Narendra Varma B
Quality Engineer
Pune,PCMC
Summary
Holds 10 years of experience in vivid sectors Automobile, Agriculture & Mining in supplier sourcing, supplier development, Quality control, Quality Assurance & Project Management. Skilled at manufacturing of Engine & Power train. Worked on supplier sourcing & component development for global markets such as France, North America, China, Brazil & Finland with 98% Right first time with effective implementation of APQP & PPAP processes.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Section. Manager – Supplier Quality Engineer
M/s JOHN DEERE INDIA PVT LTD
Pune, Maharashtra
10.2018 - Current
- Heading 12 supplier’s that contributes 80% of component base to our product lines in Power train & Engine factories.
- Managed quality assurance program, including on-site evaluations, internal audits and customer surveys.
- Aided in finalizing designs of Timing gear covers, Cylinder Blocks, Cylinder Heads & Power train housings that ensures manufacturing feasibility without compromise on product performance.
- Developed 3 new suppliers in last 1-year span as part of alternate sourcing that has yielded savings of 50 Lakhs per annum.
- In span of last 4 months I have developed 3 machined cast iron structural castings that weighs 80 kg’s with 100% right first time at new supplier. Conceptualized & implemented foundry, machine shop tooling & gauges for inspection.
- Aided in cost saving projects, with design modifications yielded savings up to 35 lakhs per annum.
- Driving key initiatives such as “Zero defect station”, “Digitization of Dashboards” & “Improving process capability with target Cp, Cpk & Pp, Ppk levels at 2” to ensure process robustness that improves supplier’s performance.
- Reduced Cylinder head rejection from 20% to 3% with process improvements in span of 1.5 months. This has reduced rejection cost by 17% & also improved productivity.
- Completed 2 Green Belt Six Sigma Projects via DMAIC way in last 15 months span to reduce supplier rejection PPM that has resulted savings up to 1.5 lakh.
- Regulating audits at least 4+ times in one quarter as lead auditor to measure supplier performance against contractual standards.
- Upscale 5 suppliers in last 2 quarters from quartile 3 to quartile 2 with process improvements that resulted in product quality & delivery improvement without any cost addition.
- Developed dashboard’s using Power BI for internal teams to evaluate supplier’s performances & to monitor KPI’s on monthly basis.
- This reduced time to prepare supplier reports for review from 4 hours to 30 minutes.
- Working on projects to reduce annual warranty cost by 20% from current status.
Asst. Manager
Mahindra & Mahindra
Pune, Maharashtra
09.2016 - 09.2018
- Member of CDMM (Component Development & Materials Management) – PTD (Power Train Division) handling Supplier development, supplier selection & Project management roles for development of Engine parts.
- Handled project management role in development of “Marazzo” engine & Truck engine (D25 Engine).
- In project management role, supervised on-time development & delivery of products while working with Development & Operations teams.
- Developed exhaust system components, oil filter housings from proto stage to serial production. Developed Exhaust Manifold of engine in “Marazzo”.
- Implementation of APAP & PPAP procedures that assures process robustness & production run at rates.
- Preparing process agreement sheets at RFQ stage to get quotes from suppliers.
- Review & fix process tools, machines, cycle time, testing & inspection gauges requirements to settle part cost. Worked for production ramp up projects by alternate sourcing & development of additional tools.
- Supporting Value engineering team for implementation of cost reduction proposals.
Sr. Engineer
Tractors & Farm Equipments Ltd
Chennai, Tamil nadu
10.2013 - 07.2016
- Team member of International Business Unit, handling development of castings & machining parts for global markets say – Europe, U.S.A, Finland, China & Brazil.
- Worked on selection of suppliers for manufacturing of Castings & Machining towards New Product Development & Alternate sourcing through supplier audits says SRR+ (Supplier Readiness Review) for global market requirements.
- Assessment of manufacturing feasibility's & Risk analysis on deployment of manufacturing process for raw casting, Machining through technical review with customers, implementation of APQP & PPAP procedures.
- Developed 250 kg of casting for Hitch application for France location at rate of First time Right. Optimized tooling concept that eliminated 70 kg’s of core for this part resulted in saving of 700 rupees per part.
Education
Intermediate - M.P.C
KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA
Tirupati 04.2003 - 01.2005
B. Tech - Mechanical Engineering
JNT University (C.R. Engg. College)
Tirupati 10.2005 - 04.2009
Skills
Supplier Development
Quality control Practices - APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, SPC & MSA
Root cause analysis tools - 8D process, Why-Why Analysis & Poka-Yoke
Six sigma – DMAIC & LEAN methodologies
Power BI
Lender Quality Initiatives
Quality assurance expertise
Value engineering
Additional Information
Worked for Komatsu India Pvt ltd & Nelcast Ltd between 2009'Dec to 2013'September.
Certification
Six Sigma Green Belt
Timeline
Six Sigma Green Belt
01-2021
Section. Manager – Supplier Quality Engineer
M/s JOHN DEERE INDIA PVT LTD
10.2018 - Current
Asst. Manager
Mahindra & Mahindra
09.2016 - 09.2018
Sr. Engineer
Tractors & Farm Equipments Ltd
10.2013 - 07.2016
B. Tech - Mechanical Engineering
JNT University (C.R. Engg. College)
10.2005 - 04.2009
Intermediate - M.P.C
KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA
04.2003 - 01.2005