Kalyani Mahant

Experience

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  Epiroc

  Jan 2020 - Jun 2021

  Graduate Apprentice Trainee - Product Quality Assurance

  • Daily Incoming Part Quality, Predispatch Inspection and Maintaining Records.• Supported MSA, HIRA & Control plan and other channel documents.• Support New Product Launches to ensure that Supplier Quality meets the required standards for New Product Development and revision of existing.• Evaluate, plan & lead the supplier for closure of actions & follow-up to assure effective implementation.• Part of APQP Team for NPD – Hydraulic Breaker• Generating and revision ofQAP (Dimensional Inspection report), SOP, PDI format’s, IMS data.• Reporting of issues, Generation of Deviation Reports and follow up for Corrective actions by suppliers.• Plan & Implement In-house, Shelf Life and Product Audit, Supplier Audits.• Encourage& implement continuousimprovements culture within team. Show less

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  Bosch India

  Sept 2021 - Oct 2022

  Supplier Quality Assurance

  • Conducting layered process audits, Surveillance audits, Shop floor audits at supplier’s endto ensure vendors continue to work in compliance with company and federalstandards.• Collect supplier process data for Critical to Quality (CTQ) characteristics• Support in-house quality in case of defects, participating in cross functional meetings.• Organizing and participating in zero-defect review meetings.• Encourage & implement continuous improvement & weak process up gradation culturewithin team & supplier end via lessons learned, PokaYoke.• Providing technical advice and guidance to suppliers to reduce defect rates.• Serving as a liaison between our company's senior management and the vendors to identifyquality issues and come up withsolutions.• Conducting and supporting Q-Trainings, Coordinating with quality managers for timelysubmissions of all quality related documents.Project – GRECO-SC• Collect& Analyze data, and produce reportsto demonstrate findingsto management.• Organizing chairing meetings and Supplier meets & advising suppliers on their carbon reductiontargets and strategies.• Developing logistics decarburization andelectrificationstrategiesthrough pilot projects.Project – VE Zexel Distribution Pump LocalizationSupporting part time – QMSDocumentation, PPAP activities.Project – A Pump Ramp down Strategy• Verification of supplier’s directshare to Bosch, Floating RFQ’sto Potential Supplier’s. Show less

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  Freelance

  Nov 2022 - Jan 2023

  Freelancer

  QMS Documentation and technical writing for a fasteners industry based in Mumbai

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  Mahindra Group

  May 2023 - now

  Assistant Manager - Product Quality Assurance

  • Check outgoing product quality w.r.t. customer point of view, quality concerns and configuration.• Overseeing key Models including SUV, EV, Pick-ups & off-roading segments (Domestic & Export).• Follow organizational guidelines while conducting GNOVA-C (Global New Overall Vehicle Audit-Customer) Audit.• Supporting 0 & 1 MIS team in analysis & reducing RPTby adding check pointsin SQA & MQA.• Ensure adherence of calibration & Fuel Economy test schedule for plant.• Coordination with other manufacturing plants for horizontal deployment of actions and improvements.• Responsible for FTR trial & Clearance on vehicles as per defined process.• Supplier visitsfor customer chronic concerns resolution for process improvement.• Collaborate with product development, design, engineering, and marketing teams to ensure alignment between customer expectations and product features.• Conduct management reviews to assess the effectiveness of the quality management system and identify areas for improvement for project vehicles.• Lead a team of Quality Engineers, Inspectors, and technicians, providing guidance and support.• Holdplant dispatch& lead customer chronic concerns alongwithCFT’sto avoidfield complaints.Project – Scorpio Army, XUV 3XO (Domestic, Export & EV), Thar Roxx Launch• Responsible for first time right launch of project vehicles, improving quality by eliminating defects via Gemba in build stage & GNOVA-C Audits.• Responsible for FTR trial & Clearance on vehicles as per defined process. Show less