Nagabhushana Kathreeki
Product Engineer
Mudenuru, Huvina Hadagali
Summary
Relentless Product Engineer with a resourceful, Hardworking and quality-driven mindset with 10+ years of experience in Product Quality Control and Assurance, supplier/customer Quality, Change Management, QMS, Strategic Planning and Execution, Supplier development to ensure products and services meet quality standards. A team Leader with proven success in handling the team and ability to handle multiple projects with a high degree of accuracy. Committed to continuous improvement, leveraging strong analytical skills to identify and mitigate risks while maintaining high standards of product quality and delivery. Passionate about creating positive work environments that facilitate success and innovation.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
4
4
Languages
Work History
Product Engineer L3
Wipro Limited
Hyderabad
07.2022 - Current
- Performing technical assessments of new and existing supplier capabilities to meet product, cost, quality, capacity and process controls.
- Perform first product inspection and document the gaps in the Production part approval process from suppliers against the company's standards
- Coordinate all supplier PPAP submissions and coordinate approval. Managing corrective action activity where necessary.
- Manage KPI's to measure effectiveness, including supplier APQP timelines and PPAP proficient in the APQP Process.
- Identify high-risk suppliers for launch of new product development programs, mitigated risk, and avoided affecting assembly operations.
- Identifying and tracking all critical supplier specific KPI's such as On-Time Delivery(OTD),On-Time shipment(OTS), PPM(Parts Per Million), Descriptive material Rejection(DMR), Supplier Cost of Poor Performance(SCoPP), Advanced ship notice(ASN), Past Dues and Critical analysis.
- Working with Advanced Analytics team on supply chain digitization.
- Handling On-Time shipments improvements plan with supplier, which will minimize impact on Production Potential issues
- Develop Supplier capacity uplift plans by considering Demands, receipts, APV and 5M's(Material, Manpower,Machinery, Money and Management)
- Monitor Supplier performance-KPI's and publish to all North America suppliers
- Developed positive working relationships with customers to effectively coordinate work activities..
- Developing supply chain and project management dashboards on Power BI.
- Documented and updated build, quality and performance records.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of product components.
- Presented project updates and findings to stakeholders, ensuring clear communication of progress and results.
- Enhanced customer satisfaction by addressing and resolving reported product issues in a timely manner.
Senior Project Engineer
Wipro Limited
Hyderabad
11.2019 - 06.2022
- Responsible for Oshkosh-JLG supplier corrective and Preventive Action, Supplier change requests, Supplier resourcing/capability analysis,
- Developed Supplier Cost of Poor Performance(SCoPP) project to reduce the supplier performance issues and calculated risks during the project development and managed the risks.
- Participated New Product Development Kick off Meetings.
- Proactively mitigated the issues based on historical DMR analysis which reduced 20% of repetitive issues
- Participated in new product development in areas such as Technical review, CQP, Proto and Production PPAP validation, and Change requests
- Identified potential risks early in the process, allowing proactive mitigation measures to prevent delays or setbacks.
- Established strong working relationships with clients to ensure clear communication of expectations and requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
- Expedite all parts with suppliers as required, to ensure on-time delivery, preventing stock-outs and production downtime o Responsible for supplier quality performance from prototypes through production launch and VOC.
- Recommended process improvements to reduce unnecessary waste.
- Participated in OSHKOSH supplier readiness program globally – to proactively mitigate risk of Demand, Material, Manpower, Machine, and Money
- Hands-on ERP tools like MAPICS (Manufacturing, Accounting, Production information control system) and Powerlink.
- Responsible for reporting and coordinating with Engineers, purchasing, and quality team for Supplier Deviation Request
- Consistently evaluating vendor performance to ensure adherence to predefined specifications and supply of quality material/execution of job works
- Assisted with cost proposal development and customer presentations.
Project Engineer
Wipro Limited
Hyderabad
11.2014 - 10.2019
- Participated in PPAP Review, Drawing reviews and Rejection Analysis
- Developed Component Quality Planning(CQP) project for New Product Development Programs to meet the Project requirements and Deadline.
- Worked on Product Quality Planning for different NPD Programs
- Review different PPAP levels and ensure manufacturing process and actual requirements understood by supplier
- Gained experience working with JLG standards, Material, and paint/finish specifications to effectively review the production part approval process (PPAP), PFMEA, Gage R & R
- Responsible for managing and responding to supplier queries to rejected PPAPs.
- Analyzed recurring PPAP rejection from key suppliers, developed reports, dashboards and Led supplier improvement meetings to help them achieve PPAP first pass percentage greater than 80%
- Handled MEXICO and EAME region PPAP evaluation as JLG MEXICO & EAME suppliers were new to process and guided them by conducting meetings and explaining with samples to meet JLG PPAP requirements
- Provided technical expertise throughout all phases of the project, ensuring accurate execution of designs and specifications.
- Maintained records for each project and engineering discipline.
Education
Master of Technology(Integrated) - Design Systems
Vellore Institute of Technology
Vellore-632014, Tamil Nadu, India 08.2014 - 08.2019
Diploma - Tool And Die Making
Government Tool Room And Training Centre
Hospet, Karnatak, India 06.2010 - 07.2014
Skills
Continuous improvement
Failure modes and effects analysis
Root Cause Analysis - 8D
Production Part Approval Process
APQP
Supply chain optimization
Six Sigma and Lean Methodologies
Manufacturing processes
New product development
undefinedAccomplishments
- ER&D Excellence Awards Q2-FY22 - Beyond The Call Of Duty
- Oshkosh Excellence Award-2017 - Oshkosh Corporation
- PES Excellence Award- H2:FY 2016-17 - League Extraordinaire
- EDS&PLM - Excellence Awards Q4:2015-2016 - Best Campus Recruit
- EDS&PLM - Excellence Awards Q3:2014-2015 - Best Project Delivery
Certification
Root Cause Analysis and the 8D corrective Action Process - The Manufacturing Academy
Timeline
Project Lead certification Program - Wipro
11-2022
Product Engineer L3
Wipro Limited
07.2022 - Current
Lean Six Sigma White Belt Certification - Adavances Innovation Group Pro Excellence(AIGPE)
07-2022
Root Cause Analysis and the 8D corrective Action Process - The Manufacturing Academy
11-2021
Senior Project Engineer
Wipro Limited
11.2019 - 06.2022
Project Engineer
Wipro Limited
11.2014 - 10.2019
Master of Technology(Integrated) - Design Systems
Vellore Institute of Technology
08.2014 - 08.2019
Diploma - Tool And Die Making
Government Tool Room And Training Centre
06.2010 - 07.2014
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