Key Skills

Quality Management

Manufacturing Operations

Product Development

Supplier Technical Assurance

HSE Management

Plant Management

Internal Controls & Audit

NADCAP and Risk Management

Team Building & Leadership

Education

1996: Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) from Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Shavige Malleshwara Hills, Bengaluru

1987: 12th from Vijaya College, Government of Karnataka Board of Pre-University Education, Bengaluru

1984: 10th from Vidya Mandir High School, Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board, Bengaluru

IT Skills

Operating System : MS-DOS, Windows – 95; Programming Languages: Fortran-90

Application Package: Master Cam, MS-Office, MS-Projects, MS-Access, Grapher, ERP SAP R/3 4.7 Module MM, Visual FAIR

A qualified Engineering Professional with nearly 24years of rich experience in Manufacturing Excellence, Quality Management System, Supplier Quality Management; targeting assignments with an organization of repute in Manufacturing industry

Location Preference: Southern Part of India

Profile Summary

Managed Manufacturing Operations and took cost saving initiatives to optimize efficiency and enhance productivity across Aerospace and Defence industries

Proven capabilities to enhance production process operations optimize resource & capacity utilization; escalate productivity & operational efficiencies; while curtailing costs & expenses across organizations

Gained expertise in Quality Improvement Plan (QIP), Management Information System, Perfect Product Plan (PPP) & APQP; developed continuous improvement plan for all processes

Expertise in planning and implementing changes to machinery and equipment, production systems and methods of working, direction of quality control inspection systems & reporting procedures

Professional competencies in identifying, evaluating & sourcing potential vendors coupled with excellent skills in price negotiation/costing, estimating long term and profitable contracts management & vendor development

Acquired sound exposure to Component/Product Development, VA/VE, Lean Manufacturing Systems, PPAP, FMEA, DFM, SPC, Kaizen, and 6S

Recognized for creating the standard maintenance procedures, predictive & preventive maintenance schedules, statistical records, preparation of daily and monthly reports with actionable insights for the management

Expertise in ensuring zero / minimum breakdown & maximum availability of machinery & equipment, resulting in increased uptime & reliability for enhancing competitiveness, increasing revenues & improving existing facilities

Exposure towards measures for enhancing the capacity of safety and maintaining the safety limits in smooth running of the plant; skilled in instituting quality assurance practices to achieve business excellence at the lowest overall cost

Worked closely with the R&D team, Quality, Procurement, planning and Production during the new product introduction projects to deliver robust designs and manufacturing processes which meets the cost and performance goals of the project

Devised & implemented various innovative quality processes/ procedures; deploying various methodologies to analyse processes, recommend modifications to minimize escalations, realize operational efficiencies, and reduce cycle-time

Hands-on experience in by providing technical and process guidance for New Product Development, Quality Management Systems and reliability aspects by implementing various state-of-the-art Quality Improvement Methodologies

Work Experience

Since Dec’11 with Rossell Techsys, Bengaluru as Deputy General Manager – Quality Assurance

Key Result Areas:

Formulating CAPA from each Segment on their initiative to improve quality; releasing departmental MIS on monthly basis

DirectingModel Based Definition (MBD) with Digital Product Definition (DPD), Configuration Management, Change Management, Contract Review; managing Supplier Purchase contract review and approval, Compliance matrix during RFQ's, Implementation of APQP and ISO/ AS Standards [ AS9100D, ISO45001:2018, ISO14001:2015, ISO27001:2013, ISO37001:2016

ISO31000:2018] NADCAP - AC7121

Supervising RCA for customer compliant, purchase contract review, baseline Management, First Article Inspection (FAI) report Review and Approval and Digital Product Definition (DPD) – Review, Maintain and Approval

Working on new certification from defining the process/ procedure, implementation and facing external audit, certification; managing Customer Satisfaction, Root cause Analysis and so on

Designing and helping in conducting the internal and external ISO audits; checking the non-conformities within the process and sharing the corrective/preventive action plan for the bottlenecks present in the process

Updating & implementing Quality systems in all departments; preparing internal audit plan for all the departments

Ensuring all NC’s identified in Audits are closed and monitor the effectives; defining the Objective of the department and individual of quality department; making sure NC’s are converted into DR and same uploading in MRB; driving 5s in all the department

Contributing in design and manufacturing aspects on mechanical components; conducting Management Review Meeting

