Quality Manager

Ramesh. R

Contact No. - 701*******

Email - ************@*****.**.**

Objective

To work with a team having inspiring creativity and by developing skills at every moment of the life. To achieve a challenging position in an industry that promotes my professional growth and prospects.

Experience Profile

A Total 19+ years of in-depth exposure in Production, New product, Program launch and Quality functions

Strong knowledge in CNC/VMC, Gear Hobbing, Shaving, Grinding, Machining, Power train parts, MIG welding, TIG welding, Spot welding, Projection welding, and Stamping process

Strong Exposure in CBS (Car body shop), Under floor, Side door assy, Roof assy, Hood assy, Tail gate assy, Weld shop, Painting and Assy process

Have strong knowledge on Customer Specific requirements for the major OEM – NISSAN, FORD, HYUNDAI, BMW, ISUZU, KIA, RENAULT AND DAIMLER.

Excellent team leading, Motivation, Interpersonal, Presentation and communication skills

Lead auditor for ISO 9001 : 2015

Lead auditor for ISO 45001 : 2018

Present Employment

Employer : Tenneco Clean Air India Pvt. Ltd (US Based MNC),

Oragadam

Profile : Manufacturers of full Exhaust system, Shock absorber ATS,

Cold end, Hot end and catalyst canning

Green field site for Nissan

Position Held : Head - Quality / MR

Duration : Working from Oct 2009 to till date.

Roles & Responsibility

Leading Entire Quality functions (New product, Program launch, Incoming, In process, QMS, Customer and Warranty handling)

Analyzing and Resolving Customer Quality concerns and ensuring no recurrence

Safety First and Quality Culture : Championed various initiatives such as Zero defect culture, Safety improvement, Quality and safety race, Six Sigma programs, DOE which enabled to achieve 25% reduction in Total incident rate in 2 Years, 40% improvement of CTQ performance, Improved Quality awareness in 85% of operating Engineers

Proven leadership in implementing the modern improvement tools (FMEA, DMAIC, DOE, 8D, SPC, MSA, APQP, Ten Plus, EMSEC, Behavior safety), Integrated management system and Business excellence models

Lead all these new projects and on time PPAP completion as per the customer milestones for X02A, L02B, K2, X11M, RBC, PY1B, HBC, PB1D, All BS4 and BS6 projects implementation.

Leading and ensuring the Design correction based on PTB and Product/Process criticality by anticipating in mass production stage.

Driving the entire plant to achieve the Tenneco KPI’s and its improvements

Driving BOS, MRM and submitting the MIS report to India senior management and Global Quality Director

Driving and ensuring no major nonconformity in 2nd party audit, Customer audit, 3rd party audit and Corporate audit

Coach and train all team members for 6Sigma, DOE,PPAP,APQP,MSA,FMEA,SPC etc…

Organizing TFS (Top focus supplier) meeting once in 3 months to improve the supplier performance

Drive, Coach and Implemented TMS (Tenneco manufacturing system) in the plant

Drive, Coach and Implemented Focus factory concept

Achievements

Six months worked at machine manufacturer end @ Pune to take the stamping, welding and fitment trials (Oct 2009 ~ Mar 2010)

BS6 Project implementation for commercial vehicle (Daimler and Ashok Leyland)

All BS4 projects converted in to BS6 Project norms for Passenger vehicles (56 Project in one Year)

Major cost saving project done (50 Lacs / Annum) for sensor boss process change without compromising the Quality in this year – 2020

Got TEN STAR Award from US Corporate for consecutive 5 Years (2011 ~ 2019)

Got Chairman’s Global Gold Quality award for consecutive 6 Years (2013 ~ 2018)

Got award from Auto components India for maintaining ‘0’ ppm with all customer for the year of 2018

Beginning SOP we maintained Zero PPM at all customer end for 5 consecutive years

ASES audit passed without any rank up pilot – Scored A85

Champion for getting MMOG from FORD

Champion for getting Q1 from FORD

Rejection and QR reduced (Completely Zero) by using 6Simga project in Ford B515 project

Weld Parameter Standardized – Weld Quality improved at GSW.

