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Somiya Chakravorty
Order Fulfilment Project Leader
Pune,MH
Summary
13+ years of experienced Operations Planning & Control Leader possessing hands-on experience of leading teams in Tractor Industry. Expert in Variant Configuration. Highly skilled in strategy formulation, production planning and control, operations management, business analysis & team management. Worked directly with Senior Leadership to produce tangible results while surpassing expectations. Exposure to manufacturing & distribution strategies for seasonal / off-highway / automotive products. Milestones: MMOG module lead for Ford Q1 Certification in Minda Industries Limited, successfully implemented Late Configuration to counter seasonality constraints for John Deere harvesting business
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Order Fulfillment Project Leader
John Deere Pune Works
Pune, Maharashtra
12.2020 - Current
- Factory OF Lead for EPDP/CI Projects implementation
- Product Structure & Configuration Lead
- Co-Ordinate with stakeholders for Project deliverables, Work on Logistics strategy, OF Strategy, ramp up, Phase in-Out planning, forecast planning for new Program
- Proficient in modelling of configurable material considering product attributes (characteristics & class/classification), mapping background business rules (object dependencies), MBOM & Routing, Variant Pricing, Variant Table and Customer/Dealer Interface
- Proficient in Engineering Change Management related to Variant Configuration objects
- Develop & continuously track Complexity Metrics & measures to reduce it
- Develop Standard Operating Procedure document for Variant Configuration as reusable knowledge and imparted training to team
Manager - Production Planning & Control
John Deere Pune Works
Pune, Maharashtra
06.2015 - 11.2020
- Acts as production planner lead for the John Deere Pune Works – All the 3 Focus Factories (Vehicle, Engine & Transmission)
- Develop & Publish master production schedules based on actual & forecasted demand, inter-factory requirements, production capabilities, and finished goods inventory levels
- Lead monthly Sales & Operations Planning meeting to gain alignment between market demand & production schedules, brainstorm resolution on business & factory level constraints to meet yearly / long term targets and Co-ordinate among stakeholders to arrive at mutually acceptable schedule keeping prime focus on Customer Requirements for the plant
- Manages the development of production plan by collaborating with Supply Chain Planners and corporate demand planning teams. Conduct daily line-up & launch meeting to analyses current day plan vs actual status; corrective actions for backlog, constraints & issues; and action plans for meeting next day targets, daily Shortage root cause investigation and resolution
- Proven ability to ensure material availability, while reducing inventory and increasing inventory turns
- Ensure Material Requirement Planning (MRP) System drives on time, Control is maintained, and Supply Chain gets the required shipping schedule on time
- Perform lead SME role for SAP-PP Module; ensure real time production order releasing, re-processing & reconciliation; create & manage product configuration; correct & prevent COGI errors
- Development and in conjunction with Critical Stakeholders to support Risk Mitigation or Work-Around/Recovery plans required to support Material availability, the Master Schedule and/or Customer Deliveries
- Review Program documentation for Schedule and/or material impact, and advise of such and/or develop work around plans to mitigate any issues
- Support all the requirements from Parts Development Centre (Spares) and PV&V & Engineering and put efforts and ensure adequate quantities of Finished Goods are delivered on time
- Leads daily, weekly planning meetings and reviews
- Cross collaborates with other Planning & Production Marketing Managers
- Provides back-up for Production Control Planners in creation of work-orders, SAP PP Module transactions
- Creates production schedule and prioritizes job-orders for production optimization
- Maintains the production schedule and other reports as required
- Interacts with shop floor management daily to resolve issues regarding manufacturing efficiencies or additional information as requested from Manufacturing, Customer Service
- Collaborate with Logistics team to transfer Finished Goods & Aggregates to sister production facilities or dealers from Factory
- Works closely with associates in Production, Logistics, Maintenance, QA and Human Resources
- Maintains lines of communication between associates and management
- Reduce shortages and excess inventory by monitoring finished goods inventory levels at Factory or Depots and reviewing and revising production plan and shipping orders as needed
- Control WIP and Finished Goods
Section Manager - Production Planning & Control
John Deere Sirhind Works
Patiala, Punjab
11.2011 - 05.2015
- Publish master production schedules based on actual & forecasted demand, inter-factory requirements, production capabilities, and finished goods inventory levels
- Drive material requirements; build & shipping schedules; Raw, WIP & finished goods inventory reduction; packaging & logistics improvements
- Perform lead SME role for SAP-PP Module; ensure real time production order releasing, re-processing & reconciliation; create & manage product configuration; correct & prevent COGI errors
- Conduct daily line-up & launch meeting to analyse current day plan vs actual status; corrective actions for backlog, constraints & issues; and action plans for meeting next day targets
- Lead monthly Sales & Operations Planning meeting to gain alignment between market demand & production schedules, brainstorm resolution on business & factory level constraints to meet yearly / long term targets
- Work closely with top management to mitigate risks in meeting current & future demand; also to design, develop, manufacture and deliver products based on real time changes in customer requirements
- Monitor & improve Order Fulfilment metrics – Product MAPE, Sales Forecast Accuracy, DOH, Avail, OpsX, DCD, DRD, OCT, spare parts fill rates
Assistant Manager
Minda Industries Ltd
Pune, Maharashtra
07.2008 - 11.2011
- Understand customer requirements by interacting with Marketing department and finalize monthly requirements in indent meeting
- Freeze daily as well as weekly production schedule for all production shops
- Brainstorm with manufacturing team and deliver flawless production plan for Pre-series as well as Series Production
- Plan Material Flow & implement Value Stream Map (VSM) to achieve zero line stoppage
- Detect in advance critical issues related to dispatch, shortages and discuss with top management for corrective & preventive actions
- Achieve monthly cost reduction targets, especially freight expedition to customers
- Monitor & publish monthly MIS reports – material status, production loss, inventory turns, capacity constraints, dispatch and sales
Education
B. Tech - Automobile Engineering
Bharath University
Chennai 08.2004 - 05.2008
Class 12 - Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology
Deepika Engish Medium School
Rourkela 07.2003 - 06.2004
Class 10 - Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology
MGM English School
Rourkela 07.2001 - 06.2002
Skills
Operations Management, Resource Optimization, Product Planning Capacity
undefinedInterests
Studying about automotive market, engine technologies, heavy machineries & earth-movers
Timeline
Order Fulfillment Project Leader
John Deere Pune Works
12.2020 - Current
Manager - Production Planning & Control
John Deere Pune Works
06.2015 - 11.2020
Section Manager - Production Planning & Control
John Deere Sirhind Works
11.2011 - 05.2015
Assistant Manager
Minda Industries Ltd
07.2008 - 11.2011
B. Tech - Automobile Engineering
Bharath University
08.2004 - 05.2008
Class 12 - Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology
Deepika Engish Medium School
07.2003 - 06.2004
Class 10 - Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology
MGM English School
07.2001 - 06.2002
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