POORANI SRINIVASAN

Flat no. 1201, Oak Towers,

L&T Eden Park
M.R.Radha Main Road,
Siruseri, Chennai – 603103
Tamil Nadu, India

PROFILE SUMMARY:

Senior Professional with 13 + Years of Experience in Automobile industry in Business Analysis/ Documentation (Spare Parts) / Program
Management/ BOM Management / SCM

Exposure of interacting and establishing healthy relations with various clients/ business teams of different countries such as India, Romania,
Korea, France, US, Japan, Australia, South Africa, China and Czech Republic

CORE COMPETENCIES:

Agile Business Analysis BOM Management – Production and Service

Supply Chain Management Program Management
Team Management - Liaison & Coordination Operations Management
Documentation and Spare Parts Management Supplier & Client Relationship Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE :

Renault Nissan Technology and Business Centre India

(Mar-2017 till date)

Roles and Responsibilities as Senior Agile Business Analyst (Mar-2017 till date)

1. Manage Functional Architecture and define Product Landscape Mapping for Logistics Parts and Accessories Perimeter.
2. Analyze issues in business process and provide possible solution in Logistics P&A and Documentation domain.
3. Perform Functional Impact Analysis on for new business requests received from Product owner before US refinement.
4. Translate the need into user stories with digital experience like Functional Mock ups/ wire frames etc.
5. Prioritize the functional and non-functional requirements along with product owner and team to decide scope for each sprint
6. Manage Product-Process Application Testing covering 5 levels of testing – Functional, regression, user acceptance, integration & performance.

Roles and Responsibilities as Leader of BACC were as follows (Apr-2018 till date)

1. Set objectives, mentor and monitor the team of Business Analyst Competency Centre (22 ABA’s) to achieve excellence in Business Analysis
2. Standardize Process, Tools and Techniques used by Business Analysts across RNTBCI to Support Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi functions
3. Impart Functional and Domain Knowledge trainings to RNTBCI
4. Train the team on managing Landscape Mapping of all Products used across Renault and Nissan Globally

Roles and Responsibilities as Champion of Women’s Forum were as follows (Nov-2017 till date)

1. Identify pain points of Women at RNTBCI and support HR in providing a fix

2. Organize activities on behalf of Women’s forum for International Women’s day in alignment with the UN Theme for the year
3. Organize activities and trainings to motivate women in various aspects of their career

Achievements

1. Spearheaded (with a team of 19 people), the implementation of Agile Transformation in IS-IT department
2. Subject matter expert and Lead trainer of Automobile Industry, Bill of Material, Business Analysis, Supply chain Management, Warehouse
Management and Aftersales Documentation Process
3. Implemented Retail Inventory Management for Renault in Europe there by increasing parts availability to 96% at dealerships
4. Reduced Loaner cost for Europe by implementing Multi sourcing – dispatch of parts from Romania warehouse to dealers
5. First Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) of RNTBCI and trained 5 ABA’s in certifying in different levels of Business
Analysis certifications offered by IIBA (International Institute of Business Analysis)
6. Lead the Women’s Forum Core Group in securing a place in the Top 100 Best Companies for Women in India in 2018-19 (Conducted by
Avatar India )
7. Lead International Women’s day celebration through women’s forum – Women@RNTBCI in 2018 and 2019

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 Renault India Pvt. Ltd.
(Jan-2011 – Sep-2015)
Roles and Responsibilities as International Spare Parts Correspondent -
Asst Manager (Jan-2011 till Mar-2013) & Deputy Manager (Mar-2013 till Sep-2015)
1. Define Aftersales Bill Of Material for India and Export Parts - Interact with Engineers (RNTBCI, Korea, Romania and France) and
suppliers for defining the required service level, maintaining supersession and updating catalogue
2. Manage the parts for IDK (Initial Dealer Kit) during launch of new model and supervise the timely dispatch of parts
3. Train PAN India dealers on Catalogue and Parts Management
4. Plan and monitor for Aftersales activities for New Product Introduction (NPI) – BOM, inventory, supplier readiness, technical hub
readiness, manuals readiness
5. Ensured speedy resolution of queries & grievances, maintained excellent relations with clients to generate avenues for additional business
Achievements

1. Ensured 99.6% accurate BOM for PAN India supply and export with more than 15,000 parts and accessories.
2. Successfully launched after sales BOM for 7 New models and 8 Facelifts/minor Freshening in Renault – Established all Procedures for
Documentation in India
3. Successfully established all procedures for documentation in India and overachieved the target of 96% query resolution within [N+1]
day;
4. Received the Achiever’s Award in 2015 for the successful localization of K9K diesel Engine in India and establishing readiness for
aftersales within 6 months
5. Successfully achieved a saving INR 50 Million by introducing Child components for field service
6. Imparted training to more than 150 parts managers PAN India on catalogue & parts management.

Visteon Automotive Systems India Pvt. Ltd.

(Dec-2009 – Dec-2011)

Roles and Responsibilities as Program Manager (Dec-2009 – Dec-2010)

1. Monitor program profit/ loss and maximized the profit for Visteon for 3 customers – Nissan, Honda & Hyundai
2. Develop and maintain customer relationship for existing and new project ventures. - Collect, aggregate and report on customer
requirements
3. Define, implement and improve defined project & program targets due effective measuring metrics, tracking of these metrics
4. Monitor, lead supporting global cross functional team in ensuring targets achievement for Cost, Timing, Quality Delivery
5. Monitor and track sustainable time management (MS Project)
6. Negotiated the scope of changes in new programs, delivered on commitments and coordinated the project management
7. Spearheaded VPDS delivery, resource planning, launch coordination, change control, project part tracker

Achievements

1. Lead and Launched the first 2-wheeler OEM and Export Program Successfully
2. Achieved 98% profit margin against program win for Honda and Nissan customers in 5 programs
3. Ensured 100% Adherence for Monozukuri by Nissan

Visteon Global Knowledge & Business Centre India Pvt. Ltd.

