NAVINASSREE VASUTHAVEN
Butterworth
Summary
Diligent Senior Product Manager 2 years of success in product roadmap development, market research and data analysis. Highly skilled in identifying opportunities to maximize revenue. Driven and strategic with proven history of superior market penetration and product launch. Experienced and highly determined [Job Title] passionate about developing innovative methods to drive sales. Specializes in leading teams through product design and distribution. Comfortable working in fast-paced and deadline-driven environment.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
PRODUCT MANAGER (Senior Engineer)
VAT MANUFACTURING MALAYSIA
10.2022 - Current
- Support sales organization regarding all technical & operational aspects
- Support quality issues and escalations both internal and external
- 8D companion – Mentoring 8D case leads to solve on hand issues with 8D methodology (Ishikawa diagram, 5 Whys, Is and is not)
- Driving the corporate strategy through a globally matrixed team across multiple functions (Design, Quality, Supply Chain, Programing, NPI team and etc)
- Monitor profitability of existing customer products and deriving measures to sustain and increase profitability via selling price revisit and cost down initiatives
- Accountable and lead customization & industrialization projects (NPI) from initializing a project team to mass production handover
- Analyzing risk on NPI (Cost, quality, lead time) to ensure long lasting product in the market
- Organizing life cycle test sample builds (test order creation) for reliability test on NPI with the support from test lab team
- Close monitoring on test lab units, coordinate FA if any failures are found and provide immediate engineering support for solution
- Aligning technical customer documentation (manuals, product data sheets and etc) according to European machinery directive
- Coordination of customer visits, audits and customer specific requirements across the VAT group business units and legal entities for implementation into engineering and operational processes
- Supervising all changes in regards to supply chain, manufacturing and assembly processes
- Preparing documentation for customer relevant changes and submitting it to the respective customers following the customer specific change management (CE!, CEx and POR) processes
- Reviewing and aligning new customer requirements with cross functional team and setting up product selling price based on company’s profit target
- ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Lead urgent NPI release, from start to end for backlog situation to support customer’s sudden huge demand
- Usual lead time is 2-3 years, manage to squeeze lead time to
- Salvation of high-cost scrap (~MYR 0.5mil) raw material by rework into a usable material
- Cost reduction initiative via product redesign and supply chain localization
- Improved profit margin by 8%
- Completed Product Management Fundamentals training & Project Management training
- Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt 2024
PRODUCT QUALITY ENGINEER (Engineer II)
VAT MANUFACTURING MALAYSIA
10.2019 - 09.2022
- Act as Quality Engineer within the production center, observe quality performance, drive continuous product & process improvement and lead Q-innovation projects
- Coordinate and process customer and internal claims (8D & NC reports)
- Create quality statistics and develop measures to turn-around negative trends
- Ensure CE! standards throughout the production center
- Drive quality mindset within the production center by providing Q-trainings and provide understanding to the impact of defect
- Plan and perform internal process and CE!/Product audits
- Take up quality topics and act as interface between Customer and Production/ Business Units/ Engineering/ Corporate Quality
- Provide support during customer audits
- Manage Q-plan, NPI RCCA and PFMEA
- Act as global key account PQE for one of the major customers and as the Global Quality Manager deputy
- Communicate directly with customers regarding product quality discussions and support required
- Make warranty decisions on complaint products based on failure analysis outcome
- Work closely with Product Manager for NPI and mass-produced product’s quality improvement
- Support on key customer repair service coordination and failure analysis on return defect units
- Training new hires
- ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Set up global 8D template with much more lean flow and incorporated guidelines for user to meet the requirement of each “D”s
- Perform ad-hoc rework support for customer to avoid line down situation on Swiss made product
- This helped to reduce transit time and saves cost
- Stream lead during developing the process flow for ISIR (Initial Sample Inspection Report) and FAI (First Article Inspection) on new shopfloor system.
