Experience

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  Cummins india limited

  Aug 2011 - Aug 2015

  Product Planning for Automotive Business Unit in IndiaPlanning for Diesel Engine On-Road Automotive products in India• Competitive Intelligence, gathering & analyzing competition data• Product Gap Analysis and recommendations for the same• Collecting Voices and analyzing the same to understand the needs of the market• Product planning sessions with OEMs to capture voices to understand their needs• Understanding and recommending new technologies and Fit for Market Strategy • Preparation of Product Roadmap for upcoming products• New product recommendation along with target specifications as a part of Product Plan• Supporting Market & Corporate Strategy Certified Six Sigma Green Belt with three projects completed.Won CMD awards for 2014, which is the most prestigious award in Cummins India. Show less

  • Manager - Product Planning

    May 2012 - Aug 2015

  • Manager - Product Management

    Aug 2011 - Jul 2012
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  Cummins india

  Sept 2015 - now

  •Business and product strategy for Battery Packs – this included selection of right chemistry, right dimensions and sizing to meet OEMs requirements, while ensuring fitment over multiple applications to leverage development.•Worked on creating strategy for Fuel Cell Engines for CV Applications in India for Trucks and Buses.•Created Product Strategy for ePowertrains in India – this includes traction system components like motor & invertors, transmission and complete eAxle solutions. Detailing out short term and long-term strategies as per business case feasibility.•Responsible for Product Strategy for Power Electronics / Controls Systems for India – a product which is combination of multiple power electronics, thermal management and accessories system required in an EV drivetrain.•Product Planning for engine components which includes After-treatment system, turbochargers, fuel system & electronics (sensors & control modules).•Understanding the market, customer requirements & prioritization, competitive landscape, regulatory requirements to support the product roadmap.•Alignment of Product Strategy with global platform plan, to leverage global expertise / technology, while maintaining the balance of local requirements.•Work closely with product compliance and regulatory bodies, to understand the impact of changes on future product plans, also to recommend Cummins’ position / strategy for future.•Work closely with the engineering team to define architecture options, and evaluate them from technical perspective.• Defined the trade-offs on techno-commercial parameters for various options under consideration.•Developed Digital Roadmap to ensure future proofing with technologies such as telematics, while ensuring higher level of cyber-security and functional safety readiness and compliance. •Conversant on working with Legal, taxation teams for creating NDA, MoUs, Business routing discussions. Show less • Worked on business-critical projects in different areas to maximize business understanding. The areas included were Order Management, IT, Channel Management, Supply Chain and Manufacturing, Logistics and Packaging• Project done for implementing Returnable Packaging for Fuel System and Emission Solutions in India to reduce overall GHG impact at the plant level• Defined System requirements and established framework for IT System for Components Care Centres (Service Channel for Components Business in India). This led to selection of Salesforce as the solution provider for building the ERP system which was named as C-Serve. This system is used for dealer management and tracking of service requests from field service engineers.• Defined Billing Process for Cummins Emission Solution – this led to drastic reduction in the overall lead time for imported components, while reducing the import cost and improving overall efficiency.• Defined Product Traceability Roadmap for Components in India, this started as a regulatory requirement (EUL), but eventually became Business requirement due to the visibility it could bring to improve efficiency. Show less • Market Intelligence & Research: Market analysis, competitive analysis & segmental analysis.• Impact of various macro-economic factors on the market.• Market Size Analysis and forecasting for Short, Medium & Long term (0-10 years) for Strategic Planning, Simulation & AOP.• On-Highway strategy for 5 years as part of Strategic Planning / Simulation and estimation of growth opportunities for current and new businesses.• Synchronized Business Planning (SBP) - Demand Review Facilitator for India Engine Business Unit.• Support other business units, program, account management, finance and corporate strategy teams with relevant data and information as per the requirement. Show less

  • Product Planning Manager, Components & Accelera

    Jan 2023 - now

  • GM - Product Planning & Business Development

    Oct 2019 - Dec 2022

  • Six Sigma Black Belt

    Aug 2017 - Oct 2019

  • Market Strategy & Planning Specialist

    Sept 2015 - Jul 2017