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Chennai, Tn, In

Chennai

- Develops strategic plan by studying technological and financial opportunities; presenting assumptions; recommending objectives.- Coordinates efforts by establishing procurement, production, marketing, field, and technical services policies and practices; coordinating actions with corporate staff.- Accomplishes subsidiary objectives by establishing plans, budgets, and results measurements; allocating resources; reviewing progress; making mid-course corrections.- Builds company… Show more - Develops strategic plan by studying technological and financial opportunities; presenting assumptions; recommending objectives.- Coordinates efforts by establishing procurement, production, marketing, field, and technical services policies and practices; coordinating actions with corporate staff.- Accomplishes subsidiary objectives by establishing plans, budgets, and results measurements; allocating resources; reviewing progress; making mid-course corrections.- Builds company image by collaborating with customers, government, community organizations, and employees; enforcing ethical business practices.- Maintains quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.- Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; bench-marking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies.- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed. Show less

Chennai

• Got recruited as the engineering Manager with baseline responsibility to develop the Chennai engineering team. Successfully developed the team and delivering various strategic projects to grace global locations.• Managing projects of Ideation, Technology Building, Operations Support, Strategic Sourcing and Customer Technical support for all Grace Business Units. • Managing the projects related to Product Design, Process Simulation and pursuit of regional opportunities for all Grace… Show more • Got recruited as the engineering Manager with baseline responsibility to develop the Chennai engineering team. Successfully developed the team and delivering various strategic projects to grace global locations.• Managing projects of Ideation, Technology Building, Operations Support, Strategic Sourcing and Customer Technical support for all Grace Business Units. • Managing the projects related to Product Design, Process Simulation and pursuit of regional opportunities for all Grace Global Business Units.• Coordination of engineering resources to meet project goals including project planning , resource allocation , obstacle elimination , conducting project reviews and providing project direction , coordinating with resources, generating project updates and hitting project deadlines. • Asia Strategic Sourcing support in-terms of identification, Validation and Development of Asian suppliers, Supplier Quality Assistance and Supply chain management. Coordination with global supply chain team.• Supporting Product Engineering and Product Stewardship needs for Grace Manufacturing Units. Show less

Bangalore

• Handled team of engineers to plan project goals, resource allocation, project tracking & delivery of research and development projects in timely fashion. • Attending Technical Tradeshows, Seminars, Conferences and Customer R&D visits etc all over India, as a part of the technology tracking process and collecting the voice of the customers.• Apply diversified knowledge of engineering research Principals, practices and protocols in identification of novel solutions.• Visited/worked… Show more • Handled team of engineers to plan project goals, resource allocation, project tracking & delivery of research and development projects in timely fashion. • Attending Technical Tradeshows, Seminars, Conferences and Customer R&D visits etc all over India, as a part of the technology tracking process and collecting the voice of the customers.• Apply diversified knowledge of engineering research Principals, practices and protocols in identification of novel solutions.• Visited/worked with Textron manufacturing operations in Asian countries like Taiwan, China, Malaysia , Philippines and Thailand for purpose of executing potential research projects and conducted Plant Product and Manufacturing capability study. Show less

 Prime interface with Customers for Technical customer complaints, attending warranty claims, analyzing line rejections and field failures. Providing Bearing application solutions in-line with the customer design for various applications in the Automotive and Electrical Industry. New Business development – anticipation of trends, technology developments and sales inputs. Handled the APQP phases for the development of new products inline with customer requirement

• New Product Design and Development from handling customer enquiry to post production support of the APQP phases.• Suggesting the suitable product designs to the customer and Application Engineering. • Handled the supplier development and quality assistance for the new product development. • Good knowledge in the concepts of ISO 9000, QS 9000 & ISO/TS 16949. Lead role in the APQP processes and have a good exposure to QS tools MSA, PFMEA, SPC.• Handled Projects of Customers… Show more • New Product Design and Development from handling customer enquiry to post production support of the APQP phases.• Suggesting the suitable product designs to the customer and Application Engineering. • Handled the supplier development and quality assistance for the new product development. • Good knowledge in the concepts of ISO 9000, QS 9000 & ISO/TS 16949. Lead role in the APQP processes and have a good exposure to QS tools MSA, PFMEA, SPC.• Handled Projects of Customers Cummins Engine Corporation, IIP Bossard, Textron, Ford and Delphi - USA. Show less

M.E, Product Design & Development, Distinction

Mba, Technology Management

B.E, Mechanical Engineering