Viswanathan V

KEY CUSTOMERS/PROJECTS:

KP, HP, Kings Mountain

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Handled Project schedules, budgets and objectives for multiple
  projects.
• Experience in preparing detailed statements of work and ensured approval from stakeholders regarding various project aspects.
• Participated in delivery assurance reviews to ensure adherence to project management policies and procedures.
• Organized project team members to ensure communication and
  understanding of deadlines, assignments, objectives and works as applicable.
• Managed costs, schedules and quality by overseeing project
  deliverables to ensure Project schedule and budget are met.
• Performed ongoing review of project status and thereby identified possible project risks.
• Interfaced with team members and stakeholders to manage changes to the project which may involve changes to technical requirements, business requirements and schedule.
• Managed client, company and project team expectations for agreed upon project performance by obtaining, providing and monitoring project metrics.
• Responsible for managing and monitoring personnel in terms of
  assigning work and providing schedules as well as direction adhering to timeliness and completion of project objectives/deliverables within the KPIs.
• Proven Team Player who motivated the Team in every possible ways to ensure efficient and effective Project deliveries.

TOOLS USED:

Team Center, Service Now, Workday, SAP Concur, ADP MyView

KEY CUSTOMERS/PROJECTS:

Hyundai (Alcazar), Mahindra (XUV700, Scorpio N, XUV 300), KIA (Seltos, Sonnet), PSA (Stellantis - Citroen C3), Renault, Royal Enfield, Honda (Unicorn)

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Handled Cockpit Electronics and Driver Infotainment System Products - Electronics Cluster-Display-Audio Assembly for Passenger Cars (4-Wheelers) and Bikes (2-Wheelers) for multiple projects in the Automotive Infotainment domain.
• Responsible for Launch of new products consistent with customer requirements and being single point of contact for Program & cascade customer requirements to Project Team.
• Managed resource planning, launch coordination, change control, Project Part Tracker.
• Ensured the project deliveries meet the required timelines and ensured the required quality and performance are met.
• Coordinated between multiple functional teams involved to ensure the project issues are resolved smoothly.
• Handled of multiple customer escalations to ensure their concerns are addressed in tact.
• Proven team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills who can effectively work with all levels of a global matrixed organization adapting to changing demands and conditions.
• Represented as Engineering Change Coordinator for both Forward (Pilot/Pre-SOP) and Current (SOP) Projects/Models to launch and execute Engineering/Design changes in the Products respectively.
• Responsible for Implementation of Engineering Changes in Bill of Materials (BOM) affecting Production Systems.
• Handled 5+ Projects for new product launch management, supplier management, inventory, internal audits, engineering change etc.
• Coordination of Builds events in liaison with cross functional teams and participated in appropriate meetings.
• Ordered unique/proto parts for new models for Proto builds until series production.
• Conduct / Organize Weekly ECC Meetings involving Members / Managers from all Cross-Functional Teams (CFTs). Publish Global Metrics Report every week and Cumulative Monthly Report for supporting Plants.
• Reduced average cycle time for implementation of changes in system.
• Coordinated with the BOM Audit Program for all current models to ensure accuracy between ERP, PRODUCTION DESIGN TOOL and ACTUAL PRODUCTION LINE.
• Coordinated material purchase of commodities like Electronics/Plastics/Sheet metal from multiple suppliers including import and domestic suppliers.
• Part of Mission 150 project CFT ($150 Mil cost savings) responsible for implementation of changes.
• Flawless implementation of Engineering changes with complete process adherence and related data documentation, ensuring consecutive clearance of audits at IATF level each year.
• Ensured advance visibility and plan of customer milestones (pilot and SOP) and 52 weeks forecast for material planning.
• Coordinated with the Quality, Purchase and Manufacturing teams on PPAP and APQP deliveries required from early prototype builds until PSW phase.
• Under the scope of Project Management, assisted/coordinated with MP&L Team in Recovery process with Customer for any Additional Parts procured for New Models/Programs and old Part scrap for Running/Current Models periodically to ensure minimum Obsolescence.
• Knowledge on perpetual cycle count for every Engineering change implementation and Half-yearly 4-Wall audit - count of physical parts vs system.

TOOLS:

GBC (Workflow Management), EBOM (Design Tool), QAD (Transaction - ERP), VBUYER, VPDM etc.

KEY CUSTOMERS/PROJECTS:

Roche, Philips (Medical Instruments), Ather (Electric Scooter), Tejas (Networking), Thales (Defense and Aviation) etc

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Associated with development and production of Printed Circuit Boards of multiple Product segments like Medical devices, Networking devices, Automobile, Aerospace Devices etc.
• Handled a Team of 16 Team members under the scope of both Medical and Non-Medical Projects.
• Responsible for handling and supervising the overall Engineering Change Co-ordination, BoM (Bill of Material), Master data maintenance and Process Document activities including Training of Team members.
• Worked closely with NPI - New Product Introduction, Supply Chain, Process, Quality and Manufacturing Teams in driving the Engineering changes from Design until Production.
• People Management - Ensure On-time delivery, Quality, Continuous improvement, Performance Evaluation, Collaboration, Individual Development plan in required parameters.
• Project / Operations Management – Responsible for on-time start and completion of Projects with high intact Operational Efficiency.
• Represented as an Auditee for all internal and external audits like FDA, Corporate Medical & PEX, AS9100, TL9000, ISO13485, ISO/TS 16949, VDA 6.3 etc.
• Conducting yearly Performance appraisal to review performance and skillsets of subordinates.

TOOLS:

Agile (WFM), Oracle (ERP)

KEY CUSTOMERS/PROJECTS:

Hyundai, Ford, Mahindra, Honda, VW, Skoda etc.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Handled Cockpit Electronics and Driver Infotainment System Products - Electronics Cluster-Display-Audio Assembly for Passenger Cars (4-Wheelers) and Bikes (2-Wheelers).
• Understand Scope of Project which includes reason for change initiation, Customer requirements, SOP etc.
• Review Project details in web-based tool Enter-Proj based on which PIC is raised by PDE / Program Management team.
• Responsible for Uploading Engineering Bill of Material into Design system – EBOM.
• Ensuring Adherence of final BOM to Global Standards before releasing it to ERP system.
• Maintain plant BOM as per global BOM, Reconcile plant BOM VS Global BOM and to intimate change notice to other global Visteon plants.
• Conduct / Organize Weekly ECC Meetings involving Members / Managers from all Cross-Functional Teams (CFTs). Publish Global Metrics Report every week and Cumulative Monthly Report for supporting Plants.

TOOLS:

GBC (Workflow Management), EBOM (Design Tool), QAD (Transaction - ERP), VBUYER, VPDM etc.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Associated with BOM creation for Personal Computing systems like Laptops, Thin Clients etc. for various Internal Customers.
• Creating and configuration of BOM in SAP per Customer’s customized requests.
• We release Internal Production order (after running Pilot Operation) to Factory once configuration is completed in SAP.
• Ensure all changes receive appropriate sign-off and follow Change Management Process and changes smoothly transition through change process.

TOOLS:

SAP (ERP), MyPRS, MyPIM etc.

KEY CUSTOMERS/PROJECTS:

British Telecommunications

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Order Management / Planning process for Router / Modem, Cables, IP Phones for Consumers.
• Receiving and Validating the PO - Follow-up the vendors as per the delivery date, tracking the Goods status and updating to respective teams.
• Receive the Orders from our End Customers through our company’s portal and process the same towards the supply of the product to them.

TOOLS:

Bird (WFM), Oracle (ERP)