S.SATHIYAKUMAR

*/****, ****** *****, ******** post, Coimbatore-641016, Tamilnadu, India

Mobile: 91-894******* & 91-956*******, Email: adpo0k@r.postjobfree.com

A challenging position in Should costing, Process plan, Manufacturing, and supplier chain management with leading organizations.

Professional Profile

B.E. Mechanical Engineering with 12.5 years qualitative experience in should Costing, Process planning, supplier selection and negotiation, Production in Automotive Industries, Heavy Machinery and equipment’s manufacturing.

Currently designated as a Team Lead – Costing. With Ally grow technologies ltd at Chennai.

Develop should cost for new cost models to analyzing supplier quotations and purchase negotiation.

Possess strong leadership, communication, analytical and relationship management skills.

Areas of Exposure & Expertise

Costing and vendor development

Having good experience in product costing various types of Automobile components like Housings, Engine, Manifold and Generator enclosures.

Costing power train, chassis and skin panel parts for heavy machineries.

Hands on experience on Making of Gear and Machining Parts Manufacturing Process Map.

Judging cost effective manufacturing process and to make the suppliers understand and follow.

Developed should costing for different types of Fixtures and machines for Automobile Components (with material involved Aluminum, Cast irons and steels).

Hands on experience in doing Should costing for casting, Forgings, Machining and Fabrication using Software tools like COSTIMATOR, APRIORI, CLEANSHEET and TCPCM.

Handling preparation of Price Comparisons and selection of vendor on the basis of cost, quality & capability of Vendor.

Understanding of the principles of vendor management.

Good knowledge in Materials and heat treatment process.

Having knowledge in various machining process and its feasibilities.

Good knowledge in GD&T, Limits, Fits and tolerances.

Production Engineering

Initiating improvements in process towards optimizing capacity utilization.

Reviewing processes, eliminating redundant / obsolete processes involved in Manufacturing processes and working towards value addition.

Production planning, Achieving production & quality targets.

Ensuring on effective resource utilization to maximize output and minimize production cycle time, to keep close supervision on daily production

Organizational Experience

Ally Grow Technologies Ltd, Chennai. (Since Oct'20)

Team Lead (Costing).

Roles & Responsibilities:

Perform should cost for Commodities like Sheet metal, Machining and Forging.

Should Cost analysis of new and Existing Components of global using Cleansheet, Apriori and other selected methods and Tools.

Develop category specific should cost models in support of NPI.

Generate Ideas on cost saving by Competitive benchmarking.

Performing detailed review of cost analysis report, identify key cost and process drivers, provide alternate processes for cost reduction.

Support in Vave, teardown and benchmarking projects using directional and other costing methodologies.

Jayem Automotive pvt Ltd, Coimbatore. (Oct’19 - Oct'20)

Assistant Manager (Costing & Business Development).

Roles & Responsibilities:

Should Costing and Assembly process planning for automotive interior and exterior parts.

Cost analysis of power train sheet metal components and different gaskets in engine.

Activity based costing for Auto components pinion, crankcase right, left and Gear box Assembly.

Proto development for Aluminium castings and Tooling for Gear Box, Crankcase Assembly. Housings and Cylinder Head Assembly

Cost estimation, zero based Costing of casting, forging and fabrication parts.

Responsible for attending Technical review sign off with Customer Once the Order confirmed at Preliminary Stage.

Understanding customer requirements from RFQ and to mass production and supporting management in various stages of negotiation.

Analyzing the product process information and finding out the optimized price for the product.

LGB Forge Ltd, Coimbatore. (Feb’18 - Oct'19)

Deputy Manager (Costing).

Roles & Responsibilities:

Perform detailed cost estimation of Cold and Hot forged products for various applications in

Automobile industries.

Responsible for review and update Bom and Routings for all items in system (SAP database) on regular basis.

Compute and maintain Activity based cost for all items in manufacture division.

