Harish Padavalkar

• Proactively engaged with converters to address and streamline their needs, ensuring robust and productive collaboration
• Skillfully identified and promptly remediated complex issues to maintain seamless operations and high-quality outcomes
• Conducted thorough and precise assessments of mold health to ensure optimal performance and longevity
• Managed master data with exceptional accuracy and organization, ensuring data integrity and accessibility
• Efficiently escalated critical project issues to the SME’s, facilitating timely resolution and project success
• Generated detailed and insightful reports on mold health, providing valuable data for informed decision-making
• Managed inactive tools with strategic foresight, optimizing space and resources while ensuring readiness for future use
• Ensured rigorous compliance with finance audit requirements, upholding the highest standards of financial accuracy and accountability
• Executed the decommissioning process with meticulous planning and efficiency, ensuring smooth transition and minimal disruption.

• Ensured diverse stakeholder needs were thoroughly met, addressing comprehensive project scopes, ambitious goals, critical deliverables, and precise budget/resource requirements
• Orchestrated over 100 product launches, adhering rigorously to Project Management GATE/Phase methodologies from 2017 to 2021, showcasing exceptional project execution and adherence to standards
• Implemented substantial cost-saving initiatives, achieving significant financial impacts of 55M INR in 2019, 22M INR in 2019, and 5.5M INR in 2021, demonstrating impressive fiscal stewardship and efficiency
• Enhanced operational efficiency, resulting in markedly improved profit margins and notable cost savings, reflecting a keen ability to optimize processes and drive financial success
• Achieved improvements in overall project outcomes and financial performance through problem-solving and highly efficient management practices, showcasing a strong commitment to excellence and continuous improvement.

• Managed intricate projects from initial presales quotes through client interactions, ensuring seamless implementation and efficient closure for a diverse range of domestic and international clients
• Boosted organizational revenue by 30% through the application of project management methodologies, driving significant financial growth
• Provided global OEMs and Tier 1 organizations with engineering design solutions, enhancing their operational efficiency and market competitiveness
• Achieved a 90% customer retention rate, demonstrating exceptional client satisfaction and loyalty through personalized service
• Mentored and led a talented team of over 50 mechanical engineers both offshore and onsite, fostering their professional growth and development.

• Developed 165L and 190L Single Door Refrigerators using thorough tear-down benchmarking, detailed reverse engineering, and a top-down design approach, all within a swift 6-9 months
• Enhanced the design of plastic and sheet metal components, achieving a substantial reduction in product landing costs by 7-8%
• Conducted extensive product validation through field testing, chamber testing, and drop transportation assessments before PPAP with prototype models
• Performed development trials and rigorous QC audits of vacuum casting and RF liner components at the supplier’s end, ensuring quality control
• Optimized design processes and cost-efficiency, contributing to a streamlined and effective production workflow.

• Employed a top-down design approach for double door refrigerators, facilitating efficient platform standardization for Whirlpool of India Ltd
• Developed 220L and 240L double door refrigerators through comparative product analysis, precise reverse engineering, and a well-structured top-down design methodology within a swift 10-12 months
• Engineered high-performance plastic components, achieving substantial potential cost savings of 10% over existing components
• Constructed detailed prototype models with cross-functional teams to validate engineering changes prior to PPAP, while mentoring junior engineers on sophisticated design processes and streamlined work methods.

** Between 2004 and 2008, I diligently worked at Tooltec Global Engineering, Supreme Technologies, and Om Sai Moulds & Plastics.