A. KALIDHASAN

Seeking for challenging and responsible role, to prove my skills on technical capabilities and managerial skills to increase stake holder profit and enhance customer satisfaction in field of Quality Assurance/Manufacturing Engineering/New Product development

A result oriented professional with over 16 years of qualitative experience in Manufacturing engineering / Manufacturing Quality/Engineering -Testing & Validation Hands on experience of setting up a manufacturing facility and development of quality systems and procedures for Backhoe loader assembly (Green Field Project -Ashok Leyland John Deere /Doosan Bobcat India) Leadership experience in introduction of New Products in Assembly line (from Protobuild to Start of Production) Expert in assembly process, quality system development, Quality gates, Incoming Inspection, Vehicle testing, Predelivery inspection, Customer complaint handling. Experience in improving productivity and quality by using Lean manufacturing Techniques- Value Stream Mapping, Waste Elimination through videography study, 5S, TPM, Kaizen, Cellular Manufacturing concepts, Single Piece flow. Lean six sigma green belt professional certified by Motorola University.

• Lean six sigma Green Belt - Motorola university
• FMEA - Omnex
• Cost reduction strategy through Lean - CII, Delhi
• Modern Manufacturing Systems - IIT
• The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen R. Covey

• English
• Tamil
• Telugu

• Continuous Improvement Award for Team Excellence in 2009.
• Certificate of Participation in CII Kaizen Competition in 2009.
• Appreciation Letter from top management for active participation and successful completion of six sigma Black belt Project in 2010.

• SWITCH MOBILITY, Senior Manager - Manufacturing Quality, 03/01/22, Heading Manufacturing quality for Chassis and Battery assembly line., Responsible for Quality gate, End of line inspection and PDI for chassis and battery assembly line., Addressing quality issues from assembly line, Quality Gates, End of line Inspection, PDI and reduce DPU., Product and process audit and review the NC and close the issues., ECN trials and implementation in the assembly line., SWVES audit issue review and closure., Torque audit, BOM audit and COP audit.
• Doosan Bobcat India Private Limited, Senior Manager - Engineering - Testing & Validation, 10/01/20, 02/28/22, Headed Testing & Validation of Backhoe loader, Skid steer loader and Excavator for both domestic and export market., Setting up test facilities as per the standards., Finalizing the testing budget and ensuring adherence to budgets., Road Homologation certification for Backhoe loader, Skid steer loader and Excavator., Durability and performance testing of the machines in the field as per the duty cycle., Resolving issues identified during durability and performance test., Successfully tested and launched 3 variants of backhoe loaders for Domestic market, SAARC region and LA region., Successfully completed Homologation for BS4 backhoe loader and Skid steer loader.
• Doosan Bobcat India Private Limited, Manager - Quality Assurance, 03/01/18, 10/31/20, Headed Plant quality (Incoming Inspection, Manufacturing line quality, Final Inspection, PDI)., Responsible for new products protobuild, Vehicle inspection and testing., Reviewing the Protobuild and testing issues along with CFT and implement actions before SOP., Implementing Quality Systems and procedures., Finalizing the department budget and ensuring adherence to budgets., Facilitating instruments and equipment for inspection and calibrate as per the plan., Overall DPU reduced from 7.5 DPU to 1.7 DPU., Arrival condition yield % improved from 83 % to 96 %., Initial quality DPU reduced from 1 DPU to 0.15 DPU.
• Ashok Leyland - Foundry Division, Manager (Machineshop Quality), 01/01/16, 02/28/18, Headed Machine shop Quality (Incoming, Line inspection and PDI inspection)., Achieving Internal & Customer end Rejection PPM as per target., New product development and submission of PPAP documents., Conducting periodic visits to customers to ensure critical issues are addressed., Addressing Customer complaints through Root cause Analysis (8D)., Inhouse Overall Rejection PPM reduced from 6750 PPM to 5249 PPM., Overall Customer rejection reduced from 738 PPM to 500 PPM., Customer rejection (Tata Cummins) achieved 0 PPM consistently for FY16-17.
• Ashok Leyland John Deere Const. Equipment Pvt. Ltd., Deputy Manager (Manufacturing Quality /Manufacturing Engineering), 09/01/11, 01/31/16, Headed Overall plant Quality activities (Fabrication & Assembly Quality)., Conducting QPR (Quality Problem Resolution) for addressing key quality issues., Monitoring cost due to rejection and rework., Addressing Customer complaints through Root cause Analysis (8D)., New Product Validation and interacting with Product development team., Successfully implemented a new variant of Backhoe loader (435E) in the same assembly line., Enhanced the capacity of the Backhoe loader assembly line from 2/day to 8/day., Established a new assembly line for the front axle sub assembly & Cabin sub assembly.
• Tractors and Farm Equipments Private Limited, Assistant Manager (Production Engineering Department), 06/01/06, 09/30/11, Preparing process Flow diagram, standard operating procedure PFMEA and control plan., Defining, developing and establishing tooling and equipment requirement for the assembly line., Conducting process improvements, line balancing, plant layout and cost reduction activities., Efficiently Implemented 2 New products in the existing assembly line., Enhanced the productivity of rear transmission line from 54 RT/shift to 75 RT/shift.