Pooja Kokate

Product Certification Lead with over 3 years of experience in automotive product certification, homologation, and regulatory compliance. Skilled in managing AIS, BIS, and FMVSS standards while ensuring adherence to national and international regulations. Experienced in regulatory audits, compliance management, and certification project leadership with a record of zero nonconformities.

Proficient in cross-functional collaboration and effective stakeholder communication. Focused on driving certification strategies that align with organizational and regulatory requirements.

Product Certification & Regulatory Compliance - Bridgestone India Private Limited

(2022-08)

• Led end-to-end product homologation for automotive components, ensuring 100% compliance with AIS, BIS, FMVSS, and IS standards across domestic and international markets.
• Acted as primary liaison with government-authorized labs (ARAI, IRMRA, CIRT), coordinating product testing, validation, and certification for Indian regulatory requirements.
• Drove cross-functional collaboration with Design, Quality, Manufacturing, Overseas Plants, and Suppliers, delivering 20+ certifications annually within committed timelines.
• Managed regulatory testing plans, sample coordination, and approval cycles, enabling 15+ product launches per year without schedule slippage.
• Oversaw BIS plant license activities (applications, renewals, extensions, modifications), handling 16+ actions annually with zero business disruption.
• Successfully implemented BEE Labelling regulations, achieving full organizational compliance within defined timelines.
• Supported OEM Type Approval Certifications (TAC) and customer-specific regulatory requirements across multiple automotive OEM programs.
• Digital transformation, deployed compliance dashboards and streamlined workflows that improved tracking efficiency and management visibility by 30%.
• BIS Certification for New Patterns – Successfully managed certification and homologation for 100+ new size launches, ensuring compliance with SOPs and seamless market entry.
• BIS License Management – Renewed 17 BIS licenses annually (domestic + foreign) with 100% compliance and zero business disruption.
• OEM Projects & Type Approval – Secured 6 new OEM customers by completing TAC (Type Approval Certification) as per AIS standards for Bridgestone products supplied to key automotive OEMs.
• BEE Labelling Implementation – Enforced BEE Labelling regulations across product lines, achieving full compliance within regulatory timelines.

Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) - Mechanical Engineering - MKSS's Cummins College of Eng, Pune (2019-06 - 2022-06)

Diploma in Mechanical Engineering - Mechanical Engineering - Government Polytechnic Pune, Pune (2016-06 - 2019-05)