Climate control Automotive

VINAY POAL

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Design Engineering & Project Management

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Technically sound professional with over 14 year’s rich and extensive experience in Design Engineering & Project Management.

Currently associated with TATA Motors Ltd, ERC Pune as Senior Manager, Climate control

Good exposure in plastics tool design & Automotive product design

Worked for 6 years on design & development of Injection moulds for plastic components and 7 years in automotive climate systems R&D

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

Ability to manage cross functional activities & enhance process operations to achieve organizational objectives.

An effective communicator with excellent relationship management skills and strong analytical, problem solving & organizational abilities. Possess a flexible & detail oriented attitude.

Adept in maintaining the overall operations for executing projects involving scoping, design & architecture, resource mobilization, execution within cost & time parameters.

Good knowledge of manufacturing processes.

Knowledge of DFMEA, PPAP, DVP & QC tools.

ORGANISATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Organisation Tenure Designation

Tata Motors,Pune Since Nov’11 Senior Manager, Climate control

Valeo India Pvt Ltd., Chennai Aug’10 to Nov 11 Manager, R & D

Behr India Ltd., Pune Feb’05 to Aug’10 Manager, Design & Development

Varroc Engineering Pvt. Ltd., Aurangabad Aug’04 to Feb’05 Jr. Officer, Tool Room

Win-Win Technologies, Satara Aug’03 to Aug’04 Design Engineer

Kishore Industries, Aurangabad Aug’99 to Jul’03 Design Engineer

Excel Automation, Aurangabad Oct’97 to Apr’99 Design Engineer

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Project Management

Handling overall operations for executing projects involving scoping, design & development, resource mobilization, execution within cost & time parameters.

Monitoring / tracking projects with respect to budgeted cost, demand forecasts, time over-runs to ensure timely execution of projects.

Conducting project meetings and addressing all the important issues.

Defining best practices for project support and documentation.

Design Engineering

Developing the conceptual design of new components entailing drawings & specification study, RFQ study & finalization, schedule for development, first sample approval, tool modification and final part approval.

Expertise in HVAC concept layout design

BOM management and selection of suitable materials for various components to meet design reliability and quality goals.

Designing the product to meet customer requirement & translating the design model using various tools.

Reviewing the engineering / design changes & resolving quality related problems associated with design.

Final checking and release of engineering drawings for development.

Worked on Catia V4 & V5 & document management in PLM.

Strong interpersonal skills to handle customers & suppliers & departments within the company.

Intercultural working experience –Regular interaction with European & Japanese teams.

Notable Highlights

At Behr India Ltd. ( Climate control D & D) & At Valeo India Pvt Ltd. ( Climate control R & D ),

Worked as team member for design of HVAC for Logan.

Worked for design & implementation of AC system for Indica Vista from Concept to SOP.

Worked on site in Behr France for 3 months.

Involved in DFMEA, DVP, TGR/TGW

Cost Saving / Value engineering activities as a part of project cost optimization

Solving warranty issues & working on continuous product improvement

Knowledge of HVAC prototyping & Testing/ Validation.

Design co ordination between Indian OEM’s & Valeo Japan & France for Thermal systems.

Providing design solutions to suit Indian applications.

Engineering support ( offshore ) for overseas Valeo branches.

Setting targets to team members based on organization objectives.

Participation in deciding company strategy in India.

At Tata Motors ( Engineering Research Center-Climate control)

Development & Validation of HVAC system

Working on solving JD power, warranty & Quality issues

Performance targets setting of HVAC systems for upcoming products

Review of supplier’s technical proposals

EDUCATION

B.E. (Production) from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad in 1997 with 71%.

Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Board of Technical Education, Mumbai in 1993 with 66%.

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth : 12th June, 1975

Address : C-303, Sant Garden, Link Road, Chinchwad, Pune - 33

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