Peri Lakshmi Prasanna

Results-driven automotive professional with 15+ years of experience spanning Program & Portfolio Management, Complete Vehicle Engineering, Vehicle Integration, Platform Development, Vehicle Configuration Management, Demand Planning, NPI, and PLM. Proven track record leading global cross-functional teams, supplier organizations, and large-scale engineering transformation initiatives across the complete product lifecycle — from concept evaluation through validation, engineering release, launch readiness, and production — consistently delivering measurable improvements in cost, quality, and program execution.

Senior Manager – Demand & Hardware Planning - BMW TechWorks India - Bengaluru

(2026-05)

• Planned, provisioned, and coordinated release of test vehicles for homologation and validation programs, ensuring on-time availability, engineering/regulatory compliance, and configuration accuracy.
• Managed end-to-end complete vehicle lifecycle activities — from project planning and configuration through testing support, release coordination, vehicle tracking, and final handover of pre-series vehicles to the users — serving as the primary point of contact for stakeholders.
• Collaborated with development, production, testing, and international teams, including European business partners, to align priorities, manage cross-functional dependencies, resolve configuration issues, address execution issues, and meet project milestones.
• Maintained and controlled vehicle configuration and engineering data across enterprise systems including DAVE, vGIF, SAP, SPEED, Spetros, and Teamcenter, ensuring data accuracy, traceability, configuration governance, and cross-functional decision-making.
• Supported complete vehicle integration and led vehicle-level planning and system integration activities for launch, validation, and homologation programs, aligning engineering, packaging, quality, and cost stakeholders to support Technical Cost Performance (TCP) targets.
• Supported engineering change implementation and configuration governance across development programs, and identified process inefficiencies to improve stakeholder visibility, vehicle tracking, and planning efficiency through optimized provisioning workflows.
• Leveraged strong vehicle and component expertise to troubleshoot technical issues, support configuration decisions, and ensure successful testing outcomes.
• Developed and maintained program status reports and dashboards to improve stakeholder visibility into milestones, risks, dependencies, actions, and delivery performance.

Technical Expert / Program Manager - Daimler Trucks Innovation Center India - Bengaluru

(2013-11 - 2026-05)

• Led global product development programs across the complete lifecycle — from concept evaluation through development, validation, engineering release, deployment, and launch readiness — driving cross-functional alignment and execution against strategic business and engineering objectives.
• Directed cross-functional collaboration across design, manufacturing, quality, testing, supply chain, and supplier organizations, aligning priorities, coordinating dependencies, resolving execution issues, and supporting program governance; spearheaded Design for Excellence (DFX) initiatives to standardize scalable design frameworks.
• Managed Call for Planning (C4P) activities across engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain, reducing program cycle time by 15%.
• Oversaw DVPR execution and validation planning, coordinating design verification, testing activities, engineering releases, and stakeholder inputs, while integrating Power BI dashboards that improved data visibility and reduced reporting time by 30%.
• Led large-scale migration of 30,000+ assemblies/parts from CATIA V5 to Siemens NX, managing 70+ supplier resources and a team of 18 engineers across planning, execution, and delivery milestones.
• Directed engineering release management, audits, design reviews, and launch readiness reviews; managed EBOM governance, product structure management, configuration control, and engineering change management (ECR/ECO) through Teamcenter and 3DEXPERIENCE (3DX), ensuring data integrity and lifecycle governance.
• Delivered cost optimization initiatives through BOM rationalization, standard parts optimization, component standardization, and Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VA/VE) across 60,000+ components, supporting Technical Cost Performance (TCP) objectives.
• Supported pre-series build, vehicle testing, and production readiness, and led the end-to-end NSR (Non-Standard Request) approval process to evaluate deviations and secure timely approvals without impacting delivery.
• Led complete vehicle integration reviews, DMU-based virtual build reviews, and technical reviews evaluating manufacturability and packaging constraints, driving DFM/DFA assessments through cross-functional engineering workshops.
• Prioritized supplier deliverables against program milestones, collaborated with supply chain teams on engineering changes, capacity planning, NPI, and procurement (SAP Fieldglass), while monitoring program performance via OTD, PPM, and VA/VE metrics to secure gate approvals through root cause analysis and structured problem-solving.
• Coordinated engineering signoffs, validation reviews, and release approvals; reviewed complete vehicle assemblies against BOM to ensure dimensional accuracy and compliance, partnering with validation teams on performance, reliability, durability, and regulatory compliance prior to production release.

Design Engineer - RLE India Pvt Ltd - Bengaluru

(2012-09 - 2013-10)

• Designed and modeled input/output shafts and transmission components for manual transmissions (GETRAG Ford project) and conducted quality checks and design reviews on detailed drawings for shafts, gears, and chassis components.
• Ensured timely delivery of engineering KPIs, milestones, and performance objectives within committed schedules.

Design Engineer - Larsen & Toubro Pvt. Ltd - Visakhapatnam

(2010-06 - 2012-06)

• Created 3D models and production drawings for mechanical components and executed quality inspections supporting production readiness.

B.E./B.Tech - Mechanical Engineering - JNTU, Visakhapatnam (2006 - 2010)