Saneel Kilpady

About Saneel Kilpady

A Techno-Commercial professional with 20 years of experience in Engineering Services managing various roles and responsibilities i.e Delivery Management, Business Development & Account Management in Automotive Engineering Domain. Worked with Indian & International Automotive OEM’s. Product Launch experience of Global Programs on VAVE and Costing • Worked as Body & Closures Module Manager (MML) at Vinfast LLC for EV Passenger Segment. Complete responsibility for Door Closures, Bonnet, Tailgate and Door Mechanisms• Worked as Delivery Manager for Engineering Design & Development for Automotive Body Systems (BIW Truck Cabin & Bus Body), Project Management & Delivery Management, Resource Planning, Agile Project Methodologies & Scrum Framework• Worked on Premium Passenger Car/SUV Closures design and development and defining product specification for Indian market also worked extensively on benchmark testing for SUV at component and vehicle level fo German/Czech OEM• Onsite Co-ordination and Customer Management for ŠKODA India 2.0 Program for SUV/Sedan and active customer interaction as SE Team Leader at Mladà Boleslav, Czech Republic• Worked as BridgeHead @Pininfarina Deutschland- BIW Underbody and Upper Structures in Munich, Germany for BMW Projects• Excellent Know-how of European Clients (JLR, FERRARI SPA, BENTLEY MOTORS, BMW, SKODA VW) and Indian Automotive Industry (MAHINDRA, TATA MOTORS)• Delivery, Budgeting, Resource planning, Account mining, Forecast and Billing• Team handling, management and mentoring team of skilled engineers Specialties: Leadership, Delivery & Program Management, Business development & Pre-Sales, Customer Management, Profitability, Resource Management.

Experience

1. Senior Engineering Manager ER & d Mpe Automotive Practice (Senior Consultant)

   Capgemini Engineering

   Oct 2024 — Present

   Costing Organisation, Should Be Costing, Techno-commercial Role, Program Management, Bid preparation, RFQ Response, Delivery Management, People Management (Automotive Practice - ER & D Mechanical & Physical Engineering)Key Responsibilities- Leading a dynamic team for USA OEM Costing Organisation for Cost management, Design to Cost, Should Be Costing and Value Engineering - Leading Project teams for Body Engineering Programs for BIW Closures and Cost Management for Japanese OEM- Presales and RFQ solutioning lead - Forming new teams for new project requirements - Handling Recruitment and Selection of engineers - Working on Large RFQs for APAC and EU- Responsible for Project Stakeholder management- Customer SPOC and Delivery Management- Responsible for Project Resourcing and Budget management- Creating SOW, Effort & Estimation sheets, Project planning Etc- Client Management and Visit SPOC

Education

• K K Wagh Institute of Engineering Education and Research

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Mechanical Engineering

• Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU)

  Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Mechanical Engineering

• GlobalNxt University

  Certificate in Global Business Leadership, Business Administration and Management, General

  2015 — 2016

• Pune University

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Operations & Supply Chain Management

Skills

• Mechanical Engineering
• Catia
• Emerging Leadership Program
• Formula 1 Design
• Testing
• New Business Development
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (Fmea)
• Teamcenter Engineering
• Continuous Improvement
• Engineering
• Program Management
• Automotive
• Product Design
• Cad
• Client Relations
• Bodywork
• Fmea
• Teamcenter
• Team Management
• Design Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (Dfmea)
• Dfmea
• Vehicles
• Pdm
• Product Development
• Sheet Metal
• Manufacturing
• Onsite Coordination
• Client Communication
• Management
• Automotive Engineering
• Cae
• Project Management
• Root Cause Analysis