Lakshmi Krishnagowda
Strategy & Operations
Bangalore
Summary
Focused Project Manager adept at planning, directing and maintaining continuous operations in various departments. Experienced in directing Quality, manufacturing, logistics employees and keeping efficient production in accordance with quality standards. Applying creative and analytical approach to operations for continuous process improvement. Skilled at identifying or anticipating problems and providing solutions. Excels through mentoring, training and empowering team to excel in performance.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Project Manager: Sales & Operations
Powertrain Solutions (PS), Robert Bosch India Limited
01.2022 - Current
- Develop and strategize planning & physical logistics processes to be future fit
- Work together with the plant leadership team to implement standards and digitalize logisitcs across 11 Bosch locations- across India
- Agile scrum master for Project Management of Sales & Operations
- Design the supply chain network design to identify & mitigate risks using MIFA(Material & Information Flow Analysis) connecting from customer to tier 2 suppliers
- Conceptualize and implement end to end pull systematic (Lean & BPS concepts) for various products in Bosch Indian Plants with focus on digitalization & connecting source and deliver loops
- Community building together with Indian plants and global plants
- Synergise and execution of the Bosch Mobility(BBM Process Compass) Standard process and adherence through Quality Audits within Logistics.
Logistics Key Account
Global Semiconductor Task Force, Automotive Electronics (AE), Robert Bosch GmbH
03.2021 - 12.2021
- Identify the criticality of the for the next 2 months from all the 19 production locations globally pertaining to one supplier Texas Instruments
- Discuss with the supplier and provide the volume requirements
- Develop a supply plan along with the supplier to ensure no line stoppage at Bosch and inturn at customer
- Actively discuss the supply possibility with customers on weekly basis to ensure the productions are adjusted, the critical parts are made available
- International networking across continents at different time zones mitigating escalations and finding solutions to ensure customer fulfilment.
Technical Assistant to Executive Vice President
Powertrain Solutions (PS), Robert Bosch GmbH
02.2019 - 03.2021
- Support strategic activities related to Quality, Manufacturing and Logisitcs for Business Division: Powertrain Solutions with 54 plants globally
- Analyse TEK/TPZplanning, Manpower planning, IPN allocation for capacity shortage/export requirements, coming from different plants and aligning with BU/MFC together with PS/MFC1 for short term and longterm Strategic Site Concept decisions
- Cost calculations co-ordination with Purchase and BUs of RPP projects for overall MAT-cost reduction
- Active participation in developing Divisional Strategy
- Space planning strategy for Feuerbach, Waiblingen and Thailand locations
- Defining of the quality strategy, drive reduction of internal defect costs, support the internal and external system audits, Quality System Audits for the region.
Logistics Planner for European customers
Powertrain Solutions, Robert Bosch GmbH
04.2017 - 01.2019
- Demand Planning in SAP for European Customer for parts from China, Japan and Indian Bosch Production plants via Warehouse
- Responsible for demand fulfillment, inventory target and lower logistics costs
- Interactions with the customers to optimize the current process
- Responsible for optimization of the current Supply Chain design by focusing on the improvement potential topics for better efficiency and reduced efforts.
Technical Assistant to Plant Commercial Head
Diesel Systems, Bangalore Plant, Robert Bosch India
07.2015 - 03.2017
- Define the Mission and goals for next 3 years
- Restructuring of manpower and contracted workforce via optimization and efficiency improvement projects
- Mapping the indirect processes and reducing redundancy
- Cost improvement projects via budget controlling.
Business Excellence Expert
Bangalore Plant, Diesel Systems, Robert Bosch India
03.2012 - 06.2015
- Define and establish EFQM concepts in Bangalore Plant
- Work along with the leadership to develop a leadership culture
- Establish process landscape, aligned to Plant Vision, Mission and goals
- Bring in 10% indirect efficiency improvement in all the process in the plant using concept of lean in indirect areas and BPS in direct areas
- Conducted Bosch internal assessment and an external assessment.
Quality Engineer for Purchase parts
Naganathapura Plant, SG Division, Robert Bosch India
05.2008 - 02.2012
- Define Quality Assurance standards for the supplier base (Quality Manual of supplier established)
- Establish rubber and plastic components at supplier and make PPAP release
- Implement Bosch Production Systematic at preferred suppliers
- Conduct periodic system audits at suppliers to comply with Bosch Standards.
Co-op at Siemens VDO
Detroit, MI, USA
05.2007 - 12.2007
- Conducted root cause analysis and problem solving for warranty products using quality tools: six sigma, fish bone diagram, PDCA cycle for continuous improvements
- Maintain the quality charts for issues and improving customer supplier interactions
- Statistical analysis of data for solving customer's problem.
Education
B.E in Industrial Engineering and Management -
Bangalore Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India
09.2002 - 05.2006
Skills
Personal Information
Nationality: Indian
Timeline
Project Manager: Sales & Operations
Powertrain Solutions (PS), Robert Bosch India Limited
01.2022 - Current
Logistics Key Account
Global Semiconductor Task Force, Automotive Electronics (AE), Robert Bosch GmbH
03.2021 - 12.2021
Technical Assistant to Executive Vice President
Powertrain Solutions (PS), Robert Bosch GmbH
02.2019 - 03.2021
Logistics Planner for European customers
Powertrain Solutions, Robert Bosch GmbH
04.2017 - 01.2019
Technical Assistant to Plant Commercial Head
Diesel Systems, Bangalore Plant, Robert Bosch India
07.2015 - 03.2017
Business Excellence Expert
Bangalore Plant, Diesel Systems, Robert Bosch India
03.2012 - 06.2015
Quality Engineer for Purchase parts
Naganathapura Plant, SG Division, Robert Bosch India
05.2008 - 02.2012
Co-op at Siemens VDO
Detroit, MI, USA
05.2007 - 12.2007
B.E in Industrial Engineering and Management -
Bangalore Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India
09.2002 - 05.2006
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