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Lokesh Ravikumar

Katpadi

Summary

A competent Techno commercial offering with nearly 13 years of experience in Aluminium Die Castings function in Automobile Industry. Currently working with M/s Valeo as Group costing leader. Adept in Study of manufacturing feasibility, design and development of die casting components, Evaluation of new sources, zero based cost estimation of tools and aluminium casting parts, Cost wounding through value engineering. Strong communication, collaboration & team building skills with proficiency at grasping new technical concepts quickly and utilizing the same in a productive manner.

Overview

years of professional experience

Work History

Group Costing Leader

Valeo

Chennai

01.2024 - Current

Costing leader for Non ferrous and transformation commodity for Valeo group.(centralized costing)
Providing the costing analysis to buyer in order to conclude the commercials.
Supporting purchasing team on negotiations points and finalize the part cost inline to costing analysis
Supporting buyer for CAA pricing to win business from customer.
Costing supported for projects worth of 440 million Euro (last one year)
Performing the region wise cost simulation to identify the BCC.
Competitive Sourcing through our costing analysis in Mahindra E axle projects & achieved lifetime savings of 19 million euros against the budget.

Deputy. Manager – Sourcing & Logistics (Cost Management)

Royal Enfield Motors

Chennai

11.2015 - 01.2024

First principle cost working for Aluminium Die Casting Components & Dies (HPDC, LPDC & GDC)
First principle cost working for Cyl barrel Liners & CI Inserts (Centrifugal process & Green Sand Mold)
Handling cost settlements for New product & Current product
(Dies & Parts –350CC to750CC)
Alternate Source development for Current engineering components for volume ramp up
Insist supplier to work with lean manufacturing concept in machining to achieve QCD parameter for alternate source development
Identification of new sources for Product development and evaluating their capability w.r.t Quality, Cost, Delivery & Management
Initiate VAVE on Current Engineering products & reduce the overall material cost (per bike)
Working with Multi Cavity design for aluminium small components, to increase productivity & part price reduction
Process optimization & SPM introduction for the products, to increase productivity & part price reduction
Selection of machines, tools & fixture for reducing the machining cycle time & increasing the output for Machined components
Give necessary technical support to the Die manufacturers to complete the Die / Tool manufacturing on time
Technical review with vendors for feasibility study at the initial stage to cut down the development lead time and eliminate the quality issues on later stage
Price Settlement for RM Group Buy Vendors across India on quarterly basis
(ADC12, LM25/AC4C, AC4B & Alsi8CU3) -Total requirement of1800 –2000 MT / Month (75000 Vehicles / Month)
Rejection analysis and reduce the rejections in initial product development stage
Amending the PO for RM Price inflation / Deflation to the die casting vendors
Parts procurement transactions (Parts masters, source masters, purchase orders, parts receipts, GRNs, stocking) carried out in MM module SAP
Significant Achievements:
Washer Consolidation projects, thereby achieved potential cost saving of Rs.105 per Bike
Total No of Washer per bike –51 variants per bike
Current Buying price – Rs.285 (51 variants)
Proposed Buying price – Rs.179 (51 variants)
VAVE On Oil Filler Cap Material Change from (Aluminium ADC12 to Plastic Nylon6630% GF), thereby achieved potential cost saving of Rs.10.56 per Bike
VAVE on Hydraulic Bracket Pin Process Change from GDC process to HPDC process (14 Cavity), thereby achieved potential cost saving of Rs.5.35 per Bike
VAVE on Cam Steady plate material change from Forged steel to Aluminium Casting (HPDC process), thereby achieved potential cost saving of Rs.75 per Bike
On time settlement within budgeted cost for all New Platform products
Initiated Molten alloy mechanism for Crank Cases (1400T) & achieved the cost reduction of Rs.92 / part

Member PE – New Product Development

Sundaram Clayton Ltd.

Hosur

07.2012 - 10.2015

Study the manufacturing feasibility for new products like Crank cases, Cylinder block, Cylinder Head and Cover casting components
Concept making, parting line, gating, for HPDC parts
Preparation of detailed timing plan for design and development of parts
(APQP)
Conduct PFMEA during the initial stage to reduce the lead time and avoid rejection losses and to improve yield of the cast aluminum product to increase profitability
Vendor development and process planning (Die development)
Zero based cost estimation of the Tools and Dies
Die planning, die development and die proving
Quote enquiry, Identifying and finalizing the vendors
Technical review with customers and Tier II Suppliers
Preparation of level4 PPAP documents and submit the documents to customer for approval
Preparation of Cost working sheet for die corrections & modifications
Previous Employment:
Full time participated in die development of castings dies/Core boxes & proving of casting as per customer requirements in the following products
TVS: Star City Plus, Phoenix refresh, Jupiter, Apache200 CC (new version)
Victor refresh (new version)
Active member in productivity and quality improvement teams like QCC and CFT
Die cost reduction by average of4 lakhs/die by reusing the old housings

Education

B.Tech -

Bits Pilani

01.2026

Diploma - Tool and Die Making

NTTF-Vellore training centre

Vellore

01.2012

HSC -

Vani vidyalaya Matr. Hr. Sec School

01.2009

SSLC -

TMKV Govt. Hr. Sec School

01.2007