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.
United States
Greater Chicago Area
Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering
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

President
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.

Executive Vice President, Chief Strategic Execution Officer
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.

Group Vice President & GM, Aftermarket Parts
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

Vice President & General Manager - Aftersales Operations & Connected Vehicle
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

Vice President - Global Aftermarket Supply Chain
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+)

Board Member
Magnum Power Products
Franklin, Indiana
JV between Caterpillar and Navistar responsible for remanufacturing of diesel engines and engine components ($150M+ in sales)

Mechanical Engineer
Indiana Heat Transfer Corporation
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