Chintan Sopariwala

Chintan Sopariwala

President @ DRiV

About

Global general management executive with 20+ years of leadership experience across diversified industrial, manufacturing, and automotive sectors. Proven operator of complex, end-to-end P&L’s exceeding $4B in revenue, spanning multiple geographies and leading organizations of 10,000+ employees. Consistent track record of driving growth, margin expansion, and enterprise value creation in both public and private equity environments. Transformation-oriented leader delivering step-change performance through portfolio strategy, new product acceleration, conquest growth, disciplined M&A and Lean/Six Sigma operational excellence. Outside of work, I invest where returns matter most—family time, endurance runs, global travel, and discovering cultures (and cuisines) that expand perspective.

Country

United States

City

Greater Chicago Area

Industry

Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering

Skill

Product Development, Manufacturing, Engineering, Engineering Management, Continuous Improvement, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Project Management, FMEA, Supply Chain, Root Cause Analysis, Strategy, Program Management, Management, Business Strategy, Customer Service, Refrigeration, Design for Manufacturing, 5S

Experience

DRiV

President

DRiV

LinkedIn
2024-2 - Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

Greater Chicago Area

DRiV is one of the world's largest automotive aftermarket companies with $3B+ in revenues. DRiV has operations in over 50 countries, 11 manufacturing plants, 28 distribution centers and over 9,000 team members. DRiV designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes leading, brand-name products to a diversified and global aftermarket customer base. DRiV has many of the most recognized brands in the automotive industry, including Monroe®, Champion®, Öhlins®, MOOG®, Walker®, Fel-Pro®, Wagner®, Ferodo®, Rancho®, Thrush®, National®, Sealed Power®, and others.

Apollo Global Management, Inc.

Operating Adviser

Apollo Global Management, Inc.

LinkedIn
2022-7 - Present · 4 yrs 3 mos

Greater Chicago Area

Apollo is one of the largest private equity firms with over $600B of assets under management (AUM)

Tenneco

Executive Vice President, Chief Strategic Execution Officer

Tenneco

LinkedIn
2022-11 - 2024-3 · 1 yr 5 mos

Leading a global organization to drive step change in EBITDA performance. Member of ELT, reporting to CEO. Responsible for strategy and execution of transformation initiatives. Key initiatives: - Driving lean improvements and certification across 150 manufacturing plants world-wide - Direct material and indirect purchasing cost savings through negotiations and reducing consumption - Commercial pricing activities - Accelerating growth of Commercial truck and off-highway segment through new product launches and increasing share of wallet initiatives - Design and implement new Engineering/R&D structure and global footprint optimization - M&A Tenneco is one of the world's leading designers, manufacturers and marketers of automotive products for original equipment and aftermarket customers, with full year 2021 revenues of $18 billion and approximately 71,000 team members working at more than 260 sites worldwide. Apollo Global Management completed acquisition of Tenneco in Nov 2022.

International

Group Vice President & GM, Aftermarket Parts

International

LinkedIn
2020-9 - 2022-7 · 1 yr 11 mos

Greater Chicago Area

Complete P&L responsibility of $2.3B+ global parts business. Responsibilities include: - Sales & Marketing - New Business Development - Product Management - Pricing - Product Development - Inventory Management - Parts Distribution Network (11 Warehouses) - Logistics/Transportation - E-Commerce & Digitalization - Mergers & Acquisitions - Budgeting & Financial Planning - Risk Management

International

Vice President & General Manager - Aftersales Operations & Connected Vehicle

International

LinkedIn
2019-4 - 2020-10 · 1 yr 7 mos

Greater Chicago Area

Dual role A) Connected Vehicle Standalone Business - Vehicle Telematics (Full P&L responsibility) - Successful turnaround story - Sales Management - Product management and pricing - Product development - Commercial partnership and supplier negotiations - Customer relationships - Business planning B) Aftersales Operations - Operations Management for ICE and BEV vehicle after-sales - Vehicle electrification strategy (products, markets, timing) - Channel readiness for electric vehicles (service strategy, aftersales readiness, technician training) - E-Commerce sales channel - Service parts engineering - Vehicle uptime and Total Cost of Ownership

International

Vice President - Global Aftermarket Supply Chain

International

LinkedIn
2018-1 - 2019-4 · 1 yr 4 mos

Greater Chicago Area

Inventory management ($400M+) Warehouse management (10 Warehouses, 3 Countries) Reverse logistics (3 Locations, Core Management) Inbound & Outbound Transportation Customer Service Call Center Driving Lean Tools & Methodologies Direct material purchases ($1B+)

International

General Manager - Remanufacturing & Core Operations

International

LinkedIn
2015-4 - 2018-1 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Greate chicago area

Recipient of ACE award in remanufacturing from RIC (Remanufacturing Industries Council)

International

Director - Supply Chain Operations

International

LinkedIn
2011-8 - 2015-3 · 3 yrs 8 mos

Greater Chicago Area

Magnum Power Products

Board Member

Magnum Power Products

2016-4 - 2021-9 · 5 yrs 6 mos

Franklin, Indiana

JV between Caterpillar and Navistar responsible for remanufacturing of diesel engines and engine components ($150M+ in sales)

Ingersoll Rand

Head of Operations

Ingersoll Rand

LinkedIn
2009-6 - 2011-8 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Greater Chicago Area

Operations Lead for Krack Business Unit - Engineering - Procurement - Manufacturing - Customer Support - Program Management - Cross-functional Team Leadership - Financial Analysis

United Technologies

Program Manager

United Technologies

LinkedIn
2004-10 - 2009-5 · 4 yrs 8 mos

- Program Management - Manufacturing Plant Manager - R&D Lead Engineer -Cross-functional Team Leadership

Indiana Heat Transfer Corporation

Mechanical Engineer

Indiana Heat Transfer Corporation

2003-10 - 2004-10 · 1 yr 1 mo

Education

Purdue University

Purdue University

LinkedIn

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

2001 - 2003 · 2 yrs
East Texas A&M University

East Texas A&M University

LinkedIn

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

2008 - 2010 · 2 yrs
National Institute of Technology Surat

National Institute of Technology Surat

LinkedIn

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

1997 - 2001 · 4 yrs

Chintan Sopariwala's Contact Information

Email

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Phone

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