Milind Havanur

About Milind Havanur

I am a Senior Automotive Platform & Program Leader with 14+ years of experience across OEM and Tier-1 environments, owning high impact annual engineering and manufacturing programs from concept to SOP and post-launch performance.I currently lead vehicle and system platform programs, acting as the engineering face to leadership and customers, and driving end-to-end delivery across scope, budget, timing, quality, and risk. My experience spans new product launches, post-SOP quality governance, customer issue resolution, and multi-site global execution across India and Europe.My core strengths include:Platform & portfolio program ownershipOEM and executive stakeholder interfaceSOP / launch excellence and post-launch governanceASPICE-compliant software & system delivery (ISO 26262 exposure)VAVE-driven cost optimization and localizationCapEx, business case ownership, and risk governanceI have led and influenced 30–60 member cross-functional teams, represented engineering in steering committees, gate reviews, and KPI forums, and consistently delivered measurable outcomes including 100% SOP readiness, IPTV reduction, cost optimization, and efficiency improvement. Currently open to senior OEM platform leadership and Tier-1 global program roles in Pune and Bangalore, where program ownership, scale, and customer impact are central.

Experience

1. Vehicle Delivery Manager

   Tata Motors

   Mar 2024 — Present · Pune, IN

   Own Gen4 multi‑variant vehicle platform programs with end‑to‑end accountability for scope, budget (₹20 Cr), timing, quality, and SOP readiness.2. Act as engineering face to Chief Engineer Office, representing platform engineering in leadership reviews, cross‑functional governance forums, and certification discussions.3. Lead customer‑facing issue resolution through Engineering Resolution Center (ERC), achieving 1‑month and 6‑month IPTV targets.4. Drive cross‑functional alignment across Styling, Vehicle Engineering, Quality, Supplier Development, Product Line, and Certification.5. Govern engineering budgets and CapEx via WBS tracking, purchase approvals, and fiscal monitoring across FY2024–26.6. Led ASPICE & ISO 26262‑aligned software delivery for drive control and mode selection systems; assessed supplier processes against ASPICE 3.0 (ACQ, PM base practices).7. Delivered measurable reliability and field quality improvements, including ~20% IPTV reduction through structured RCA and platform countermeasures.Post SOP engineering support- 1. Achieved task resolution within 90 days with Engineering deliverables release as per NPI.2. Design regularisation for issues identified as Sporadic and need immediate resolution.3. Implemented Chronic issue resolution with PDCA approach.4. Participated in TQM session and Led problem solving approach till issue resolution for LV battery life enhancement. Achieved program milestone by leading CFT for new product introduction.6. Optimised testing timeline target by extrapolating past testing history of similar parts, thereby optimize timeline by 2.8% approximately 1 month.7. Developed trend line study for issues tracking from generation, CFT, 8D, Categorisation and design implementation. Achieved 1 MIS target for 2024_25 by margin of 50%.

Education

• Visvesvaraya Technological University

  B.E, Mechanical

  2007 — 2011

• Vellore Institute of Technology

  Master's Degree, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering

  2014 — 2016

Skills

• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (Fmea)
• Engineering
• Solid Edge
• Cad
• Teamcenter
• Engineering Design
• Catia
• Six Sigma
• Geometric Dimensioning
• Process Engineering
• C++
• Mechanical Engineering
• Commissioning
• Msc Adams
• Manufacturing
• Microsoft Excel
• Heijunka
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Project Engineering
• Research
• Matlab
• Autocad
• Automation
• Microsoft Office
• Smed
• Siemens Nx
• Solidworks
• Project Management
• Geometric Dimensioning
• Fmea
• Ansys
• Workspace