Vik Marballi

About Vik Marballi

Vik Marballi is a Fortune 100 R&D & Supply Chain Executive with global experience and expertise in PLM/Innovation Excellence from Idea to Launch, New Product & Process Development, Engineering, Start-Ups, Quality Assurance, Artwork, Data Transformation and Manufacturing Excellence. He has served for 30 years at Procter & Gamble & 4 years at New Balance Athletics, Inc.Vik has a proven track record of delivering breakthrough results for multiple P&G businesses through strong strategic leadership and deep technical & business mastery. Vik has deep experience and is a trainer & coach in the following: CCPD (Consumer Centric Product & Process Development or MOPD), Design Thinking, SIMPL (Successful Initiative Management & Product Launch), IM (Initiative Management) Pillar, IDM (Innovation Diamond Management), IDL (Innovation Delivery Leadership), RE (Reliability Engineering), EWP (Engineering Work Process), IWS (Integrated Work System), VSU (Vertical Start Up), QBD (Quality By Design), Quality Assurance, Data Transformation, Critical Chain Project Mgmt. and Dominant Factor & Unified Problem Solving. These are P&G’s proven processes to deliver successful innovations and breakthrough supply chain operational excellence results. Vik is also an expert problem solver and trainer with expertise in Lean, Six Sigma, Shainin & Theory Of Constraints. His last position at P&G was Global Vice President, Paper Sector, for 7 years, where he led the Quality Assurance & Regulatory organization delivering $500 million of value across 50 Mfg. and R&D operations in 26 countries. Vik has worked across R&D and Supply Chain in P&G’s Fabric & Home, Feminine, Baby and Family Care businesses. His work spans continuous processes and discrete assembled products manufacturing. He has delivered breakthrough results across multiple businesses, technologies, mfg. processes, cultures and geographies.Vik was Global Vice President at New Balance Athletics, Inc. for 4 years. He led their Quality function & delivered innovations to improve consumer loyalty, creating $200 million of value across 20 Mfg. and R&D operations.Vik has a strong track record of developing leaders across diverse cultures and is well known as a leadership & technical trainer and coach. He is a graduate of The Ohio State University with a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering and has served on several non-profit boards.Vik looks forward to utilizing his knowledge, expertise and unique ability to deliver results to help businesses and leaders drive top & bottom-line results and succeed in their goals.

Experience

1. Strategic Advisor Consultant - R & d, Innovation Excellence, Plm, Engg, Qa, Artwork, Start-ups & Mfg

   Ernst & Young Global Consulting Services

   May 2020 — Present · Columbus, OH, US

   Consulting Expertise• Innovation Excellence – i) Integrate consumer/product/technology insights using proven product development methods to create the next big idea, i) Apply P&G\'s stage-gate system to deliver better, cheaper, faster & more predictable innovation, ii) New Product & Process Development from Front End Innovation to Launch, Optimize innovation portfolio to deliver sustainable portfolio value• Product & Process Development – i) Develop superior products, ii) Ensure the processing system is robust and proven in production. ii) Apply Methods Of Product & Process Development and Reliability Engineering (RE) to deliver Vertical Start Up. Improve quality/reliability, reduce development cost/time and cut start-up costs.• Engineering – i) Create best value manufacturing solutions that save significant capital, ii) Deliver Vertical Startups, Design, install & start up complex equipment, including new to the world processes• Quality Assurance & Regulatory Compliance – i) Deliver regulatory/quality excellence in regulated businesses, ii) Improve consumer delight by Designing Quality Into innovation and current business, Simplify product & process validations.• Artwork - i) packaging artwork content management to improve efficiency, accuracy, speed to mkt.• Manufacturing Excellence – i) Improve uptime and MTBF using RE and Autonomous Maintenance, ii) Improve downtime and MTTR using Preventive Maintenance, ii) Improve quality defects and reduce quality related losses, iv) Drive breakthrough improvements in manufacturing excellence using Focused Improvements.• Structured Problem Solving – i) Solve problems to root cause in less time and with less resources, ii) Apply simple but most effective tools and methods (e.g. Dominant Factor, Unified Problem Solving, Lean, Six Sigma), Solve tough product & process development issues in innovation, and quality, reliability & productivity issues in manufacturing operations.

Education

• The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

  M.S., Mechanical Engineering

• Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

  B.S., Mechanical Engineering

Skills

• Product Development
• Process Control
• Leadership
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Theory of Constraints
• Engineering Management
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Quality System
• Manufacturing
• Fmcg
• Process Simulation
• Six Sigma
• Management
• Consumer Products
• Business Process Improvement
• Tqm
• Process Engineering
• Process Improvement
• Engineering
• Statistics
• Critical Chain Project Management
• Supply Chain
• Quality Assurance