Creating a Procedure Documentation Standard Guide to describe how process documentation should be created in all departments

Reviewing supplier’s performance and appreciating best performing suppliers as well as conducting review meetings for poor performing suppliers to guide them in performing better

Generating and sharing the Management Information System (MIS)reports, daily maintenance report, monthly maintenance report and critical incident reports entailing actionable insights with the upper management

Providing inputs to Plant Head to support preparation of CAPEX and revenue budget for repair and maintenance ; recommending or nominating subordinates for training programs to enhance their skills

Planning, organizing and conducting site meetings to improve coordination, reallocate resources such as machinery, material & manpower and prioritize critical action plan

Directing operations for the development & implementation of standard operating procedures, enhancing service quality and implementing corporate standards & best practices

Establishing project review, monitoring & status reporting procedures to accurately report progress of the project to the stakeholders and end user clients; collaborating with Business Leaders to understand strategic business objectives and formulating development strategies to meet current & future growth requirements

Developing policies & guidelines to establish quality parameters and spearheading the dispatch & logistics planning, reviewing of plant productivity & project status and driving cost reduction

Ensuring safe & healthy work environment by following & enforcing safety, health & environment (SHE) & regulatory measures, standards & procedures and complying with legal regulations

Creating &sustaining a dynamic environment that fosters development opportunities by motivating high performance in Team

Dec’10- Nov’11 with TATA Advanced Systems Limited, Hyderabad as Manager - Quality

Highlights:

Acted as in-charge of QMS; headed Quality Improvement Plan across all departments

Implemented ACE; assessed monthly trend and providing quality feedback to shop; implemented Quality systems in all departments

Formulated CAPA from each Segment on their initiative to improve quality; released departmental Management Information System (MIS)on monthly basis

Prepared internal audit plan for all the departments and ensured all NC’s identified in Audits were closed and monitor the effectives

Defined the Objective of the department and individual of quality department and ensured NC’s were converted into DR and same uploading in MRB

Drove 5s in all the department; managed FOD activity in all work centre; coordinated with Sikorsky for quality related issues

Ensured All Jig ( DT and NDT) ready to use; released audit schedule for tooling/ internal audit

Prepared corrective action report for all NC related to customer complaint; identified and trained Internal auditors for AS9100 Rev C

Functioned as Internal Quality Auditor of ISO 9001: 2008 & AS9100 : Rev C

Mar’ 07 – Nov’10 with Wipro Infrastructure Engineering Limited, Peenya as Manager - Supplier Quality (SS&SCM)

Highlights:

Steered entire supplier quality and development functions in the company; resolved product development & internal quality problem related to supplier by meeting with them and visiting supplier and taking corrective action

Managed supplier up-gradation for quality rating improvement and new supplier evaluation; developed vendor audit plan and conducting process and system audit

Monitored vendor quality and assessed monthly trend and providing quality feedback to vendors; formulated CAPA from vendors on their initiative to improve quality

Led in 100 PPM drive and reduced Supplier PPM from 20372 to 1881; conducted PPAP training for suppliers

Previous Experience

Apr’97 – Feb’07 with Dynamatic Technologies Limited, Bengaluru as Deputy Manager - QC

Jul’96 – Mar’97 with M.V.K Fabricators and Engineering Works, Bengaluru as Assistant Production Engineer

Trainings &Certifications

Non-Destructive Testing (Dye Penentrant and Magnetic Particle) at IIS Bangalore, conducted by ISNT

Level-II Certificate Holder for Magnetic Particle Testing and over 2 years of experience in Dye Penentrant Testing

Certified Earned Value Management System from International Institute for learning, Inc.

Export Management Course conducted by VITC, Bengaluru; FMEA, MSA & PPAP conducted by OMNEX

Delegated as Inspection Clearing Authority by Thayer Aerospace, WINCITA, USA, for component to be manufactured in DTL, Bangalore

Attended Emerging leaders training program

Certified internal auditor for ISO9001:2015, AS9100 D, ISMS ISO27001:2013, EMSISO14001:2015,OHSASISO45001:2018,ABMS ISO37001:2016

Personal Details

Date of Birth:23rd August 1967/ Languages Known: English, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil & Hindi

Address: No. 101, S.V.Appartment, 7th Main, Bhuvaneshwarinagar, T.Dasarahalli, Bengaluru - 560057

V.SRIDHARAN

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