KOGANTI RAJA SEKHAR
Senior Program Manager
Hyderabad
Summary
Profile summaryCore competencies:
Product development and Management (PLM)
Program Management
Delivery Management
Mentoring and coaching
Design Quality and QMS
Collaboration in matrix organization
Process Automation
Vendor assessment and Selection
Budgeting and cost control
Cross functional co-ordination
Analytics and problem solving
Performance monitoring and Evaluation
Training and Knowledge Sharing
Achievements
Achieved additional revenues of $300M through NPIs with vitality of 30% at SBU level. $500M in pipeline
Consistently maintained say/do of revenues at and above 110%
Project deliveries: 100% on time
Productivity improvement by 20%
Highly accomplished Engineering leader with over 26 years of rich & versatile experience in Strategic New Product Design & Development, Project & Program Life Cycle Management, Stakeholder Engagement and People Management.
Experience of over 9 years in comprehensive leadership role
Presently performing as head of programs for SME division at Honeywell to support North America and Canada Markets for which the products are smart meters and communication modules (Embedded products)
Introduced agile approach for hardware products at organizational level by splitting the scope of the large projects, classifying MVOs, and enabling early launch into market to beat the competition
Successfully led and motivated teams in cross-cultural environment. Ensured the stability of the organization with respect to fluctuation of people.
An effective leader with detail driven outstanding communication skill and proven success interfacing with both customers and co-workers; effective communicator with excellent negotiation, leadership, and analytical skills
Experienced in collaborating with Top Management for evolving strategic vision, driving change, infusing new ideas and taking business performance and productivity to the next level
16+ years of experience working with MNC companies and 14+ years with abroad clients (Europe and USA)
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
4
4
Languages
Work History
Technical Senior Program Manager
HONEYWELL SAFETY, HONEYWELL SMART ENERGY
Hyderabad
01.2017 - Current
- AND PRODUCTIVITY SOLUTIONS (SPS) PROVIDES PRODUCTS, SOFTWARE AND CONNECTED SOLUTIONS THAT IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY, WORKPLACE SAFETY AND ASSET PERFORMANCE FOR CUSTOMERS ACROSS THE GLOBE
- Respiratory products and Electrical safety products
- SME, DATA DRIVEN IOT TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEM SOLUTIONS, TRANSCENDING UTILITY BUSINESS MODELS THROUGH SMARTER INSIGHTS, GREATER OPTIMIZATION, INCREASED RELIANCE, AND ENHANCED SAFETY
- Electricity, Gas and Water
- Instituting & executing high level product development & management strategies, making decisions, and overcoming complex business challenges using experience-backed judgment, strong work ethics and irreproachable integrity
- Steering efforts in delivering NPI/NPDs to meet $1bn AOP for SME (Smart Energy AMI) products in the regions of North America, EMEA and Canada
- Responsible for delivery of NPD projects according to plan by targeting zero defects and high level of customer satisfaction
- Coaching and developing next level leadership
- Responsible for defining and driving strategic growth plan in close collaboration with top leadership
- Continuously benchmarking NPI processes also with third party organization processes and acting accordingly
- Responsible for meeting the SBU deliverables of the SME and leading the resources assigned to the site
- Continuously monitoring and guiding teams to meet program baselines, cost, resource deployment, time overruns and quality compliance to ensure satisfactory execution of projects
- Member of PAC (Product Approval Committee) leadership to assess and approve client’s business requirements with key focus on QCD (Quality, Control & Delivery)
- Ensuring effective creation of quality culture systems/roadmap to lead the company to World Class Standards by monitoring the progress of new processes and ensuring compliance
Senior Manager
Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab Private Limited
01.2017 - 11.2019
Senior Engineering Manager
Danfoss Industries Private Limited
05.2010 - 01.2017
- CREATE MORE SUSTAINABLE WORLD BY DELIVERING SMART AND ENERGY EFFICIENT PRODUCTS, SERVICES, AND SOLUTIONS
- HERMETIC COMPRESSORS: SCROLL AND RECIPROCATING
- Handpicked to direct engineering activities (Sustaining, NPD and EPD) for hermetic compressor business including cost down activities to support 2 plants (France and India) globally
- Built the over-all infrastructure (design center, Supplier development, Tool room and lab) at Chennai facility to support end to product development and increased head count from 6 to 56
- Worked with VP of Development (France) to define and plan new projects and roll out engineering initiatives
- Developed and managed multi-year product line road map and strategy through cross functional platform organization
- Contributed to improving divisional (Commercial Compressors) EBIT from negative to positive
- Established processes and governance structure for global agency & certification management
- Created high performance design teams and achieved quality improvement by reducing field failures (10% YOY)
- Developed strong relationship with top technical people at key customers.
