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Angad Kulkarni
Head - Product Application Group
Gurgaon,HR
Summary
Competent and proactive Application Engineer, Six Sigma & Technology Leader with an indelible reputation in successfully establishing value added products of flat rolled steels in Automotive, Oil & Gas, Construction Equipment, Electrical steel and registering improvements through Total Quality Management.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
20
20
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Head Product Application Group, North Zone
TATA STEEL LIMITED
2022.08 - Current
- Leading a team of 5 Application Engineers across the North zone
- Leadership position for driving business development in North Zone in Industrial products
- Working with renowned international research & testing agencies for product development
- Develop Annual Plans for Product Application Group – monitoring of key KPIs, segment wise plans for development, projects
- Steer new product development, analysis of customer complaints and timely resolution of complaints
- Working with central quality and technology teams to reduce product development cycle time & reducing customer complaints in Flat Products
- Responsible for key market initiatives in the Construction Equipment, API line pipes, Appliance, agri-motive, building and construction, pipes & tubes segment
- Mentoring new recruits in Application Engineering of Steel
- Responsible in driving revamped customer complaint management process using generative AI, chatbot with a team of IT engineers, TQM department and Marketing & Sales
- Training and mentoring new recruits in Application Engineering.
Senior Manager – Product Application, Flat Products, Western Region
TATA STEEL LIMITED
2014.05 - 2022.07
- Defining, building and responsible for the execution of Quality Improvement programs and new product development programs for major Automotive Customers like Tata Motors, Skoda Auto-Volkswagen India, Bajaj Auto, Volvo Eicher, and TATA Auto Comp
- Leader in business development of Oil & Gas, Pre-Engineered Buildings and Construction Equipment (Yellow Goods) market segment for supplies of hot rolled steel coils and plates from Tata Steel Kalinganagar mill
- Lead the product development team in the development of steel for pipelines for transportation of pure & blended H2 gas with M/s Welspun Corp Ltd
- Part of team to achieve share of business upto 60% in PEB segment in Western India, 50% in Oil & Gas and 30% in Construction Equipment segment
- Worked with major Automotive OEMs like Bajaj Auto and Tata Motors on value addition and value engineering projects on key models of vehicles on cost and weight optimization of steel usage
- Leader for PAN – India Tata Motors Application Engineering synergy group
- Working with Tata Steel R&D and external coating manufacturers to developing and establishing new technologies of coatings on coated steel for use in Automotive Fuel Tanks and Appliances
- Establishing API steel grades upto X70 at all major Oil & Gas pipeline customers in India
- Working with major customer focus groups called CST (customer service team) for Welspun Corp, Tata Motors, JCB, Zamil Steel and Skoda-Volkswagen to identify new value propositions
- Responsible for ensuring high customer satisfaction in use of value-added products and complaint management
- Improving the quality of product by driving continuous improvements in steel processing service centers and steel mill.
Manager – Product Application, Flat Products, Western Region
TATA STEEL LIMITED
2014.05 - 2017.07
- Responsible for Flat Product Application Engineering in Automotive, Industrial Products, Appliances, Distribution Segments of Tata Steel in Pune, Aurangabad, Nagpur and Indore Regions
- Development and establishing hot rolled products from Tata Steel’s CSP thin slab rolling products at various applications like Wheels, Auto Chassis, Panels, LPG Tanks, Retail Fabrication
- Defining, building and responsible for the execution of Quality Improvement programs and new product development programs for major Automotive Customers like Wheels India, Force Motors, Volvo Eicher
- Worked with Bajaj Auto Engineering and Tata Steel R&D on development of bake hardenable and galvannealed steel for 3 wheelers and 2 wheelers
- Mapped entire western region of Pune, Nagpur, Indore CRCA market along with Sales & Marketing as part of marketing strategy for new cold rolled continuous annealing line at Jamshedpur.
Manager – Thin Slab Rolling Technology Group
TATA STEEL LIMITED
2012.05 - 2014.04
- Responsible for new product development of hot rolled product grades from thin slab CSP route for Automotive Wheels, Chassis, LPG, API grade upto X60
- Worked with Operations, Quality Assurance, R&D on developing dual phase and high strength hot rolled steel from thin slab route
- Involved in project to design an integrated new product development IT system for Tata Steel Flat Products
- Responsible to provide corrective actions to key customer concerns related to quality related product complaints
- Responsible to develop monthly MIS on grade development to Senior Management.
Executive – Quality & Six Sigma
Crompton Greaves Ltd.
2009.05 - 2012.04
- Implementation of Green Belt Six Sigma projects by training and grooming Green Belts to counteract and control major customer quality issues using DMAIC approach
- Responsible for submission of APQP & PPAPs for new products and new processes to customers like Cummins Generator Technologies Ltd., Bharat Bijlee, Chittaranjan Locomotive Works & Texmo
- Responsible for complete operation & maintenance of Continuous Annealing Furnace used for decarburization annealing of electrical steel laminations to enhance their magnetic and electrical properties
- Responsible for application of quality tools such as 5S implementation and Kaizen on the shop floor
- Member of NPD (New Product Development) of Global R&D and responsible for implementing semi-processed steels in electrical laminations used in Fractional Horse Power Motors for the first time in India with improved steel properties.
Education
MBA - PGDBM in General Management
NMIMS University
Mumbai, India 2001.04 - 2021.04
B. Tech (Metallurgical & Materials Engg) -
NIT Warangal
Warangal, India04.2009
Skills
Team Management
Application Engineering
Design thinking
Product Roadmapping
Product Portfolio Management
Product quality assurance
Flat Steel Products
Automotive Steels
Value Addition, Value Engineering
New Product Development
Six Sigma
API Hot Rolled Steels
Electrical Steel
Customer Relationship Management
Microsoft Office Package (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams)
SAP / Oracle ERP
Languagesknown
English, Marathi, Hindi, Telugu
Interests
Timeline
Head Product Application Group, North Zone
TATA STEEL LIMITED
2022.08 - Current
Senior Manager – Product Application, Flat Products, Western Region
TATA STEEL LIMITED
2014.05 - 2022.07
Manager – Product Application, Flat Products, Western Region
TATA STEEL LIMITED
2014.05 - 2017.07
Manager – Thin Slab Rolling Technology Group
TATA STEEL LIMITED
2012.05 - 2014.04
Executive – Quality & Six Sigma
Crompton Greaves Ltd.
2009.05 - 2012.04
MBA - PGDBM in General Management
NMIMS University
2001.04 - 2021.04
B. Tech (Metallurgical & Materials Engg) -
NIT Warangal
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