Prakash Manjunath

Background

About Prakash Manjunath

Accomplished and goal-driven Executive offering more than 20 years’ diversified experience in various aspects of management and product development across automotive and consumer goods industry. Offers expertise spanning project, program and people management, achieving optimal results with competent planning, organization, systematic and solution-orientated approach. Diplomatic leader and analytical thinker able to inspire and cultivate working relationships with employees and partners. Areas of Expertise - New Project / Business acquisition with Technical & Commercial feasibility study - Project management across knowledge areas and process groups of Application, Variant and Platform - development projects - Product engineering process - Strategic project management - Design conceptualization - Systematic problem solving - Simultaneous engineering team coordination - Cross-functional team leadership - Content based quality review - Failure Modes and Effects Analysis - Quality gate moderation at component level - Compliance to Quality management system, Internal and External audits - Vendor management - Coaching and Mentoring of Product design & development teams - People management with a strong focus on Competency development aligned with project specic and futuristic topics, Stang model, Goal setting, Appraisal and Career development discussions - Critical thinking - Analytical skills - Sheet metal and Plastic part design - Advanced CAD modeling, detailing and assembly in NX - Geometric dimension, tolerance and stack-up analysis