Education
B.E - Mechanical Engineering
Bangalore University
Skills
Skills elaboratedExpert in design of hermetic Compressors, Gear pumps, axial blowers, automotive plastic tooling, sheet metal development and Glass Containers Hands on experience in manufacturing, tooling, quality, and CAD/CAM/CAESkilled in heading overall operations for new product development including customer inputs, competitor analysis, requirement analysis, finalizing specifications, design management, failure mode design analysis, VA/VE, DFM/DFA, DOE, CAE methodologies, prototype development, qualification testing, production support, field quality & field failure improvement activities, vendor management and quality managementW2W program management of multi-disciplinary products Agile practicesHighlightsImmense success in boosting sales by 15% in APAC region by delivering market requirements (both NPD and EPD) despite strong market competitionTrack record of setting up COE center with top engineering colleges in India to promote knowledge sharing and to bridge the gap between industry expectations & college curriculumsAs Delivery ManagerTecumseh Products India Private LimitedCADEM services2003-2010LEADING GLOBAL MANUFACTURER OF HERMETIC COMPRESSORS AND CONDENSING UNITS FOR RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATION AND AIR CONDITIONING APPLICATIONSDelivered Engineering needs as defined in the Statement of Work (SOW) including on-site requirementsDelivered new products to key clients like Eaton and Toro (New product development along with huge amount of CAE, tooling, and manufacturing activities)Delivered dedicated CAE activities to GE (Belcan corporation) starting 2008Delivered: Design, Customization and PDM support to Union Metal Corporation for their fabricated poll designsWorked closely with the Direct Hire counterpartsWorked with the client engineering team (domestic and abroad) to maintain seamless hand offAs Group leaderLed all CAD/ CAM activities with different abroad clients (like Modine Manufacturing, Union Metal Corporation, Hatz diesel engines, Bosch) and Internal (Tecumseh) clientsHands on experience with all CAD tools like Catia, Unigraphics, Pro-E and Solid worksLead, developed and supported tooling of plastics, sheet metals and die castings (clients like Lear corporation, Bosch, and Hatz Diesel Engines) while developing sourcing vendors to support tooling activitiesDeveloped products in automotive, hydraulics, pneumatics, and hermetic compressorsManaged program of NPD of scroll compressors (2T to 6T) –HBP application at US (onsite)Hermetic Compressors involving cost reduction and EER improvement (< 35T HBP recipes)Previous AssignmentsMay’01 – Oct’03 : AGI Glaspac, Hyderabad (wwwagi-glaspaccom) - Asst ManagerMar’96 – May’01 : Sundeep Polymers Pvt Ltd, Nagpur - Senior Engineer
Timeline
SSM
08-2022
Professional scrum Master
07-2022
Technical Senior Program Manager
HONEYWELL SAFETY, HONEYWELL SMART ENERGY
01.2017 - Current
Senior Manager
Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab Private Limited
01.2017 - 11.2019
Senior Engineering Manager
Danfoss Industries Private Limited
05.2010 - 01.2017
B.E - Mechanical Engineering
Bangalore University