Allister Sequeira

Experience

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  MAPAL India

  Jul 2012 - Mar 2013

  GET/ Production Engineer

  • Worked in Production Department of a custom tool design and manufacturing facility.• Implemented single piece flow of material to prevent inventory stock up and improve outputs.• Worked with product development and design as well for better tooling and manufacturing design to prevent reworks and program alterations needed in the machines• Tools were manufactured for the automotive and aerospace industry with primary focus on engine component manufacturing.

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  Lumax Industries Limited

  Jan 2016 - Sept 2020

  Project Manager

  • Successfully Delivered 24 Projects with a budget of ₹80Crs to pre-determined budget, maintaining time parameters and quality standards.• Performed detailed assessments of risks to determine constraints and develop mitigation strategies.• Closely collaborated with project members to identify and quickly address problems.• Educated key personnel in appropriate production methods to achieve expectations and meet quality control standards.• Utilized talents in project management, organization and time management to successfully juggle simultaneous tasks and clients.• Co-ordinate with several departments including marketing, purchases, finance and manufacturing.• Troubleshooting of several issues in running products and ensured preventive design implementation in new products.• Coordinated internal audits and led remediation efforts for identified deficiencies.• Trained in the Toyota Production System (TPS) for lean manufacturing and production optimisation, using which is have increased line outputs by 60% maintaining the fixed costs of the line.• Key Technical advisor for VA-VE projects in the company working on Improving the company PBT by 3%. Show less

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  Ather Energy

  Sept 2020 - now

  Program Manager Product Development

  Program manager - 450 and Rizta platforms for Brakes, Motors and Vehicle Body.Executed 3 product updates along with 5 Aesthetic and Ergo updates on the 450 platform Successfully executed the development of the new Rizta Platform with a Lead time of 15 months from POC to SOP readiness.Implemented agile methodologies and to plan, execute and monitor new developments along with the product sustenance.Executed capacity enhancements while reducing costs by 30%. Set up the entire P&L for Accessories and Merchandise development team including systems and processes.Streamlined process to work for faster execution, to be able to handle vehicle updates in the shortest lead time possible.Stitched ways of working for teams to be able to work with minimal supervision i.e. self driven and sustaining for sustenance projects and bugs resolutions. Lead the team of program managers to create a repository of project baseline templates to enable us to map timelines quickly to better callout milestones when developing the product case and brief. Liaising team across the board from Product, Engineering Development to final production including working on the ERP to handle kits and variants along with strategizing with spares to solve for the key component replacement.Troubleshooting problems and issues with all the stakeholders and functional teams of the project. Show less