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title: "Praveen Devadiga - Senior Manager-Vehicle Engineering (Polymer Validation) in Greater Bengaluru Area | Tal"
description: "Meet Praveen Devadiga, Senior Manager -Vehicle Engineering (Polymer Validation) -OLA Electric; Ex.Mahindra& Mahindra Ltd;Ex.Apar Industries Ltd; Ex.Doms Industries Ltd based in Greater Bengaluru Area."
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# Praveen Devadiga on Tal

## Headline

Senior Manager \-Vehicle Engineering \(Polymer Validation\) \-OLA Electric; Ex\.Mahindra& Mahindra Ltd;Ex\.Apar Industries Ltd; Ex\.Doms Industries Ltd

## About

Result oriented highly experienced professional in automotive polymer lab with hands on experience in all the Sophisticated paint/plastic/rubber analytical instrument DSC, TGA, FT\-IR, Xenon weatherometer,UTM,Salt spray chamber,etc\), Lab setup & management, Instrument & Budget planning, implementing Quality system\-NABL/ TS 16949/ISO 9001/ISO 27001/OHSAS 18001/5S, Benchmarking, Failure analysis,Polymer lab setup, Value Engineering in automotive industry, Supplier audit & Instrument planning, Certified Internal Auditor & Departmental Representative for Testing & Validation lab\.Also, Supported in planning & creating world class Polymer lab set\-up in MRV\.

## Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

## Work experience

Senior Manager\-Vehicle Engineering \(Polymer Validation\) at Ola Electric, Apr 2022 \- Present · 4 yrs 5 mos, 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\.

DGM\-Business Development \(Plastic\) at XMOLD POLYMERS \- India \(A Supreme Petrochem Company\), Dec 2021 \- Mar 2022 · 4 mos, 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\.

QA/QC Manager\-Plastic Injection Moulding Unit at DOMS INDUSTRIES PVT\. LTD\. \( formerly known as writefine products pvt\. ltd\.\), Feb 2021 \- Apr 2021 · 3 mos, 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

Sales Marketing Manager\(TPV/TPE\) at APAR Industries Limited, Oct 2017 \- Feb 2021 · 3 yrs 5 mos, 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 \.

Manager\-R&D\(Fluids Technology & Polymer Lab\) at Mahindra&Mahindra Ltd, Feb 1999 \- Feb 2016 · 17 yrs 1 mo, 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

MSc, Chemistry, Madurai kamaraj University

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