Perform Machine hour rate calculation and factory overhead expenditure for various plants.

Provide documentation for each cost element, indicating sources of data, assumptions used and any other methodology or analysis.

Establish quote priorities based on evaluation and analysis of overall opportunities.

Provide required supplier data on consistent basis to commodity & quality team.

Perform technical and commercial review of subcontractor’s quotations for the preparation of service agreements.

Manage day-to-day supplier activities w.r.t problem solving, technical study/support, Material Dispatch and Scheduling, supplier performance improvement & Expediting.

In Axis Cades Engineering Technology ltd Chennai. (Feb’12- Feb’18)

Senior Engineer (Costing).

Roles & Responsibilities:

Product Costing of Stamping parts, Forged, Cast, Machined and Sheet metal products.

Cost estimation on machining processes with proper raw material, Machining Process selection based

On its design and functional requirements.

Responsible for interactions with U.S.Customer (CATERPILLAR) and Process Partners for Quote analysis on material cost, machine hour time and overheads.

Responsible for first principle costing at design or drawing stage by considering gross input weights, machine and process selection, cycle time and other parameters…etc.

Benchmarked should cost MS-excel based model for sheet metal and machining parts calculation.

Raw material calculation and cost analysis on machining and sheet metal components.

Sourcing feasibility study for China, US and México region.

Hands on Experience in preparing Control Plans, PFMEA and PPAP documents for Various Engines

Cost Reduction for Sheet Metal Brackets and Casting Brackets for Various Engines.

In Frontier alloys and steels Ltd, Kanpur. (Sep’09-Jan’12)

Production Engineer.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Preparation of process flow for fabrication projects.

Develop manufacturing processes for machining, fabrication and welding (Railway product like Coupler, Striker and Bogie Frame Assembly unit).

Responsible for working closely with selected supplier & managing the companies procurement activity

Developing new process concepts for production optimization, yield improvement and developing guidelines for sequencing of manufacturing activities on the shop floor.

In Unicon Engineers Ltd, Coimbatore (Jun’07-Aug’09).

Engineer (Process Planning & Cost Estimation).

Roles & Responsibilities:

Production planning, Cost estimating of sheet metal and machining components for Material Handling Equipment, mechanical conveying system and Electrostatic precipitator components.

Execution of projects on the shop floor, interaction with various departments like PPC, Purchase, Design and Stores also interaction with clients and vendors.

Sourcing the most affordable materials for the company’s manufacturing process.

Work closely with Design Department for Making Design changes to eliminate complex Manufacturing, Preparation of bill of Materials, Documentation work and Sub contract follow up.

Achievements

Successful completion on should costing for Generator Enclosures (US & China Based),

Fan Guard (US Based) with 10% variation of actual cost.

Developed Should cost model for flywheel assembly in various models and achieved 30% cost reduction

And able to negotiate with suppliers using cost model report.

Should Costing of Fabrication Boom assembly for Excavators and Inverter Assembly for EMD with 20 %

Cost reduction

Developed more than 25 vendors for machining and Fabrication sides.

Academic Credentials

B.E. Mechanical Engineering in M.P.N.M.J. Engg. College, Erode (2004-2007, 65%)

Dip. In Mechanical Engineering in Government polytechnic college, Coimbatore (2001-2004, 72%)

SSLC in St’Antonys boys high school, Coimbatore, State board (2000-2001, 85.4%)

Software Knowledge

Costimator.

Apriori.

Cleansheet.

TCPCM

SAP.

Pro-e, AutoCAD.

Microsoft office.

References

References are available upon request.

Personal Data

Father’s name Mr.V.Selvaraj

Date of Birth April 16, 1986

Age 31

Sex Male

Marital status Married

Nationality Indian

Passport Number U2732726

Languages Known English, Tamil (Read, Write and Speak)

Declaration

I hereby declare that all the particulars stated above are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Place: Yours Truly

Date: (S.Sathiyakumar)

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