Kiran Kumar Pamanji
Senior Engineer
Chennai,Tamilnadu
Summary
Results-driven professional with over 12 years of experience in the automobile industry, including tenure at a leading OEM. Expertise includes BOM management, product specification, configuration changes, and product life cycle management, supported by a strong background as an Engineering Release Analyst. Exceptional communication and visualization skills developed through extensive collaboration with stakeholders at all organizational levels. Committed to leveraging industry knowledge to enhance efficiency and innovation in automotive projects.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Engineer – Product Specification and Configuration Analyst
FORD Motor Private Limited
09.2022 - Current
- Responsible for Implementing Product Specification and changes to the product line
- Developed comprehensive project plans, establishing business-centric scopes, objectives, and deliverables to ensure alignment with organizational goals.
- Led cross-functional teams in driving problem-solving and continuous improvement, collaborating with executive leadership, functional heads, and finance.
- Communicated project status and updates to diverse stakeholders across multiple teams and organizations, reinforcing quantitative performance metrics.
- Delivered project and program objectives within agreed scope, timelines, budgets, and resource allocations, ensuring all deliverables were met as planned.
- Identified potential risks early in the project lifecycle, and implemented proactive mitigation strategies to ensure project continuity and timely completion.
- Duration: Sep 2022 – till date (3years)
Senior Engineer – Engineering Change Management and Release Analyst
FORD Motor Private Limited
03.2019 - 08.2022
- Audit the entire EBOM & MBOM on key milestones and fix the potential release errors which might result in the Miss-Build of a vehicle, Part Shortage or Excessive part release etc.
- Release the Engineering Changes (ECN/ECO) for TVM Actions, Proto-Release, Production Release, Service Release, Design Release, Color & Trim Release, Port Modifications, Bailment Release etc.
- Work closely with Commodity Owners to write engineering change requests efficiently & Audit engineering drawings for quality and compliance checks before releasing into the production system.
- Approve the workflow process in PLM Tool (FEDE BOM / WERS) to Release approved Design Changes.
- Identify the KPIs and prepare the BOM Quality Metrics, Health Chart & Scorecard Metrics on Weekly/Monthly basis to review the program health and present it to the Program Management Teams for escalations.
- Conduct Global ECM community meetings for knowledge sharing and process improvements.
- Duration: Mar 2019 –Aug 2022 (2 years and 5 months)
Senior Design Engineer
Satyam Venture Engineering Services
11.2015 - 03.2019
- To ensure BOM Quality by performing various audit processes.
- Transferring parts from AVBOM (Advanced Vehicle Bill of Material) to WERS (Worldwide Engineering Release System)
- Checking for misalignments between AVBOM and WERS and rectifying those misalignments through notice creation and directing to the PPM Mail Box for review and release.
- Post FDJ, tracking material and tooling cost in WERS and updating AVBOM with the help of CRF’s created by finance team.
- Client: Ford Technology Services India (FTSI).
- Project : BOM Management
- Role : Senior Design Engineer
- Duration : Nov 2015 to Mar 2019.
Design Engineer
Satyam Venture Engineering Services Private Limite
Chennai
09.2008 - 10.2011
- A robust verification process of applying standardized requirements and verification methods.
- To manage the progress of a particular vehicle line that is being tested and reporting to the Project Manager
- Co-ordinate with engineering team and other cross functional teams team to complete the DV testing on time.
- Managed multiple projects simultaneously while adhering to strict deadlines and maintaining a high level of attention to detail.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
RMK Engineering College
Chennai01.2008
Skills
Project coordination
Risk analysis
Project management
Cross-functional collaboration
Product development
Bill of materials management
Engineering change management
Awards
Functional Excellence Award – For achieving First time right in 2 way compare process and outstanding achievement in Post FDJ cost tracking process., Team of the Quarter: Recognition for having a team working effectively and achieving top level satisfaction., Asia Pacific Award for FDJ Change log task for NA program., Asia Pacific Award for Successful completion of BOM quality Audit for T6 program.
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that above-mentioned information is correct to the best of my knowledge and belief
Timeline
Senior Engineer – Product Specification and Configuration Analyst
FORD Motor Private Limited
09.2022 - Current
Senior Engineer – Engineering Change Management and Release Analyst
FORD Motor Private Limited
03.2019 - 08.2022
Senior Design Engineer
Satyam Venture Engineering Services
11.2015 - 03.2019
Design Engineer
Satyam Venture Engineering Services Private Limite
09.2008 - 10.2011
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
RMK Engineering College
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