Project Manager Engineering

THAKUR PRAMOD DAMODAR

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Seeking senior level assignment in MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS and NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT with a growth oriented organization.

An Overview

A seasoned & result oriented professional with rich experience of about 22 years in managing Production & Technology Transfer Operations, New Product Development (Smart Meters) & Smart Grid Deployment.

A keen planner & executor with exposure in managing entire productions operations with key focus on top line & bottom line profitability by ensuring optimal utilization of resources.

Adept in planning & controlling the design, costing & development operations. Skills in conceptualizing and effecting process initiatives to enhance efficiency and productivity.

Expertise in designing world-class systems and implementing processes that will enable organization to consistently meet and enhance customer satisfaction.

Proficiency in implementing quality standards such as such as ISO and other Analytical Techniques.

Effective communicator & negotiator with strong analytical, problem solving & organizational abilities.

Credited for launching start-ups with Esprit Switchgear, Schneider Electric and BBS Telecom.

An initiator with deep commitment towards work, coupled with honest and humble character.

Skills include:

Strategic Planning Budgeting & Cost Control Executive Leadership New Establishments

Project Management Vendor Development Recruitment / Training Product Promotion

Re-engineering Research & Development Market Research Process Design

Reporting & Documentation Resource Optimization Meetings & Reviews Product Analysis

Areas of Expertise

Production

Managing overall project/ production operations with a view to ensure timely accomplishment of production targets within the time and cost parameters.

Planning detailed engineering activities and finalization of requirements and specifications in consultation with engineering and production department as well as clients’ requirement.

Appraising the prevalent manufacturing systems /processes, identifying loopholes if any and undertaking result-oriented measures for alleviating them and documenting the same.

New Product Development

Coordinating the entire development activities including requirement analysis, planning, finalizing specifications and prototype development.

Troubleshooting all technical problems; conducting various tests & inspections to ensure that products developed are in compliance with pre-set quality specifications.

Responsible for handling functions like process planning for new products, process machinery selection, facility creations for testing, quality requirements according to customer requirements.

Ascertaining requirements of material for development activities in the tool room & interfacing with vendors for cost effective, timely sourcing of quality material.

Man Management

Directing and leading the technical personnel. Imparting continuous on job training to the workforce for accomplishing greater operational effectiveness /efficiency.

Working on talent pool and succession planning of the management cadre and workforce, appraising their KRA based performance and providing feedback on the same.

Organizational Scan

Since Mar’06: BBS Access Pte. Ltd., Singapore

Growth Path Since Feb’10 : Vice President Operations

July’07 – Jan’10 : Senior Manager (Product Engineering)

Mar’06 – Jun’07 : Senior Product Leader

Noteworthy Credits as Vice President Operations

Responsible for manufacturing, quality control, product engineering, test engineering, test development, product (s/w and h/w) validation and timely product delivery adhering to NPI (New Product Introduction) process.

Streamline the metering division operations to sail through and tide over 2009 global recession.

Successfully launched 3 different models of smart electricity meters.

Recognized for implementing company’s first commercial automated metering /billing project involving proprietary smart meters, concentrator hardware, EDMS software and a 3rd party billing software.(FOAK)

Noteworthy Credits as Senior Manager (Product Engineering)

Spearheaded the DFM, DFQ and DFT (Design For (mass) Manufacturing, (built-in) Quality and Testability)

Assisted the marketing team to position the company’s smart metering products across ASEAN and middle-east market.

Initiated the PE department with work force of 4 to ensure effective NPI with high yield, shortened cycle time and built-in quality.

Established test system limits, quality department norms for acceptance/ rejection & designed moulds, tools and electrical parts with international vendors.

Successfully planned manufacturing of Technology Transfer Project for smart electricity meters with annual manufacturing capacity of 1 million static meters with 3 production lines and 30,000 radio frequency communication enabled smart meters with 1 production line.

Noteworthy Credits as Senior Product Leader

Promoted the company’s working culture to the utility products, its design, manufacturing and test requirements; A change from telecom products’ company to utility metering company.

