Quality Mechanical Engineering

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Arvind Chellappa

Quality Manager (M.Sc., CQE, CQPA, CQT) at ConMet

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Summary

Skilled quality professional with strong experience in Auditing, Supplier Quality Improvement, Quality Management System (ISO/TS 16949, IATF 16949 and VDA 6.3), Continuous Process and Quality Improvement, Six-Sigma, Root-Cause Analysis, Project Management and AIAG requirements including APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, MSA and CQI.

Experience

Plant Quality Manager at Consolidated Metco

June 2017 - Present

Provide expertise and supervise a team of 22 Quality Assurance and Quality Control personnel to manufacture product at the highest quality in compliance with all applicable standards and OEM customer requirements.

* Helped reduce Plant wide Quality PPM over the past quarter by 60%.

* Successfully reduced the number of quality rejection tags by 15% in the past quarter.

* Improved response time with Customers on NCP's generated. Corporate Supplier Quality Engineer at Consolidated Metco October 2016 - June 2017 (9 months)

As part of the Corporate Supplier Quality Team, primary function is to support 11 manufacturing locations across USA, Mexico and China on day to day supplier quality related issues. Other functions include new product launches (APQP, PPAP etc.), Internal and Second Party Auditing (IATF 16949) and Supplier Development.

* Reduced Supplier NCP's affecting ConMet plants by 27%.

* Improved supplier response time on complaints by 50%.

* Worked on multiple QMS Supplier Development Programs resulting in improved quality and delivery metrics.

* Successfully launched a Supplier Audit Program and Supplier non-conformance reporting benefitting all ConMet plants globally.

Commodity and Material Quality Engineer (MQE/CQE)

February 2016 - October 2016 (9 months)

* Supervise Quality Team Members

* Day to day roles include working as purchasing supplier quality, plant supplier quality, and new product launch supplier quality.

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* Actively working on multiple product lines from Air Compressors, Integrated Pedal Unit and Air Disc Brakes.

* Ensure adherence to AIAG, VDA 6.3 and ISO/TS 16949 requirements.

* Responsible for on-going development of suppliers

* Responsible for auditing suppliers

* Communicate with suppliers to ensure timely response to Return Material Authorization and corrective actions

* Review supplier-caused defects and make final disposition

* Follow-up for PPM and Incident Rate targets

* Follow-up with purchasing to assure receipt and processing of supplier PPAPs

* Develop a supply base that meets WABCO’s continuing improvement quality PPM targets

* Manage the sorting activities related to Supplier quality rejects Supplier Development Lead at Cummins Inc.

January 2015 - February 2016 (1 year 2 months)

* Responsible to work with multiple challenging suppliers of Cummins Engine Business on reducing plant disruptions.

* Goal is to reduce plant MNC/NCMR (Non-conforming material) count, OEM defects as well as minimize SCAR's (Supplier Corrective Actions) to lower the plant pain.

* Improve the overall 'quality systems' of the organization while focusing on specific areas like documentation control, training program, maintenance activities, continuous improvement activities (Like 5S, Kaizen, Six-sigma), management review, new product launch (APQP activities) etc. The intent is to make the suppliers have a pro-active approach instead of a reactive one.

* Ensure adherence to ISO 9001, ISO/TS 16949 and ISO 14001. Also focusing on compliance to Cummins Inc. as well as other customer specific requirements. Supplier Quality Auditor at Cummins Inc.

June 2013 - December 2014 (1 year 7 months)

* Responsible for performing 'Quality Systems Audit' as well as 'Process/Product Audit' at suppliers for Cummins Global Engine Business.

* Successfully completed over 100 supplier audits with the aim of ensuring compliance to ISO 9001, ISO/TS 16949 as well as Cummins specific requirements.

* Other goals include to facilitate regular communications between purchasing, manufacturing plants, product engineering and suppliers to ensure all needs are met and supplier related issues are resolved.

* To ensure that the manufacturing processes approved during the time of PPAP are still in place and to ensure continuous improvement is made and documented appropriately.

* To ensure process capability, engineering standards, corrective actions, quality alerts, calibration of gauges and fixtures, maintenance schedule, operator training, control plans, FMEA's, layered process audits (LPA) are all carried out as scheduled.

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* Ensure Suppliers use the AIAG Core Tools (APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA, SPC and CQI) effectively. Mechanical Engineering Intern

September 2012 - February 2013 (6 months)

* Part of a student's team wherein we build, develop and commercialize a track based, all-terrain wheelchair for a bio-medical start-up firm.

THESIS/PROJECT:

GRAD 590 project was based on this wheelchair. Other than the mechanical aspects of building the wheelchair the project also included Macro environmental analysis, Market segmentation, Target Market Selection, Voice of the customer, Concept design, Prototype testing, Manufacturing feasibility, Manufacturing and Supply Chain Cost estimation and Business Plan . Mechanical Engineering Intern at Dow AgroSciences

April 2012 - February 2013 (11 months)

* Worked on product development projects for Dow AgroSciences.

* Project roles include R&D, New Product Development, Quality Analysis, Design validation and Prototype building.

* Successfully completed over 5 projects on time and within budget. Industrial Engineering Intern at TVS - SUNDARAM BRAKE LININGS January 2011 - April 2011 (4 months)

* Part of a student team of 4 where we successfully implemented Lean Concepts such as Line Balancing and Single Piece Flow in Automotive Brake Lining Manufacturing cell.

* Implemented simple automation in 5 different process points in the assembly cell. Productivity improved by 40% and annual savings of $15,000 (Labor Rate = $1/hour) Education

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

M.S., Engineering Management, 2011 - 2013

Activities and Societies: Institute of Industrial Engineers, Leadership Academy, Project Management Anna University

Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Mechanical Engineering, 2007 - 2011 Activities and Societies: SAE, Robotics Society, Aero-Modelling Club Page 4

Arvind Chellappa

Quality Manager (M.Sc., CQE, CQPA, CQT) at ConMet

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