Headline

Technical Manager | Product Cost Management | Supply Chain | VAVE | Program Management

About

Mechanical Engineer with 15+ years of progressive experience in Project Management, Product Cost Management (PCM), and Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VAVE). • Strategic Program Management: Successfully managed multiple complex programs, ensuring successful execution through expert Planning and Scheduling, Risk Analysis, Cross-Functional Coordination with Hardware, Software and Mechanical teams, and Stakeholder Management for Industrial Products. • Key Project Leadership: Led critical projects including the NPD of 1 to 3-ton Vertical Stack Heat Pumps and the NPD of Energy Recovery Ventilators (ERV)/VAVE initiatives for Industrial Products. • Cost Management & Savings: Spearheaded strategic programs like VAVE, Product Cost Management (PCM), and SKU Standardization, resulting in $10M+ in verifiable cost reductions and other efficiency initiatives across various product lines (e.g., Roof Top Units, Data Center AHUs, Pumps and Structural components). • Design & Development Expertise: Drove the concept design and development for new Industrial products, utilizing Design of Experiments (DoE) and creating Pugh Matrices for objective critical component selections. • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Expertly coordinated and reviewed project concepts with cross-functional teams for finalization. Partnered with manufacturing and purchasing teams to source and procure parts for prototype builds to validate designs effectively. • Other Experiences: Leveraging Engineering & Procurement (LEAP), Competitive Product Cost Analysis (CPC), SKU Rationalization, Reverse Engineering – Sewage Pump Key Skills & Expertise • Certifications: Certified Six Sigma Green Belt | Certified Project Management Lean Process (Management and Strategy Institute) • Expertise: Program Management | Value Analysis & Value Engineering (VAVE) | Competitive Teardown Benchmarking | Business Case & Implementation | Product Cost Management | Leverage Engineering & Procurement (LEAP) | Competitive Product Cost Analysis | Supply Chain • Design Analysis: Desing of Experiments (DoE) | Pugh matrix | ECN Management | GD&T | Tolerance stack-up Analysis | Design to Cost | SKU Rationalization • CAD & PLM Tools: CAD Tools- Creo | AutoCAD | Solid Edge / PLM - Windchill | SAP • Productivity Tools: Microsoft tools • Clients Worked With: Johnson Controls | AAON | BASX | XYLEM | ITT | Grundfos • Project Management Skills: Scheduling | Estimation & Budgeting | Resource Planning | Delivery Management | Proposal | SOWs | Cross Functional Interactions

Location

Bengaluru

Work experience

Technical Manager at HCLTech, Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Senior Technical Lead at HCLTech, Jul 2011 - Jan 2025 · 13 yrs 7 mos, Hybrid

Education

Engineeering, Mechanical Engineering, Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engg., MYSORE

Diploma, Mechanical Engineering, Shree Bahubali Polytechnic