• Develop Should cost models for interiors, exteriors, body, powertrain, chassis components and assist GSMs in fact-based negotiations • Project manager for the aPriori deployment, driving customization to maximize output and improve cost accuracy• Create dashboards using aPriori CIR to help manage cost reduction activity efficiently and report easily• Support DTC and concept selections through collaboration with engineering throughout the early phases of product development• Formulate parametric models to equip engineering and purchase teams with a tool for quick directional cost estimation• Develop repository for key cost driver data, manage it, and host lunch and learns to advance the team's aPriori skills

#“cost” is the collective term for resources such as: money and time. These resources are limited and should be utilized as efficient as possible. #Application of Engineering Skills, Industrial Exposure and Clean sheet costing on building Should Cost Models for PV & CV Programs - Turnaround 2.0 - Margin Improvement#Alignment (Syndication) of processes prepared for Should Cost Models' with Supplier Quality & Joint Evaluation (Syndication) of prepared Should Cost Models' with Purchase #Cost reduction efforts through continuous Idea generation - VAVE / Design to cost / Should cost driver analysis / Manufacturing process optimization

Task: Impact Special Project for sales improvement in the Small Commercial Vehicle (SCV) segment• Drove sales volume and market share of the small commercial vehicle (SCV) segment across Tamil Nadu province; monitored sales channels of 6 dealerships, captured market insights for product pitching• Identified potential micro markets and planned activities like customer visits, product launches, demos, roadshows, financier meet etc. to reinforce the brand value and improve product penetration in the market• Equipped sales force with market insights, business return template (BRT), vehicle technical specifications, highlights of applications, and sales pitch

Project: Application of Six Sigma Concepts through Poka-Yoke Technique in the Manufacturing of Electromechanical Relays for Improving Quality• Identified critical to quality failures through root cause analysis, which hampers the achievement of zero defect manufacturing of electromechanical relay• Applied Poka-Yoke integrated Six Sigma methodology & 7 QC tools to determine the vital defects and proposed Poka-yoke and process-based solutions as corrective measures• Improved sigma level from 3.12 𝜎 to 3.38𝜎; documented and enforced standard operating procedure; provided process monitoring using control charts as a control measure to sustain achieved quality level

Project: Cycle Time Reduction and Process Improvement using Lean Six Sigma Methodology in the Manufacturing Of Pump Casing• Analysed R & R for Vernier caliper, screw gauge, and dial bore gauge for measuring process capability• Reduced 43 mins of cycle time by identifying bottleneck station and delegating the machining of the dimensions with open tolerance and rough cuts to another workstation of lower MHR• Optimised the SOP through time and motion study, and waste elimination through value stream mapping• Performed Taguchi design of experiments to determine optimum levels of speed, feed, and depth of cut to maximize milling and drilling tool life