Kiran Talele has over 24 years of experience in product design and development, quality management, production engineering, and project management. He is currently the Plant Head at Cooper Standard India's Bawal, Haryana facility. Previously, he spent 8 years as General Manager of Operations at Yazaki India and 10 years in product design, quality management, and program management roles at Yazaki Wiring Technologies. He has successfully launched numerous vehicle wiring harness programs for automakers such as Ford, Honda, Toyota, Volkswagen, and Tata Motors. Kiran holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.

1. Kiran Talele
Pluton 804, Zircon, Viman Nagar, Pune -411014
Contact: (+91) 9881733917, Email: kiran.talele@gmail.com
Synopsis
 Presently working with Cooper Standard as Plant Head – Bawal, Haryana
 A smart professional with 24 Years of qualitative work experience as Head in
Product Design & Development, Quality Management, Production Engineering, Project
Management, Manufacturing.
 VW KSK (Customer Specific Wiring Harness) program developed and implemented
successfully
 Successfully implemented various vehicle programs (Ford Escort, Ikon, Fusion,
Fiesta, Honda Jazz, Toyota Fortuner, Etios, VW - Polo Vento and Tata Motors Nano)
right from kick off till mass production and ramp up with improved Production
Efficiency.
 Established & maintained Quality System based on QS 9000 at Yazaki Chennai &
Nashik plants. Acquired prestigious Q1 Award from Ford.
 Lead Auditor QMS & EMS, possess excellent communication, analytical & problem
solving skills.
 Proficient in design & development of wiring harnesses for Ford/ Mitsubishi/Volvo
cars with the Interface with vehicle electrical systems/ components.
 Established a green field site project for enhancement of supplies at Nashik in
1996, at Maraimalainagar (Chennai) in 1999 & at Alandi in 2006.
 Learnt and implemented VSME concepts for Tata Motors business processes
Career Development
Present Organisation
Cooper Standard India Pvt. Ltd. Jan-2015 till date (2 Yrs)
formerly known as Metzler Automotive Profiles
is located at Sahibabad, Manesar, Bawal (Haryana), Chennai, Sanand having a Turn
Over : 3,500 MINR. The company makes Automotive sealing and Fluid services to
Tata Motors, Ford, VW and Maruti Suzuki. www.CooperStandard.com
Plant Head - Bawal
Accountable for effective operations of Tata Motors, Ford & VW business and plant
profitability
 Lead a high performance operations team to ensure seamless operations required to
achieve the business objectives
 Design and execute scalable operations processes, policies and procedures using
optimal resources to ensure efficiency, timely fulfilment and an awesome customer
experience
 Recruiting the best talent and build-up a high performance operations team
consistent with our values by orienting and training them
 Design, enforce and monitor targets and KPIs to ensure smooth and safe operations
 Develop operational models to effectively scale operations, forecast demand-supply
mismatches and plug them
 Ensure adherence to robust compliance standards
 Assume complete responsibility for the P&L of overall Plant operations
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2. Previous Experience
Yazaki India Ltd. (Yazaki 100%) Jun-2006 till Dec-2014 (8 Yrs)
formerly known as Tata Yazaki Autocomp Ltd. (Tata 50%, Yazaki 50%)
is located at Wagholi (Pune) having a healthy Turn Over : 8,500 MINR. The company
makes Wiring Harness services to Tata Motors, Honda, Toyota, GMI, VW and Maruti
Suzuki. Yazaki market share (India): 19% (Worldwide: 35%).
http://www.yazaki-group.com/global
General Manager – Operations (Plant Head)
Accountable for effective operations with profitable growth
Leading the Team of Design, Production Engineering, Planning, Sourcing, Production,
Quality, Stores & Logistics with responsibility to
 Establish Customer focus for Timely Delivery & Quality
 Give a strategic vision and direction to manufacturing so as to meet the present
and long term objectives of the organization.
 To lead and direct manufacturing operations so as to meet the ever-growing and
challenging demands of the customers.
 Strategic planning of complete manufacturing operation & ensuring smooth
functioning of the plant to achieve the set targets in accordance with approved
Budget & Quality Standard.
 Maintenance function, sound preventive maintenance systems for plant &
equipment
 Quality Assurance function and help the team to establish quality standards,
implementing, stringent quality control systems (ISO) to enhance quality and reduce
rejection levels through implementation of ISO, QMS, TPM and Kaizen.
