Manager Project

Sagith Kumar Karthikanivas, PMP®

*** ******* ********, *** ******, Ontario, L3X 2S3 • 416-***-**** • *******@*****.***

Skills

Project Management (Initiating/Planning/Executing /Monitiring&Controlling /Closing) Mould /Tool Development

Program Management (New part development) Design & Development (DFMEA)

New technology implementation Process Improvement (KAIZEN)

Leading Cost Down activities (LEAN) Training & Development

Sharp Analytical Skills Vendor Development

Client Relationship Management Business Development

Budget Making (Excellent Techno commercial Skills) Business Plan Making

Manpower Planning & Management Strategic Planning

Process Improvement (PFMEA) Business plan review (PDCA)

New model: Investment /Expense planning) Team Management

Software Skills: AutoCAD, CATIA, MS Office (Project, Power Point, Excel, Word)

Major Accomplishments

Successfully accomplished the first-time development of Instrument Panel Mold locally in India.

Project leader for the mass production capacity up from 120K cars / annum to 180K cars / annum Led the project of transferring the new Honda City production from Greater Noida facilities to Tapukara.

Professional Experience

Tool room Supervisor October 2019 – till Date

Axiom Group Inc. 115- marry Street, Aurora, Ontario, CANADA.

Responsible for oversight of all tooling maintenance and participate in design review assist in reviewing all tooling design requirements within projects.

Assist in overseeing all tooling development, providing support and guidance related to tooling and equipment maintenance

Ensures quality, reliability, maintainability and durability of tooling which meets or exceeds both internal and external customer requirements as directed

Assists in managing all project expectations and deliverables for a specific tooling project

Ensure all team members understand the project scope / approach and requirements

Ensure efficient manufacturing, tooling approach and effective tool build to timeline objectives and project requirements

Review mold designs and assist in performing appropriate DFM

Perform preventive maintenance, repairs, tolling assessments and work orders as required

Reviews the non-conformance report and assists quality committee in implementing corrective and preventative actions

Review mold flow analysis for tool optimization

Provide technical leadership on the plant floor in regards to tooling, maintenance and process optimization.

Participate in tooling/process status meetings with project teams & account steering teams

Identify roadblocks and recommend appropriate resolutions

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Deputy Manager (Section Head for -New Model Development / Business Management) July 2013 – Sept 2019

Honda Cars India Limited, Tapukara, Rajasthan, India

New Model Project Management

Involved in Car Development strategy team from the initial level of the project (Representing Plastic Objects department).

Managing the new product development project from initiation to closing.

Lead the team for Estimating and Prepared Investment and Expenses for the development for the plastic parts.

Lead the team in preparing the overall project schedule based on the development events for smooth startup of mass production

Lead APQP team.

Directed the design study and raising ECN.

Fronted the Execution, development, trials and troubleshooting of mould till part Quality approval and handing over to production team (PPAP)

Complex issue resolution in assembly.

New technologies implementation.

Business Management

Spearheaded the Business Management Section of Plastic Object injection/Painting Division.

Business Plan making. (Based on the production scenario and the situation analysis.

Prepared Annual Budget for in-House Production / Capex / GA (Revised every Quarter on basis of PDCA)

Prepared and given presentations of Business plan status to top management.

Expeditiously Followed-up scorecard key indicators (QCDMS) and collaborating with various functions to drive profitability and top-line growth, scrutinizing trends and providing information for implementation.

Reviewed monthly profit and loss statement to analyze actual performance versus budget and identifying variances

Coordinated and tracked all business initiatives included in revenue plan.

Coordinated for cost saving ideas, new ideas implementation monitoring (LEAN Manufacturing Project)

Senior Executive (Tool Room) May 2010 – June 2013

Timex Group Precision Engineering Limited, NOIDA, India

Lead the team of Tool Makers and Machinists.

Planned overall activities, timeline plan and making.

Communicated with customers in all stages of the project as the customer window.

Conducted Instrumental DFMEA and PFMEA.

Developed strategies to enhance client’s/ customer relations.

Designed review and verified the parting line, tooling layout concept.

Prepared cost estimation of the tool/mold by standard estimation costing method.

Carried out initial trials and troubleshoot and made corrective action plans for smooth mass production.

Project Engineer Dec 2007 – Apr 2010

Prestige Dynamic Industries Sdn. Bhd., Penang, Malaysia

Managed new project launching with the APQP team.

Verified Tool / Mold design by DFM review (Design for Manufacturing).

Froze the technical parameters / work scope to iron out any ambiguities.

Carry out part measurements and provide technical validation.

Verified Part First Article Inspection reports for the dimensional fine tuning and prepared the PPAP documents.

Hands on Mold functional verification by manual or on machine and further executed functional tests on hydraulic, pneumatic and electromagnetic systems and carried out parting line matching by Blue match method

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Executive (toolroom) Dec 2004 – Oct 2007

Timex Watched Limited., NOIDA, India

Engineer Trainee Aug 2003 – Sep 2004

Mikrofine tooling Pvt, Ltd

Education and Professional Development

Post-Graduation in Project Management Pursuing (2021)

Georgian college, Barrie, Canada

Diploma in Tool and Die Making Aug 2003

Nettur technical training foundation (NTTF), Tamil Nadu, India

Project Management Professional certification (PMP®) July 2020

Project management Institute

LEAN manufacturing April 2018

Lean Strategies International (LLC)

Leadership development program (6-month Duration) July 2018

Honda Cars India Limited

References Available Upon Request

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