Naveen Kapanaiah

CURRICULUM VITAE

Naveen Kapanaiah
Mobile no: +91- 9765567569 Email id: naveenkapanaiah@gmail.com

Seeking challenging assignments & accept the position of responsibilities with full determination and use my potential in best possible manner for achieving organization’s vision
Profile Summary
 6 years of project management experience at automotive sector in change management implementation {Model year changes} in passenger cars of (Polo / Vento / Ameo / Rapid)
 1.3 years of new product developments experience at manufacturing sector in belt conveyor’s & healthcare products manufacturing development
 3 months of supply chain management experience at healthcare sector in material management
 Conversant with project management skills at automotive and manufacturing sectors
 Project Management skills, Leadership skills, Problem Solving, Decision Making, Interpersonal skills, Risk management, Team management, Cost control, Time management and Quality Assurance
 Innovative works, good initiator, ability to express thoughts clearly & motivator

Core Competencies
Project Management
 Conversant with project lifecycle management
 Defining implementation roadmap timeline and indicating significant milestones and industrialisation
 Designing project activities work breakdown structure for cross functional team (CFT) with timeline & activities review daily with CFT for ensuring intended results as per roadmap timeline
 Implementation of milestones pilot production as per roadmap timeline
 Ensuring overall plant readiness for change management start of production (SOP)

Supply Chain Management
 Material management
 Interaction & RFQ’s from suppliers
 New supplier’s introduction & development

Production Engineering
 Defining production plans
 Outsourcing of parts for manufacturing process

Organization Experiences
From October 2011 Working at Volkswagen India Pvt Ltd (OEM), Pune, as Project Manager in Project Management

Job Description
 Participation in VW (Polo / Vento / Ameo) & Skoda (Rapid) change management (Model year changes) pre-approval rounds and understanding engineering changes conversantly and deciding pilot production validation procedures before engineering changes approval.
 Post change management approval working collaboratively with CFT and steering the change management implementation as per roadmap timeline for both brands models
 Verifying bill of material releases and marketing system releases as per approved change management contents, any release discrepancies identified then troubleshooting immediately by coordinating with right agencies
 CFT work breakdown activities status review daily in micro level such as engineering releases, supply chains process readiness, parts quality releases & production operation readiness for milestone readiness
 Pilot cars variants production planning and sharing the production plan to CFT for industrialisation
 Monitoring the pilot cars production operations at all shops for reviewing operation’s process
 Pilot cars operational problems are noted and discussing with CFT for troubleshooting steps with timeline in daily CFT review meeting
 Delivering the pilot cars to intra department customers for intended testing’s and tracking the testing status post-delivery of pilot cars with customers
 Frequent project status update and milestone status for top management, Germany and Czech Republik headquarters
 Interface for projects updates with customers, Germany and Czech Republik headquarters
 Critical implementation bottlenecks profound decisions are taken with top management approval

Highlights
 NCAP rating change “Driver Airbag” for Skoda Rapid Active variant implemented as per timeline even though new part failed in engineering testing. Self-initiation of conducting analysis of alternate part drawings & trials of alternate parts, finalized alternate part with intended result and ensured alternate part supply chain readiness for SOP
 Initiation for implementation of “5-inch touch screen radio” for Polo & Vento as per planned timeline by convincing CFT members as possible implementation through deviations & approval from top management
 Daily monitoring “Plan v/s Actual” work breakdown activities with timeline and any delays consequences is assessed & escalation to top management for delays attention and intended results
 Achieved “Zero Problems” after change management SOP in Aug 2016, Jan 2017 & Aug 2017
 Late approval of “engineering changes”, pilot production validations planned through product integrations
 Established “risk mitigation process” for SOP operation excellence
 Prepared “check sheet for decision making” for project scope creeps

From July 2010 to September 2010 Worked in GE Healthcare, Bangalore, as Associate in Purchase {Supply Chain Management}

Job Description
 Material Management
 Interaction with suppliers for RFQ’s
 Database management

Highlights
 “Balancing inventories” at suppliers for in-house continuous production
 ”Outsourced jobs expeditions” in order to meet production

From February 2009 to January 2010 Worked in Nash Industries (EOU), Bangalore, as Engineer in New Product Developments

Job Description
 Defining project scope & objectives
 Designing project activities work breakdown structure with timeline for in-house production team and activities daily review for ensuring activities completion as per defined timeline
 Analyzing part drawings and outsourcing to capable suppliers for manufacturing process
 Supplier visit daily to review the activities status for outsourced parts & ensuring on-time delivery of parts for in-house assembly
 Purchase of raw materials such as Mild steel, Nylon, Copper and Aluminium during new product development phase

Highlights
 Initiated activities for “outsourcing”
 Introduced “new suppliers” of sheet metals processing, sheet metals surface coatings and Mild steel & stainless-steel pipe bending with intended qualities and cost.
 “Price negotiations”

From October 2008 to February 2009 Worked in Vinyasa Automation Systems Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, as Production Engineer

Job Description
 Defining production plans for in-house assemblies
 Analyzing part drawings & outsourcing to capable suppliers for manufacturing process
 Work expeditions for outsourced parts & ensuring on-time deliveries for in-house assembly

Highlights
 Initiated activities for “Outsourcing”
 “Introduced new suppliers” of precision parts manufacturing with intended quality and cost

Academic Details
 MS (Engineering & Manufacturing Management) from Coventry University, Bangalore in 2013
 BE (Mechanical) from Visveswaraya Technological University, Bangalore in 2008

IT Skills
 Conversant with MS office (Word, Excel and Power point)
 Proficiency to work on SAP & ERP software
 Conversant with VW systems i.e. Change management system, Bill of material systems , Individual parts suppliers details & Quality status system and Sales & Marketing product definition systems

Personal Details
Date of birth 06/05/1985
Address No 123 “Sri Nanjundeshwara Nilaya” SN Layout WCR 2nd stage B.S.V.N
Bangalore 560079
Language Known Kannada, English, Hindi and Basic Deutsch
Marital Status Married
Hobbies Reading, travelling, listening to music, playing cricket & chess