Rajesh Jena Email & Phone Number

Bengaluru, Ka, In

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Founded the 1st digital edition of IPMX newsletter as Alumni committee member and managed interaction talk series with 700+ alums

Gurgaon, India

Product Development & Strategy• Led value discovery & feasibility study to create business case and convinced leadership team for approval of smart acoustics project that bridged a critical gap & improved customer satisfaction for Nexa customers.• Exercised market research, workshops, multiple POCs, field testing & part localisation to develop the most affordable Shark Fin antenna, having improved aesthetics at 33% lower cost, and give Maruti the necessary competitive advantage• Conceived predictive maintenance of critical parts by applying machine learning technology on customer usage pattern with the help of Telematics data stored in IBM cloud to personalise user experience• Formulated India-specific product strategy by mapping product visions with target customer segments, technology & competitive landscape to arrive at next generation connected features that Maruti should offer in next 5 yearsProject Management• Established indigenous design capability by executing Infotainment project worth INR 80Cr and in the process reduced development lead time by 15% & achieved 50% cost saving per part• Assisted Project Owner to deliver 2 vehicles by ensuring periodic reviews across stakeholders & updates to CXOs• Augmented inter-departmental signoffs by involving QA & SCM teams at early stages, reducing handover time by 10%• Deployed user acceptance testing in prototype stage to pre-empt defects & reduce software development time by 10% • Worked with Government bodies to formulate testing guidelines & achieve 100% win-rate by pre-empting risks• Formed a new team for in-house software testing & an acoustic lab to save INR 20L outsourcing cost & TAT by 33%

Chennai, India

Supply Chain/Vendor Management• Handled a 15-member CFT to eliminate bottleneck stations at Infotainment assy line & up capacity by 25% to 100UPS• Implemented real-time monitoring of FG stocks by integrating in-house & vendor ERP system to enhance transparency• Administered periodic qualitative & quantitative risk audits of suppliers to reduce operational, financial & safety risks • Exercised 25+ PPAP audits across 15 vendors to ensure part conformance, process stability & mass production readiness• Leveraged six sigma tools such as VOC, QFD, CTQ, ABC & FMEA to implement VAVE ideas and save INR 11Cr over 3 years• Utilized alternative sourcing & competitive bidding for speaker localisation to achieve annual cost saving of INR 48Cr• Proactively analysed a software bug to exercise pan India counter-measure & prevent market recall of 10,000 vehicles• Coordinated as SPOC with 30+ department associates to ensure 100% process adherence as per ISO 9001:2015• Mentored 50+ new recruits on products & technologies to reduce training SOPs & on-boarding time by 2 weeks

Nashik, Maharashtra, India

As an entry to the corporate world my journey with Mahindra from an engineer to manager was very dynamic, agile, knowledge imparting and upbeat. I was given major responsibilities which i took with all alacrity and diligence.• Commonisation of body control modules across models• Improve illumination of rear stop lamps• Teardown and benchmarking of audio, switches and speedometer• Understand vehicle design and development cycle• Understand vehicle electrical architecture - wiring harness and circuit diagrams

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Strategy & Operations

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, International Business

Bachelor Of Technology (B.Tech.), Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering, 8.3 Cgpa

Activities and Societies: Rewards & Recognition: • Academic Excellence Award • Student of the Year • Quizz MasterProjects: • Major.

Cbse 12Th, Physics, 7.2 Cgpa

Activities and Societies: • Volleyball championship • Inter school Basketball champion • Inter-school debate

Cbse 10Th, Engineering Science, 9.2 Cgpa

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