Praveen Devadiga
Senior Manager -Vehicle Engineering (Polymer Validation) -OLA Electric; Ex.Mahindra& Mahindra Ltd;Ex.Apar Industries Ltd; Ex.Doms Industries Ltd
Greater Bengaluru Area
25+ years of work experience
Apr 20224 yrs 5 mosPresent
Bangalore Urban
Benchmarking,Cost saving proposal,Departmental Representative for Implementation of QMS in Testing & Validation, Failure Analysis, Vendor parts validation & Approval of Test reports, DVP ,DFMEA, Interaction with External lab for planning& outsourcing test, Equipment planning &cost negotiation for Polymer & metallurgical lab . Certified Internal Auditor for QMS,Supplier audit and Material approval, Implementation of PLM, Testing & Validation Lab Layout planning & discussion with stakeholders & Vendors, preparation of test standard,work guidelines,Plan of test,Lab instruments budget planning & procurement.
Dec 20214 mosMar 2022
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Responsible for sales and business development of Engineering plastics in Southern region to manufacturing industry like Automobile & its ancillaries, FMCG, Medical ,Consumer Goods,Toys, etc (B2B Marketing). Created a pipeline of 180-200 MT of PP compounds, Nylon, PC materials within a span of 3 months .
Visit Existing Customers & New Customers to promote the products & understand their requirements for development of parts.Suggest suitable grades or develop new grades to meet the end customer requirement.
Attend to customer queries and follow up for orders and payments.
Providing the quote & Rate negotiation..
Responsible for credit control and collection of receivables in a timely manner.
Responsible for resolving customer complaints in allocated region in a prompt manner.
Responsible for building and maintaining healthy business relations with customers, ensuring maximum customer satisfaction by delivering quality products within the timeline.
Prepare weekly visit reports and attend monthly meeting as per Company's policy.
Reporting to the Managing Director.
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Feb 20213 mosApr 2021
Gujarat, India
• Plan & Manage the resources in QC department (Plastic Moulding Unit).
• Responsible for Monitoring Online Quality throughout the shifts and guide the Team when needed.
Reduce the rejection by continuously monitoring the process & quality check
• Resolve the quality issues by discussion with the cross functional team (Production,Quality,Tool).
• Prepare SOP, Formats, Records ,etc as per the requirements.
• Resolve QC complaints by Fish Bone diagram.
• Ensure timely release of daily QC report for the FG material.
. Report to the QC Head & MD on daily basis
Oct 20173 yrs 5 mosFeb 2021
Bengaluru Area, India
Marketing of raw material polymer granules (Santoprene) to manufacturing industry like Automobile & its ancillaries, FMCG, Medical ,Consumer Goods,Toys, etc (B2B Marketing).
Visit Existing Customers & New Customers to promote the products & understand their requirements.
Attend to customer queries and follow up for orders and payments.
Providing the quote through sales force software & Rate negotiation..
Responsible for credit control and collection of receivables in a timely manner.
Responsible for resolving customer complaints in allocated region in a prompt manner.
Responsible for building and maintaining healthy business relations with customers, ensuring maximum customer satisfaction by achieving delivery & quality norms in the South Zone region.
Prepare visit reports and all other reports as per Company's policy.
Reporting to the Business Head .
Feb 199917 yrs 1 moFeb 2016
Chennai Area, India
Planning & Managing budget (Capex & Revenue) requirements for the polymer technology group / Lab.
Leading the Lab team for testing activities - Rubber, Plastics & Paints as per National / International/ M&M standards.
Prioritize and allocate laboratory operations and workflow so that the laboratory’s equipment and resources are used efficiently and work schedules and targets are met.
Evaluate the team based on their performances and motivate the team to get the better output or results from the team.
Liaise with other functional and operational leads /Engineers to understand their current and future product testing needs and develop plans, cost estimates, and schedules for integrating these needs into laboratory operations.
Drives Quality systems viz. TS 16949 / EMS 14001/ 5S /ISMS/NABL in the polymer dept.
Regularly liasion with external test agencies like SGS, IRMRA& ARAI for training & external test requirements
Develop, implement, and monitor laboratory operating procedures to ensure that experiments and analyses are conducted within established budgets and according to relevant standards.
Support Vendor development team in supplier audit & supplier selection for product development.
Self initiative on Cost Reduction Projects(IMCR) to enhance profitability.
Good knowledge on different rubber, plastic & paint material testing & process with hands-on experience in operating instruments like TGA,DSC,FT-IR,UTM, Weatherometer,Low temperature test chamber,Ozone Chamber,Rheometer,etc.
Good understanding of Engineering drawings & test standards.
Providing material specification for new polymer component developments (plastics & rubber).
Providing valuable inputs to designers by Bench marking activities and failure analysis of polymeric parts.
Inhouse design & develop test fixtures as per the test requirements.
Education
Bsc, Chemistry
University of Mumbai
19891 yr1990
MSc, Chemistry
Madurai kamaraj University
20092 yrs2011
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