Dona Joseph
Melbourne,VIC
Summary
Highly motivated project management professional with 8.8 years of experience in Automotive industry with experience in Supply chain, Quality & Development in Europe, US, Asian & Australian Markets.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Component Development and Material Management
Mahindra & Mahindra Automotive
03.2023 - 02.2024
- Lead for all electric & diesel vehicles projects in Supro & Jeeto platform
- Overall project management & budget preparation and control from purchasing & development department for exterior & interior commodity
- Supplier analysis, RFQ, selection, vendor onboarding, quote synthesis, technical sign-off and time-line management for development parts & rationalisation for capacity for series ramp-up
- Major projects: E-Jeeto trucks, Export Pick up Z121 Supro in light duty truck platform
Sabbatical
-
11.2021 - 02.2023
- Spend 6 months travelling in Europe
- Accomplished Pearson Test of English Score 84/90
Project Management in Supplier Management
Daimler Trucks
06.2016 - 10.2021
- Sub-project lead for BS VI/EU VI emission project from (Quality Gate) QG 9 concept to QG 2 (SoP) and ramp-up as per CVDS (Commercial Vehicle Development System) managed stakeholders from Daimler Trucks India, Mercedes-Benz do Brazil and Daimler Trucks Germany
- Presentation of quality gate documents to the top-management team for approvals, risk analysis, time-line & budget management for the entire project lifecycle
- Handled 14 engine suppliers as single point of contact in new product development, PPAP, series management, change management, continuous quality management and process improvements and field failures
- Major parts; Turbochargers, Fuel Filters, Rocker shafts
- Major projects handled as sub project lead from India: localisation of OM 926 engine, Industrialization of CKD parts to Indonesia, FUSO 4D34i engine, Emission BS VI
- Turbocharger, Rocker shafts developed for plants in Japan, Germany & Brazil
- Lead auditor for VDA 6.3, PPAP, APQP
- Identified and mitigated global supply crisis of Fuel Pump from South- Korea for global plants
- Material planning for production by forecast analysis, capacity planning and co-ordination with logistics & production planning team for inhouse India & global plants (export CC)
- Awarded best performed in the department of supplier management & logistics
Supplier Manager
Daimler India
04.2015 - 06.2016
- Assistant to the Head of Department in strategic decision making by preparation documents for steering committees & CEO level meetings
- Standardized the framework team KPI dashboard
Procurement Engineer
Bonfiglioli Transmissions India
03.2013 - 02.2015
- Handled global purchase of propriety parts with total spend of about 5 million USD annual purchasing volume
- Logistics lead time reduced by 20 days for imports
- Markets dealt with: Italy & China & Slovakia
Internship in Project Management
Vedanta Resources Pls.
08.2011 - 04.2012
- Master's thesis - Factors affecting the success of projects
- Created project timeline, enabled project tracker through primavera for Relining of blast furnace project
- Supported production manager to achieve on time completion of the project with daily tracking of project timeline to complete downtime of 58days.
Education
Engineering Management - Master of Engineering & Technology
Manipal University
Karnataka, India05.2012
Bachelor of Engineering I Mechanical Engineering -
Anna University
Tamil Nadu, India04.2010
Skills
- Technical Skills: VDA 63, PPAP, APQP, Project Management Daimler, PMP (in progress)
- Software Skills: MRP -SAP R-3 MM, R-Plan, Primavera, MS Teams, MS Office, MS Project
- Soft skill Trainings: Cultural & Business etiquette European & Japanese, Argument to agreement - Negotiation skills, Conflict management
Languages
German
Elementary
Timeline
Component Development and Material Management
Mahindra & Mahindra Automotive
03.2023 - 02.2024
Sabbatical
-
11.2021 - 02.2023
Project Management in Supplier Management
Daimler Trucks
06.2016 - 10.2021
Supplier Manager
Daimler India
04.2015 - 06.2016
Procurement Engineer
Bonfiglioli Transmissions India
03.2013 - 02.2015
Internship in Project Management
Vedanta Resources Pls.
08.2011 - 04.2012
Engineering Management - Master of Engineering & Technology
Manipal University
Bachelor of Engineering I Mechanical Engineering -
Anna University
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