Senior Manager

• Jan 2020 - Present

Project Purchasing Manager

• Feb 2016 - Jan 2020

• A Bosch Certified Global RK PMQ Project Manager responsible for local and Global Projects• Conducted Technical supplier evaluation and assessment for New Product before Project awarding to ensure Product Design and requirements are meet.• Conducted Requirement Engineering and Project Initiation and Acceleration.• Critical path activities identification, risk assessment for each deliverable, developing risk mitigation plans. Facilitating implementation of plans• Leading a team with clear set of Vision and Mission towards achieving organizational goals.•Project Manager Purchasing for Automotive Electronics for Local and Global Platform projects •Achieved Material cost saving as per Contracted Business Plan to ensure long term profitability •Adept in Zero Based Costing and Target cost Achievement.• Project management for Tool life monitoring digitization I4.0 solutions.•Ensured direct OEM collaboration with regular visits and delivered high value localization projects Show less

Assistant Manager New Product Development

• Jul 2010 - Dec 2015

• Understand overall operations (Customer till supplier) for improvement on existing product on scooter platform and thrust in improving product quality and contribution • Coordinating entire product development function including requirement analysis, finalization specification, proto development, testing and development of parts / system with target Q, C , D and ramp up of new product as per the stage gate process • Responsible for implementation of customer quality and VA/VE ECR’s. • Participation in Market research, Road trips, arrival of QFD and regular dealer visit to gauge customer requirement and feedbacks. • Interacted with number of customers to perceive customer voice and convert it using quality function deployment for engineering drawing within quality constraints. •Undertook initial pricing estimate, BOM Cost estimation, BOM cost management and weekly MIS reporting with variance analysis for platform projects management including reviewing product/ process ideas. Strategic Sourcing and Purchase Management: • Managing supplier development group of select 15 suppliers & improving their capabilities through introduction of concepts such as TPM, TQM, & coordinating lean systems training of the suppliers (Q, C, D, and NPD). • Generating cost saving ideas through product benchmarking zero based costing of competitor product for proprietary parts. •Entrusted with additional responsibility of vendor relationship management and ensured suppliers consider TVS as their preferred customer. •Driving annual cost reduction through VAVE, negotiations, alternate sourcing, productivity improvement and other techniques together with suppliers. •Introducing new sources / technologies as well as raw material cost settlement across suppliers on quarterly basis. •Undertaking annual supplier audits & health checks Show less

Senior Engineer Product Development

• Nov 2005 - Jun 2010

•Platform Product Development for High End Common Rail Injector • Product Costing •Project Management as per Robert Bosch Standard Project methodology •Deputed to Stuttgart and Bamberg Germany for Technology transfer project •Quality Production support for CRI manufacturing. •Selected for a years assignment at the research & development department in Robert Bosch GmBh, Germany, to design & manufacture high end product common rail Injector for customer projects in the Indian market •Successfully supervised & supported the assembly line & manufacturing relocation project from plant in Bamberg, Germany to new manufacturing plant of MICO Bosch at Nasik. •Held regular Project Review meetings with the international project team from Germany, China, & Turkey Show less