Madan Achuri

• Annual sales up to 850 M$, 4800 employees, four technical centers and 16 manufacturing locations worldwide.
• Smart plant deployment improving operational efficiency by 10%.
• Developed long-range plans for business growth, resulting in 18% increase in annual sales over a three year period.
• Built talent pipeline to support business transformation and technology evolution.
• Sustained inflation and labor cost increases through operational excellence.
• Diversified product strategy to align with electrification and urban mobility trends.
• Developed new product portfolio with light weighting (Plastic and Composite); sub-systems; active systems and battery components.
• Launched a new manufacturing location in India, achieved profitable growth within 18 months.
• Established external partnerships providing access to adjacent markets and products.
• Deployment of sustainability roadmap to achieve carbon neutral by 2050.

• Annual sales up to 375 M$, 4000 employees, one technical center, two machine build centers and five production locations in USA and Mexico.
• Products include air-conditioning lines, coolant hoses, fuel lines and charge air-cooler assemblies.
• Launched three greenfield locations in Mexico to support business growth.
• Grew sales by 50% over three year period.
• Implemented lean manufacturing practices, reduced operational costs by 12%, improved capacity by 18% and reduced inventory by 20%.

• Oversaw two different Business units.
• Achieved more than 15% business growth with new customers while maintaining market share at current customers.
• Developed strategic plan for global markets including Americas, Europe, China, Japan and Korea.

• Oversaw Innovation, product development, commercial and program management functions.
• Established teams in US and Mexico.
• Achieved business growth of over 10% each year for eight consecutive years.
• Achieved growth through new products introduction and customers.
• Introduced digital tools for commercial and program management.

Sales & Program Management (1998 - 2002)

• Managed Sales & Program Managers.
• Focused on Asian and German customers.

Program Manager (1997 - 1998)

• Managed multiple new program launches with Japanese OEM.

Product Engineering (1996-1997)

• Responsible for new product development and application engineering.

Manufacturing / Industrial Engineer (1994 - 1996)

• Responsible for process and industrialization of new program launches.
• Support operations to improve first pass yield.