Vijay Patil
Tooling Manager at Truck-Lite Europe Ltd- Claim this Profile
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Ganesh Jagadish
Vijay is a logical thinker who works logically adopting technical considerations in his work.
Chetan Pillai
I have known Vijay for more than 10 years. All I can say is that he is a sincere and hardworking individual who is always ready to take up new challenges and responsibilities. He is good at what he does and I would gladly recommend him to any potential employer.
Ganesh Jagadish
Vijay is a logical thinker who works logically adopting technical considerations in his work.
Chetan Pillai
I have known Vijay for more than 10 years. All I can say is that he is a sincere and hardworking individual who is always ready to take up new challenges and responsibilities. He is good at what he does and I would gladly recommend him to any potential employer.
Ganesh Jagadish
Vijay is a logical thinker who works logically adopting technical considerations in his work.
Chetan Pillai
I have known Vijay for more than 10 years. All I can say is that he is a sincere and hardworking individual who is always ready to take up new challenges and responsibilities. He is good at what he does and I would gladly recommend him to any potential employer.
Ganesh Jagadish
Vijay is a logical thinker who works logically adopting technical considerations in his work.
Chetan Pillai
I have known Vijay for more than 10 years. All I can say is that he is a sincere and hardworking individual who is always ready to take up new challenges and responsibilities. He is good at what he does and I would gladly recommend him to any potential employer.
Credentials
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ABM Introduction in Business Mentoring - Agile Group
ILMApr, 2023- Nov, 2024 -
Solidworks plastic (Mould flow)
SolidWorks Authorized Training CentreJan, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Black belt Training Phase-1
HCL TechnologiesMay, 2015- Nov, 2024 -
Six sigma Green Belt certified
HCL TechnologiesApr, 2015- Nov, 2024 -
Defect Prevention Analyst
HCL TechnologiesOct, 2013- Nov, 2024 -
SAVE International® - Value Engineering, Value Analysis ...
SAVE International®Mar, 2012- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Truck-Lite Europe Ltd
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United Kingdom
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Tooling Manager
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Sep 2017 - Present
Proposals to customers with tooling quote & lead time, tooling refurbishments. Cost negotiations with OEM cost engineering team on the tool cost & molded parts, automation, assembly operations, injection moulding machinery and ancillary equipment. Part of internal (8D) and external Quality audits and management of internal Quality audit including IATF 16949. Tool design reviews for new projects. Managing tooling suppliers in order to deliver best plastic injection tooling for the business within the allocated budget and project timeline. Providing inputs & resolving technical processing challenges in moulding & Part of Gemba walk. Proposing technical specification for new molding machine, investment & working out the business case for investment including chiller, water heaters for molding machine, Drier, conveyor, robots etc. Managing tool room efficiently and cost effectively & reduced failure rate in tools from 0.09 to 0.065 by various effective measures. Delivered the number of projects to OEM for Daimler, MAN, Scania, Volvo, CNH, etc. Identifying the scope of projects for re tooling & continuous improvement. Advising and supporting product development teams on the latest mould technologies i.e. hot runners, multi shot, stack tools, IML, insert tooling, Rotary platen, rotary tool , conformal cooling etc. Part of management team, reviewing & suggesting the day today challenges & part of solution team. Supporting, developing and mentoring team members. Data driven decision making, DOE where required. Managing the tool room team on technical best practice and establish standard policies and procedures whilst also mentoring and leading the team. Preparing annual budget, capex , opex and forecasts and all Capital Expenditure Tool design approvals for sheet metal, plastic injection moulds, gas assisted moulding , die cast tools , Jigs & fixtures. Show less
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HCLTech
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India
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Technical lead in Cost Engineering working for ZF TRW
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Dec 2016 - Jul 2017
• Studying the Component drawings and Estimating the cost of the stamping components, plastic injection moulded • Development of Process Model Approach to estimate the Cost of Parts • Working on Cost Modeling techniques to calculate Burden Cost Rate for the machines • Estimating Cycle time in PCM Software and validate with manual calculation • Nesting & strip layout preparation for optimum utilization of material in the stamping process parts from VISI software • Gather details and compile data to estimate all production costs considering raw materials, equipment, and process selection for estimations. • Benchmarked Should Cost MS-Excel based model for stamping components • Technical reviews, product feasibility review with team. • Manage Global Cost Modeling Group to drive effective supplier negotiations using value engineering methodology • Development of tear down projects should cost model and competitive products cost analysis report. • Preparation of sourcing projects PVR for supplier cost breakdown and BIC cost model to identify cost opportunities. • Preparation stamping, Sheet metal part & plastic injection molding cost model for new product development, sourcing and current spend running parts. Show less
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HCL Poland Sp. z o.o
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Gliwice, Silesian District, Poland
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Technical lead in Cost Engineering working for ZF TRW
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Oct 2016 - Dec 2016
• Manufacturing Feasibility review with customer for Plastic Parts & Sheet metals • Product costing & Estimation for all types of plastics & Sheet metals • Value capture @ Supplier End on Plastic & Sheet metal parts. • Cycle time Calculation on various different Process • New process validation arriving Burden rate(MHR) based on various region • Costing Software customization & costing parts through PCS, Apriori software. • Value engineering depending on Preparation, Information, Analysis, Creation, Evaluation, Development. • Tear down analysis & bench marking of new process & new design. Show less
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HCL Technologies GmbH
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Koblenz Area, Germany
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Lead Engineer in Automotive Cost Engineering
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Jun 2015 - Oct 2016
