Swapna Mantri

An engineering leader with diverse & global exposure who evolved through proven abilities and persistent high performance over 19+ years while leading multiple disciplinary portfolios from Manufacturing, Industrial, Oil & Gas, Automotive & Electrical & electronics industries. Career history benchmarked with impactful roles in transformational initiatives to drive culture change, and delivering breakthrough projects in R&D, Engineering, application engineering and Customer compliant resolution. Lastly, Head engineering for DND India developed India as one of engineering hub by expanding capacity and build capabilities to support digital transformation to advance product development. Respected people leader known for building teams, scaling up, and Build engineering hubs through focused strategy planning & execution, while growing & retaining talents with consistent YOY high score of employee Satisfaction.

Experienced with leading site operations and managing complex projects. Utilizes strategic planning and effective team leadership to ensure smooth execution and high-quality outcomes. Track record of driving operational improvements and maintaining strong team cohesion.

• 12/22, SPOT award - VAVE
• 12/21, Retention Incentive Award
• 12/20, India Leadership impact award
• 12/18, Best Innovative Idea - Innovation Challenge

• Prover engineering leader with 14 years of experience of leading multi-disciplinary teams such as Mechanical, hydraulic, hardware, embedded, software, PCB design and compliance teams.
• Proven team player with work experience with diverse cultures across globe including India, China, USA, Germany, Portugal, Japan, Taiwan, Middle east Asia, South-east Asia, South Africa, Malaysia and Mexico.
• In depth experience of establishing a new engineering hub and define strategies to develop new engineering hub to a fully functioned product development center.
• Hands-on experience of using design and process tools such as Agile, waterfall, FMEA, DFSS & problem-solving tools to drive engineering efficiency.
• 7 years of hands-on experience as advance product development manager with track record of developing breakthrough technology driven products starting from understanding the market requirements to launch products to mass production.
• Hands on experience in product development functions including concept development to design finalization, DFM & supplier management, prototype development, DVP&R, lab & vehicle testing, vehicle integration and launch the product with committed design targets.
• 7 years of hands-on experience in leading Application engineering, Customer engineering group for automotive OEMs by identifying new business opportunities, resolving existing product complaints and reducing product cost.
• 3 years of hands-on experience to handle current product life cycle group for global dispenser platform by resolving quality issues, drive product improvements and execute VAVE projects to improve profitability.
• 1 year experience of leading product compliance team responsible for compliance adherence for ROHS, reach and obtain Agency approvals like UL, CE & UKCA for electromechanical components.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, analytical & negotiation skills with strong organizational and team management.
• Root cause analysis, problem solving solutions to customers in case of issues with the existing product, field complaints etc.
• Scope 3 Sustainability champion for business unit to reduce the CO2 reduction by 30 % by 2032. Responsible to develop Strategy, drive execution across global teams.
• Building strong global & regional customer relationships to deliver business results.
• Certified Internal Auditor QMS (ISO/TS 16949:2009)