In a bid to further strengthen its core team, Ather Energy has announced the appointment of two key personnel – one in manufacturing and the other in the supply chain vertical.
Sanjeev Kumar Singh has joined the EV maker as the Senior Vice President, Manufacturing, while Harendra Saksena has joined as the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) for the fast-growing electric two-wheeler maker.
Singh join Ather from Bosch, where he led various functions leading large teams, handling continuous and discrete manufacturing, relocation of products and processes from Europe, and successful new product SOPs. He is credited with playing crucial roles in leading various transformation initiatives including Labour Model transformation, driving and inculcating lean manufacturing culture, creating and nurturing high performance teams and creating a sustainable problem solving culture, the company said.
In his new role, Singh will lead the manufacturing vertical and oversee all current and future production facilities. The company noted that he will be crucial in scaling up Ather’s manufacturing to 400,000 units and beyond from the existing capacity of 120,000 units. Overall, Singh has 18 years of professional experience.
Saksena, on the other hand, will be responsible to strengthen and lead the company’s supplier management function.
He joins the company after working at Johnson Electric Hong Kong for 20 years, assuming various responsibilities across procurement, commodity strategy, supplier quality & development, compliance, industrialisation, people & product development, indirect procurement, and material planning, the release said.
Saksena is said to have played crucial roles in establishing strategic partnerships with automotive semiconductor leaders from Europe and steel and plastic global suppliers from Japan, Europe, and China.
Commenting on the appointments, Tarun Mehta, CEO & Co-founder, Ather Energy stated that over the last couple of years, the company has seen phenomenal growth and is planning to scale up its manufacturing and supply chains to meet the growing demand.
“Both Singh and Saksena’s experience and expertise will bring in better quality, operational efficiency to Ather’s manufacturing and supply chain operations,” he added.