Saurabh Dighe

• Lead and mentor a team of Technical Project Managers for successful delivery of project portfolio • Represent BIW & Stamping in decision forums, estimate program budgets and staffing requirements • Lead and influence decisions in change management & business operations • Streamline systems used for change management & enhance teams operating efficiency by providing structure, operating procedures, engineering tools & guidelines

• Lead and mentor a team of Technical Project Managers for successful delivery of projects for all models • Represent BIW & Stamping in decision forums, estimate program budgets and staffing requirements • Lead and influence decisions in change management & business operations • Streamline systems used for change management & enhance teams operating efficiency by providing structure, operating procedures, engineering tools & guidelines

• Drive change implementation activities to meet or exceed program timing milestones. • Support the Program Manager in driving Production Launch activities. • Participate in and lead (as necessary) project milestone reviews. Provide clear updates on status and recovery plans as necessary. • Clear, frequent communication between cross-functional teams to achieve Material, Hiring/training, Process Development/Implementation, and Equipment Implementation targets for changes, including trials and implementation. • Drive material procurement handoff from New Product Introduction Planning to the Production Planning organization. • Drive implementation of material flow from warehouse to line including conveyance, pedigree segregation, consumption, and bill of material validation. • Work with Design Engineering teams to create and maintain Bills-of-Material. • Communicate changes to the cross-functional team for integration into launch preparation activities

• Lead project teams for new product launches under multiple tracks such as manufacturing, sourcing, purchasing quality etc. • Program Management, ensuring defined metric attainment and customer satisfaction. • Leads the program team and take personal responsibility for the program’s success by holding the team accountable, ensuring appropriate staffing, maintaining the team morale by resolving conflicts between team members and elevates effectively when needed. • Manage and maintain program documentation and processes including customer statement of work, Open Issues List, Timeline, Monthly Project Reports. • Establish program timeline with internal and external targets, objectives and deliverables that supports a successful launch by working with Management, Customers and Program Team. • Supports the Manufacturing Team in production builds, team meetings, plant based customer reviews and critical production preparation activities. • Clarify roles and responsibilities to ensure program team members support launch efforts. • Achieves all internal and external financial targets. • Ensures successful on-time completion of program deliverables. • Use a risk management approach to anticipate and prevent problems from occurring. Apply sound judgment in elevating risks to management. Identify management specific tasks, deliverable's and support needed to mitigate future risk. • Achieve and exceed financial objectives • Achieve and exceed manufacturing launch metrics. • Achieve and exceed defined quality metrics. • Manage program budgets (Prototype, Production Tooling and Capital).

Using DMAIC methodology to lead cost saving, quality improvement & optimization projects within the organization.Work on high visibility projects for new product launches, champion quality improvement initiatives and optimize supply chain..Use a statistical data driven approach for decision making & use six sigma to achieve AOP targets -Six sigma strategy and roll-out plan for the given process/area -Execute Projects -Help and guide Project Resources/ Help remove project level Barriers -Team and Project Structuring - Develop 6S Project Hopper - Mentor & train Green Belts - Share Best Practices

• Completed over 20 corrective actions using 7-Step problem solving to initiate containment, determine root cause and implement permanent solution for OEM customers like GM, Ford etc. • Implemented process poke-yokes in the form of assembly jigs & fixtures, various proximity sensors to prevent creation of defects on the assembly lines for current products • Developed AQL sampling plans by applying attribute, variable, and sequential sampling methods • Maintains statistical process controls by applying zone charting, X-bar, IMR charts for distributions and individual-medial/range for multistream processes. • Analyze data by completing hypothesis, normal distribution, and process capability analysis tests. • Incorporated Six Sigma methodologies to solve a range of design and manufacturing problems • Led various audits for customer & ISO /TS recertification, which was granted on first attempt. • Used knowledge of GD&T and DVA’s for developing prints and design quality review • Developed experiments by applying full and fractional factorial techniques for optimizing process parameters such has cure temperature, mold and melt temperature in injection molding etc. • Conducted internal audits on manufacturing process & quality systems in accordance with TS16949 • Worked on supplier development programs to reduce supplier defects

Conduct class discussions and laboratory experiments for physics and chemical process thermodynamics