Varun Bhargava

Experience

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  JBM Group

  Jun 2014 - Jul 2014

  Summer Trainee

  Worked on a new production line being set up for manufacturing parts according to Maruti Inspection Standards: 1. Handled tasks related to inventory management and material purchase. 2. Provided support for setting up semi-automation of Body-in-White (BIW) welding line for Suzuki S-Cross.

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  Harsha Engineers International Limited

  Mar 2016 - Jul 2021

  Responsible for cost estimation and optimization for various product families spread across 3 manufacturing units around the world.Coordinated with clients and internal stakeholders to address and resolve concerns. Handled internal and external communication and responded to queries.Assisted the purchasing team with equipment procurement with due consideration to process parameters and metrics. Contributed to business development; optimized value addition costs to add a revenue of Rs. 120 Crores in FY 2020-21 and Rs. 160 Crores in FY 2018-19. Show less

  • Engineer - Process Engineering (Costing)

    Mar 2017 - Jul 2021

  • Graduate Engineer Trainee

    Mar 2016 - Feb 2017
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  Xylem Inc.

  Aug 2021 - Jun 2023

  Senior Cost Engineer

  During my time at Xylem, I worked as a part of value engineering and should costing team. I conducted directional and should costing analyses to identify and drive cost reduction opportunities across products.I also participated actively in teardown and benchmarking activities, performing ideation to enhance product value and efficiency.By standardizing costing practices through market intelligence on various economic factors and leveraging aPriori as a cost simulation tool, I was able to streamline operations and improve accuracy of cost estimates across different global growth centers. Show less

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  Johnson Controls

  Jul 2023 - Dec 2023

  VAVE/Cost Engineer

  My brief stint at Johnson Controls involved participating in day-to-day teardown and benchmarking activities for residential and commercial air conditioning units to identify overall cost reduction ideas.

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  SLB

  Jan 2024 - now

  Cost Engineer

  My role as a cost engineer revolves around the following:Should Costing: Conducting detailed cost analysis of manufactured parts to provide actionable insights for cost optimization and supplier negotiations.Sustainability: Developing an activity based emissions baseline for quantifying carbon emissions by combining derived emission factors, material and energy consumption during manufacturing, eventually enabling carbon footprint reduction.Design for Manufacturing (DfM): Collaborating with engineering teams to perform design for manufacturing analysis, identifying opportunities for cost savings and process improvements at the design and development stage. Show less