Velmurugan Manimozhi
Namakkal
Summary
Working at Valeo India, as a Senior Engineer – Environmental Product and Material Compliance from February 2023 and having 6 + years of experience in the Product and Material Compliance and IMDS/CAMDS/CDX
Lead initiatives to enhance data quality, streamline material reporting workflows, and ensure supplier compliance.Actively contribute to the continuous improvement of compliance processes and training across teams
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Engineer-Environmental Product & Material Compliance (IMDS)
Valeo India Private Limited
Chennai
02.2023 - Current
- Led IMDS data submission and approval processes to ensure compliance with ELV, REACH, RoHS, GADSL, and OEM-specific material regulations across global platforms.
- Oversaw supplier engagement for material data collection and provided guidance to ensure timely and accurate IMDS submissions.
- Reviewed and validated complex Bills of Materials (BoMs), part drawings, and raw material certificates to determine compliance risks and ensure full data accuracy.
- Acted as primary liaison with OEMs and Tier 1 customers for all IMDS-related inquiries, rejections, and audits.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams (Engineering, Purchasing, Quality, and Program Management) to integrate material compliance into product development and change management processes.
- Developed and maintained detailed KPI dashboards and compliance performance reports, tracking metrics such as submission accuracy, approval rate, supplier response time, and regulatory adherence.
- Led internal audits and readiness reviews to ensure ongoing compliance with evolving environmental legislation.
- Conducted training workshops and provided ongoing support to internal departments and external suppliers on IMDS standards, regulatory updates, and best practices.
- Spearheaded continuous improvement initiatives to enhance data quality, streamline workflows, and reduce MDS rejection rates.
Environmental Compliance Engineer
Larsen & Turbo Technology Services
06.2022 - 02.2023
- Working as a Regulatory Compliance expert (Engineer) in L&T of environmental compliance as REACH, ROHS, Conflict minerals (CMRT), TSCA…
- Communication with suppliers to obtain information and ensuring the meeting of project deadlines for MDS submission.
- Tracking the presence of Hazardous substance by preparing Substance of concern (SOC) analysis using REACH/ELV/ROHS/TSCA….
- Preparing project reports as per the customer requirement.
Compliance Engineer
Rapid Global Business Solutions India Pvt Ltd
06.2021 - 06.2022
- BOM (Bill of material) and Work progress file received from counterpart (Nikola motors) and start analysing for the complete model.
- Creation of MDS for in-house parts by using CDX tool as per BOM.
- Working with sub-suppliers in order to get MDS submissions for unreported parts and rejected parts by using CDX tool.
- Data quality checking of MDS reported by company suppliers and decision making of accepting or rejecting supplier MDS’s with respect to company quality/standard.
IMDS Engineer
Global Product Compliance & Consultancy Service (onsite RNTBCI)
11.2019 - 06.2021
- BOM (Bill of materials) received from counterpart and start analysing for the complete model.
- Extraction of supplier details for buy parts using iPCA tool.
- Working with sub-suppliers in order to get IMDS submissions for unreported parts and rejected parts for resubmission as well as to resolve the queries which they came over.
- Creation of MDS for in-house parts by using IMDS as per BOM.
- Preparing project reports as per customer requirements using MS-PowerPoint and Ms-excel.
Education
B.Tech. - Chemical
Adhiparasakthi Engineering College
04-2019
Higher secondary -
Vivekananda mat hr sec School
Namakkal05-2015
Secondary -
Vivekananda mat hr sec School
Namakkal03-2013
Skills
- ELV
- GADSL
- REACH
- SCIP
- RoHS
- CMRT(Dodd-Frank act)
- PFAS
- TSCA
- Prop-65
- BPR-Biocides
- ODS-Ozone Depleting Substance
- Asbestos
- CAP-50
- LCA
Projects
Wastewater Treatment from Paper and Pulp Industry by Anaerobic method, 01/01/19 - 03/31/19, Anaerobic digestion offers a platform for wastewater treatment in terms of environmental management in addition to biogas production. The integrated biorefinery involving the conversion of biomass into biofuels, bio-based chemicals, biomaterials can also be developed and implemented based on anaerobic digestion.
Extracurricular Activities
Cultural Captain ,Cricket & Cook.
Languages
Tamil
First Language
English
Advanced
C1
Timeline
Senior Engineer-Environmental Product & Material Compliance (IMDS)
Valeo India Private Limited
02.2023 - Current
Environmental Compliance Engineer
Larsen & Turbo Technology Services
06.2022 - 02.2023
Compliance Engineer
Rapid Global Business Solutions India Pvt Ltd
06.2021 - 06.2022
IMDS Engineer
Global Product Compliance & Consultancy Service (onsite RNTBCI)
11.2019 - 06.2021
B.Tech. - Chemical
Adhiparasakthi Engineering College
Higher secondary -
Vivekananda mat hr sec School
Secondary -
Vivekananda mat hr sec School