Sreeram Narayanan
Pune
Summary
Over 14 years of experience in supplier quality management, specializing in casting, machining, fabrication, Proprietary, rubber and plastics commodities, focusing on supplier evaluation, audits, and proactive/reactive quality measures.
Dedicated to continuous improvement through in-process controls, problem solving and warranty analyses, building strong supplier relationships, and ensuring strict quality standards for stakeholder assurance.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Supplier Quality Engineer
Atlas Copco Group
04.2022 - Current
- Company Overview: Leading compressor manufacturer
- Supplier Quality Function: Adhering to supplier quality processes, including assessments, qualifications, audits, PPAP, supplier development, vendor ratings, global support, design review, NPDs, and change management.
- Localization & Resourcing: Overseeing the localization and sourcing of commodities such as motors, castings, pipes, oil, machine components, filters, rubber parts, plastics, and electrical items.
- Collaborated with engineering teams to develop clear specifications and requirements for supplied components or materials.
- Proactive Forums: Facilitating key meetings like Product Quality Meetings (PQM) and Technical Committee Meetings (TCM) with the divisional management team.
- Field Warranty Complaints: Analyzing complaints with cross-functional teams (CFT), implementing 8D problem-solving with suppliers, and ensuring closed-loop systems.
- Compliance: Supporting ISO-IMS certifications, conflict minerals compliance, and group business partner criteria.
- Risk management, continuous improvement, supplier development.
- Negotiated favorable contractual terms with suppliers that emphasized shared responsibility for product quality outcomes.
- Streamlined the supplier qualification process by developing efficient evaluation tools and criteria.
Quality Lead
Atlas Copco Group
03.2016 - 04.2022
- Company Overview: Leading compressor manufacturer
- Team Leadership: Led a team of quality inspectors to ensure consistent adherence to industry standards and company policies.
- Promoted teamwork and collaboration within the Quality team, leading to increased productivity and overall job satisfaction.
- Conducted thorough risk assessments and mitigated potential hazards, ensuring a safe working environment for all employees.
- Optimized supply chain performance by evaluating supplier capabilities, monitoring their performance, and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
- Supported quality control assessments on manufacturing floor.
- Reviewed, calibrated and validated equipment used in manufacturing of products.
- Performance Goals: Achieving on-time, in-full project delivery, minimizing quality PPM and line issues, and reducing field interventions for supplier parts. FTR Improvement to 85% from 70%, PPM reduction to less than 500. Defect on Arrival reduction to less than 0.5%.
- Took responsibility and accountability for supplier quality issues in serial production, collaborating with the supplier quality development team.
- Resolved line quality issues and customer complaints by leading containment and corrective actions with suppliers, ensuring product integrity and customer satisfaction. Following Problem solving and 8D tools.
- Developed quality policies, procedures, and work instructions tailored to the specific needs of the organization.
- Reduced customer complaints by identifying areas for improvement and initiating corrective actions.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Supporting manufacturing, engineering, and sourcing to resolve plant and field quality issues efficiently.
- Manufacturing Interaction: Collaborating closely with the manufacturing team to address assembly line issues and prevent line stoppages due to supplier part quality issues.
Senior Quality Engineer
Crane Process Flow Technologies
07.2012 - 02.2016
- Company Overview: US based Leading valve manufacturer
Trainee Engineer - Supplier Quality
Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd
02.2011 - 07.2012
- Company Overview: Leading Indian Engine manufacturer
Education
M. Tech - Quality Management
BITS PILANI
12.2024
Bachelor of Engineering - Industrial Engineering
IIIE
Mumbai, IndiaDiploma - M.E
TECHNICAL BOARD KERALA
01.2010
Skills
- Microsoft Office 365, Power BI
- Leadership, team management, Effective communication
- ERP, SAP, Enovia, Vault, Windchill, Engineering change management
- Problem solving, 8D
- Supplier relationship management, Supplier development & management, Compliances
- Project management
- APQP,PPAP-SPC,FMEA,MSA
- Certified internal auditor - 9001, 45001, 14001
- Continuous Improvement - Lean, VSM, Kaizen
- Certified six sigma green belt
- Casting, machining, sheet metal, fabrication, welding, engine, rubber, plastic, motor, electrical parts, 3D printing technology, Proprietary
- Inspection, NDT, metallurgy
Accomplishments
International Program - At Belgium from March 2024 to June 2024
Project - Reforming supplier Audit for Atlas Copco Group - Redefining Audit scope, and rolling out new processes across the group.
Outcome - New supplier Audit criteria, checklist, user-friendly application, new audit database, action tracking database.
Achieved 15MINR savings in CFY, PPM reduction & warranty reduction as per target.
Developed 3D printing for prototyping and low-volume-complex requirements.
Special Projects - Motor Xchange, Cooler Xchange, VRM, digitalization projects,
Compliance - Establishing processes for evaluating dynamic BIS regulations for imports.
Sustainability - Environmental Ambassador - Driving sustainable actions for the entity.
LANGUAGES
English (Fluent)
Hindi (Fluent)
Malayalam (Native)
Tamil (Intermediate)
Timeline
Senior Supplier Quality Engineer
Atlas Copco Group
04.2022 - Current
Quality Lead
Atlas Copco Group
03.2016 - 04.2022
Senior Quality Engineer
Crane Process Flow Technologies
07.2012 - 02.2016
Trainee Engineer - Supplier Quality
Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd
02.2011 - 07.2012
Diploma - M.E
TECHNICAL BOARD KERALA
M. Tech - Quality Management
BITS PILANI
Bachelor of Engineering - Industrial Engineering
IIIE
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