Rahul Mukerjee Email & Phone Number

Launching a major new Ford program. Providing quality and manufacturing engineering expertise to multiple plants in Ohio and Kentucky

Hanover, PA, US

Director of Quality at Engineered Plastic Components (EPC Mfg). EPC acquired the Wilbert Bellevue OH and Lebanon KY plants.

Belmont, NC, US

• Achieved Ford’s highest quality Q1 certification award for the Bellevue Ohio plant through emphasis on problem solving and strengthening the quality operating system

Irvine, CA, US

Belmont, NC, US

Strategic new product development and advanced engineering. Developed innovative solutions to enhance position with customer and increase company revenue and profitability

US

Van Buren Township, MI, US

• Joined Visteon to manage advanced manufacturing engineering for interiors and exteriors.. Worked at ACH in the sell-side organization responsible for sale of plants to new buyers.
• Managed advanced manufacturing engineering for interiors and exteriors, a $5 billion business across several facilities
• Managed a team that developed new interiors technology enabling expansion of core business with new customers; Nissan, Honda, Chrysler
• Launched global first, interiors innovations for negative thermoformed skins with seamless integrated passenger airbags PAB for soft instrument panels; laser scored seamless integrated PAB for hard instrument panels.
• Worked with the ACH sell-side organization improving manufacturing costs for new buyers
• Reduced color change losses in fascia painting operations saving $500K per year in paint costs

• A privately held company with seven plants and sales of $300 million providing a variety of decorative plastic automotive parts. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer and routinely interacting with the other members.
• Developed and implemented a centralized Quality function for North America including Core Plant Quality and Advanced Quality functions to support Manufacturing Operations and the Commercial Business Units
• Implemented a Supplier Quality function integrating the supply chain activity for JCI
• Delivered plant PPM improvements from 140 to less than 40 in 1 ½ years
• Built a partnership relationship with JCI Supplier Quality management
• Improved quality for Mercedes Benz trim program using designed experiments

US

• Reporting to the Senior Vice President Manufacturing, responsibilities included capital spending, cost reduction coordination, launch support and ensuring successful implementation of major capital projects for eight.
• Responsible for manufacturing engineering and capital expenditures at all plants
• Coordinated cost reduction program for all plastics operations - achieved over 5% annual cost improvements for North America
• Manufacturing engineering launch management for the GM Cadillac interiors program and implementation of new process for powder slush interiors skins and robotic paint operations

Providence, RI, US

• My responsibilities included implementing consistent manufacturing technology across all plastics plants in North and South America, for interior and exterior plastics products.
• Facilitated new painted fascia launches for GM Mexico out of a Mexico plant and for Chrysler Argentina from a plant in Argentina
• Resolved major customer issues with headliner manufacturing throughput and quality at the Westland plant
• Championed best practices across Textron plants producing instrument panels. Improved first run for the GMX 170 Instrument panel by 35% and scrap by 15%

Providence, RI, US

• Managed paint operations, including 250 associates, 3 shifts, and three manual and automatic paint lines. Implemented lean manufacturing for masking operations with Kaizen activities
• Stabilized paint processes within three months, resulting in $1.6 million annual performance improvement
• Delivered budget objectives for labor, material and cost reductions

M.S., Mechanical Engineering

Executive Development Program-Textron

Ms, Business Administration

B. Tech, Mechanical Engineering