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Senthil Kumar.T
Manager -Quality & NPD
Thiruvallur,TN
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Summary
Dynamic leader with extensive experience in quality assurance and new product development at Stumpp Schuele & Somappa. Successfully launched multiple products while maintaining zero major non-conformances during audits. Expertise in root cause analysis and customer relationship management, driving continuous improvement and defect reduction in high-volume manufacturing environments.
Overview
1
1
Certification
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager Manager – Quality & NPD
Stumpp Schuele & Somappa Auto Suspension Systems Pvt Ltd
Thiruvallur
01.2023 - Current
- Dual Leadership: Manage both the Quality Assurance and New Product Development (NPD) teams for high-volume suspension lines.
- Product Launch: Lead end-to-end development of new suspension springs and stabilizer bars from prototype to mass production.
- Customer Approvals: Handle technical coordination with major OEMs, managing APQP and PPAP documentation for timely product sign-off.
- Audit Compliance: Maintain plant readiness for IATF 16949 and ISO 9001 audits, ensuring successful certifications with zero major non-conformances.
- Defect Reduction: Lead 8D investigations and root-cause analysis to resolve manufacturing defects, reducing shop-floor rejection and customer field claims.
- Process Control: Monitor and stabilize process capability across core processes including coiling, heat treatment, and shot peening.
- Stumpp Schuele & Somappa Auto Suspension Systems Pvt Ltd is a leading Tier-1 manufacturer of automotive components. Operating as a specialized joint venture under the SSSS Group, the company manufactures high-quality suspension coil springs and stabilizer bars for major automotive companies like Maruti Suzuki, Toyota, Honda, TVS, and Hero MotoCorp.
Deputy Manager – Quality
Tube Products of India
Avadi
09.2022 - Current
- Tube Products of India (TPI) a Unit of Tube Investments of India Ltd. is a steel tubes manufacturer based in India. Tube Investments of India is a flagship company of Murugappa Group. Tube Products of India was established at 1955 in collaboration with Tube Products (Old Bury) Limited, UK to produce Electric resistance welding (ERW).
Deputy Manager – Quality & NPD
Daewon India
Thiruvallur
07.2011 - 09.2022
- Daewon kangup co ltd is specialized for manufacturing company for spring/seat of various vehicle. Daewon established in 1946, daewon have overseas business in India, Russia, Poland, United states, China, Korea, to build globalized manufacturing and supplying system.
Senior Engineer - Quality
GABRIEL INDIA LTD
05.2005 - 07.2011
- Helped set annual goals and continuous improvement initiatives to drive an average of 6% annual increase in prevention savings.
- Controlled product quality levels to ensure compliance with the expectations of 12 different clients.
- Trialed and implemented several new testing procedures.
- Handling the suppliers and conduct the audits.
- Lead failure investigations, conduct necessary analysis and perform corrective action for customer related failures.
- Responsible to auditing the contracted manufacturers and suppliers to make sure products, and manufacturing process meet requirements.
- Represent quality cross function team lead for product portfolios and new product development projects.
- Looking incoming, in process rejection and control the rejection.
- Maintain the records and documents.
- Monitor the system for complaints recorded and dealt with only daily basis.
- Preparing documents like PPAP, ISO, TS documents.
- With the largest range of automotive components, the Group commenced its operations with the establishment of Gabriel India, manufacturing Shock Absorbers and struts. With nineteen companies spread across 46 locations and nine states of the country, dedicated workforce of 100000 people.
Education
MBA - Operation Management
united business institutes
Mumbai01-2013
DME - Mechanical Engineering
SCSM polytechnic college mohanur
Mohanur, Namakkal01-2005
Skills
- Quick decision-making
- Dynamic leadership
- Team motivation
- Team leadership
- Issue resolution
- Customer-facing leadership & relationship
- Target implementation
- Problem solving
- Implement & monitoring of QMS (IATF 16949)
- New product Development (Trial, testing, PPAP, ISIR, SOP, work standard, etc)
- Supplier Development (New supplier selection, audit, level up, etc)
- Communication and interpersonal skills
- Analytical and problem solving ability
- The ability to facilitate change
- An understanding and appreciation of other peoples’ work disciplines, such as engineering and science
- Product development
- Quality assurance
- APQP documentation
- Root cause analysis
- Process capability
- Customer relationship management
- Supplier quality management
- Compliance auditing
- Data analysis
- Effective communication
- Project management
- Customer service
- Vendor management
- Decision-making
- Performance evaluations
- Time management
- Complex Problem-solving
Certification
- ISO 9001
- IATF 16949
- OHSAS 18001
- ISO 14001
- ISO 45001
Languages
- Tamil
- English
- Hindi (only speaking)
Salary Details
Current salary : 12.68 lac/Ann
Expected salary : 13.50 lac/Ann
Personal Information
- Age: 41
- Number of Children: 2
- Marital Status: Married
Timeline
Manager Manager – Quality & NPD
Stumpp Schuele & Somappa Auto Suspension Systems Pvt Ltd
01.2023 - Current
Deputy Manager – Quality
Tube Products of India
09.2022 - Current
Deputy Manager – Quality & NPD
Daewon India
07.2011 - 09.2022
Senior Engineer - Quality
GABRIEL INDIA LTD
05.2005 - 07.2011
MBA - Operation Management
united business institutes
DME - Mechanical Engineering
SCSM polytechnic college mohanur