Ashwath Satyanarayana

Daimler Trucks Innovation Center India, Bangalore, Karnataka

• Cost Control & Supplier Collaboration: Managed a Finance Carve Out Project for CFO & Transformation Team, coordinating with third-party stakeholders (e.g., IBM) on SAP S/4 HANA customizations, reducing vendor-related delays by 15% through proactive risk mitigation and supplier alignment.

• Program Management: Oversaw 12 programs across 5 countries (Europe & Turkey Bus Programs), prioritizing tasks and leading 5 cross-functional teams simultaneously, resolving conflicts to maintain project timelines.

• Data & Reporting: Developed 4 KPI dashboards to monitor monthly, weekly, and daily progress, consolidating data for senior management reports, aligning with strategic company goals.

• Process Improvement: Implemented continuous improvement initiatives, optimizing project outcomes and resource allocation for 20 FTEs across 12 projects in 2024.

• Supplier & Stakeholder Engagement: Conducted 5 requirement-gathering workshops for Germany and Turkey Bus Programs, managing stakeholder expectations with dashboards and status reports, fostering collaborative partnerships.

• Technical Support: Optimized IT applications by analyzing bugs and bottlenecks, driving process improvements transferable to aerospace manufacturing operations.

• Resource Planning: Forecasted demand for 20 FTEs across 6 plants, increasing capacity by 60% compared to 2022 through effective cross-functional coordination.

• Manufacturing Expertise: Developed BOM and proto builds for B-Car programs (India & South Africa), gaining hands-on experience in assembly optimization and quality control, transferable to aerospace structural assembly.

• Scrum Leadership: Led Agile Scrum meetings for B-Car programs, converting business problems into deliverable solutions

• Cross-Functional collaboration : Collaborated with engineering and quality teams on proto- type builds, resolving technical queries to meet project schedules, mirroring FAI (First Article Inspection) processes.

• Digital Manufacturing: Drove IoT 4.0 implementation for MES applications, developing a PMHV management system using sensors, improving shop floor efficiency by 12%.

• Technical Assessment: Conducted impact and network assessments for MES implementations, identifying gaps and risks, skills applicable to supplier capability analysis.

• Process Excellence: Utilized Agile-based closed-loop analysis post-implementation, aligning with methodologies like Kaizen and 8D (In Progress).

• Data & Reporting: Implemented MES solutions (e.g., Factory Talk Metrics) for furnace performance logging at various automotive plants providing live data for audits reporting and process optimization.

Installation, Testing and Commissioning Engineer

Advanced Technical Services Co. W.L.L, Doha, Qatar

• Technical Support: Installed and tested Siemens SPPA T3000 control systems, ensuring compliance with specifications, skills transferable to aerospace metrology and GD&T (In Progress).