Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
Languages
Hobbies and Interests
Personal Information
Timeline
Veerakumar Ponnusamy

Veerakumar Ponnusamy

Trichy

Summary

Senior engineer-Quality|10 years in auto components manufacturing with process knowledge of casting,machining, forging,plastic injection moulding, stamping,surface treatments and finishes.And with systemic knowledge of ISO 9001,IATF 16949,VDA 6.3.Experienced in quality lead role and handled quality team.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior engineer-Quality

ETO Motion Technologies India Pvt,Ltd.
05.2024 - Current
  • Leading Customer and Supplier Quality Function.
  • Leading plant Quality Management System.
  • Leading Process and Incoming Quality Function.
  • Handling customer and third party audits.
  • Leading analyses for customer or internal quality complaints.
  • Working as a plant quality head.

Senior engineer-SQA

Zetwerk Manufacturing Businesses Pvt Ltd
10.2022 - 04.2024
  • Conducting Supplier QA assessment and process supplier audits
  • Doing reviews of DFM and MFR of provided by suppliers and getting approval from customer.
  • Conducting PPAP run audits and Product audits.
  • Conducting layout inspection of product and ensuring that meeting of customer requirements
  • Reviewing Acceptance of visual standards
  • Visiting supplier sites during non conformance to ensure root causes analysed and corrective actions implemented.

Senior Quality Engineer

Melstar manufacturing systems pvt Ltd.
07.2019 - 12.2022
  • Working as a plant quality head.
  • Leading Customer and Supplier Quality Function.
  • Leading NPD,Process and Incoming Quality Function.
  • Leading QMS and conducts internal audit and organise Management Review Meeting as per IATF 16949 standard.
  • Handling customer VDA 6.3 audits and third party IATF certification audits and making action plans for the audit findings.
  • Organising CFT team review for New product feasibility check and preparing MFR.
  • With CFT review, preparing APQP chart and documents.
  • Participating proto sample run and doing layout inspection and review.
  • Preparing PPAP documents and submitting to customer for approval
  • Conducting analysis for internal rejections and customer complaints.
  • Achieved zero customer ppm.


NPD Quality Engineer

Minda Corporation
01.2018 - 12.2019
  • Developing the process flow chart for new product meeting customer requirements
  • And documenting process control parameters during trial run that meet customer requirements
  • Preparing PPAP documents FMEA, SPC , MSA for new products
  • Conducting layout inspection of new products
  • Creating gauge plan and discussing with supplier about possibilities
  • Creating work instruction for operators and inspection check list for final inspection
  • Analysing root causes during customer complaints and updating the changes in documents

Incoming Quality Graduate Engineer

COMSTAR AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
01.2017 - 12.2018
  • Conducting new products layout inspection by using all measuring instruments
  • Verifying supplier PPAP documents for new project
  • Declaring results of new product
  • Raising NCR to suppliers during non conformance observed
  • Reviewing supplier 8D reports against non conformance

InProcess Quality Graduate Engineer

JBM Auto Systems Pvt Ltd
01.2015 - 12.2016
  • Making setup and first off approval inspection for production process.
  • Verifying set up parameters as per sop.
  • Making process capability reports and updating daily trend charts.
  • Conducting daily rejection analysis meeting and Updating daily shopfloor ppm to higher authorities.
  • Updating shopfloor key performance indicators.
  • Participating in root causes analysis during internal and customer complaints to prepare 8D reports.
  • Doing kaizens for quality improvements.

Education

B.Tech/B.E. - Mechanical Engineering

Rajalakshmi Institute Of Technology, Chennai, India
05-2015

GPA: 6.5/10

12th - HSC

St.Peter's Higher Secondary School, Trichy
05-2011

GPA: 90-94.9%

  • Ranked [1st] in Class

10th - SSLC

St.Peter's Higher Secondary School
05-2009

GPA: 90-94.9%


  • Ranked [2] in Class

Skills

  • IATF 16949
  • IATF certified internal auditor
  • ISO 9001:2015
  • VDA 63
  • Customer Quality
  • NPD
  • APQP
  • PPAP
  • FMEA
  • SPC Study
  • MSA Study
  • 8D Problem Solving
  • Customer Handling
  • Supplier Handling
  • Team leader
  • Process Audit
  • CMM Operator
  • GDT
  • IMDS
  • Lean Principles and six sigma

Accomplishments

1.Achieved zero customer ppm.


2.Got rewards title as Above and Beyond.


3.Developed QMS from scratch and got Certified IATF 16946:2016.


4.Received quality awards from automotive customers under me.



Certification

  • IATF 16949:2016 internal auditor
  • ISO 9001:2015 Internal auditor
  • CMM Operating Certification


Languages

Tamil
English
Kannada

Hobbies and Interests

  • Playing cricket.
  • Reading daily news.
  • Updating professional knowledge.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 12/19/93
  • Gender: Male
  • Marital Status: Married

Timeline

Senior engineer-Quality - ETO Motion Technologies India Pvt,Ltd.
05.2024 - Current
Senior engineer-SQA - Zetwerk Manufacturing Businesses Pvt Ltd
10.2022 - 04.2024
Senior Quality Engineer - Melstar manufacturing systems pvt Ltd.
07.2019 - 12.2022
NPD Quality Engineer - Minda Corporation
01.2018 - 12.2019
Incoming Quality Graduate Engineer - COMSTAR AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
01.2017 - 12.2018
InProcess Quality Graduate Engineer - JBM Auto Systems Pvt Ltd
01.2015 - 12.2016
Rajalakshmi Institute Of Technology - B.Tech/B.E., Mechanical Engineering
St.Peter's Higher Secondary School - 12th, HSC
St.Peter's Higher Secondary School - 10th, SSLC
Veerakumar Ponnusamy