PRASANNA KUMAR N

Managed and supervised administrative and daily program operations, complying with policies and regulations.

• Established strong relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring support for program initiatives.
• Delivered high-quality results by setting performance metrics and monitoring progress against targets.
• Enhanced project visibility with regular status updates, leading to increased stakeholder engagement.
• Championed best practices in project management, fostering culture of continuous improvement.
• Optimized resource allocation, effectively balancing priorities and managing competing demands.
• Developed strategic plans, setting clear objectives and achievable milestones for team.
• Leading Engineering approval responsibility for second brand parts (alternate to Genuine)
• Defining alternate specification for second brand parts
• Review & clarify engineering requirements to suppliers
• Review and validate test reports from suppliers/3rd party labs
• Ensuring part meets regional Homologation requirements
• Present results to parts council followed by engineering approval and release
• Leading Aftersales engineering topics
• Identification & documentation of spare parts once BOM is released from Engineering
• Identify & Implement automation at various stages of process to improve the efficiency and through put
• Leading Remanufacturing engineering for US & Germany regions
• Variant reduction by parts communization
• Backward forward compatibility studies of various modules
• Reverse engineering of products to resource critical / low yield parts
• Support developing Remanufacturing specs for Transmission, Engine & Axle parts
• Rapid prototyping
• Developed new designs (metal and plastic) using latest 3D printing & 3D machining concepts for initial trials/testing
• Developed Proof of concept for EV transmission concept from scratch

• Develop HCV Casting for several new products like Carrier & its internal Modules like Plain / Flange Half, Bearing Cap, Wheel End, Brake Components such as Hub, Drum, Spider in High Pressure Vertical, Horizontal Molding Lines, etc
• Carrying out detailed study for feasibility of manufacturing of products like right machining stocks, position of locating datum’s from parting line, dimensional tolerance, etc
• Coordinating with various suppliers to organize pre-award meetings and ensure proper understanding of standards requirements, drawing & tooling plans like Pattern Match Plate, Core Making Method, etc
• Accountable for conducting audits activities for production operations & assessing process
• Bring down supplier PPM levels by resolving quality issues - Problem analysis, implement CAPA through 8D analysis, improving quality consciousness of suppliers, supplier training (part specific & safety), implementation of error proofing.

• Involved in designing of Brake Systems (Disc & Drum), Wheel End Component, etc
• Pivotal role in reengineering of: 2 variants of Disc Brake Caliper Housings & Carriers, Operating Shaft, Automatic slack Adjuster Assembly Component, etc
• Efficiently designed functional gauges for assessment of Brake Shoe Table Rivet Hole position
• Developed detailed Generic Process Flow for execution of various Reengineering Projects.