Vimlendra Yadav

About Vimlendra Yadav

Quality isn’t just compliance—it’s a strategic advantage that drives customer trust and operational excellence.”As Plant Quality Leader, I lead quality assurance across the locomotive manufacturing supply chain, ensuring reliability and customer satisfaction. By leveraging process audits, workforce upskilling, technology upgrades, and robust controls, our team has delivered measurable improvements in fleet reliability and product quality.Core Expertise: Manufacturing Engineering | NPI | Operations | Tech Transfer | Rolling Stock Certifications: PMP | Six Sigma GB | CWI | IWE | ISO 9001 Lead AuditorKey Achievements: Increased fleet reliability through advanced quality control systems Reduced cost of quality via waste elimination and process optimization Delivered multiple NPI projects on time and within budget Implemented technology upgrades for efficiency gains Upskilled teams in special manufacturing processes and advanced quality toolsMy mission: Transform quality into a competitive advantage that enhances reliability, efficiency, and customer trust.

Experience

1. Plant Quality Head

   Wabtec Corporation

   Dec 2022 — Present · IN

   Leading Quality function across Supply chain in Locomotive manufacturing driving Quality Assurance and Quality Control to meet customer requirements and enhanced customer satisfaction by improving fleet Reliability and Quality Driving Quality Assurance culture through stringent Process Audits & placing effective controls to detect problem at Source Driving projects to Optimize Cost of Quality and reduction in CoPQ through-out Supply chain and Manufacturing by improving Process, Packaging, Logistics and inherent residuals Driving Supply partners for higher Quality Standards and Accountability for poor quality of part supply and warranty claims / replacements Driving Quality Assurance mind-set to have Pro-active approach by placing in-process effective controls instead of EOL checks and test Driving Process improvements for better product reliability and process controls to enhance customer satisfaction Driving Locomotive system performance to reduce infancy field failures through improvement of parts quality and integration Leading customer quality for the Locomotives performance in the field and zero-mile defects during PDI Spearheaded continuous improvements in the Manufacturing Process, Supplier parts quality, Packaging, and logistics to reduce CoPQ by 55% Implemented process for parts serialization and digital traceability for warranty claims and FOC replacements Driving Supplier Quality Engineering & Sourcing for Quality improvement in the Electrical & Electronics parts supply Successfully reduced DPU in the Locomotive manufacturing by 75% through technical trainings, multi-skilling, and awareness Drived NCMR inventory carrying cost reduction significantly by bringing ownership and accountability on the NCs, proper RCA/CA and systematic approach of CAR/SAP

Education

• Institute of Engineering and Rural Technology

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Mechanical Engineering

• SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)

  Executive MBA, Operations and Supply Chain Management

  2023