Vignesh Balasubramanian Email & Phone Number

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

•  Oversee spend profile and NPI programs totaling $350M
•  Develop and implement PMO procedures across the organization with responsibility for 6 plants and 4 program managers.
• Evaluate and authorize CAPEX for NPIs.
• Develop and implement project management tools and dashboard to evaluate KPIs
• Serve as escalation point for program managers and critical projects
• Defined project scope and parameters for internal stakeholders to achieve timely and profitable project launch.

Chehalis, Washington, United States

•  Championed weight vs cost reduction programs which led to improved product quality by 15% and higher profitability by 10% with existing customer base
•  Served as the business and technical liaison between customer and Ironform to ensure critical problem resolution with regards to issues such as new product launches, pricing review, operations project planning.
•  Analyzed operating capacity based on customer’s forecasted demand and developed contingency plans such as level loading to improve product delivery to 99%
• Minimized safety stock levels by 18% using EOQ models and introduced ABC classification for raw material and purchased hardware
•  Effectively formulated long term agreements, part pricing and quoting strategies to achieve successful customer retention and year over year growth of $5M.

Decatur, Texas, United States

•  Worked in tandem with customer engineering to design, develop and launch new products using APQP and PPAP processes
• Responsible to review, track and implement customer engineering change activity such as revision changes, part deviations through SREA/ECR/Deviations and process change through PPCRs
• Develop FMEA, control plans, process flows and perform capability studies to ensure reliability and repeatability
• Successfully improved Launch and PPAP On Time Delivery from 72% to 98%
• Lead Process FMEA Teams and reduced RPN’s (Risk Priority Number) for production processes

Decatur, Texas

• Responsible for reviewing, assigning, and updating part routing and BOMs required to fabricate components and complex assemblies for end customers.
• Worked with cross-functional teams to consolidate and standardize raw material SKUs to optimize floor space by 23%
• Developed and maintained process control documents and standard work for production parts to help reduce bottlenecks and improve repeatability and manufacturing throughput by 40%
•  Spearheaded Kaizen- blitz teams to implement visual controls, quick changeover plans and corrective actions to significantly minimize scrap, improve quality and to drive PPM from 2000 PPM to 182 PPM

Decatur, Texas

• Played an active role in the design and fabrication of check fixtures/gauges to reduce process inspection times and product non-conformances by 25%
• Assist engineering and launch teams with New Product Introduction and PPAP process
• Work with EHS coordinator to assign SDS (safety data sheet) for various products across the shop floor

Chennai Area, India

Gained practical knowledge in the field of PLC & Automation, Mechatronics Systems and CNC machines. Had hands on experience in the automation of engine assembly line.

Madurai Area, India

Hands on experience in the manufacturing and dyeing of paper.Learned about the mechanical pulping method used in the manufacture of paper.The above intern-ship mainly included green paper manufacturing.

Chennai Area, India

Gained engineering and practical knowledge of tugboat and cranes at the Chennai Port Trust. Worked with conventional machines such as dies, lathes and milling machines.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Industrial Engineering, 3.2/4

Activities and Societies: Indian Cultural Council Fine Arts Society of India Saayam

Bachelor Of Technology (Btech), Mechatronics, Robotics, And Automation Engineering

Activities and Societies: Head of Mime Team Head of Disciplinary Committee Head of Robotics events organizing Committee