MANIKANDAN S

Assistant Manager – NPD Quality | Development Quality | Automotive Plastics | Injection Moulding

Chennai, Tamil Nadu | 13+ Years Experience

SKILLED SUMMARY

Mechanical Engineer with 13+ years of experience in Automotive Plastic Injection Moulding, New Product Development (NPD), Development Quality, Tooling, Supplier Quality and Customer Quality.

Strong experience managing NPD projects from customer requirements, drawing review and technical feasibility through tooling, mould trials, validation, process development, gauge readiness, PPAP and production launch.

Experienced in APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, DFMEA, DFM, MSA, SPC, 8D, 5 Why, 7 QC Tools and IATF 16949, with strong cross-functional coordination between customers, suppliers, design, tooling, production and quality teams.

Currently working with SMRC Automotive Ltd. in Development Quality / NPD Quality, supporting automotive development programs and customer requirements.

CORE SKILLS

NPD / New Product Development

Development Quality / NPD Quality

Automotive Plastic Injection Moulding

APQP & PPAP

Customer Drawing Review

Technical Feasibility & DFM

DFMEA / PFMEA

Tooling & Mould Development

Mould Trials & Validation

Gauge Design / Development / Readiness

0KM / 10KM Quality

Customer Quality

Supplier Quality & Supplier Development

8D / 5 Why / Root Cause Analysis

MSA / SPC

Customer Coordination

Launch Readiness

Engineering Change Management

IATF 16949

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE;

SMRC AUTOMOTIVE LTD

Development Quality / NPD Quality

July 2026 – Present

Responsible for Development Quality activities for automotive plastic components and assemblies.

Manage NPD activities from customer requirements and drawing review through tooling, mould trials, validation and launch.

Coordinate with Design, Engineering, Production, Tool Room, Supplier and Customer Quality teams.

Review component feasibility, critical dimensions, appearance requirements and quality checkpoints.





Follow up tooling and mould trial activities and ensure development concerns are closed.

Coordinate gauge concept, gauge development and gauge readiness.

Support APQP, PPAP, PSW, validation and customer sign-off activities.

Drive closure of development concerns before part dispatch and production release.

Support 0KM / 10KM quality activities and customer-end concern resolution.

Participate in customer visits, joint inspections and development reviews.

Track open quality concerns and ensure corrective actions are completed within agreed timelines.

RIKKI PLASTIC PVT. LTD.

Assistant Manager – NPD & Marketing

Managed New Product Development activities for automotive plastic injection-moulded components.

Coordinated customer requirements, drawing review, feasibility, tooling and mould development.

Followed up mould trials, sample development, dimensional inspection and validation.

Coordinated with customers, suppliers, tool room, production and quality teams.

Supported APQP, PPAP and customer approval activities.

Managed RM and mould steel purchase activities, including RFQ, quotation comparison and supplier coordination.

Supported supplier development and technical discussions.

PRAKASH TECHNOPLAST INDIA PVT. LTD.

Assistant Manager – NPD & Marketing

Handled NPD and development activities for automotive plastic injection-moulded components.

Managed customer drawing review, feasibility, tooling follow-up and mould trials.

Coordinated development samples, inspection, validation and PPAP documentation.

Worked with suppliers and tool rooms for tooling development and corrections.

Supported RM and mould steel procurement.

Coordinated quotation comparison, costing and supplier follow-up.





FIEM INDUSTRIES

Quality / Automotive Plastics Experience

Jun 2012 – Nov 2015

Experience in automotive plastic component quality and manufacturing.

Supported inspection, process quality, customer requirements and corrective actions.

Developed practical knowledge of injection moulding, tooling and automotive quality systems.

NILKAMAL

Quality / Automotive Plastics Experience

Jan 2015 – Nov 2019

Supported automotive plastic manufacturing and quality activities.

Worked on component inspection, process quality and development-related activities.

Coordinated with production and quality teams for issue resolution.

NPD & QUALITY EXPERTISE

Customer & Development:

Drawing Review | Feasibility | DFM | Customer Coordination | Development Planning | Sample Submission | PPAP | PSW | Customer Sign-off | Launch Readiness

Tooling & Mould:

Tool Feasibility | Tool Development | Mould Trial | Trial Feedback | Tool Correction | Dimensional Validation | Gate / Sink / Warpage / Weld Line Concerns

Quality

APQP | PPAP | PFMEA | DFMEA | MSA | SPC | 8D | 5 Why | Root Cause Analysis | 7 QC Tools | IATF 16949

Gauge & Inspection:

Gauge Concept | Gauge Development | Gauge Readiness | Part Inspection | Dimensional Validation | Critical Checkpoints | 0KM / 10KM Quality

EDUCATION

B.E. Mechanical Engineering

Meenakshi Academy | 2009–2012

Diploma – Tool & Die Engineering

Er. Perumal Manimegalai Polytechnic | 2006–2009

TARGET ROLES

Assistant Manager / Senior Engineer – NPD Quality | Development Quality | Supplier Quality | Customer Quality

Industry: Automotive OEM / Tier-1 / Automotive Plastics

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