Profile Overview
About Me | Concept Development: Creation of innovative but practical products suitable to current market needs & customer requirements (Replacement, OEMs, Institutions and Export market) by using the industry latest tool QFD. Have developed excellent skill in using QFD tool in NPD. Product Design & Engineering: Developing, detailing and fine-tuning a concept to make it tooling and production feasible in shortest possible time, develop ways & means to reduce time to market – latest is rapid prototyping and hand carving techniques. Product Evaluation & Testing: Prototype production & Testing including field test under control follow up. (Providing support to the front end field evaluation workforce) Product Benchmarking: Acquisition & compilation of comparative product data to define an optimum standard in terms of product Engineering, Performance & Costs. Business Development: Continuously visiting to the various markets in the country and abroad to study the changing market requirements, identifying the new and niche market segments, identify the right product for the right customers and helping sales and marketing for correct product positioning. Developing new OE customers by providing them with products, which meet their requirements. Project Management: Project coordination, cost estimation, profitability, vendor development & liaison with OEMs for Part approvals, Technical support and resource planning optimization. Developing capacity in the plant to make the products out of the current product range. Helping organization in upgrading the outsource facilities in-house and offshore Specialties: Product Design & Engineering ; Value analysis and Value Engineering ; Project MaangementConcept Development: Creation of innovative but practical products suitable to current market needs & customer requirements (Replacement, OEMs, Institutions and Export market) by using the industry latest tool QFD. Have developed excellent skill in using QFD tool in NPD. Product Design & Engineering: Developing, detailing and fine-tuning a concept to make it tooling and production feasible in shortest possible time, develop ways & means to reduce time to market – latest is rapid prototyping and hand carving techniques. Product Evaluation & Testing: Prototype production & Testing including field test under control follow up. (Providing support to the front end field evaluation workforce) Product Benchmarking: Acquisition & compilation of comparative product data to define an optimum standard in terms of product Engineering, Performance & Costs. Business Development: Continuously visiting to the various markets in the country and abroad to study the changing market requirements, identifying the new and niche market segments, identify the right product for the right customers and helping sales and marketing for correct product positioning. Developing new OE customers by providing them with products, which meet their requirements. Project Management: Project coordination, cost estimation, profitability, vendor development & liaison with OEMs for Part approvals, Technical support and resource planning optimization. Developing capacity in the plant to make the products out of the current product range. Helping organization in upgrading the outsource facilities in-house and offshore Specialties: Product Design & Engineering ; Value analysis and Value Engineering ; Project Maangement |
Industry Association:
Current Role: | Existing employee in the tyre industry |
Tyre Industry Experience
Years of Experience | 16 Years & 2 Months |
Companies worked with | J.K Tyres & Industries |
Domain Specialisations
Functional Specialisation I: Core Competencies | |
Functional Specialisation II: Enhanced Capabilities | Tire Construction & Tire Engineering |
Functional Specialisation III: Expert Mastery | OEM & Institutional Sales Business Development |
Technical Specialisation | |
Industry-Specific Expertise |
Career Highlights
Current Position | Sr. V.P – Technical – JK Tyres |
Top Career Position | V.P Design & Development – JK Tyres |
Second Most Notable Role | Chief General Manager – Product Development – J.K Tyres |
Third Key Position | Dy. General Manager – Product Development – J.K Tyres |
Education
Professional Degree School - I | Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology |
Degree | B.E Mechenical |
Senior Secondary School | C U Shah Higher Secondary School- Ahemdabad |
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Contact Info
Name | Kartik Mahesh Shah |
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Address: | Mysore- Karnataka – India |