S Manivel is seeking assignments in operations, quality assurance, supply chain management, or related fields. He has over 20 years of experience in manufacturing, procurement, supplier development, and quality management. Currently he works as the Manager of Supplier Quality and Evaluation for Volvo India, where he leads supplier evaluations, audits, and process improvements to enhance quality.

1. S Manivel
+91 97312 77633 / 89390 17400
manivel.s@gmail.com
: http://www.linkedin.com/in/smanivel
Seeking assignments in Operations / Quality Assurance / Supplier Development / Sourcing
Purchasing / Supply Chain Management with a reputed organization
PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
• Faster learning skills, self motivated, personal integrity, positive thinking, are my assets and working in a team is
my pleasure.
• An effective communicator with excellent relationship management skills
• Good analytical, problem solving & organizational abilities.
• Worked across multiple cultures & travelled many countries in Asia, Europe, Australia & Canada
• Worked in Manufacturing, Procurement, Operations, Supplier development & Quality management functions
ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since Oct 13 working as Manager (Supplier Quality & Evaluation) – Asia Pacific with Volvo India P Ltd
Aug 10 to Oct 2013 worked as BMS Manager with Volvo India P Ltd - Automotive
Dec 08 to Aug 10 as Lead Assessor (Quality Management System) with LRQA - Leading certification body
Aug 06 to Dec 08 with Hewlett-Packard as Manager (Operations) – Captive KPO for SCM
Jul 04 to Aug 06 with Asahi India Glass Ltd, as Section Head (Materials) - Automotive
Dec 03 to Jul 04 with Sanmar Ltd, as Executive Manager (Purchase) - Engineering
Commenced career with Rane TRW Steering Systems Ltd as GET (Mfg) (Jul 96-Dec 03) - Automotive
The Career Progression Graph
o Joined as Graduate Engineering Trainee (Mfg) in Rane TRW Steering Systems Limited, in Jul 96
o Promoted as Sr Executive (Materials) in May 98 & Asst Manager in May 00
o Joined as Executive Manager (Purchase) with Sanmar Ltd in Dec’03.
o Joined as Section Head (Materials) with Asahi India Glass Ltd in July 04
o Joined Hewlett-Packard as Manager (Operations) in Aug 06
o Joined LRQA Ltd as Lead Assessor in Dec 08
o Joined as Manager – Business Management System (BMS) &
o Switched to Manager - Supplier Quality & Evaluation – Asia Pacific
ROLES & CHALLENGES
CURRENT SUPPLIER QUALITY ASSURANCE @ Volvo India P Ltd
 Lead Supplier evaluation & Safety Management audits & improve them
 Provide input on suppliers in sourcing selection for business award
 Evaluate effectiveness of corrective actions for quality issues & monitoring
 Support PPCN/ECN (Product Process Change Note) implementation & New part introduction
 Lead / participate in Supplier process audits for low performance suppliers, improve them
 Plan the needs for the region, train & manage Supplier quality Engineers for Process audits / FMEA etc.
 Responsible for development & improvement of site BMS (conducting internal audits, management reviews, customer
satisfaction analysis etc.), development of global BMS & continuous improvements
 Evaluate, approve & calibrate auditors; plan needs for the region, train & manage auditors
 Improve process efficiency & monthly reporting for the region
SUPPLIER QUALITY ASSURANCE @ Rane TRW Steering Systems Ltd, Asahi India Glass Ltd, Volvo India P Ltd
 Supplier evaluation, Product Safety Management, Process audits & improvements; Periodic review of audit guidelines
 Lead new product development, Lead APQPs & conduct PPAPs ; Planning & prioritisation of PPAPs, Monitor PPAP
efficiency
 Supplier performance improvement (PQDCSM)
 PPCN Management; Ramp down & up of parts for assembly & aftermarket
 Supplier performance monitoring & recognition
 Supplier coaching & hand-holding for various improvement projects (Lean, TPM, TQM, TS 16949, CSR, SMA etc.)
 Low performance supplier management
 Performance management, training & development of team members

