Saravanan Chinniah

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Aspires to pursue assignments in Project Management/R&D/New Product Development/Product Homologation with a growth-oriented organization

PROFESSIONAL SYNOPSIS

A dynamic professional with 19+ Years of rich experience in Product Homologation, Regulation Analysis, Compliance Study, Project Management, Product Testing at Global Test tracks & Laboratories. Hands on Experience in Product Quality planning, New Product Industrialisations, Part approvals, Process Enhancement, Cost Control and Man Management. Presently working with Michelin India Private Limited., Pune as Manager – India Product Certification. Handling of Product Homologation, Regulatory & Performance Testing, Dealing with Government bodies like BIS, AIS, BEE, External Labs like ARAI, IRMRA & ICAT, Stakeholder Management, Regulatory compliance & Testing, COP, Technical feasibility study. Hands on experience in Developing CAD Models, Quality Planning, Gap analysis, Risk analysis, Product Specification Controls, Design Review, Design Verification and Product life cycle management. Assess Failure modes, Activities involving resource planning and co-ordination with internal customers. An effective communicator with excellent relationship management skills & strong analytical, problem solving & organizational abilities. Possess a flexible & detail oriented attitude. CORE COMPETENCIES

Product Homologation

Plan & conduct various Regulatory & Performance testing at Government approved labs and obtain Product Certifications on-time.

Plan and execute COP for the Product compliance for various regulations BIS, DOT, UNECE and CCC

Negotiations with External stakeholders and prioritize business studies at external labs liaison with project planning.

Manage Project team, identify & assign tasks for the international work group.

Validate R&D project proposals and advise technical requirements for various regulations.

Prepare Technical Documents, Drawing & Perform Regulatory Compliance analysis for wide range of Product.

Propose solutions based on Business impact on new regulatory evolutions.

Engage Discussions with R&D and Global partners on upcoming regulatory requirements in the industry and propose solutions.

Actively involve Group’s Tactical decisions on Evolution of regulatory requirements and advise Technical Managers on strategy.

Managing Global Product & Factory Licenses and New Plant approvals for various regulation.

Conduct Internal & External audits at different manufacturing units on Product & processes.

Conduct Performance tests at Government approved labs (ARAI, ICAT & IRMRA) and global test tracks

Closely working with BIS, AIS & BEE authorities for New Product Approvals and COP compliance for the certified products.

New Product Development & Product Engineering

Looking after Model study, Gap Analysis, CAD design & drafting, Performance Testing, Technical feasibility study and Specifications controls, Assess work effectiveness and achieving project Milestones and conformity of Production.

Quality Planning, Risk analysis, Design of Experiments & Solutions development.

Customer claims analysis, Defect analysis, and usage analysis. Product Architecture & destruction test analysis.

Product characteristics (shrinkage, flow & Elongation) analysis with process variations considered.

Enables Product Homologation for different usage/ customer requirements.

Management of Product project milestones & Minimizing process variations.

Developing design solutions by Product functions & performance criteria. Propose cost effective solutions by deploying new technologies, homologating new components.

New Product Introduction, Development and Process stabilization. Design of Experiment with minimal process bottlenecks.

Confirming Regulatory Compliance with different countries in the zone, coordinate with Marketing and Performance team.

Enabling Homologation for the zone, Assessing Technical and Security analysis under various usage conditions as per customer needs.

Quality Guarantee

Establishing and implementing various systems & procedures to comply with ISO/TS quality standards.

Product conformity standards and Quality planning.

Developing Control plan & Verification plans.

Master sample preparation, enabling quality products by process controls.

Identifying assignable and chronic causes by the use of latest analysis (3’M) techniques for eliminating wastages while enhancing plant efficiency and productivity.

Setting new assignments on part quality over own achievements and benchmarks. Project Management

Proposals & Negotiations on Project planning.

Project Budgeting, Resource allocations & Monitor milestones and deliverables are met in-time.

Drive the project team and identify bottlenecks & develop contingency solutions.

Negotiations with Internal & External partners, Stakeholder mapping.

Prepare Project timelines in-line with Product launch plan Prototype to Mass production.

Prepare tooling / Cost effective solutions & Ramp up plans.

Defining Product acceptance criteria & conformity of compliance.

Master sample preparation, enabling quality products by process controls. Process Enhancement / Cost Control

Identifying scope for implementing & monitoring of changes to enhance productivity.