Productivity and Quality improved for giving of my Program suggestion in CNC Machines at (MAL)

Productivity and Quality improved for giving of my Process suggestion at NPCL

Previous Employment

Employer : Global Stamping and Welding Automotive Pvt. Ltd (GSW)

(Korean – Spanish MNC) – TSAL Group Sriperumbudur

Employer Profile : Manufacturers of Car Body Parts – Under floor, Roof, Door,

T/Gate, Hood, Brake pedal, Clutch pedal, Cowl, FRT PLR and

CTR PLR. Green field site for Hyundai.

Position Held : Deputy Manager – New Product Quality

Duration : Worked from Jan 2007 to Sep 2009

Roles & Responsibility

Leading all New Projects Quality (Program launch, New product Trial, Tool correction and improvements)

Lead all these new projects and on time ISIR completion as per the customer milestones for EMXI, PA (i10), PB (i20) and LCI (Accent) Projects implementation

Ensure all Engineering change controls management

Ensure and benchmarking the Process and Product improvement as per the mother plant (Process and Product knowledge acquired from mother plant @ Seoul)

Leading and ensuring Tryout the stamping, welding and assy process in development stage

Trial report submission to Korean management to address the gaps during development stage - 50T press to 1200T press

Lead organization to get TS16949 certification throughout the organization

Responsible for Quality Manual and Procedure preparing (Beginning of Scratch)

Conducting MRM and MIS preparation

Managing and ensuring no Major Nonconformity in Customer Audit, 3rd party audit and 5 Star audit

DOE done to freeze the welding parameter like Current, hold time, Squeeze time and Weld cycle

Improving the 3C and 5S activity at in-house

5Star audit preparation for the plant

Previous Employment

Employer : Modular Auto Ltd., (TVS Group) Ambattur

Employer Profile : Manufacturers of Brake Wheel cylinder, Cam shaft and Cam

Position Held : Assistant Manager – Quality

Duration : Worked from Aug 2004 to Dec 2006

Roles & Responsibility

Joined as a Methods Engineer @ MAL and moved to Quality

OEE monitoring and encounter the losses to improve the OEE

CNC Tooling selection and modification if required

CNC Program correction to optimize the cycle time

TPM Implementation

Responsible of TS16949 System implementation throughout the organization

Responsible for Quality Manual and Procedure preparing (Beginning of Scratch)

Internal Audit conduct and NC follow up

Analyzing and Resolving Customer Quality concerns and ensuring no recurrence

Previous Employment

Employer : Natesan Precision Components Pvt. Ltd, Chennai

Employer Profile : Manufacturers of Gear boxes, Gears and Synchrocones

Position Held : Senior Production Engineer

Duration : Worked from June 1999 to July 2004

Roles & Responsibility

Managing the work management for Production team

OEE monitoring and encounter the losses

Kanban system implementation

Production Plan Vs actual monitoring and Incentives calculation

Handling Engineering change control and implementation

Analyzing Daily Quality issues and taking corrective actions by using QC Tools.

Working as MR in getting the TS 16949certificate for the organization

QS9000 and TS16949 implementation

Ensuring and Preparing work standards, inspection standard and quality alert

Educational Qualification

BE Mechanical Engg. - Madras University Chennai (1995 – 1999)

Professional Qualification

Programmer in CNC Turning & Machining center from Mother CNC Center, Chennai

Internal Audit of Quality system – QS9000 from TQM Consultant, Chennai.

Internal Audit of Quality system – TS16949 from TQM Consultant, Chennai.

Internal Audit of Quality system – TS16949 from Tristep Consultant, Chennai.

Internal Audit of Quality system – IATF 16949 from Nathan & Nathan Consultant, Chennai

Six Sigma certificate from FORD

Product safety certificate for BMW Products from UBFB

Overseas Assignment

Year

Country

Activity

Feb 2019

South Korea

Vehicle level audit along with KIA Motor team

July 2014

Thailand

Process knowledge acquiring cum ISIR audit @ Tenneco Thailand plant along with BMW Team

Feb 2007

South Korea

Process knowledge and product knowledge training @ Seoul

Personal Details

Father’s Name : A. Renganathan

Date of Birth : 18 – 06 –1978

Nationality : Indian

Language Known : Tamil & English

Pass port No. : A9410272 Valid up to 21.02.2021

Address : No. 23, Bajanai koil Street, Rajakilpakkam,

Selaiyur (Post), Chennai – 73,

(R. Ramesh)

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