2. MANUFACTURING @ Rane TRW Steering Systems Ltd, Trichy
 Profit centre responsible for 2 product lines
 Production planning adherence
 Capacity planning & line balancing
 Periodic / as & when required, review of process control documents (DFMEA, PFMEA & Control Plan etc.)
 Continuous improvements (PQDCSM)
 Poke yokes implementation
PROCUREMENT @ Rane TRW Steering Systems Ltd, Sanmar & Asahi India Glass Ltd, Chennai
 Defining sourcing strategies
 Sourcing of new parts
 Supplier base rationalisation
 Customer demand planning & schedule monitoring
 Lead / Participate in APQP teams for new product development
 Warehouse management & Inventory control
 Supplier performance monitoring & recognition
ASSESSMENTS @ Lloyds Register Quality Assurance Ltd, Mumbai
 On time execution of assigned audits
 On time submission of reports
 FTR of reports at review
 Achieve good customer satisfaction
 New business leads
 Customer satisfaction analysis & improvement for India-Sri Lanka-Nepal-Bangladesh region
OPERATIONS @ Hewlett Packard, Chennai
 Managed 4 teams APAC, EMEA & Americas teams for Internal Order management & a team for Supplier base
rationalisation of 60 members & 4 Team leads.
 Core activities : Ordering of PCs/Laptops/Others for all HP employees worldwide, follow up, ECN support, Supplier
addition/deletion in Approved Supplier List for purchase, parts addition / deletion in product tree, escalation
management
 Continuous improvement of process & customer & employee satisfaction
 Monthly reporting & review with each region responsible
Process Transition
 Development of Process Flow, FMEA, process performance indicators and metrics (Input-Process-output) & reporting
 Training feedback analysis to close knowledge transfer gaps
 Formulating voice of customer (VOC) to capture customer expectations & identification of improvement opportunities
 Process performance analysing for efficiency gains
Operation Management
 Stabilization of new process in new operational environment
 Workload evaluation, resource need estimation, team building
 Establishing capacity planning, production scheduling, capacity utilization, productivity and individual efficiency
 Driving team to meet customer expectation in terms of speed, quality and business needs
 Operational excellence through value addition, cost reduction, process standardization, capability enhancement.
 Financial control through budget preparation, expense & revenue monitoring
 Handled international customers as well participated in transition
Quality Assurance
 Ensuring compliance with quality control standards, quality improvement projects, statistical process control for
continuous quality improvement of various items and process.
 Establishing quality standards & implementing management systems like ISO 9001 for the new processes
 Building effective customer relations, customer governance, working arrangements, review structure & meetings,
escalations Management
 Service delivery measurement, monitoring and reporting
 Quality improvement initiative (kaizen, lean, productivity etc.)
 Analysis of VOC for enhancing customer satisfaction thro’ improvements.

3.  Process review and initiating steps for process improvement
 Facilitating process changes for cost reduction, productivity improvement, capacity utilization, COQ (cost of quality)
reduction. Monitoring process performance to meet the customer expectations.
PEOPLE MANAGEMENT
Training and Mentoring
 Training & development of team members & succession planning
 Mentoring and driving improvement projects
 Providing quality orientation training
Leadership
 Team members’ performance enhancement through structured programmes and periodic review meetings
 Deployment of organisational goals, unbiased performance review and team involvement in decision making
 Develop team members skills, giving constructive feedback, enhancing morale, conflict management, supporting
work life balance and attrition management
 Managed a team of 2 to 75 members
 Facilitate continuous improvement projects PQDCSM
 Leveraging the strengths of team members
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS / SYSTEM KNOWLEDEGE
 Certified Lead Auditor for ISO 9001:2008 from LRQA.
 Well versed in TS 16949:2009, certified internal auditor (5 day training by OMNEX) & associated tools.
 TQM, Lean/VSM Projects, Corporate Social Responsibility, TPM, Internal & external auditing, EMS & OHSAS
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS
 Many Manufacturing process improvements for reducing WIP / lead time, quality improvement
 Improved ~75 suppliers on the quality front. Coached & hand-holding of ~30 suppliers
 Project on alternate sourcing / indigenisation resulted savings of INR 6.0 Million per annum
 Facilitated many improvement projects by the team
 Two Green Belt projects : Supplier quality improvement & Process rejection reduction
 Worked as Champion / member in various new product development projects.99% FTR on time.
 Improvement project on order processing Time reduction resulted savings of INR 2 Million per annum
 Selected for performance award for four times. Also got customer award for better process design inputs for new
process in HP. Also got ~USD 750 in multiples of USD 25 e award for various supports/improvements
 Customer Satisfaction analysis report has been made as benchmark report for all offices worldwide at LRQA.
 Audited more than 500 tier 1 suppliers in Asia Pacific & Europe, added value to their system effectiveness & efficiency
 Saved 300 man days in audit report preparation in a year. Same as been horizontally deployed for other audits
IT SKILLS
MS Office tools; SAP/Oracle 11i (user)
EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIAL
B.E (Production) - NIT, Tiruchirappalli, with 70.2% in May 96.
HSC - Govt. Hr. Sec. School, Karur with 88% in May 92.
SSLC - Govt. Hr. Sec. School, Karur with 89.6% in Apr 90.
PERSONAL
Residential address: Flat # 17, Poorvakalyani, Ragamalika Phase II, Medavakkam, Chennai – 600 100, India
Marital status: Married
Kids: 2 sons