DHARMENDER SAINI

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HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

. Expert and Results-driven Product Cost Engineer with 8.5 years

experience in Product Costing of Fabricated & Machined Component based

upon client - Global Purchasing costing methodology

. Provided a cross department link across Manufacturing, Engineering,

Production Purchasing, Spares, Material and Quality

. Reduced Cycle time and cost for various auto components through should

cost modeling

. Create a manufacturing BOM for each step in the process

. Process planning of sheet metal, fabricated & machining components &

Assemblies

. Support cost effective procurement to client requirements at

geographic benchmark

. Support Product Teardown, BoM construction, Costing, Analysis

activities

. Certify Xerox Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt for More Steam University

(USA)

. Monitor tool and prototype build schedules to meet project timelines

on NPI projects, while facilitating DFM discussions between suppliers

and the Xerox design teams

. Updates and Intelligence reporting thus be an enabler in Global

Sourcing organization

. Sourced parts from shortlisted suppliers based in Asia and US to meet

the prototype build schedule

. Value Engineering & Project Management concepts

KEY SKILLS

Working knowledge of mechanical and electrical properties of materials;

manufacturing techniques of plastics and metals; design for

manufacturability and assembly, product design and development techniques;

finance and cost accounting; project planning and tracking; 2D drafting; 3D

modeling; and MS Office applications.

Ability to effectively deal with vendors, engineers, technical personnel,

manufacturing, sales and marketing personnel, and customers; communicate in

verbal, written, drawing and modeling formats; and formulate product

designs that are economically and reliably producible.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Xerox Corporation, Feb 2012 - Present

(Global Purchasing System), Procurement Manager (Mech)

Currently working with XC for their Global Purchasing with team of 117+

Costing & Sourcing Engineer & responsible for purchase of 2.4 Billion$

predominately in South East Asia.

Deputy Manager

. Product costing at piece part, assembly level, a target price that

after negotiations with a cost-effective, motivated supplier, will

represent the negotiated price

. Aggressive (to identify savings opportunity), yet achievable/

approachable when sourced with a cost-effective, motivated supplier

. Cost elements associated with manufacturing the part: Raw Material

(incl waste, scrap), Material O/H, freight and markup, Finishes on

part, Fabrication and/or assembly labor (wage rate, occupancy, machine

depreciation, energy, utilization, (GAS, Profit - fully loaded MHR),

Secondary labor operations, Packaging

. Create indented BOM's, Estimate piece parts per commodity models

above, and pull in piece part estimates into BOM

. Lead Buyer for supporting cost reduction initiatives

. Worked with Product Cost Engineering (PCE) teams in conducting CSI

with suppliers on cost gap closure, which resulted in closing gaps to

less than 15% of PCE estimates

. Tooling Cost -model based on part features by commodity

. Manage quarterly production prices and contracts with existing

suppliers, establishing contracts with new suppliers and upholding

good supplier relationships

. Responsible for commitments on Quality, delivery for the prototype

parts with supplier

. Machine/Assembly estimates (Cost roll-ups, MTM assembly times)

Geometric global Limited, Sept 2010 - Feb 2012

Sr. Supplier product & process Collaboration Engineer

Product Cost Engineering, Caterpillar -Decatur (IL)

. Product costing concepts, Knowledge Based Engineering (KBE)

. Spend Analytics & Supply Chain (Procurement, Materials Management,

with International suppliers)

. Developed the supply chain strategy for meeting cost targets without

any disruptions to the project timeline

. Support Commodity Managers' (Direct - Mechanical & Raw Material) with

Data analysis, Commodity Analysis, Market updates and Intelligence

reporting thus be an enabler in Global Sourcing organization

. Managed the supplier relations, which included supplier negotiations

and evaluations

. Value Engineering & Project Management concepts, Exposure to Purchase

/ Contracts

. An analyst role in a Sourcing/Procurement domain, REsponsible for

preparing Pre-Negotiation package to enable CMs for Contract

Negotiations

. Obtaining prices from Vendors after design modification, Knowledge of

Customer cost drivers

Thread Solutions Limited, Mar 2009 - Jul 2010

Sr. System Analyst Mech. Engineering

. Capacity calculation, Project Planning, Cost estimation, Time

estimation

. Cost approval for various tools & equipments

. Led meetings with suppliers to ensure quality, cost and delivery

objectives of company are met

. Assisting manufacturing team to streamline product manufacturing

. Streamline the process after trials by proper documents to end user

. Anchoring design activities to ensure completion of project within

time & cost parameters, monitor design progress and conduct reviews

. Process layouts for assemblies of chassis, Plant layouts for assembly

line

. Preparation of FMEA, Control Plan, APQP, Audit documentation

. Assemble tools and fixtures unique to a process step without affecting

the design assembly

Mahindra Satyam, Oct 2007 - Mar 2009)

Technical Developer, Product Cost Engineering

Client: Caterpillar-US

. Trained for L1 & L2 Level in Supplier Development & Negotiation skills

. Cost estimation of welding & mechanical assemblies for Supplier

Negotiations, based on Engineering Drawings & 3-D Models

. Working directly with the Commodity Managers' located in the U.S. to

collect needs, guidelines and deliver on time, the required

Deliverables

. Well versed with key tools and techniques of should costing

. Delivery of key projects of CATERPILLAR in-time

. Reduced Cycle time and cost for various auto components through should

cost modeling

Diplast Limited, July 2002 - June 2005

. Coordination with Clients, execution & contract management

. Responsible for product marketing product management planning &

executing project activities

. Helped Clients with Understanding their requirement & facilitate them

by providing cost effective solutions

. Quality Management Systems - ISO, Lean Engg, CMMi, Six-Sigma

. Coordinated between QA, R & D & Production dept's for new

developments/projects

TRAINING & COURSES

. Leadership Program for Effective Team building skills & Problem

Solving Techniques

. Certificate awarded for CAD/CAM, GD & T; Auto CAD & Pro-E from Central

Institute for Technology Development

. Supplier evaluation in line with TS16949 and/or ISO-9001-2000 &

corrective & Preventive action (8D or 7 step AIAG process)

. Overview of Sourcing/Supplier development/SCM Basic statistics;

Process Flow Diagram SPC (Control Chart); Capability Assessment

Process FMEA MSA Other PPAP requirements as per AIAG Manual

Requirements of APQP

. Conducted technical workshops as a part of competency building of team

members

EDUCATION

Masters in Engineering (Manufacturing System Engineering)

Birla Institute of Technology & Science (PILANI) in 2007

B. Tech. (Mechanical Engineering) Hons

CRSCE (Deemed University) in 2002

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