• Studying the Component drawings and Estimating the cost of the stamping components, plastic injection moulded • Development of Process Model Approach to estimate the Cost of Parts • Working on Cost Modeling techniques to calculate Burden Cost Rate for the machines • Estimating Cycle time in PCM Software and validate with manual calculation • Nesting & strip layout preparation for optimum utilization of material in the stamping process parts from VISI software • Gather details and compile data to estimate all production costs considering raw materials, equipment, and process selection for estimations. • Benchmarked Should Cost MS-Excel based model for stamping components • Technical reviews, product feasibility review with team. • Manage Global Cost Modeling Group to drive effective supplier negotiations using value engineering methodology • Development of tear down projects should cost model and competitive products cost analysis report. • Preparation of sourcing projects PVR for supplier cost breakdown and BIC cost model to identify cost opportunities. • Preparation stamping, Sheet metal part & plastic injection molding cost model for new product development, sourcing and current spend running parts. Show less
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HCLTech
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India
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Lead Engineer in Automotive Cost Engineering
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Sep 2013 - Jun 2015
• Studying the Component drawings and Estimating the cost of the stamping components, plastic injection moulded • Development of Process Model Approach to estimate the Cost of Parts • Working on Cost Modeling techniques to calculate Burden Cost Rate for the machines • Estimating Cycle time in Apriori Software & PCM and validate with manual calculation • Nesting & strip layout preparation for optimum utilization of material in the stamping process parts • Gather details and compile data to estimate all production costs considering raw materials, equipment, and process selection for estimations. • Benchmarked Should Cost MS-Excel based model for stamping components • Technical reviews, product feasibility review with team. • Manage Global Cost Modeling Group to drive effective supplier negotiations using value engineering methodology • Development of tear down projects should cost model and competitive products cost analysis report. • Preparation of sourcing projects PVR for supplier cost breakdown and BIC cost model to identify cost opportunities. • Preparation stamping, Sheet metal part & plastic injection molding cost model for new product development, sourcing and current spend running parts. • Customization of Apriori costing software as per our standards & costing methods for the machining & plastics commodity defining primary & secondary process • Customization on the tolerance specification based on the requirements on roughness, tolerances, position tolerance etc. • Feasibility rules analysis in apriori on process, machine & operation • Overruling the routing selection in apriori based on our drawing requirements. • Defining rules & overrules in apriori to ease the process & customizing the routing, VPE Show less
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Crown Solutions India Pvt Ltd
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India
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Staffing and Recruiting
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200 - 300 Employee
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Sr Engineer in Cost Engineering
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Mar 2013 - Sep 2013
From crown solution deputed in HCL Technologies for Cost Engineering Manufacturing Feasibility review with customer for Plastic Parts & Sheet metals • Product costing & Estimation for all types of plastics & Sheet metals • Value capture @ Supplier End on Plastic & Sheet metal parts. • Cycle time Calculation on various different Process • New process validation arriving Burden rate(MHR) based on various region • Costing Software customization & costing parts through PCS, Apriori software. • Value engineering depending on Preparation, Information, Analysis, Creation, Evaluation, Development. • Tear down analysis & bench marking of new process & new design. Show less
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GeometricPLM
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Should costing
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Nov 2012 - Feb 2013
• Addressing the Tooling Requirements at the Design Stage • Effective Implementation of DFM • Identifying Cost Drivers to Improve Product Margins • Manufacturing process optimization • Cost estimation for component, tooling price. • Addressing the Tooling Requirements at the Design Stage • Effective Implementation of DFM • Identifying Cost Drivers to Improve Product Margins • Manufacturing process optimization • Cost estimation for component, tooling price.
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Whirlpool Corporation
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United States
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Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Global strategic & sourcing
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Jun 2011 - Nov 2012
Negotiation with supplier on component and Tooling price. • Manufacturing Feasibility review with customer for plastic injection moulds. • Supplier shortlist based on cost, Lead time, Capacity, Capability, Previous performance • Preparing the cost estimation for component, tooling price & attending trails. • Injection molding plastic, gas injection molding, hot plate welding, IR welding process, vacuum forming, Thermoforming ,Extrusion tubes & Plastic, Painting process & costing of components in above process Show less
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Sundaram Auto Components Ltd (TVS Group)
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Hosur Area, India
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New product development
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Jul 2007 - Jun 2011
• Identify customer’s part specific quality requirement (Fitment, Critical Dimension, Testing requirements, Further Assembly) • Components & Tooling price finalization with customer & supplier • Tool design verification, validation and approval. • Preparing of process flow, FMEA, Control Plan, PPAP & APQP. • Developing gauges, fixtures and panel checkers for part approval & Attending the trails. • Analyzing the components with mold flow & suggesting the methods & information to avoid the failure in the components & to improve the cycle time & to reduce future failures. Show less
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Education
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Indira Gandhi National Open University
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering -
2009 - 2009
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Advance Diploma in Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering -
2004 - 2008
NTTF
Diploma in Tool & Die Making, Plastics & Sheetmetal -
2001 - 2002
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