Ganavel Dorai Rethinam, Mba, Msc, Pmp®, Ssbb Email & Phone Number

Cyberjaya, My

Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia

Reporting to the VP of Operations, I lead the Industrial Glove Business Unit (IGBU) Global Operations Project Management Office (PMO) with direct reports of site project managers across multiple countries: Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Thailand & Portugal. I take charge and lead global operations' projects related to factory capacity optimization, six sigma continuous improvements, new product introduction/transfers, and business continuity plans.

Penang, Malaysia

Roles and Responsibilities:1. Lead and manage energy solutions engineering programs resulting to program deliverables successfully with extensive use of project management and six sigma tools.2. Manage a team of direct reporting project managers based on energy solutions portfolios.3. Identifies and mitigates critical business and project risks and able to run worst case scenario analysis to anticipate challenges ahead as much as possible and come up with mitigation plan to de-risk… Show more Roles and Responsibilities:1. Lead and manage energy solutions engineering programs resulting to program deliverables successfully with extensive use of project management and six sigma tools.2. Manage a team of direct reporting project managers based on energy solutions portfolios.3. Identifies and mitigates critical business and project risks and able to run worst case scenario analysis to anticipate challenges ahead as much as possible and come up with mitigation plan to de-risk the program deliverables.4. Completed multiple million dollars worth of energy solutions projects as per the project life cycle scope, schedule and cost. List of projects: Breckenridge Batteries and Chargers (Oct-2018), Wolverine Batteries and Chargers (Nov-2019), Spypod COS (Aug-2019), APX EDCR Battery (Jan-20) & MotoTRBO Refresh Charger (Jul-2021).Key Achievements:1. Lead the development engineering electrical team to start ESD and layout simulation initiatives for energy products to reduce PCB prototype cycle time by 3 weeks and reduction in regulatory submissions due to layout failures (2018).2. Deployed agile methodologies for SHA encryption implementation from 4 weeks to 2 weeks via software in Wolverine batteries during seedstock build for customers to add security features to full-proof counterfeits (2020).3. Developed and enforced governance in the implementation of energy architecture solutions requirement document (EASRD) to have a faster handshake of knowledge transfer from 2 weeks to 3 days between architecture and product development teams (2020).4. Prepilot product express validation implementation from conventional Pilot process validation at the distribution center (DC) to reduce shorter error-proofing time from 4 weeks to 2 weeks at DC during product launches. (2021). Show less

Penang, Malaysia

Roles and Responsibilities:1. Lead design, assembly, and debug team to meet the buy-off criteria for turnkey I4.0 automation machines as per Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) and Site Acceptance Test (SAT) using various six sigma and project management tools.2. Direct communication with international customers for weekly updates for the project progress in terms of scope, cost and schedule control. 3. Completed multiple million dollars worth of turnkey I4.0 automation machines projects… Show more Roles and Responsibilities:1. Lead design, assembly, and debug team to meet the buy-off criteria for turnkey I4.0 automation machines as per Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) and Site Acceptance Test (SAT) using various six sigma and project management tools.2. Direct communication with international customers for weekly updates for the project progress in terms of scope, cost and schedule control. 3. Completed multiple million dollars worth of turnkey I4.0 automation machines projects as per the project life cycle scope, schedule and cost. List of projects: Falcon Die Attach machine (June-2017), BME TNT Auto Coil Machine (Sept-2017), CVT Engine Car Belt Assembly Machine 16, 17, 18, 19 (Jan-2018, Mar-2018, Jun-2018, Sept-2018), EOL Cherry & Luk Tester Machine (Jul-2018).Key Achievements:1. Convinced management to engage with local programming companies for software programming development during project ramp up at production to develop project cost control application that is integrated with MS Dynamics to simplify for management cost review (2017).2. Lead and drove the completion of the 1st project in BBS Penang with I4.0 capabilities for a complex turnkey solution automation assembly machine that requires Cpk >1.5, cycle time <250 seconds, and RFTY >95% (2018). Show less

