Siddarth Lakshmanan
New Business Start-Up Launch Manager at Cummins Inc.
- Role
- New Business Start-up Launch Manager - Engine Assembly at Cummins Inc.
- Location
- Raleigh, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Siddarth Lakshmanan
Impact driven manufacturing operations professional focused on delivering consistent results by empowering teams to drive impactful improvements. I have 6+ years of high volume, high proliferation manufacturing experience focused on people, product and processes. I have successfully launched an end to end medium duty engine assembly line through design, FAT, installation and commissioning and ramp up. Through my experiences in the field of process and manufacturing engineering I have developed strong problem solving and logical reasoning skills. My expertise include: • Process Design and Continuous Improvement • Lean Manufacturing • Problem Solving and Root Cause Analysis • Data Analytics and Data Acquisition • Inventory Management• Process Capability • Identifying, Recruiting and coaching Talent as well as Resource Management • Total Productive Maintenance
Experience
New Business Start-up Launch Manager - Engine Assembly
Jan 2023 — Present · Rocky Mount, NC, US
Operations Lane Leader responsible for manufacturing readiness & launch of a Flexible Low Volume Assembly Line- Led the launch of a new engine program as well as an existing product for 3 customers on the new assembly line- Led capacity planning, production scheduling and ramp up & down strategy based on overall equipment effectiveness- Responsible for headcount planning, recruiting and training per standard work for all product types- Deployed Operations Excellence practices to demonstrate production capacity increase by 75%- Managed >$700K in capital to install & commission automated vertical lift modules to optimize space by 3800 square feet- Spearheaded commissioning of 33 critical torque sequences controlled by Atlas Copco’s Industrial Location Guidance- Coordinated FAT, equipment & tools install, Automated Guided Vehicle site acceptance, MES & PLC roll out prior to launch- Supported Engineered Material Flow design and deployment from warehouse to assembly line.
Education
BNM Institute Of Technology
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering
2011 — 2015
Rochester Institute of Technology
Master of Science (MS), Manufacturing and Mechanical Systems Integration - Robotics and Automation
2015 — 2018
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