Facilitating smooth functioning of overall operations, enhance operational efficiency and cost optimization.

Driving process improvement strategy and ensure maximum efficiency in various operations.

Improving layout utilization and developing VSM for free flow of system through PIF (Part & Information Flow) Man Management

Assessing the training needs of the various employees in co-ordination with the various department heads in the respective departments both technically & personally. Coaching employees, appraising and reviewing performance, ensuring optimum performance and making them multi-skilled. ORGANISATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Nov'11 – Till Date Michelin India Private Limited., Pune as Manager – India Certification

- Reporting to Technical Director – AIM Region

Role:

Obtaining New Product certification / Factory License for India and Global plants (Product lines: 2W, Passenger Car

& Truck Tyres) and ensure on-time commercial launch.

Obtaining Type Approval Certificates for OEM customers / Replacement market based on Global vehicle launch plan. (Customers: Volvo, BMW, Mercedes, FCA, Porsche, Audi)

Coordinate with R&D for product Compliance & Technical analysis in liaison with DFMEA

Chart-out Industrialization plans and Production Part approvals in-line with project Milestones.

Ensuring Business continuity by complying to the regulatory requirements.

Responsible for New product Global Homologations & Africa to Oceania zone.(FMVSS, GSO, JATMA, ETRTO, BIS, CCC & SNI)

Obtain new plant certification, management of Global plant & product licences, Plan & Execution of COP tests for Regulatory compliances (Conformity of Production)

Introduce new technologies in Emerging markets and help in urban development initiatives.

Specification Controls, Product Technical Referential, Norms & Regulations Compliance.

Test Planning & Confirm performance requirements at various Project Milestones.

Launch tests for Grip, Noise, and Incremental Temperature testing to simulate the Vehicle fitment / field usage conditions defined by customers.

Accolades:

Successful completion of AIS 142 Performance tests within 1st Notification timeline by Ministry.

First mover in obtaining BEE Star label for truck tyres with highest level of Fuel savings.

Received Appreciation from Mercedes Benz for smooth transfer of TAC Management.

Established process for obtaining TAC + BIS with minimum set of samples.

Recognized as Winner of Zone level big idea contest & Go-Getter Award in 2015

Successful Project Transfer from E2A/JPK & China zone in less than 1 year.

Hands on developing Technical centre in India with Multi disciplinary setup.

Technical Validator for BIS/CCC/UNECE/GSO Regulatory testing & Performance. Projects:

Able to complete Performance tests and bring First Tyre Manufacturer to obtain 100% AIS 142 regulation compliance on entire Global product portfolio.

First Tyre manufacturer obtain BEE Star label on Tyres for Truck tyres in India with Highest Fuel savings

R20 X MULTI HD D/Z – Highly Efficient performance tire for All purpose applications, Made for India

R22.5 X MULTI ENERGY Z – Fuel efficient & Longer Tread life offer for Chinese Applications

R20 CROSS CONTROL – Intermediate offer to South-East Asian customers with Higher cost saving Cost/Km under BFGoodrich

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Brand name.

R22.5 X LINE TROPIC D/F – Wide base, Front/Drive applications heavy duty tires with Ozone resistance features designed for African Continent & Middle East.

R22.5 X MULTI HD D – High Resistance against Tread Aggression offer for Europe, Northern Europe (Snow applications) & South American Customers. Improved Drive applications compared to its own previous versions. Dec’08 – Nov'11 JBM Ogihara Automotive India Ltd., Bangalore as Sr.Executive Role:

Directing Manufacturing operations including standardization of Process, tryouts & buyoff of new model Dies & Fixtures, Ensuring In process Quality control and Implementation of TPS in the shop floor.

Product Engg. activities involved Stamping/Weld Shop and deployment of Kanban system flow.

Guarantee of product quality in Press/Assembly shop and ensuring Customer requirements through In-process Quality Control.

Improving methods of Lean Manufacturing & Effective utilization of available resources.

Planning and management of 4’M utilization in Green field Project.

Planning of improvements related to Part Quality by implementing Poka-yoke in the Process.

Identifying areas of improvements and developing new methods over improving operational efficiency. Accolades:

Project Leader on Launching of Toyoto Etios & Liva Body Reinforcement Engineering.

