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Global Product Management

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PLM & PDM - Enovia V6, Product Management, Engineering Management, EDM Inventor & Vault, Engineering Change Management, Lean Manufacturing, DFMEA & PFMEA, DMS Meridian

Expert Brief Profile

CAREER SUMMARY & HIGHLIGHTS Jul 2007 – Present Outotec India Pvt. Ltd Manager Design – PLM & Business Role: Global Product Manager Manager Design - Outotec (Germany) GmbH: Jun 2009 - Sep 2009, Jan 2010 - Apr 2010, Aug 2010 - Oct 2010 and Jul 2015 - Sep 2015 (Onsite) Project Coordinator / Designer - Outotec (Norway) AS: Jul 2007- Mar 2009 (Onsite) Aug 2005 - Jun 2007 Tooltech Global Engineering Pvt. Ltd Team Leader Jan 1995 - Jul 2005 Pricol Limited Junior Engineer SCHOLASTICS 2014 - Punjab Technical University MBA - Marketing & Product Management 2005 - Annamalai University Bachelor of Business Administration 1995 - Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya DMME - Mechanical

Expert Detail Profile

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE A dedicated professional with 20 years PLM & Portfolio expertise as Strategic Business Consultant, Project Manager and Technical Leader for Product Lifecycle Management implementations (PLM & Portfolio). Possess an extensive global experience, enhancing processes & reducing costs and key functional position in business transformation using the full range of management & functional skills and leading the development of PLM programs through their entire lifecycle. Adept in Operations, Production, Inventory, Product & Project Management, Maintenance & Planning, New Product Development (NPD), proving Process Capability & Quality Assurance, Safety, Cost Control and Vendor Development. MBA in Marketing & Product Management; presently associated with Outotec India Pvt. Ltd as Manager Design – PLM & Business Role: Global Product Manager. Experience in implementation of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Product Data Management (PDM-Enovia), Engineering Data Management (EDM), Document Management System (DMS -Meridian) & SAP (ERP) systems. Superior leadership skills, practiced in directing cross-functional global multi-cultural teams to design and deploy manufacturing best practices. Extensive international experience; able to work effectively and efficiently with multi-cultural global stakeholders & customers. Hands-on experience in Dassault System Enovia, PTC Windchill and other Autodesk applications. Strong functional knowledge and execution of supply chain management, manufacturing and quality. Strong proven ability to achieve positive results by building teams and mentoring global cross-functional teams with hands-on solution methods. Experience in managing and implementing large enterprise business transformation programs in coordination with Global deployment team. Proven ability to manage and oversee delivery of consulting for multiple concurrent projects globally. Hand-on experience in Business Process Analysis methods and Implementation. Strong financial acumen to identify and develop risk mitigation plans to deliver product cost targets, revenue and margin objectives, expense and capital spending, product performance and product feature objectives, and product introduction timing of multiple concurrent projects. An effective communicator with exceptional relationship management skills & ability to relate to people at all level. Adept at analyzing & resolving problems, developing & implementing the corrective procedures & references Financial:  Accelerated revenue due to shorter design times, earlier market introduction of new products and reduced product development costs.  Simultaneously handled 20 different product lines.  Reduced design time by avoiding wasted design effort through immediate, managed access to all design data, collaborative engineering, product development and quality management between multiple business partners.  Accelerated time-to-market means a larger percentage of revenue from new products, where new products capture premium prices and drive higher margins.  Accelerated release and change cycles for all products and with design data in a secure and central location, allowing multiple users to have simultaneous access to the data.  Reduced product development costs that in turn reduce costs associated with inefficiencies:  Collaboration between design, engineering, manufacturing, marketing, suppliers & customers.  Optimized resource use.  Ensured clear written instructions and high quality technical documentation.  Easy, security-rich access to current information.  Reduced Product Cost through:  Increased reuse of data and knowledge.  Improved design for both products and processes.  Reduced variation.  Reduced spending on low-value projects through portfolio management.  Better portfolio mix, boosting the competitiveness of the products in the market. Non Financial:  Improved focus on innovation, collaboration and change processes themselves as opposed to the data or tool, as well as improved focus on the integration of the business as a whole.  Improved client satisfaction ratings by reducing manufacturing process defects, reducing the number of returns and recalls and reducing the number of customer complaints.  