Nitin Mathew

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• Strong tier 1 supply chain Engineering & Program Manager with extensive knowledge of Automotive industry in California

• Automotive professional with 9 years of US and Asia experience as graduate of ITW’s leadership program and at Faurecia

• Strong Business Development Acumen to identify blue oceans to introduce new products to local and international markets EDUCATION

University of Illinois at Chicago

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, 2011 WORK EXPERIENCE

Faurecia Tier 1 supplier to Tesla June 2017 - Present Engineering Change Manager Plant Head of Engineering Program Manager Senior Program Manager Newark, CA; Shanghai, China; Berlin, Germany

Full P/L responsible Sr. Program manager handling launch of facility and entire Tesla M3 and Y Cockpit programs in China & Germany

Track all open topics with 5 individual departments and ensure timely closure and escalation of open topics to drive project progress

Oversee budget of $11MM for project to Automation, Quality, Operations, Hiring and Logistics packaging finalization

Conduct Gate reviews for launch, weekly internal stakeholder review and weekly Program reviews with Tesla

Head team of engineers in charge of all Operational improvements in Newark plant from automation to logistics layout optimization.

Serve as a senior mentor to entire China team for operations and with regards to Tesla operations

Provide scope, cost and timing and execute SW/HW builds with active coordination for special testing cockpits.

Work with Tesla Engineering and ensure scope changes are coordinated with no disruption to customer or SAS production.

In charge of SAP Master Data to ensure Bill of materials (BOM) is accurate and in sync with Tesla BOM. Prosint, LLC July 2016- July 2017

Program Manager

Delivered $4MM Pick and Place robot to completely automate drying of organic food produce for Danone.

Prepare detailed scope of work for contractors working on mechanical design, programming and electrical components.

Crete and maintain MS Project timeline for delivering the project, and also negotiate schedule changes with the customer.

Keep a firm grip on scope of delivery of project, and communicate scope creep cost and schedule changes with the customer.

Oversaw assembly of entire line for testing and FAT at initial assembly location as well as Customer site. Illinois Tool Works (ITW) Leadership Program Graduate May 2013 –July 2016 Project Manager, ITW Interiors and Fuel Systems

Project manager handling fuel filler housings, CNG housings and inside door handles for major US OEMs Ford and General Motors and Indian OEMs Mahindra and Tata.

Guide projects through development using APQP timeframe including DVP planning and testing, tool launches and trials.

Analyze customer designs and provide feasibility studies, DFM and provide technical solutions.

Perform costing analysis and prepare bids in accordance with ITW’s cost structure.

Spearheading ITW Performance Polymers and Fluids Business Division by introducing Tire Repair Kits in India.

Facilitator and core committee head of first ITW innovation meet in ITW India.

Conducted interviews of Japanese OEMs across India to understand Japanese OEMs understanding of ITW, JOEM operations and plans for India, and to improve service provided by ITW to JOEMs. ITW Early In Career

Admitted to ITW’s most elite team of young professionals, where a cross functional team is selected by a group president and tasked with international business objectives. The task given to the team was: How can ITW automotive succeed in India?

Predict trends for the future of the Indian automotive industry, select and conduct professional interviews with Indian Auto OEMs and make a central database of the automotive dealer network in India. ITW Automotive, Multiple Locations, Illinois Nov 2012 – May 2013 Rotation 4: Operations Engineer, Business Unit: Seat Heaters, Seat Sensors, Lane Departure Warning, Assist Grip, Dampers,

Championed Market Rate of Demand project, and played key roles in the Understand- Simplify- Act and Kanban team.

Captained a comprehensive warehouse mapping project which improved warehouse efficiency by over 33%.

Sole contact for implementation of ITW group wide initiative of a Czech centralized tracking system called ELBEZ at ITW Body and Interior and ITW Assist Grip. Attended meetings in Germany and Czech Republic for initial training sessions.

Reduced scrap at Elmhurst plant by spearheading methods to counter high scrap rates and being the point person in charge to create daily scrap metrics and monitor scrap levels. ITW Slime, San Luis Obispo, CA Jun 2012– Oct 2012

Rotation 3: Product Manager Business Unit Fix-A Flat Tire Inflation products

Product manager for all Fix-A-Flat Tire Repair and Inflation Aerosol Products.

In charge of all Fix-A-Flat products from design initiation, formulation of product to market launch.

Design tools for advertising products to educate customer about product and also work instructions for ease of use.

Conducted market interviews with consumers and customers like Autozone to introduce new range of products for 2014. ITW Corporate Technology Center, Glenview, IL Jan 2012– Jun 2012 Rotation 2: Business Strategist Business Unit: Tire Innovation Team, Wiper Innovation Team

Develop strategy for newly acquired Tire repair businesses and RainX wiper team to be provided as direct OEM products.

Understood the methodology of the outside-in, inside-out process and the processes undertaken by ITW for entering other markets and acquiring other companies.

Undertook comprehensive patent study for ITW Global brands as part of core team for RainX brand Wiper project.

Part of executive team in Houston, instrumental in directing team towards the direction to compete with Bosch.

Attended tire conferences and became adept at performing expert interviews ITW Tekfast, Frankfort, IL Aug 2011– Dec 2011

Rotation 1:, Project Engineer Business Unit: Automotive Fasteners

Designed, coordinated and installed all automation in new “High Yield Cell”, consisting of 10 injection molding machines and one operator. First such cell across ITW globally.

Design Work Instructions for plant operations for all injection molding machines, assembly and automation configuration. INTERNSHIPS

Federal Mogul, Skokie, IL Jan 2011- Aug 2011

Packaging Value Stream, Manufacturing Engineer

Designing Heijunka Runner route on the plant floor for quick and efficient replenishment of production lines.

Supervise new machine installations and attend new acquisition run-offs.

Purchased new printing machinery worth more than $200,000 for finished products packaging. Midwest Generation, Romeoville, IL May 2010 – Aug 2010 Power Plant Operations Intern

Borg Warner Transmissions Inc. Frankfurt, IL Jan 2009- Dec 2009 Prototype and Manufacturing Intern

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, UIC President Skills

Proficient with Microsoft Office, MS Project, Vizio, AutoCad, ProE, Solidworks, Fortran

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