Devendra Kulkarni Email & Phone Number

Denver, Colorado, Us

Ipsley Church Lane, Redditch, Worcestershire, Gb

o Working as Assistant Manager- Project Engineering for developing the Powder Metallurgy Products belonging to various Automotive Product Family & Industrial components. o Responsible for carrying Technical Feasibility & Costing for the RFQ’s of various products received from customer. o Supporting Sales in converting received RFQ’s into Business Wins. o Technical point of contact with the customer for Development/Change Management (Customer request Modification) of the Product throughout its life cycle from RFQ stage. o Creating project milestone plans, activity and resource schedules & responsible for Part submission Time line. o Leading CFT team for Developing the New Project & defining the Project’s scope to meet the customer Technical & Time line requirements. o Collaborating with cross functional representatives to establish project execution priorities & escalation when required. o Defining project scope along with its Bill of Materials (BOM). Deciding Processes-In house or Outsource for the Product based on Quality, Capacity and Costing. o Responsible for defining process flow of the Product according to Technical requirement as per drawing. o Creating & Reviewing Process FMEA for the New Product. o Reviewing Projects APQP, PPAP & customer interface. o Coordinating timely for development and execution of quality and test plans to support customer quality and reliability goals. o Responsible for getting approval for PPAP lot samples & the required Documentation for new products at RFQ stage. o Carried out Technical events with customer for providing Technical Feasibility for Converting parts from current Conventional route to PM route. o Carried out various VAVE activities for optimisation of Process flow & Cost reduction.

Pune, In

New Product Development Engineer June 2014 - PresentKalyani Forge Limited , Pune Key Roles - Vendor Development • Vendor Development Engineer.o Working for developing New Products at Vendors from the Products RFQ stage till its SOP stage.o Carrying out Zero based costing and negotiating with Vendors with respect to it.o Defining Single Source or Multi Source supply to have steady and continuous Flow of Material depending upon the Vendor supply and customer requirements.o Assessment of the Vendor based on Quality & Capacity for establishing new product/process according to the required standards.o Vendor Evaluation & conducting Process/Quality Audits of Vendors in accordance to ISO/TS 16949: 2009 guidelines.o Finalising the Vendors for a Product depending upon Quality, Delivery and Cost & making similar contracts.o Establishing a systematic Product Process flow & Developing New part within the stipulated APQP time plan at Vendor end.o Verification of the PPAP parts & documents developed at Vendor’s end as per AIAG’s manual for PPAP 4th edition.o Purchasing / Sourcing of various Forged & Machined Products, Child Parts, Special Tools , Fixtures from Subcontractors/Vendors.o Also Work as a Project Manager for the Forged Products belonging to Transmission Chassis Steering (TCS) Automotive Product Family. o Reviewing Projects APQP , PPAP & customer interface.o Responsible for getting approval for PPAP lot samples & the required Documentation.• Specialised for sourcing & Developing Vendors for Forged Products , Heat Treatment Processes , Machining processes , Gear Cutting Processes – Internal splines & External Splines , Special Surface treatment Processes , Special Tools & Fixtures.• Conducted & part of various Process & Quality Audits at Vendor in accordance to ISO/TS 16949: 2009 CQI-9 & CQI – 11 guidelines.

Project Intern December 2013 - June 2014TAL Mfg. Solutions Ltd. Process planning & layout design for fabrication of Tipper & Load body of a Truck. Designing a new facility by including the process planning principles & techniques to meet the daily target.A good process layout is made using concepts of Lean manufacturing, Just In Time (JIT), ABC Analysis.The Process flow was designed according to space required by component, Material Handling system and the cycle time required for arrangement, movement and actual processes to be carried.Setting an optimum space for inventory, raw materials and finished components.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

High School, Hsc-Science

High School, Ssc