Increased customer satisfaction leading to improved customer retention rate, market share and revenue.  Increased innovation rate, part reuse factor, product traceability & ensure 100% configuration conformity.  Reduced project start-up time, a shorter learning curve for project team members and time savings, once the processes, procedures and templates are created and reused.  Managed relationships with Large Global corporations with a complex and diverse product portfolio (OEMs & Tier 1s).  NPI Process knowledge - Cross functional process experience (Production, Supply Chain etc).  Core engineering process experience (Multi Disciplinary, Design Release & Engineering Change and Product Costing).  Front end process Knowledge (Product portfolio mgmt, Idea & Concept management etc)  Metrics driven experience. SKILLS  PLM Experience; PLM Visioning & Road mapping; Business Case & ROI definition.  Process Modeling & Harmonization Experience; Part of PLM Committees; Defining & Articulating PLM.  Business Value; Data migration Strategy experience; Integration Strategy Experience  PLM Product Assessments; Solution Fit Gaps; Industry Best Practices deployment.  Risk Assessment & Solution Positioning; End to End experience from Requirements to Deployment.  Configuration Management Strategy; Testing Strategy; Deployment Strategy.  Teamcentre, PDM Link, Enovia V6, Agile.  Act as the customer advisor on PLM strategy and deployment.  Planning/Organizing Prioritizes and plans work activities; Uses time efficiently; Plans for resources.  Sets goals and objectives; Organizes or schedules tasks; Develops realistic action plans.  Budget Management Completes projects on time and budget; Pro-actively identifies delays and escalates to all stakeholders for budget changes and deadlines.  Change Management Develops workable implementation plans; Communicates changes effectively; Builds commitment and overcomes resistance; Prepares and supports those affected by change; Monitors transition and evaluates results.  Willingness to make decisions; Exhibit sound and accurate judgment; support and explain reasoning for decisions; Make timely decisions. COMPETENCIES PLM & PDM – Enovia V6 â–  Product Management â–  EDM – Vault â–  Portfolio Management â–  ERP – SAP â–  Engineering Management â–  Grinding Mills â–  Pelletizing â–  Sintering â–  New Product Introductions â–  Process Planning & Control â–  Process Improvements â–  Change Management â–  Implementing Lean Manufacturing â–  Capacity Planning â–  Project Coordination â–  Jig & Fixture Design & Manufacturing â–  SPM Design & Manufacturing â–  Process Budgetary Planning â–  Training & Development â–  Implementing Work â–  Root Cause Analysis â–  Cost Controls â–  Practices & Systems â–  Concurrent Engineering â–  DFMEA & PFMEA â–  Leadership Capability â–  TPM - Total Productivity Manufacturing â–  APQP â–  Analytical Skills â–  Statistical Process Control â–  CAPA â–  DMS - Meridian KEY CONTRIBUTIONS/ACHIEVEMENTS Outotec India Pvt. Ltd Implementation of Product Lifecycle Management – PLM Activity  Providing functional and technical expertise in Product Structuring and Configuration, BOM Structuring and Strategy and change management to support the transformation of PLM / PDM processes and tools.  Performing the role of project manager providing leadership oversight on the implementation of key product plans and initiatives in various stages of development throughout end to end solutions.  Business requirement analysis: Understanding the needs, analyzing and validating the PLM process.  Validation Tests: functional and integration testing, including supporting the preparation of scenarios.  Reporting the status on Project tasks, Scope matrix and deliverable progress.  Implementing the corporate value by extending design information and processes across multiple internal global organizations with efficient processes and control.  Preparing Baseline structures at different levels of Project and Product Life Cycle Management.  Supporting & implementing new business process development across organization in coordination with Associates, International business consultant partners and application specialists.  Implementing effectively the data and leverages its intellectual property and product related knowledge.  Optimizing the design cycle efforts through the managed access to all historical design data to reuse in the new design to reduce the lead time to the market.  Implementing and controlling Engineering Change Management through ECR & ECO process with actions.  Implementing the workflows from EDM to PDM to ERP SAP System deliver solutions.  Productisation of complete Installed Base for Plant & Equipment deliverable projects in Enovia.  Harmonization of complete detailed Product & Project Structures for deliverable projects.  Establishing the optimized work process in coordination with Product Lines in Business Areas.  Coordinating for periodic RAT & UAT process for Enovia Release Management system Implementation.  Developing and Managing a Global Implementation on standardized delivery for deliver solutions and service in coordination with Global deployment team.  Monitoring and ensuring the project completion within defined scheduled plan with productivity & quality.  Supporting for process optimization to increase the process efficiency.  