QUALITY ENGINEER – PRODUCT (Engineer I)
FLEX (PERAI)
01.2019 - 09.2019
- Qualifications on process improvements
- New line verifications
- Quality in charge for ECOs and NPIs
- 4M readiness verification before product/build changes executed
- Control Plan (CP) creation
- FMEA and CP line walk through along with ESIC verification
- RMA issuing and returned defects analysis
- Analyze on yield drop and work side by side with process and test team to curb the root cause
- Understanding RC of rejects and place CAPAs on POO and POD
- Verify the long-term effectiveness of CAPA implemented in the line
- Conduct weekly line audits with resident customers
- ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Handled 27 NPI transfer from an existing plant that was shut down in Mexico
- All 27 NPIs had very tight timelines with huge open orders behind
- Manage to squeeze each NPI lead time into 1 week when in normal case it takes 2-3 weeks.
QA ENGINEER – CALIBRATION (Engineer i)
ASE ELECTRONICS (M)
11.2017 - 12.2018
- Ensure calibration operations & procedures comply with IATF 16949 & ISO 9001:2016 at all times
- Ensure all equipment that requires calibration is valid, active and zero overdue by following up with owners on the calibration status before the due date & also conducting periodic line-checks
- Confiscation of non-compliance items upon discovery and issue E-CAR to owners for any form of violation against calibration SOP
- Manage new calibratable equipment or instrument registrations
- Follow up on quotation obtained from vendors, make external calibration arrangements (outsource & on-site) & verify the calibrated items
- Analyze the performance & quality of the equipment
- Provide guidelines & supervision on subordinate to ensure all calibration activities are well planned & conducted without non-conformance
- Carry out external calibration laboratory annual audits & ensure vendors are accepted as per stated in the regulation
- Coordinate with vendors on audit checklists & ensure the completion of it
- Perform vendor ratings & publish the results in quarterly mode to vendors
- Provide support during customer/authority audits by sharing valid calibration documents and explaining the calibration system
- Trained on the usage of Fishbone Diagram, Why-Why, 5W and 2H, Is or is not, Flowcharts, MSA, FMEA, CP and 8Ds
- ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Develop E-Car system to have an automated penalty issuance for overdue calibration items
- This eliminated manual overdue tracking and email follow ups with item owners
- Attended and completed the following trainings: Problem Solving Techniques, Calibration System, Failure Mode Effect Analysis, Measurement System Analysis, Calibration for Mechanical Instruments, Calibration - Uncertainty of Measurement, 8 Disciplines
Education
Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) -
SMK DATO’ ONN BUTTERWORTH
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, BIOTECHNOLOGY -
UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN (UTAR)
01.2015
FOUNDATION IN SCIENCE -
UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN (UTAR)
01.2010
Skills
- KPI Tracking
- Project Planning
- Product Strategy
- Product Lifecycle Management
- Product Development
- Product Backlog Management
- Prioritization and Execution
- Cross Functional Leadership
- Project Management
- Attention to Detail
- Product Validation
- Troubleshooting and QA
Additionalinformation - Jobpreferences
RM 8800, 100%, No, Upon request
Coretraits
- Excellent analytical skills
- Energetic and optimistic
- Quick in analyzing problems and solving them
- Critical and creative thinker
- Knowledgeable in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Prefer permanent solution to problems
- Organized and highly implement 6S
- Cooperative team member & leader
- Detail oriented
- Highly resourceful
- Strong verbal communication
- Good listening and negotiation skills
- Quick learner and open to improvements
- Eager to learn new knowledge
Timeline
PRODUCT MANAGER (Senior Engineer)
VAT MANUFACTURING MALAYSIA
10.2022 - Current
PRODUCT QUALITY ENGINEER (Engineer II)
VAT MANUFACTURING MALAYSIA
10.2019 - 09.2022
QUALITY ENGINEER – PRODUCT (Engineer I)
FLEX (PERAI)
01.2019 - 09.2019
QA ENGINEER – CALIBRATION (Engineer i)
ASE ELECTRONICS (M)
11.2017 - 12.2018
Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) -
SMK DATO’ ONN BUTTERWORTH
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, BIOTECHNOLOGY -
UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN (UTAR)
FOUNDATION IN SCIENCE -
UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN (UTAR)
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