Vijendra K

Product Manager

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India12 yrs 11 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Led €120M portfolio with 100% On-Time Delivery.
  • Achieved 30% revenue growth through strategic contracts.
  • Pioneered modular architectures, enhancing profit margins.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in automotive thermal management and product strategy, driving innovation and profitability.

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Core Skills

P&l StewardshipStrategic Enterprise GrowthProfitability IntegrityFiscal GovernanceP&l IntegrityCapital StewardshipInstitutional VelocityOperational StewardshipManufacturing Excellence

Other Skills

Project Portfolio ManagementProject ControlP&L OperationsCost ControlBudgetingMonitoringStrategic LeadershipCorporate GovernanceModular PlatformsGo-to-Market StrategyManagement ConsultingProduct Strategy & Lifecycle ManagementProduct Planning StrategyR&D EfficiencyCompetitive Analysis

About

As the global automotive landscape undergoes its most significant shift in a century, my focus is on the institutional stewardship of the systems that will define the 2030 electrification mandate. With over 15 years of industry tenure, I lead at the intersection of enterprise strategy and technical complexity adoption of the global platforms that bridge today’s operational realities with tomorrow’s thermal management requirements. Currently, I am architecting the industry's future of engine cooling module Product and Global Platform Leader, I oversee a €120M portfolio, ensuring that innovation is not just technically superior, but structurally sustainable. My approach is rooted in governance and systemic transformation: transitioning complex business units from traditional engine cooling to integrated, high-voltage thermal architectures. My Strategic Focus- 1. Platform Maturity 2. P&L Stewardship 3. Global Leadership The Institutional Impact - I believe that the future of mobility is integrated, not siloed. Whether it is optimizing battery health during ultra-fast charging or streamlining thermal complexity in the powertrain, I am committed to building the platforms that make sustainable transport a reality. Enterprise Growth: I don't just manage projects; I build the "invisible architecture" that scales revenue. By implementing modularity and standardization, I’ve steered business units to improve profit margins revenue growth. Global Stewardship: I lead cross-functional, multi-regional teams of over 20+ specialists, fostering a culture of high-performance governance where technical excellence meets fiscal discipline. Future-Proofing Infrastructure: My work extends into the emerging AI Thermal Wall, applying automotive-grade thermal precision to the high-growth sector of data center liquid cooling.

Experience

Valeo

3 roles

Advance development Manager

Apr 2021Apr 2023 · 2 yrs · On-site

  • Capital & Resource Stewardship
  • Governed the strategic allocation of cross-functional intellectual capital across a diverse global portfolio. By institutionalizing resource-optimization frameworks, I eliminated systemic operational bottlenecks and ensured 100% fidelity to organizational milestones and delivery mandates.
  • Fiscal Governance & P&L Integrity
  • Exercised oversight of a $2M+ R&D investment fund, implementing a high-transparency financial tracking architecture. This system-level visibility identified 12% in structural cost-optimizations, reinforcing P&L integrity while maintaining absolute alignment with enterprise strategic objectives.
  • Portfolio Risk Governance
  • Presided over the Global Management Committee for portfolio governance, establishing a rigorous cadence for risk identification and mitigation. Through proactive institutional oversight, reduced enterprise risk exposure by 20% and ensured the stability of technical roadmaps across multi-continental operations.
  • Operational Acceleration & Market Leadership
  • Directed the end-to-end lifecycle governance for next-generation aerodynamic and thermal architectures. By re-engineering the institutional product development flow, I accelerated market entry by 30%, securing a definitive competitive advantage and establishing new benchmarks for organizational velocity.
BudgetingProject ControlFiscal GovernanceP&L Integrity

