Samuel Reddypogu Email & Phone Number

Southfield, Michigan, United States

Responsible to handle multiple OEM's and lead the North American PM team to launch flawlesslyIntegrate Lear processes within Thermal Comfort Systems Division Optimize processes and activities between North America, Europe, and Asia

• Responsible for understanding the customer RFQ requirements, working with various groups related to bench marking, analyzing true component and manufacturing cost, offer enhanced or new products that meet RFQ specifications, strategize competitive price to win the business, a plan to bring up the OI% to corporate standard, review the business case with Sr. Executive management, submit the quote, win the business, set up work orders, complete design, kick off tools, engineering change control meetings, BOM releases, Color/Grain approval, Support all builds locally and globally, managing internal product PM’s, monitor risky suppliers, constant adaption to the changing needs from the customer side, and launch the product flawlessly on time while meeting or beating the budget. This is a typical two (2) to three (3) life cycle process • Working on launching the 2021 Hyundai Sonata Sport - Nline Seats • Launched the 2020 Hyundai Sonata (DN8) Seats • Launched the 2018 face lift seats for the Hyundai Sonata (LFa) Seats • Launched the 2016 seats for the Hyundai Elantra (ADa) Seats • Launched the 2014 face lift seats for the Hyundai Elantra Seats

Responsible for managing all commercial activities related with a $263M annual sales on the Chrysler L platform.Responsible for managing all commercial activities related with a $70M annual sales on the Fiat program

Responsible for quoting and negotiating the pricing for seating programs related with Nissan business group. This encompasses of championing the activities of completing the design per the customer requirements, estimating the product cost, setting up the business case, generate and analyze the financials, sell the business case to the upper management, before submitting the numbers to the customer. The programs that I have recently worked on are W42L, P42J/K, X61F, X61D, D Platform and J42G. Also, once the business is awarded, it will be my responsibility to launch it successfully and profitably.

• Developed a metals strategy to grow the Asian business from $200 million to $700 million in 4 years. This curtailed setting up a metals plant in China for vertical OI, expanding the plant by acquiring an existing local supplier, resourcing of components per LCC strategy, prepare business cases to evaluate the financials, sensitivity analysis, and presenting it to Sr. Management to make the decisions. • Launched Lear’s North American design (M2E) of Seat Adjuster in China for DPCA Citroen in 2006. Localized gear boxes (Shaunglin) and motors (Johnson Electric), after developing these suppliers. These gear boxes and motors are currently being used in US and Europe on various programs. The annual net savings by localizing these products was over $5 million.• Managed and met the customer timing of design, development, and implementation of prototype seats in four months on the GMDAT C100 program, and then handed over the design to Korean Engineering and Program management

• Develop concepts, ideas, or refine existing process to generate either soft or hard savings which affects the bottom line.• Mentor chosen people in the division to get certified as Six Sigma Green belts.• Liaison person for all issues pertaining to Lear Program Management System for the AOEM division

• Evaluate the profitability of new business opportunities before the sales group submits the final quotes to the customer.• Assist the program teams in evaluating the financial status of their programs.• Work with Sr. Management in developing standard operating procedures for evaluating the profitability of existing and new businesses for the division.

• Launched the 2002 Toyota Camry Seat tracks Program, and also responsible for the Solara and Sienna programs.• Responsible for the budgeting, evaluating, and conducting design reviews for a group of 10 people, which included 1 Supervisor, 3 Sr. Engineers, 2 Engineers, and 4 Designers.• Work with Sales teams in developing strategies to grow Toyota Seat Track business globally

• Responsible for designing the Toyota Camry power seat adjusters to withstand the rear impact specifications, for the year 2002.• Troubleshoot design issues with power seat adjusters in current production.• Involved in the relocation of a plant from Canada to the United States

• Responsible for verifying design changes, and approving the same.• Responsible for approving Gage Concepts and Designs.• Responsible for verifying manufacturing feasibility, and realistic GD & T, for all Grey as well as Black box design projects.• Designed a project-tracking matrix for the engineers that predicts and monitors all the activities to launch a project from prototype to production.• Started the CAD department, hired designers, and responsible for quoting CAD time.

• Responsible for forty-five different projects from prototype through the launch of the vehicle.• Designed and developed brackets for various Ford programs, such as UN105, SN95, WIN126, PHN 131, etc.• Designed and developed a Database for Engineering, Design, Cost estimating, and Quoting using Access

• Responsible for designing Class C surface metal brackets.• Data translation, data administration activities related with CAD.• Checking the data submitted from the CMM machine using PDGS

• Debugging, operating, troubleshooting, and data translation.• Assisting students and faculty in resolving technical issues related with various software

• Instruction of the CNC and Robotics Lab for the undergraduate students.

Mba, General Management

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Bs, Mechancial Engineering