Prakash Kumar Email & Phone Number

Bangalore, India

Individual ContributorWiring Harnesses & Electrotechnics – Battery, Starter Motor, Alternator, DC Motors, HMI Switches, FRCs, Fuse Boxes…o Approve and deliver cost objective for Concept Selection, Sourcing committee & Change management process.o Support Purchase by Providing negotiation lever: o Identify the Cost drivers thereby supporting Process Optimization.o Do in-depth analyses to optimize tooling lay-out (piece price vs. tooling investment) o Optimize the design by proposing ideas regarding manufacturability, materials, cost and features (Design to Cost)o Global Responsible & Tool Administrator for Wiring Harness Costing tool (WHCT)o Provide Training for Wiring Harness Costing & WHCTo Creating & updating the Component Database.o Ensuring the Correctness of WHCT by acting as Administrator.Management Activitieso Drive the Wiring team on cost model of HV Cables in WHCTo Manage the Supplier visit to gain insight of production process.o Plan & drive the cost workshop activities inorder to achieve cost and process optimizations o Visit technical exhibitions to understand latest know-how technologieso Conduct & Schedule the Interview thereby supporting recruitment process.o Mentoring the new Joinees & facilitate the Induction process for smooth Volvo way of working.

Chennai Area, India

o Technical Costing: Provided cost estimations and targets at the different stages of the projecto RFQ Analysis: Analysed supplier & identified technical & economical gaps; helped buyer in achieving the sameo Supplier Selection: Conducted supplier assessment and decided upon the supplier selection processo Regional Economic Data Collection: Collected economic data for Indian market and feeding Referential team to use for costingo Costing Tools: Engaged in making the quick costing tools for the parts.o Economical Trainer on Product Cost: To provide economical training to all the buyers in India, explaining them the Cost structure of the parts, profit calculation, and diff types of costs.o A detailed zero-based costing to identify the cost saving potential as per the present market & supplier conditions.

Chennai Area, India

•Coordinate teams from Design, Process, Quality and Purchase with supplier functions •Understand and analysis of the customer requirement to the application•Involve in assembly line layout and processing time optimization•Concept creation, feasibility study and implementation to Optimize the productivity•Supplier PPAP audit for quality, manufacturing and document system. •Monitor quality during project to meet the target cost and delivery time.•To maintain the supplier Quality & documents inline with QS9000, TS16949•Evaluate suppliers according to the semester performance and to monitor countermeasures to meet the customer requirements with optimum cost.•Schedule all the activities for project management to meet the deliverables.