Product Technical Leader

Apr 2018May 2022 · 4 yrs 1 mo · On-site

  • Capital Stewardship & Architectural Integrity
  • Governed the structural optimization of product architectures by institutionalizing PDP/PL and CLEAN Project Management (CPM) frameworks. By enforcing a culture of fiscal discipline and design-to-cost maturity, I realized a 30% reduction in BOM expenditure while maintaining absolute technical fidelity and regulatory compliance across the portfolio.
  • Institutional Velocity & Workflow Standardization
  • Orchestrated the transition from fragmented R&D activities to a unified, high-maturity organizational workflow. By re-engineering "de-risking" protocols, I transformed multi-disciplinary cycle times from weeks into hours, ensuring the consistent delivery of high-value features and establishing a new benchmark for organizational velocity.
  • Global OEM Partnership & Strategic Alignment
  • Served as the Institutional Technical Authority for domestic and international OEMs, presiding over the alignment of multi-national R&D roadmaps with customer-facing milestones. By cascading internal innovations directly into customer technical roadmaps, I secured 100% gate-approval integrity and significantly elevated RFQ capture rates for next-generation global platforms.
  • Fiduciary Oversight & Portfolio Execution
  • Exercised rigorous governance over R&D investment funds, utilizing sophisticated resource-tracking architectures to maintain 98% spend-to-plan accuracy. Through the strategic deployment of multi-disciplinary human capital (Software, Hardware, Mechanical), I ensured the stable execution of complex validation phases with zero budget overruns.
  • Systemic Risk Mitigation & Intellectual Property Strategy
  • Pioneered the "Standardization First" mandate, leveraging existing Intellectual Property to reduce development overhead and institutionalize reliability. By spearheading simulation-driven validation and executive design reviews, I proactively mitigated enterprise risk, resolving critical technical bottlenecks before capital deployment.
Project ControlMonitoringCapital StewardshipInstitutional Velocity

Senior Product Manager

May 2017Present · 8 yrs 10 mos · On-site

  • Scope of Accountability: Exercise full stewardship over the strategic direction and P&L performance of a €120M global portfolio. I provide the governance required to synchronize multi-national R&D centers across Europe, Asia, and North America, ensuring that localized execution remains aligned with enterprise-level platform targets.
  • Key Pillars of Institutional Impact:
  • Strategic Enterprise Growth: Governed the expansion of the next-generation thermal portfolio, securing high-stakes contracts with global Tier-1 OEMs that resulted in 30% incremental revenue growth.
  • Profitability Integrity & Margin Expansion: Engineered a systemic shift from commoditized component sales to high-margin modular architectures. This strategic pivot successfully elevated net project margins from 8% to 12% while reducing long-term warranty exposure.
  • Capital Allocation & Asset Protection: Serve as the final authority on the deployment of multi-year R&D investments. By institutionalizing "Design-to-Platform" methodologies, I delivered 10% annual productivity gains and a 25% reduction in platform complexity, protecting the organization’s long-term ROI.
  • Global Operational Stewardship: Directing a cross-continental leadership team of 20+ experts to mitigate global engineering friction. Under my governance, the organization achieved 100% On-Time Delivery (OTD) across 5 simultaneous global launches with zero-defect quality metrics.
Project Portfolio ManagementProject ControlP&L StewardshipStrategic Enterprise Growth

Visteon corporation

Senior Project Engineer

Jan 2013Jan 2017 · 4 yrs · Pune, Maharashtra, India · On-site

  • Operational Stewardship & Risk Mitigation Directed the architectural governance of safety-critical cockpit and power systems, ensuring absolute alignment with global regulatory mandates and functional safety standards. By institutionalizing rigorous DFMEA protocols and design verification frameworks, I secured long-term asset protection and minimized enterprise liability across complex product lifecycles.
  • Strategic Impact & Enterprise Value:
  • Process Maturity & Velocity: Re-engineered the Engineering Change Management (ECM) ecosystem to eliminate operational friction, resulting in a 15% improvement in organizational throughput while securing critical-path integrity for high-stakes launches.
  • Manufacturing Excellence: Governed the implementation of Design-for-Excellence (DfX) standards across global manufacturing sites, elevating first-pass yield by 10% and reinforcing the transition toward zero-defect production cultures.
  • Supply Chain Resilience: Orchestrated strategic technical negotiations and specification standardization for Tier-2 global partners, reducing lead times by 20% and ensuring institutional stability against volatile market conditions.
Project ControlMonitoringOperational StewardshipManufacturing Excellence

Education

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Engineering — Design Engineerng

Jan 2016Jan 2018

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade

Executive MBA — International Business

Jan 2023Present

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