Technical Project Manager
CurrentTasked with overseeing and expanding prominent European R&D accounts, I have achieved significant milestones:- Grew critical Europe account 5x in 1.5 years from €40K to €200K through improving client communications, delivery timelines, and quality. - Developed strategies to reduce product development time to 3/4th through data-based decision making, improving make-versus-buy decision, identifying and mitigating risks and strategic sourcing.- Innovated 4 ideas between 2021-24 that were first in the market and industry that enhanced customer experiences and also created new product platforms.- Helped business increase product margins to 15% (2022–24) through VAVE & quality improvement through value stream mapping, six sigma & design thinking methodologies across lavatory faucets, thermostatic valves, and digital valves.- Established best practices of project management to improve billing and project closure to 90% month-on-month compared to earlier 45%. That involves best practices like requirement management, project scheduling (CPM), Should costing, identify and formulating risk mitigation measures. - Instrumental in developing an agile team 20 engineers to carrying out product design, FEA, CFD, Technical Publications, VAVE, QA and should costing to support end-to-end product development/lifecycle.Tools & SkillsMS Project, MS-Office, Jira, Confluence, SAP, Creo, Solid-Edge, Solid-Works, Ansys, Root Cause Analysis, DFMEA, Team Leading, Project Management, Strategic Sourcing, Should Costing, Vendor Management, Six Sigma, Stakeholder Management, Communication Management, MIS, Roadmap Creation, Budgeting, Leadership, NPD, Innovation, Patents, Business Case, Prototype Development, Proof-of-Concepts, Cost Saving, PPAP, APQP, Product Design & Development for Brass, Zinc, Plastics, Rubber, Fabrication & 3D Prototyping, and Powder Metal Sintering, BOM & Obsolence Management.Standards: ASME, BIS, EN, NF, SASO, SANS & product testing and facility development.
