Santosh Kale

‘BAG’ : A very well know German brand from lighting industry, engaged in manufacturing LED Drivers. # JOB RESPONSIBILITIES HANDLING : • Heading Operations Team of LED Driver manufacturing of well known ‘German’Brand ‘BAG’ Electronics. • Executing Overall Production Planning & Control (PPC), Production, Quality Assurance, Stores, Inventory control, ensuring timely dispatches as well as Customer support. • Ensuring the production plan is executed accurately & the customer demand is fulfilled on time. • Maintaining effective PPC, ensuring optimized production schedule & resource allocation. • Maintaining Stringent Quality Standards in all processes, to deliver high quality product to renowned customers. • Implementing efficient inventory control measures, optimizing stock levels & reducing lead times. • Fostering effective customer coordination, addressing queries & ensuring overall satisfaction • Developing & implementing operational strategies aligned with organizational objectives focusing on Productivity & cost effectiveness. Foster a culture of continuous improvement & innovation within operations • Drive Initiative to implement best practices ensuring compliance with Industry standards & Regulations • Execute Internal Trainings, Ensure Team’s Productivity/ Utilization & Continuous Process Improvements • Collaborate with cross functional team to streamline the processes, enhance efficiency & ensure seamless execution of business operations. • Monitor & analyze Key Performance (KPI) to access operational performance & identify areas of enhancement. • Promoting a culture of safety, Quality & Operational excellence in the organization

FLASH Electronics : is a preferred partner for many Automotive OEMs around the world, engaged in manufacturing Automotive Electronics & Electrical parts as well as EV Electronics Parts. # JOB RESPONSIBILITIES HANDLED : • Leaded Quality Team of Auto Electronics & Electric Vehicle Component Manufacturing • Handled Overall Quality: Inward, In-process, Outward, SMT Line Quality as well as Customer Quality. • Monitor Metrics of parts/ products rejection PPM /Yield & working on improvements. • Ensure that IATF/QMS/IPC/ESD system requirements are established & adhered & ensure regular QA reviews. • Ensure overall Quality of Auto products like CDI, Regulators, Flashers, ECS CU, MCUs, BLDC fan motor etc. • Handled EFR / Warranty / Line failures at customers. (Bajaj, KTM, Mahindra, Kawasaki, Royal Enfield etc.) • Ensure 100% Quality KPIs / KRAs achievement, New Part production quality (NPD) of Electric Vehicle parts. • Plan /Execute Internal Trainings, Ensure Team’s Productivity/ Utilization & Continuous Process Improvements • Monitor & Analyze quality data to define appropriate actions to control the quality level. • Identify potential root causes of non conformance in PFMEA review with cross functional team(CFT) • Guide the team for part/product/process issues & identification of corrective & preventive action (CAPA) • Follow-up with suppliers, internal stakeholders for implementation of Corrective & preventive action & Further its effectiveness monitoring.

STAR Engineers : is specialized in designing, developing, manufacturing, and supplying a diverse range of automotive electronic Components to global OEMs in various applications. # JOB RESPONSIBILITIES HANDLED : • Leaded Quality Team of Electronics Component Manufacturing.. • Handled Inward, In-process, Outward, SMT Line Quality & Customer Quality & Tier 2 supplier quality. • Ensured IATF/QMS system requirements as well as customer specific requirements adhered. • Analyze the process issues with proper root cause analysis with cross functional team to define CAPA. • Internal Quality Review Meetings as well as Presented Plant Quality in corporate meeting. • Handled Quality of Auto products like CDI, Regulators, Flashers, Blinkers, control switches, sensors etc. • Handled EFR / Warranty failures at customers. (Bajaj, KTM, Piaggio etc.), Conducted Internal Trainings.

Flex : Global leading EMS (Electronics Manufacturing Services provider) focused on delivering complete design, Engineering & Manufacturing Services to Automotive, Computing, Consumer, Industrial, Infrastructure, Medical, and Mobile OEMs. # JOB RESPONSIBILITIES HANDLED : • Leaded a team of 40+ Engineers & Team Leads for America, Mexico & Brazil sites - Quality service support to Flex global EMS manufacturing sites for quality department reports & other activities as per SLA. • Ensured 100% KPIs achievement, New transition support/trainings, Head count planning, Escalations path, Contact/Backup Matrix, Business Contingency Plan, Documentations, Process Maturity Level, World class service & achieve top VOC scores. Plan / Execute internal trainings, Team’s Productivity & Utilization level. • Handled Improvement projects, Process Standardization, Set & Achieve Team Goals, SWOT Analysis, Audits. • Handled support to Medical Healthcare site e.g. Flex Tijuana, Guadalajara & also many sites from US, Mexico & Brazil for Automotive, Consumer, Industrial electronics , communication & networking etc. ACHIEVEMENTS  Achieved Lean Green Belt Certification.  Received Long Service Award & Multiple Appreciations for Maintaining 100% Accuracy / OTD in transition.

LG Electronics : a very well-known Korean Giant Multinational company & world market leader in manufacturing of world class Consumer Electronics Products./ Home Appliances. # JOB RESPONSIBILTIES HANDLED : • Handled In-process Quality of DVD writer as well as Front Loading Washing Machines. • Handled Outward Quality control dept. & Reliability Lab, Equipment/Chambers, Shipping Test Equipment. • Handled overall Part Reliability Department for all products viz. Refrigerator, LCD, AC, Washing Machine • Prepared Quality trends & Presented in Weekly/Monthly Quality meeting, Conducted Quality status reviews • Conducted line Process Audit & ESD audits, Fault finding & Failure Analysis of Field Failure Return Parts. • Handled SMT PCB Supplier Quality of DVD drives & Supplier Audit /Support. • Supported in Setup & Working of LG Authorized Service Center of DVD drive for India market. ACHIEVEMENTS  Received Silver Award in Global Innovation Contest of LG (GIC).  Received multiple Process Improvement Projects Awards & Appreciation award for Long service.

WIE : Subsidiary of Digisound Electronic GmbH, a German Multinational company and market leader in Acoustics products in Europe. WIE was pioneer in providing services to’ ISRO’ for manufacturing, testing of the specialized Electronic circuits for space/ satellite applications. # JOB RESPONSIBILTIES HANDLED : • Electrical Test of Hybrid Micro Circuits (ISRO Satellite circuits) in-house & with different Govt. test agencies • Plan /Execution of Hi-Reliability Screening (Environmental Test),Test Jig Design for Space application circuits ACHIEVEMENTS  Received “Officer of Quarter Award” twice, # Qualified by ISRO Bangalore for HMC testing /Screening.  Received Appreciation from ISRO for flawless & high quality support for their projects.