Fashioned effective pilot field deployment methods with the newly created products and constructed product specifications for the intended product range /suite.

Jun’02- Feb’06: Esprit Switchgear Pvt. Ltd. (Hames Inds. Pvt. Ltd.), Mumbai, Maharashtra as

Assistant General Manager (R&D) Static Meters

Noteworthy Credits

Credited for developing range of metering products from domestic energy meters to meters for bulk electricity consumption measurement for revenue & monitoring applications. (ASIC + Micro controller platform)

Credited for initiating 2 basic metering-range products in just 14 months and 3 more multi-parameter, advanced variants with data logging features.

Lucratively developed manufacturing line setup, including planning / setting the infrastructure & human resources.

Commenced bulk commercial production of one of the launched products with monthly capacity of 240,000 meters.

Feb’01 - May’02: EMCO Ltd., Thane, Maharashtra as Manager (Design & Development)

Noteworthy Credits

Executed the re-engineering of company’s existing basics metering product range for cost optimisation & design improvement to achieve compliance to revised/ upgraded standards’ requirements.

Systemized the work order process flow to ensure smooth working across the organization.

Offered technical support in the sales/ marketing activity in pre & post order stages.

Nov’99 – Jan’01: Schneider Electric, Bangalore, Karnataka

Growth Path May’00-Jan’01 : Project Manager (Tariff Meters) in Product Development

Nov’99-May’00 : Engineer (Process Design) in Process Engineering

Noteworthy Credits as Project Manager (Tariff Meters)

Executed design, development & launch of the newly proposed range of static meters for utility tariff applications.

Developed single phase and 3 phase basic static meters; cleared initial type tests necessary for tender participation and pilot orders.

Efficiently established independent production plant for production of the newly introduced products.

Noteworthy Credits as Engineer (Process Design) in Process Engineering

Handled the engineering of products (Panel Meters, Digital Transducers)

Successfully designed and implemented effective systems for smooth and effective technology /information flow R&D to Production, Quality, Sales and Support Department.

Credited for initiating 3rd party Lab Testing of company’s certain key monitoring products.

Previous Assignments

Dec’90-Oct’99: Datapro Electronics Pvt. Ltd., Bhosari, Pune, Maharashtra as Assistant Manager (Customer Services)

Noteworthy Credits

Showed extensive participation in design and development activity of Static Tri-Vector Meters.

Credited for single handed successful grasping of technology and transfer from R&D to production for India first indigenous meters.

Established up 15 members strong production team ensuring consistent quality products delivery.

Incorporated a successful Training Division for all the new recruits for the meters division.

Oct’89-Oct’90: Philips India Ltd., (Loni), Pune, Maharashtra as Technician Apprentice

Noteworthy Credits

Lucratively formulated 5 stage sequential timer for controlling the test sequence of an automatic multi position (12) foil trimmer, testing and screening machine.

Professional Enhancements

Memberships

Member of Panel of Metering Experts of the C.B.I.P.’s metering committee.

Member of the committees of Bureau of Indian Standards.

Trainings

Delivered trainings at Govt. Test laboratories /Institutions (IDEMI, CPRI) & presented papers during International Metering Seminars.

Academic Credentials

1989 D.E.R.E. (Diploma in Electronics & Radio Engineering) from Cusrow Wadia Institute of Technology, Pune, Maharashtra, Board of Technical Examinations, Bombay with 66%.

IT Forte:

Well versed with Windows Applications, MS-Office & Star Office, AutoCAD, programming in C; use of JD Edwards for components, materials and logistics BOM and order processing and S.D.R.C. s' Ideas Solid Modeling Package.

Project:

Design & Development of Circuit for Demonstration of Amplitude & Frequency Modulation.

Personal Dossier

Date of Birth : 5th March, 1969

Linguistic Abilities : English, Hindi and Marathi

Address : Block 278, #03-274, Yishun Street 22, Singapore: 760278

Nationality : Indian

Residential Status : Singapore PR

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