Roles and Responsibilities as Team Lead – Purchase Electronics (Dec-2008 – Dec-2009)

1. Supervise the team for purchasing activities for Climate Product Group for Forward and Current Model
2. Administer the team to float RFQ’s, negotiate with suppliers, finalize the price for getting approval from Sourcing Board and Issue of PO
for Europe and North American Region
3. Build, train and monitor team in purchasing activities to efficiently support customer requirements
4. Manage escalations and implement lessons learnt to ensure customer delight
Achievements
1. Ensured Zero Customer Concerns for the entire Climate Sub-department of VGKBC
2. Introduced a system to monitor the team’s work load on a daily basis
3. Managed the biggest team at VGKBC with diversity in gender, age, experience etc. and ensured team work by effective conflict resolution
and team building skills
Ford India Pvt. Ltd.
(May-2004 to June-2008)

Roles and Responsibilities as Buyer – Regional Power train (Nov-2007 to June-2008)

1. Supervise the cost reductions for Power train commodity of Ford Asia Pacific, Africa & Australia (FAPAA) in ERP system – WIPS
2. Ensure post-dated P.O.'s reflect in finance system – FAST
3. Plan annual budget for possible cost changes in raw material/volume fluctuation for FAPAA with Regional Finance
4. Cordinate with the Buyer community in FAPAA region to monitor and achieve the cost reductions in line with annual projections

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Roles and Responsibilities as TVM Coordinator (Jan-2007 to Nov-2007)

1. Document the engineering changes & source changes involving cost saving ideas from initiation till implementation
2. Lead various functional trials post Production Sign off at Supplier end & at Ford Production unit
3. Ensure timely implementation to maximize cost savings for Ford
4. Plan timeframe and parts availability for cooridnated parts by close team work with with engineering, manufacturing and suppliers
5. Manage Alerts in WERS (Wordwide Engineering Release System) to communicate on the VIN for Fit and Function trials

Roles and Responsibilities as New Model Launch Coordinator for Endeavor Vehicle Line & Fusion DV4 ( Dec-2005 to Jun-2007)

1. Manage the major freshening (Launch in May’06) & Minor Freshening (Launch in Aug’05) for the vehicle line by coordinating between
engineering, purchase, STA, finance and Service teams
2. Plan for Pre-builds before launch for trail of manufacturing, testing and homologation purpose
3. Procure the parts for all pre-builds and ensuring correct line feeding
4. Manage adhoc requirements from testing, engineering, purchasing, packaging teams and other departments
5. Manage design changes, rejects and obsolescence of all parts during pre-builds

Roles and Responsibilities as Export Markets Coordinator (Dec-2004 to Dec-2005)

1. Manage Bill of Material for all export markets – Mexico, South Africa and China
2. Implement engineering changes at customer’s end and distributed stocks of old parts in engineering changes for parts common with the
production facility in India
3. Ensure zero line stoppage at customer’s locations due to un-availability of parts
4. Manage supplier quality, timeliness in delivery and maintain supplier relationship

Roles and responsibilities as Engineering Change & New Model Launch Coordinator: Power Train (May-2004 to May-2006)

1. Create and maintain BOM for Powertrain for engines and gearbox built at supplier (Avtec Pvt. Ltd.)
2. Plan for Powertrain trials in Avtec to support vehicle build in Ford
3. Validate BOM for Power train and forecasted the requirements of various power train components
4. Implement all localizations and coordinating obsolescence salvage
5. Track all design changes by accurate part number changes

Achievements

1. Maintained 100% accurate BOM (HLSA, Production and stamping parts BOM)
2. Reduced obsolescence for customer (South Africa) during a model phase out by coordinating with other Ford production entities in US and
Asia for diverting obsolescence
3. Saving INR 75 Million through Cost Reductions (TVM Action) & salvaging obsolescence (INR.1.2 Million) during new model launch
4. Played a key role in developing an access database to store & retrieve cost fluctuations predicted
5. Implemented a tracking methodology to track all approved cost reduction ideas till implementation & clearance of obsolescence
6. Identified backdated PO's from 2006 and debited suppliers thereby attaining cost save of INR 86 million for Ford Motor
7. Identified sources for new parts during China Freshening - identified all unique components being supported, raw materials for the same,
negotiated with suppliers and monitored supplier releases
8. Imparted training to launch team for using MIDAS, KDES, MLS and other Mazda Systems
9. Managed 5 new model power train launches -1.6L Phase-I Sigma Engine and Petrol Cable Shift Transmission for Fusion & 1.4L Petrol &
1.6L Phase-II sigma and Diesel Cable Shift Transmission for Fiesta
10. Established procedure for BOM maintenance, validation, new model activities, KD parts ordering activity, TVM activity and Obsolescence
management

EDUCATION

1. M.B.A (Operations Management) from National Institute of Business Management, A Unit of Kingster Education with 85%
2. B.E. (Electronics & Communication) from Sri Sai Ram College of Engineering, Madras University in 2004 with 74%
CERTIFICATIONS

1. CBAP (Certified Business Analysis Professional) by IIBA (International Institute of Business Analysis)
2. Executive Certificate Program in Supply Chain Management by SPJIMR (S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research)
3. Women’s Leadership Program by DDI
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth: 10th November 1982
Languages Known: English, Hindi and Tamil
Passport : S9530729

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