 Human Development: Guide and groom the subordinates to take up new
challenges.
 Ensure and improve Health and Safety of employees by providing safe and healthy
work environment with adequate personnel protection and by maintaining pollution
free atmosphere within the premises of the Company.
Program Management, Production Engineering (ME)
 Accountable for successful launch of all new Programs of Tata Motors,
Toyota, Honda, GMI & VW vehicles
 Make sure Program deadlines are met in time, at zero ppm and within budget
 Planning & purchase of Equipment, Machines, Processes, Layout & Installation,
commissioning testing & handover to Production.
 Standardisation of processes, set takt time
Yazaki Wiring Technologies India Pvt Ltd. Apr-1996 to Jun-2006 (10 Yrs)
Yazaki Wiring Technologies India Pvt. Ltd. (Yazaki 100%)
formerly SY Wiring Technologies India Pvt. Ltd. (Siemens 25%: Yazaki 75%)
was Siemens Automotive Systems Ltd. (Siemens 100%)
Yazaki Wiring Technologies India Pvt. Ltd. (Yazaki 100%) is located at Maraimalainagar
Tamilnadu. The company makes Wiring Harness services to Ford, HML-Mitsubishi Lancer
and Volvo and having a healthy Turn Over : Rs. 250 Million and also it is known as Full
Service Supplier (FSS).
www.yazaki-europe.com
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3. Product Design & Development (Program Manager)
 Design of Wiring harnesses for Ford Projects Escort (Phased out), Ikon, Fusion,
Fiesta Liason with Ford design centres at UK & Australia and local authorities (Ford
India) DFMEA, DVP, PVT
 Prototype development including Testing the product for desired functionality and
performance.
 Interface with CFT for developing the chain of tasks in the manufacturing process of
new products/ modifications in existing products and development of samples.
 Design Validation Plans/ Tests based on Worldwide Customer Requirements,
System Design Specifications and customer requirements.
 Participate in vehicle build and carryout DVP/T in cross functional team carryout
Product Validation Tests.
 Single Window Person to Customers on Techno Commercial issues.
Quality Management:
As Quality Leader, Management Representative:
 Establish and Maintain Quality System based on QS 9000, Ford Q1
 Compliance based on FMEA, APQP, SPC, MSA, PPAP
 Establish and Maintain Environment Management System based on ISO 14001
 Built in Quality : Customer Quality issues, problem solving using G8D, Internal
Quality issues, Parato, Analysis, Actions (PDCA)
Training/ Assignments/ Overseas
 Several training/assignments & visits to Siemens & Yazaki Wiring harness plants/
design offices in Germany, Slovakia, Czech Republic, France, Portugal, UK,
Sweden, Australia, Thailand, Japan, Ukraine
Previous assignments
Bajaj Tempo Ltd, Pithampur 1995-96
Bajaj Tempo Ltd at Pithampur manufactures utility vehicles.
Had an opportunity to work as Graduate Engineer Trainee and hand on experience on
PLC controls controlling Paint shop and electrical maintenance.
Magma Polymers, Nashik 1993-95
Production: Metalising and Coating of Polymer Sheet. Worked in the capacity of
Production in charge and successfully established a plant at Daman.
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., Ozar (Nashik) as an apprentice trainee. 1992-93
Manufacturers of MIG series Air-Craft for IAF. Orientation in Design, Production Planning,
Production, Maintenance, Overhaul department.
Strengths Acquired
 consistently outperformed and achieved great things and always looking for
something that fires my imagination and gives me opportunity to change the world
for good
 decisive in complex situations by taking logical actions
 a data-driven, logical problem solver and do not let my past experiences & learning
cloud my judgment of analysing a problem in a brutally objective manner
 assume complete ownership of the tasks assigned
 a leader loved by my team for empathy, good communication and strong
interpersonal skills but at the same time known for my focus on results and assertion
for meeting desired goals
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4. Personal Profile
Date of Birth : 24th
Sep 1970
Passport No : G2839673
Marital Status : Married
Languages Known : Marathi, Hindi and English
Nationality : Indian
Permanent Address : Pluton 804, Zircon Ventures, Viman Nagar, Pune – 411014
Mobile No. : +91-9881733917
e-mail id : kiran.talele@gmail.com
Educational Qualification
 Bachelor of Electrical Engineering in April ‘1992.
 Diploma in Electrical Engineering
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