Penang, Malaysia

Roles and Responsibilities:1. Work with respective stakeholders to plan, define, lockdown and monitor the scope for the electrical section for baseband radio design to meet required business team demands. Drive and lead EE section team members to meet and achieve the project objectives.2. Completed projects: Cosmos UHF 403-470MHz (Nov-2016)Key Achievements:1. Initiated electrical scope, schedule and cost re-estimation flow to main project manager to ensure realistic… Show more Roles and Responsibilities:1. Work with respective stakeholders to plan, define, lockdown and monitor the scope for the electrical section for baseband radio design to meet required business team demands. Drive and lead EE section team members to meet and achieve the project objectives.2. Completed projects: Cosmos UHF 403-470MHz (Nov-2016)Key Achievements:1. Initiated electrical scope, schedule and cost re-estimation flow to main project manager to ensure realistic electrical deliverables are achieved within the time frame and cost demanded by the business team (2016). Show less

Penang, Malaysia

Roles and Responsibilities:1. Design and optimize the Transmitter & Receiver RF sub-circuitry sections. Plus troubleshoot and solve engineering design and manufacturing issues with design of experiments, cause of effect analysis, process mapping, cause and effect analysis, process capability analysis, hypotheses test, regression analysis, FMEA and 8D.2. Completed projects: Beacon Phase 1 (Nov-2009), Beacon Phase 2 (Aug-2010), Beacon Phase 3 (Aug-2011), ASL Cost Reduction (Aug-2012)… Show more Roles and Responsibilities:1. Design and optimize the Transmitter & Receiver RF sub-circuitry sections. Plus troubleshoot and solve engineering design and manufacturing issues with design of experiments, cause of effect analysis, process mapping, cause and effect analysis, process capability analysis, hypotheses test, regression analysis, FMEA and 8D.2. Completed projects: Beacon Phase 1 (Nov-2009), Beacon Phase 2 (Aug-2010), Beacon Phase 3 (Aug-2011), ASL Cost Reduction (Aug-2012), Reunion (May-2013), Belize Glonass (Oct-2014) & Andorra Plus (Dec-2015).Key Achievements:1. Initiated electrical scope, schedule and cost re-estimation flow to main project manager to ensure realistic electrical deliverables are achieved within the time frame and cost demanded by the business team (2016).2. Produced internal technical papers related RF sub-circuit design improvements (2008-2015).3. Initiated and completed Lean Six Sigma Project titled EIA 2X Reliability Vibration Test Process Cycle Time and Resource Optimization from June 2014 to March 2015. Cycle reduction from 16 hours to 8.8 Hours~45% and resource optimization from 12 to 6 Engineers with annualize savings of USD 225, 368 (2013). Show less

Penang, Malaysia

Roles and Responsibilities:1. To make sure the daily yield meets the goal with the use of Statistical Process Control, Control Plan and Failure Mode Effect and Analysis to maintain the yield.2. Took the lead role in cost saving & process improvement projects with usage of six sigma tools such as design of experiments, hypothesis testing from initial point of proposal, presentations and execution.3. Completed projects: Robo Lap Slurry Cost Saving (Aug-2007), Skeetering and Diamond… Show more Roles and Responsibilities:1. To make sure the daily yield meets the goal with the use of Statistical Process Control, Control Plan and Failure Mode Effect and Analysis to maintain the yield.2. Took the lead role in cost saving & process improvement projects with usage of six sigma tools such as design of experiments, hypothesis testing from initial point of proposal, presentations and execution.3. Completed projects: Robo Lap Slurry Cost Saving (Aug-2007), Skeetering and Diamond Lapping Process Combination (Sept-2008).Key Achievements:1. Company certified Six Sigma Green Belt holder for a cost saving project amounting to USD 56,000 annually (Apr-2007).2. Company certified Six Sigma Black Belt holder for a cost saving project amounting to USD 187,000 annually (Aug-2008). Show less

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General, First Class Honours

Master'S Degree, Electrical Systems Design Engineering (Esde), 2Nd Class Upper With Honours

Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Electrical And Electronics Engineering, 2Nd Class With Honours

Activities and Societies: 1. Hindu Students Society (2001-2006) 2. Robotic Society (2002-2004)