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A rigorous, task-driven professional with substantial experience of 15+ years in Project Management and New Product Development, primarily in the Automotive industry Proficiency in Product Costing activities for assessing the cost incurred to create a product on the basis of factors like direct labor, direct materials, consumable production supplies and factory overhead Excellent track record of working in technically advanced & state-of-the art product development systems Result-oriented New Product Development Expert with impressive success in consistently increasing business turnover YOY by re-organizing business direction and through strategic initiatives & cost control measures Successfully completed 10 key projects with OE experience for Daimler, Nissan & Toyota; attended Global Meetings at Japan, Thailand & Indonesia for project discussion as well as bagged JIRITSUKA supplier award for TKM – at Asahi India Glass Significantly engaged in completing 12 projects for reputed OEM clients like Maruti, Toyota & Honda and Tier 1 customers like TKAP, Subros, Sanden Vikas, Lucas TVS, Rane TRW, Rane NSK - at NSK Bearings India Track record of implementing Process Improvement & Quality Systems like APQP, PPAP, Poka-Yoke & Kaizen, formulating SOPs and preparing necessary documents to ensure compliance with IATF-16949 guidelines & customer requirements Experience in executing high value projects within schedule for high profile clients such as like Hyundai, Ford, Toyota, Volkswagen, GM, Ashok Leyland and other OEMs Functioned as a Single Point Of Contact for overall product development operations with excellent record of implementing new initiatives / measures and turning around performance of underperforming units into high performing units Delivered competitive advantage by enhancing operational effectiveness of the plant, driving process transformations & cost savings, uncovering underlying issues at plant level and eliminating rejections Dynamic, flexible with strong interpersonal, analytical, problem-solving skills