaches and provides direction to these direct reports• Present quality system findings and recommendations for improvement to all levels of the company through oral and written presentation• Focus continuous improvement activities on current customer product while developing new systems for future customers and programs• Coordinate value added improvement activities for assembly process and product• Review and improve process control plans and PFMEAs (Process Failure and Mode Effect Analysis) for assembly• Review and improve mistake-proof devices, designs or processes• Coordinate scrap reduction activities and provide resource to support team –based cost reduction• Coordinate incoming quality problem resolution and supplier response• Coordinate warranty reduction programs for assembly based on customer historical database and analysis• Promote and participate in work teams focused on the launch of new products using APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) tools• Responsible for operations-level reporting on the performance of the quality system to management for review as a basis for improvement to the quality system• Serves as liaison with customers or other external parties on matters relating to the quality system• Ensure, with the cooperation of other departments, that the plant achieves and maintains the highest possible Customer rating for satisfaction and the lowest for PPM• Build, strengthen, and maintain relationships with customers at all levels• Direct 8D problem solving team for all Customer-related quality issues, including tracking, reporting, problem solving issues; retain and maintain records as required

Chennai Area, India

• Responsible for all the QA related activities in company.(Incoming,In-process,PDI & Customer)• New Project leading of Car Model MCA ( Ford ) & HHA ( Nissan), HCI (HMI)• Trouble shooting of welding jigs like, MIG welding,Spot Welding & Projection welding jigs to rectify the dimensions(Weld Chassis Parts & Weld body parts).• Supplier re-validation plan & corrective actions followed,validated and approved.• Weekly Supplier Meeting conducting and improved.• Schedule & Perform supplier Welding process and dimensions plan and report out the findings.• Coordinating of Hyundai 5star, ISO/TS audit and NC closer.• Lead of Faurecia process audit and Ford Welding assessment audit as per schedule.• Lead of Nissan process evaluation audit.• 4M change ISAR document preparation and get the approval from customer.• Counter Measure Prepared & presentation at Mobis & Hyundai• Daily morning meeting conducting Incoming,In-process & Pdi.• Ford 8D counter measure prepared and presentation at Faurecia.• Work with Purchasing to ensure supplier performance is regularly reported and that appropriate and timely corrective actions are implemented

Chennai Area, India

• Performing primary analysis on reported line complaints from the customers.• Preparation & Maintaining of ISO/TS16949:2009 documents. Maintaining all of MR related documents including Procedure, Relevant Work Std, Process Control Plan & etc.• Assuring Quality of product by developing and maintaining documents like Quality assurance plan, Process Chart, NCR etc.• Reduction of Internal rejection through 7 QC Tools and basic core tools of Quality.• Following up and verification of planned actions with internal customers.• Providing quality reports & continual improvement process presentation to customers• Applying SPC (Statistical Process Control) concept to understand process behavior and eliminate special causes and process variation. Also, implemented MSA (Measurement System Analysis) methodology to validate error free measurement system.• Performing Quality System audits to ensure effectiveness of systems, participates in customer and Notified Body audits, creates audit reports and determines and implements proper corrective and preventive actions.• Lead the internal / management audits like ISO/TS 16949, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 etc. Also prepared, reviewed and maintained documents like Manual, Procedure, SOP, Work instructions, Process chart, NCR, Quality policy, Quality assurance plan, WPS, PQR etc.• Performing manufacturing process audit, product audit & layered process audit (LPA) as per plan Controlling the quality related changes by maintain change control of all departments, and allowing to change only after following proper change control procedure for prevention.• Coordinator for Kaizen / OPL activities on regular basis for improvement drive in the factory.

Chennai Area, India

• Prepare the trends of Rejection PPM for both in house and Customer.• Initiated meeting to adress daily quality concerns.• Prepare Inspection Standard for Incoming, in Process and Final Inspection• First piece approval of product during initial setup of the process and give clearance for production• Conduct daily review meeting for NC Products• Preparation of SPC charts and conduct MSA Studies.• Conduct Patrol inspection and dock audit.• Conduct process and product audit as per schedule.

Gummedipundi

• Prepare the trends of Rejection PPM for both in house and Customer.• Initiated meeting to adress daily quality concerns.• Prepare Inspection Standard for Incoming, in Process and Final Inspection• First piece approval of product during initial setup of the process and give clearance for production• Conduct daily review meeting for NC Products