MURALI S

+918888349946 muralisivasankaran2013@hotmail.com
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CORE C OMP ETENCI ES PROFILE

Supply Chain Quality Professional over 30 years worked
Quality Assurance – Factory & Suppliers extensively on Supplier Qualification, new product
development, Yield enhancement, Process improvements &
Coordinate with R&D and Customer on new product Value Engineering initiatives at factories and suppliers. Deep
requirements. understanding of Plastic, Sheet metals and Packaging materials
Review and Drive all risks with CFT and to ensure developments and tools like 8D, 7QC tools and PPAP. Proficient in
action plan to mitigate the risks are implemented and providing support in root cause analysis in production and
publish NPI dashboard. Field on Quality related issues.
Lead component Quality Planning process and
assessing the performance of the suppliers based on PR OFE SSI ON AL EXPERIENCE
various criterions such as Technology /Quality,
Delivery, DPM & Yield Senior Manager NPI & Quality 2016- Till Date
Analyzing quality data and driving Corrective and Flextronics Technologies India Pvt Ltd
Preventive actions for Quality incidents using G8D, QC
Tools
Working closely with Factory and suppliers Coordinate with R&D and Customer on new product
manufacturing process and ensuring that it is intent requirements like Product specification, BOM, AVL, Gerber /
for design for manufacturing or else taking it up to CAD files, Component Drawings and packing materials.
program or R&D Team to prevent defects occurrence Lead CFT team for list of equipment, tools, fixtures and other
at source items require for NPI build as per 4M review.
Initiated and implemented Value Engineering Ensure Timely submission of Customer NPI docs like PFC,
activities like standardization of resin and Paint raw PFMEA, Manufacturing Test Plan, Assy instructions and
material localization and recorded Material Cost Quality control plan
Reduction M-EUR 2.0 / Annum in the year 2012 Publish Process Validation Test Build report to internal and
external stakeholders
Lead and follow up meeting with R&D on Build Lessons
MATERIALS MANAGEMENT Learnt and any DFA improvement initiatives.
Maintaining optimum inventory and on-time Coordinate Factory BOM creation and ECN management
availability of materials for production with help of Global services team.
Initiated and Implemented Value Engineering Part approval process: Supplier Quality Evaluation and
activities to achieve Business benefits through release for production – Sheet metals, Charger, Cables,
Inventory reduction, Variant reduction, Chronic Battery & Plastics.
Quality issues resolution and Packaging changes and Analyzing Top issues from field and drive corrective action
recorded Cost Reduction M-EUR 4.4 / Annum in the with Factory team and Supplier.
year 2012-2013 • ISO 9001;2015 internal auditing – Conduct audits and
and present in MRM
OT HER COURSES • Managed Asia and Europe regions Flex sites on their
Quality reports preparation with On Time Delivery & 100%
Ce rt ific a te s accuracy
Certified Lean Green Belt from M/S Flextronics
Exemplar Global Certified Six Sigma Green Belt from Availability Manager 2014- 2015
M/S Benchmark Nokia India – 9 Years
Nokia Supplier Requirements Training in Beijing and
Lead Supplier Audits Managed procurement worth of 5 M-EUR for 4 factories
Certified QS 9000 & TS 16949 Lead Auditor by RAB across the Globe for Mobile Phones.
(US), Implemented lean inventory model (Order based) in
Nokia Vietnam and set benchmark for factories.
E D U C AT ION Quality & Development Manager 2007 - 2013

BS Manufacturing Engineering , 2000 - 2003

Heading Supplier Quality Development (Process,
3 years onsite program at Ford India Products & Systems).
Birla Institute of Technology, Pilani Assess 7 forms of wastes at suppliers end and take
actions to eliminate waste.
End to End ownership of new product Ramp up – Starts
Diploma In Mechanical Engg , 1990 - 1993
from tool transfer, FMEA reviews, Lessons Learnt review,
Govt. Polytechnic, Coimbatore production line approval, trial run approval, sample
approval, CPk run approval, Factory Quality approval.
Developed Tier 2 / Tier 3 Suppliers for Plastics and
Packaging commodity.
PERSONAL DETAILS
Proactively managing the development of suppliers to
fulfill & exceed customer (NOKIA Factory) expectations
Date of Birth : 3rd October, 1975 with respect to meeting Incoming Lot DPM and
Production Line DPM target and Zero functional failure.
Linguistic Abilities: English, Tamil & Malayalam Recognized as “Exceptional Performer “ in the year 2010
Address: Flat No. 3G, D Block, and received KUDOS awards in 2012 & 2013.

VGN Imperia Phase 1,

Thiruverkadu, Chennai- 600077 Component Quality Engineer 2006 - 2007

Benchmarked Nokia Dongguan plant and established

Incoming Inspection process for Mobile Phones.
Delivered Visual Quality Training to Suppliers / Factory
Quality Teams to establish alignment on material quality
requirements.

Manufacturing Engineer - QA 1999 - 2005

Ford India
Distinction of establishing Ford India Quality
Management System, Production Systems and
Environmental Management.
Coordinate with certification body on audit schedule and
release. Conduct internal audit and present in Management
Review.
Driving Supplier Quality Improvement plan to achieve
Zero defects at site level.
• Recognized as Top Achiever in the year 2005

Junior Engineer – QA 1998-1999

TVS R&M
Review Corrective Actions related to materials quality
issues and validate effectiveness in production.

Inspector – QC 1994 - 1998

Deccan Radiators & Pressings

Signature/Date IQC, Process Quality and Final Quality check of Radiators