Vinod Kumar Email & Phone Number

Total 17 Years of Experience with emphasis on Design and Development of Machine tool and Automotive product development, including Project and Program management experience.•Highly energetic, Objective-driven, Analytical, Result oriented and Customer focused. Experienced in building teams, Programs and Integration skills across multi-disciplinary teams along with international exposure.Core Competencies:• New Product Development Life cycle• Team leadership• Time & Resource Management• Cross-functional team Integration• Project and Program Management• Financial Management & Strategic Planning• Outsourcing/Offshoring Management & Global Operations• Problem Solving & Innovation• Customer Relationship Management• Cost and Weight reduction

Listed skills include R, Design, and Automotive.

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  Assistant Design Manager

  Pragati Automation Pvt Ltd

  Dec 2007 - Present - Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Delivery Excellence through Program and Project Management.•Responsible and Accountable for Delivery, Budget & Improvements in Global Engineering Programs, maintain & improve Customer Relationship. • Provide technical coaching to solve complex technical problems also ensuring projects are delivered on time, on cost and to the expected level of quality.• Ensure project risks (technical, cost, supply chain and timescale) are identified, managed (including integration of risk activities in the project plan) & escalate risks in accordance with the risk management plan.• Identify and drive through the improvement ideas to increase efficiency.• Manage the assurance of quality of the Engineering deliverables.• Responsible for project profits, Revenue forecasting, Contribution margins and for all financial parameters of the program. • Own the design engineering plan and work closely with Sub-system team leads, specialists, project engineers, manufacturing to develop the Design Make plan and drive engineering work though Design reviews• Designing complex assemblies and components from Requirements Definition to Release of parts to Manufacturing and support post manufacturing interventions.• Requirements Management, Concept Design and down selection, Detailed Design, Design Risk Management• Design Functional team at Pragati Automation responsible for coaching designers and also build Design engineering capability. • Responsible for creation of the project schedules, creation of detailed project plan, resource plan, Monitoring & Controlling of the project within the Budget. • Provide Project status update to the management, attend technical meetings, and deliver at agreed intervals.

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  Carmel High School

  Mechanical Engineering