Effective quality professional bringing proven success in driving continuous improvement initiatives in Quality Engineer roles. Focused and diligent with commitment to fostering corporate mission. Consistently acknowledged for implementing actionable initiative to reduce error rates and optimize company processes.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Quality Engineer
HOME DEPOT SOURCING INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
01.2019 - Current
Setting up quality systems in a new department (Private brand) dealing with textiles, home décor and furniture products
Responsible for factory onboarding, managing and maintaining compliance audits (quality, social responsibility and CTPAT)
Collaborate with all other functions in US and locally in carrying out QA responsibilities related to new program onboarding, supplier quality, inspections/ product testing (pre- purchase and post purchase) and managing service providers
KPI target achievement for parameters like reducing RTV rate, star rating improvement by data analysis and closure of audits/product tests/inspections in scheduled time
Initiate SCAR+QIP programs and implement improvement actions at supplier factory
Product material area includes textiles, glass, metal, marble and wood
Responsible for suppliers across South Asia (India, Pakistan and Middle East) and remotely support quality operations in European region
Establishing QA SOPs at supplier factory and with service providers
Participating in global project for development and improving Instruction manuals (IM) with US partners that will impact all product categories that require IMs
Stretch project with Sourcing team to zero down strategic suppliers/manufacturers that will cater to THD business needs using Panjiva platform.
Product Engineer- Free Range
IKEA Services India Pvt. Ltd.
10.2018 - 01.2019
Responsible to identify applicable requirements and develop customer based requirements.
Responsible for product documentation and to verify product performance during development phase in collaboration with SMEs.
Product material area includes textiles, rugs, metal and glass.
Production Engineer- Textile Products
IKEA Services India Pvt. Ltd.
02.2016 - 09.2018
Responsible for 3 textile factories.
Quality KPI(CEPQ, COPQ, star rating) improvement activities at factory shopfloor.
GO-NOGO actions implementation and audits at factory shopfloor.
Annual plans(APL) successfully delivered . APL majorly includes MSA calibration, DPU/RTY and NSC analysis of low performing products
Fact based root cause analysis for quality problems and FMEA for new products have helped in contributing to improvement of Quality KPIs
Global project delivered including training and communications to all local engineers and supplier representatives of South Asia.
Assistant Manager- Process Improvement Department
Denso Haryana Pvt. Ltd
06.2014 - 02.2016
Identifying and driving process improvement projects for all low performing production lines in both Manesar and Jhajjar plants.
Data analysis of line productivity, outgoing product's quality and rejection trends.
3 engineers as direct reports.
Organize monthly production performance contest across all major production lines.
Organize monthly Kaizen contest.
Senior Engineer
DENSO Haryana Private Limited
07.2011 - 06.2014
Team Leader of SIFS assembly line.
Responsible for handling a team of 4 engineers and 80 associates working in shifts.
Monitoring and handling product design changes.
New product launch preparation, cycle time reduction, line balancing and TPS implementation in production lines.
Handling internal and external customer complaints by implementing CAPA.
Trainee Engineer
DENSO Haryana Private Limited
07.2010 - 07.2011
Team Leader in Fuel Pump Assembly line.
Maintaining production documents, manpower planning.
Preventive and breakdown maintenance.
RCA for rejections, CAPA implementation.
Achieving KPIs like efficiency, defect rate, scrap rate.