Managing and supporting the product lines to establish collaborative relationships to maintain enthusiasm, energy and focus across project Implementations.  Hands-on domain knowledge of manufacturing industry with process key trends and developments.  Creating and maintaining the top levels of a Configured Product Structure from the design phase to field service.  Defining the Configuration Items for the product and Configure customer options package in the BOM.  Creating extracts of BOM for each customer configuration & preparing reports and scorecards on results.  Keeping an oversight over the product changes and maintaining the complete detailed product structure.  Participating in defining strategies, recommendations, implementations and adoption plans.  Interfacing with PLM resources globally for synergies and best practices sharing/benchmarking.  Effectively communicating on regular basis vertically and horizontally in the organization on PLM activities.  Coordinating and executing relevant user acceptance tests of the relevant modules within the PLM system.  Leveraging & managing cross-functional resources, both internal and external, to optimize the allocation of these resources to delivers on all quality, cost, brand and timing targets in the most efficient.  Demonstrating a continuous improvement mindset and in-depth knowledge of CI tools and techniques to educate stakeholders ensuring the delivery of continuous improvement processes, practices and procedures with strong leadership skills and the ability to hold team members accountable.  Demonstrating of sound strategic planning skills with effective project management skills and the ability to prioritize many moving targets. Implementation of Product Data Management – PDM – Enovia V6  Deploying and enforce business processes, workflow and deliverables throughout the enterprise and providing an effective collaboration.  Gathering and maintaining the product related data among the complete processes.  Harmonized Spinix Bag Filter project in Enovia with complete Build structure and Itemized procurement processed through integrated SAP ERP system.  Successfully harmonized TATA Sukinda Chromite Tailing Plant project in Enovia with complete Build, Product structure and Workspace. Engineering Change Management implemented with Issues and Compliance reports, generating Baselines & ECO’s (Engineering Change Order) process with consolidated complete Plant Revision control packages.  Harmonized Mini Pellet Plant Structure in Enovia Production system with Build setup.  Enabled a common up-to-date view on the product data in real time across the full product life cycle.  Strong Expertise in: Engineering Central, Program Central, Library Central, Requirement Central, Service Management, Variant Configuration Central, Product Line, Team Central, Planning BOM, Material Compliance Central, Business Process service, Planning Design & Manufacturing, Process Management, Designer Central. Implementation of Autodesk Vault Collaboration & Inventor  Contacting Autodesk and participating in conventions.  Overview about current License situations and planning number of licenses.  Communicating between locations and informed in Updated strategy and best practices.  Handling of Responsibility Matrix in combination with Ownership concepts and right structures.  Identifying necessity of resource (hardware, software, licenses with the help of locations).  Overview of Installed base, Users and its capabilities, Access and Permissions.  Reporting and following up solutions for user problems. Outotec (Germany) Onsite  Worked in basic & detail engineering for Sinter Plant & Pellet Plant (Project: TATA & BPSL).  Worked in Vault collaboration and deployment in India.  Worked in DMS (Document Management System) Meridian Administrator (Project: Sail GUA - Pellet Plant). Outotec (Norway) AS Onsite  Corresponded and prepared project package outline details for offshore projects.  Coordinated and updated the latest methodologies and standards to offshore.  Ensured the Quality project output from offshore as per OT master Checklist and approved drawings for next level of processing.  Designed and prepared Manufacturing drawings for OT Grinding Mill projects according to the internal standards and quality policies. Earned strong reputation of Quality works.  Contributed with Cross-functional teams and Implemented design improvements.  Partially designed & detailed around 100 Grinding Mills in different projects with excellent proved Quality. Tooltech Global Engineering Pvt. Ltd  Experienced in Grinding Mill, Automotive heating foil elements, Scoop trams buckets, Paper making machine Opti reel assembly & Cargo ship hatch cover technologies.  Recruited new Engineers & Introducing Department activities and Project executions.  Implemented project guidelines with clear specifications.  Mentored and provided training on Project Standards and Quality Policies.  Project estimation, defined scope of work, planned resource allocations & organized kick off meetings.  Evaluated work assignments and quality checking.  Handled multiple clients and projects simultaneously with optimum utilization of resource.  Developed and administered engineering concepts and finalizing the design review process.  