Kumar Gururaj
General Manager at Mahindra
- Role
- Senior Manager at Mahindra Group
- Location
- Chennai, TN, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kumar Gururaj
32 years of qualitative experience in Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, Vendor…
Experience
Senior Manager
May 2011 — Present · Chennai, IN
Since May’11 with Mahindra & Mahindra, Mahindra Research valley, Chennai –Power train Division as Senior Manager – Components Development & Materials Management –Transmission & Engines~ annual spend of INR 1200 Crores (~ 9%-12 % of Spend) with ~ 40 SuppliersEngaging in part development for new programs, raw material tracking and negotiations with suppliers, supplier development activities, etc.Participating in design reviews, planning for right sequence of processes and tools, gauges and handover to operations with PPAP. Accommodating engineering changes while supporting the original timelines of the programs.Handling dual sourcing of critical parts with better process and quality, & reduced costs. Analyzing the capacity of current situation and forecast (by OFP and VSM), taking actions for building / bridging gaps for the required volumes.Highlights: Challenging Journey, Right from Launch of the segment Creator – XUV 5OO, with many first time in product like Laser welding, Carbon lining in synchro, wire type shifters, Shift tower for indirect shift systems, A load carrier with multi-variant Jeeto, Scorpio Refresh, Supro, TUV3OO, to KUV1OO a very refined and tough NVH targets, evolving organization under the directives of First time right crusade, Grooming the team, creation of Centre of Excellence in Tooling, process and cost for the commodity handles mainly Gears and PDC, along with skinned understandings of shift system, interface issues, jury Feedback getting converting to engineering changes.Best exposed to and appreciated for capability of handling Multi location teams as well as multi location customer / satellite plants for smooth ramp up and hand over.Supported / integrated the process topics to the design consulting houses right from beginning converting the theoretical approach to a practical approach with ready reckoner data.Highest Employee engagement score in the division, an indicator of collective and pride in work of each team member.
Education
SJCE Mysore University
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) Mechanical
1995 — 2000
Skills
- Six Sigma
- Engineering
- Operations Management
- Team Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Automotive
- Management
- Product Development
- Continuous Improvement
- Manufacturing
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