Successful implementation of TPS in the shop floor ensures JIT & JIDOKA.

Cost saving initiatives by Die Ganging & Yield Improvement projects.

Achieved the GSPM from 4.8 to 6.3 (Gross Strokes Per Minute including all losses)

Achieved JPH from 29 to 35 (Assemblies per Hour)

Successful & uninterrupted supply of parts to customer with 0.5 day safety stock.

Achieved Minimum inventory by implementing Pattern Production System.

Successfully implemented Kanban based production to ensure the perfect PULL system.

Layout Improvement, Process planning to ensure smooth flow of production. Sep’07 – Dec’08 Hyundai Motor India Ltd., Chennai as Technical Associate Role:

Handled an array of operations including standardization of raw materials, tryouts & buyoff of new raw materials, coils incoming quality and SPEC standardization.

Monitoring production of panels in Stamping Shop and planning of Blanking Shop.

Improving the delivery performance by adopting lean methods into the regular practices.

Improving BIW quality at the customer end, improving Quality through providing Poka-yoke. Accolades:

Played an imperative role in successfully launching of Hyundai i10 & i20 Model involving new raw materials localization, raw materials SPEC standardization.

Recognised for implementing all models Roof and Fender Parts Localisation of Coils.

Pivotal in reducing the following:

o Coil setting time from 13 mins to 10 mins.

o Reference blank setting time from 1 min to 6 seconds. o Utilization of coil storage area for i20 model through layout optimization. Jun’04 – Sep’07 Ford India Pvt. Ltd., Chennai as Production Technician Role:

Development of tooling for Ford FIESTA Classic model. Looked after production of Ford Ikon, Fiesta Assembly Parts and head press operator in the production line of Stamping Shop.

Handling the process of Manpower Planning, Production Scheduling, Uptime Maintenance and Maintenance of OEE

& FTT Target Vs Actual.

Versatile with Stamped Panels Quality and Panels inspection and Troubleshooting. Accolades:

Successfully launched Home Line tryout experience for FORD Fiesta Model including automation tool tryout, process stabilizing and die tryout.

Acknowledged for attaining Reduction in HTH time, Improvement in parts per hour, Decline in inventory and Bump- Dent reduction in the outer panels.

Got the maximum number of Kaizens done in Q4 in Yr-2004.

Distinction of minimising Hit to Hit Time from 20 mins to 12 mins and enhancing the parts per hour from 318 nos to 330 nos.

Handled Yield Improvement Projects and successfully implemented in the IKON & FIESTA panels.

Instrumental in converting Ikon model Body pillar part 5 Die operation to 4 Die operations. KNOWLEDGE PURVIEW

Technical Skills:

Basic Die repair & Maintenance

Knowledge on Multi stage, Gang & progressive dies

Yield Improvement concepts

Single action & double action Press Operations & Functions (SCHULER, FUKUI, KOMATSU & ISGEC)

Rubber Technology & Behaviours

Tire Performance & Failure Analysis

Manufacturing Skills:

TPS Training at Ogihara, Thailand.

Parts Per Hour improvement

Changeover time Reduction (SMED)

Lean Manufacturing

Six Sigma,G8D & Kaizen

Quality Planning

Value Stream Mapping

ECR / ECN Management

PPAP/APQP Process/Documentation

Tire Technology at Michelin North America

Finite Element Analysis

Tire Cut Analysis

Rubber Technology

Cost effective design solutions

Design of Experiments / Reverse Engg.

PFMEA/DFMEA

Packing Standard Development

Metal Finishing Techniques

Material standards & Applications

Industrial-Synchronised Material Flow

Quality Process System

Project Management

Supplier Quality / Vendor Development

IT Skills:

Diploma in Computer Applications and AutoCAD 2000 from CADD Centre, Karaikudi in 2003.

CATIA V5 (2D modelling & Drafting), Knowledge on 3D Modelling

TPX Mainframe

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth : 30th March 1984

Father’s Name : Chinniah.M

Passport Details : T7638575

Present Address : Nyati Elan G10-901, JSPM College Road, Wagholi, Pune, Maharashtra. Permanent Address : No: 10-90 (iii), Kulipiraippatti, Kulipirai-Post, Tirumayam - Taluk, Pudukkottai - 622402, Tamilnadu, India.

Linguistic Abilities : English, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi (Learner) & French (A1 Level)

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