• Gender: Male
• Age: 51
• Designation: Manager
• Highest Education Level: Graduate - Degree
• Preferred Country: India
• Notice Period: 30  Days
• Work Experience: 29.8 Year(s)

Education

Bachelor of Engineering From BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore

Diploma in Mechanical Engineering From Sri Jayachamarajendra Govt. Polytechnic, Bangalore

Skill Sets

Strengths:
Translate customer requirements & ideas into Innovative Products
Responsible for Design of products from the conceptual phase till the Mass production 
Good knowledge of Plastic & Sheet Metal part design 
Experience in Complete product life cycle for multiple products
Good Knowledge in different Manufacturing processes and Tooling requirements for  consumer durable products
Knowledge of  DFM, DFA,FMEA,GD&T  & finishing processes
Knowledge of different Engineering Materials and  Rapid prototyping Techniques
Knowledge of industrial design, new product introduction and manufacturing techniques.
Has Good Experience working with cross functional  teams like industrial design, purchase, Electrical engineers,Quality,supply chain, sales and Marketing team etcExperience in design and development of high volume consumer products
Multitasking ,Client interfacing, presentation & people management skills
Excellent leadership, creative thinking, project management and good comm

Work Experience

Manager–Design & Development 
Since Oct 2012
Company Profile: Manufacturer of Home appliances
Job Profile:
Positioned at Development centre - 2013, Spain (1 year), to understand the Design, Development, standards and Production process
Set up the Design & Development process at Chennai development center
Recruit, Train and Manage the R&D team
Target setting and control the Projects according to the tasks and project milestones
Define and execute the projects from idea to end of the product life-cycle according to the standard and product development process
Responsible for concepts, design and development, costs, quality, performance and production of the Cook top appliances
Responsible for the processes and in link with other cross functional departments
Take responsibility of BOMs, material and appliances documentation (drawings) and quality/design rules for the parts and appliances
Initiate component and product tests and release the parts/product according to the BSH standards
Ensure proper documentation and report to the Top management Team
support the factory department for the pilot and series production phase
Support cost reduction activities and quality improvement measures according to the need of the project.

Assistant project Manager 
Dec 2008- Aug 2012
Company Profile: Product designing
Project: Deputed at Philips - R&D centre (1+ year), Netherlands for Design & Development of domestic appliance products.
Job Profile:
Manage the offshore development Team, to support the Global R&D team 
Responsible for recruitment, Hiring, Training, setting up the team & Processes to meet the project milestone and company targets
Responsible for employee training ,career paths, appraisal etc
Responsible for proposal, Resource planning, budgeting and project reporting
Bench marking & Value engineering of consumer products
Manage the offshore team to meet the business and product requirements of different global customers like( Bosch & Siemens, Arcelik etc)

Manager- R&D, Design
Nov 2006 till Nov 2008
Company Name: BPL Sanyo
Job Profile:
Manage the R&D, Design & Development team 
Responsible for resource planning, recruitment and hiring
Responsible for employee training ,career paths, appraisal etc
Project Planning, participation in key meetings and implement decisions
Co-ordinate with the cross functional team on regular basis and provide the required   support to meet the project milestone and company targets

IT Analyst 
Mar 2004 till Oct 2006
Company Name: TCS
Job Profile:
Key member for center of excellence for plastics, Product design & development
Design consumer products as per the requirement from the local and global customers
Prepare project proposal , plan and deliver the project as per customer requirement 
Modeling and drafting  support

Assistant Manager 
Sep 1995 till Mar 2004
Company Name: BPL Ltd
Job Profile:
Development of plastic enclosures, Rubber, sheet metal and packaging parts for Televisions ranging from 14 inches till 29 Inches Size
Responsible for part evaluation, necessary modification & final approval of components 
Prepare BOM, create detailed engineering drawings of Mechanical parts for tooling and inspection
Verification & validation of products as per the design and functional fitment
Ensure products meets  Required reliability, safety , environmental & regulatory standards
Involve in design review meetings to reduce the defects and improve the overall quality
Support Process/product Engineering Team for Productivity Improvements 
Provide support to purchase team for supplier qualification and part development activity
Interact with the vendors, tooling and molding department for reviewing the product at different stages of manufacturing

Different Products / Projects Handled:
Consumer Durables: Televisions, Acoustic enclosures, Remote controls, Multimedia speaker box, World space receiver, Packaging of televisions, Television trolley, Hand held devices, Philips shavers, Vacuum cleaner, coffee maker, iron products, Gas hob cooking products etc
FMCG - Shampoo containers, Liquid Detergent dispensers, cream containers, talc powder containers etc.

Bench Marking : Bench Marking of different appliances like coffeemaker, vacuum cleaner, iron box,cooktops etc.

Key Skills:
Ideation, Cross functional Team leadership, Project management, Business development, &D setup, Recruitment, User centered design, Product inovation, Manufacturing, Tooling, plastic & Sheet metal part design, Lean Manufacturing, Pro engineer, UGNX, Acad, PDM, Teamcenter, MS-office, Vendor development,  Design thinking, Process engineering, DFM, DFA, FMEA etc.

7 years of Pro/Engineer experience on Pro/Engineer –Wildfire, which includes solid modeling, surface modeling,  Assembly & Drafting 
6 years of UG experience (UG-NX, UG-NX2, UG-NX4 NX-6,NX8.5) in Solid modeling, Surface modeling, assembly & drafting
Team center, PDM & SAP application  
4 years of AUTOCAD experience in Product detailing & drafting
MS Office applications.

Future Goals

Growth