Implemented and enforced ISO 9001 engineering procedures.  Documented and implemented Quality Checklists and Best Practices.  Evaluated and monitored efficiency constantly.  Implemented Innovation Standards to improve efficiency to peak level.  Adhered to project delivery schedules on time with perfect quality. Quality of work resulted in high level of repeat and referral business.  Corresponded with clients and uploading projects on time.  Conducted seminars and presentations on process technologies for Continuous Improvements.  For performance management, defined work Objectives to individuals in measurable and reviewed quarterly. Evaluated and rated Performance Appraisals Offshore Projects managed and lead teams for following Clients  Outotec Norway AS: Prepared design and manufacturing detailed engineering drawings for Grinding Mills: Ball Mill, SAG Mill (Semi Autogenous), AG Mill (Autogenous) and Pebble Mills. Successfully implemented and established: Main Assembly, Welding Assy, Final Cutting & Drilling & other part detailed mfg. drgs. This Quality of works resulted high level of repeated orders like Gear Guard Assembly & Mfg. drgs; Feed Mill Assembly; Bearing Housing Assembly; Discharge Assembly; Cradle Assembly; Foundation Assembly.  Calesco Sweden: Designed and detailed for Automotive Mirror Heating foil elements.  Atlas Copco Sweden: Design and mfg. for Scoop tram Excavators Buckets, Software Pro.Engg. Intralink.  Rapp Hydema Norway: Designing and preparation of manufacturing Drawings for Heavy duty Winches Assembly in Software Inventor.  Metso Finland: Preparation of detailed mfg drg for Paper making machine Opti reel Assembly in Catia.  MacGregor Finland: Preparation of detailed mfg drgs for Cargo Ship deck Hatch covers in Pro.Engg. Key Accomplishments  Attained overall rating of "Very Good" in the Customers Satisfaction Survey.  Trained all Engineers to attain optimum manpower utilization.  Improved efficiency for repeated projects.  Consistently recognized for "Valued Contributions". Pricol Limited  Formed CFTs (Cross-Functional Teams) for new products and organizing kick off meetings.  Prepared OPC (Outline Process Control charts) for Assembly and Machining process sequences.  Coordinated with Product Engg. Department to prepare DFMEA (Design Failure Mode Effective Analysis).  Prepared PFMEA (Process Failure Mode Effective Analysis) w.r.t OPC.  Identified critical process parameters and defined the Severity values, occurrence benchmarked from existing similar process and detection levelled based on process criticality.  Evaluated RPN (Risk Priority Number value) i.e. Severity (x) Occurrence (x) Detection = RPN.  Exceeded 50% RPN value processes, will initiated corrective actions like provision of POKE YOKE (mistake proof) systems with sensors, etc this led to reduced detection value and RPN within set limit. Resulting no customer complaint, rework and rejections.  Evaluated capacity planning based on product order volume per month or annum.  Prepared process production planning and concluding for conventional or SPM processing.  Coordinated to the costing dept and derived machine hour rates and product processing costs.  Evaluated optimum low processing cost per product by implementing Indexing multi station special purpose machines and fixtures, etc.  Designed and manufactured SPMs, Jigs and fixtures from conceptual stage to detailed engineering drawings preparation stage.  Finalized In-house or outsourcing vendor end manufacturing.  Identified right vendor/supplier for manufacturing.  Evaluated quotations, negotiations and finalizing Purchase/Job Orders.  Conducted trails, process validation and prepared process capability reports.  Proved SPC (Statistical Process Control) in Six Sigma level.  Handed over to production and monitoring process performance.  Issued WIS (Work Instruction Sheet) and WSS (Work Standard Sheet) with illustrations and detailed specifications as process guide for operators.  Designed and implemented sintering fixtures and pallets for oil pump Inner and outer rotors. TPM (Total Productivity Manufacturing) activities  TPM coordinator and Implementation committee member.  Implemented KAIZENS (Continuous improvements) and Improved OEE (Overall Equipment Efficiency) to peak level.  Identified major losses in production and implementing the CAPA actions. Key Accomplishments  Awarded "TPM Certificates" for Commendable Work.  Received Cash Award for TPM Improvement in 2005.  Designed & implemented VMC (Vertical Machining Centre) CNC machine.  Designed & contributed for Denso ISCV project full automation assembly line. PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS  Business Analytics Program – Manipal Global University, 2015.  TPM Professional – Pricol, 2005. SKILLS ENHANCEMENT  PLM Enovia V6 – Dassault Systems.  Pro.Engg - Wildfire PLM - Parametric Technology.  Inventor & Vault collaboration – Autodesk.  SAP – ERP System.  CATIA & Enovia – Dassault Systems.  Ansys - Finite Element Analysis.  Solid Edge - Tata Consultancy Service  AutoCAD & AutoLISP - CAD&D & Autodesk.  Geometrical & Tolerance - P.S.G Institution  Rapid Proto Typing (RPT) - P.S.G Institution  HTML Programming - NIIT  Intranet - SDRC (Structural Dynamics Research Co.)  Six Sigma – SPC, DMS - Meridian.  Advance Certificate in Business Analytics - MaGE.