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# Ravindra Malagi, Immediate Joiner on Tal

## Headline

Engineering Leader \| Global Operations Leader \| Head of Global Delivery \| Global Solution Center \| Business Transformation \| Executive Leadership \| ITIL Service Ops \| AI for Managers \| 15\+ Years \| Open to Work

## About

Engineering Leader \| 15\+ Years Leading Global Operations & Delivery \| Driving Business Transformation Through Executive Leadership \| Open to Opportunities

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude

gemini

ChatGPT

## Work experience

Director \- Product Engineering Management at First Brands Group, LLC, Apr 2023 \- Present · 3 yrs 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Registered Company Name in India: Fenyes Engineered Technology Private Limited \(Wholly Owned by First Brands Group LLC, USA\) Significant Highlights: · Lead the Product Engineering function at the Bengaluru Technology Center, driving strategic initiatives and operational excellence across global engineering programs · Own the end\-to\-end aftermarket product portfolio lifecycle, ensuring adherence to KPIs across product design, validation, release, and manufacturing readiness phases · Drive Go\-to\-Market \(GTM\) product development strategies using Vehicle\-In\-Operation \(VIO\) data, market insights, and customer requirements · Collaborate with global stakeholders across Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, and Product Management to enable data\-driven decision\-making and lifecycle visibility · Partner with executive leadership to identify and execute business expansion opportunities leveraging engineering capabilities and organizational strengths · Established and standardized Product Lifecycle Management \(PLM\) processes across approximately 30 business entities, improving engineering data governance and operational efficiency · Built and scaled a high\-performing engineering team responsible for PLM/PDM data management · Provide leadership for recruitment, stakeholder management, risk management, project execution, cost control, and performance management activities · Ensure engineering excellence in Product Design, CAE Analysis, Product Validation, and manufacturing data release to suppliers, manufacturing partners, and commercial stakeholders · Drive engineering governance, resource planning, delivery management, and continuous improvement initiatives to support business growth and customer satisfaction

Program Manager at Daimler Truck Innovation Center India \(DTICI\), Nov 2021 \- Mar 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Started after spin\-off from MBRDI Significant Highlights: • Led global delivery operations, enterprise\-wide digital transformation, and shared engineering services through technology modernization, governance, process excellence, automation, and stakeholder collaboration\. • Established scalable operating models, governance frameworks, KPIs, SLAs, executive dashboards, and performance review mechanisms to improve delivery consistency, service quality, and business visibility\. • Directed Engineering Application Support and shared\-services operations, ensuring system availability, service reliability, service quality, and customer satisfaction for global R&D organizations\. • Partnered with senior stakeholders across Germany, Japan, India, and North America to standardize processes, align strategic priorities, and enable data\-driven decision\-making\. • Managed program planning, budgets \(Annual Operating budget of 20mi€\), Forecasting, Cost Optimization by bringing automation & efficiencies, vendor spend, Business Planning, and continuous improvement initiatives supporting global business growth • Established executive performance reviews using operational KPIs, quality metrics, SLA adherence, productivity trends, and risk indicators to support strategic decision\-making\. • Received the Platinum Award \(2021\), the organization's highest departmental recognition, for exceptional leadership and program delivery\.

Program Manager at Mercedes\-Benz Research and Development India, Jun 2011 \- Oct 2021 · 10 yrs 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Significant Highlights: • Led the enterprise transformation program, modernizing engineering platforms and business processes across multiple global engineering organizations\. • Managed globally distributed cross\-functional teams of approximately 300 members, ensuring high\-quality service delivery, governance, operational excellence, and business continuity\. • Drove automation, application modernization, and process optimization initiatives, delivering up to 41% productivity improvement and strengthening operational efficiency\. • Partnered with senior stakeholders across Germany, Japan, India, and North America to standardize processes, align strategic priorities, and enable data\-driven decision\-making\. • Managed program planning, budgets, vendor coordination, resource allocation, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement initiatives supporting global business growth\. • Received the Star Team Award \(2014\), the organization’s one of the departmental recognitions, for project and program delivery

Technical Lead at HELLA, Oct 2008 \- May 2011 · 2 yrs 8 mos, Pune/Pimpri\-Chinchwad Area, Significant Highlights: o Design services to customer by using CAD tool CATIA V5 o Plastic Mechanical Housings for Body Control Module Design & Development, involved from Concept till Prototyping o Part of Product Camera Systems’ assembly design \(Supported at Onsite Germany for 2 Months\) o Design of Switches & Horns \(Coordination for 2D to 3D\) o Worked extensively on SAP PDM system

IT Analyst at Tata Consultancy Services, Jan 2008 \- Sep 2008 · 9 mos, Pune/Pimpri\-Chinchwad Area, Significant Highlights: o Part of design team delivering engineering solutions to US customer o CAD tool used is CATIA V5 and delivered design of Door latches and Sunroofs

## Education

Master of Business Administration \- MBA, Business Administration and Management, General, bangalore university

Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Karnatak University

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