Aditya Salunkhe

- Directed monthly financial risk and opportunity analysis (Labor, Cost, Expenses, ED&D) for North American vehicle programs across major OEM’s, supporting executive decision-making throughout the program lifecycle - Analyzed R&D budgets and evaluated customer requested design change costs using Siemens Teamcenter Product Cost Management. - Hands on experience using SAP Material Management (MM) Module in the PR/PO process, also including supplier negotiation, analyzing supplier quotes and tracing the costs for engineering design changes - Monitored development hours, expenses and ECR costs for NAFTA programs using Power BI - Responsible to facilitate & control cross functional project teams from Engineering, Sales, Purchasing, PM, Finance etc. - Managed monthly reporting of Capitalization, Hourly rate, third party expenses, with cross functional Development Orders - Engaged in supplier technical reviews to assess material and component changes - Managed procurement activities, including RFQ development, Statement of Work (SOW), contract drafting, purchase requisitions, pricing, contract negotiations - Supported the identification and validation of key outsourcing partners, to support definition of make/buy strategy for suppliers in close cooperation with the stakeholders and subject-matter experts

- Member of the ‘Design Pillar’ supporting implementation of solutions globally to bring in improvements in the areas of quality, cost and delivery, following the seven steps in World Class Engineering - Contributed for generating PDQA matrix to calculate the Priority Index number for addressing the most important quality issues accommodating plant issues, engineering issues and warranty issues - Applied quality tools such as ‘5 Why Analysis’ and ‘Root Cause Analysis’ for analyzing critical issues such as condensation, in automobile headlamps - Supported in optimization of R&D processes by analyzing efficiency, lead time, and critical paths, implementing improvements - Streamlined 5S audits and scheduling to improve efficiency under WCE’s Office Environment pillar - Supported on DFMEA using IQ-RM software to generate

 Determined engineering specifications and analyzed forged products like rocker arm levers, pump and valve products  Managed company logistics to support inventory planning team according to material requirement plan (MRP)  Generated process flow diagrams and work flow charts for better understanding of the inventory material flow  Worked with cross-functional teams to resolve plant issues and meet adoption timing

 Calculated cycle time required for each operation performed on the carburetor using two VMC’s (Vertical machining center)  Designed and developed a new SPM to perform simultaneous operations and modeled components using Pro-E  Reduced tool changing time and cycle time, resulting in an improved production rate

Successfully completed courses in Deterministic Optimization and Applied Engineering Statistics.