Supply Chain Six Sigma
Resume:
RANJAN BHATTACHARJEE
*** ****** ****** • CARY, NC 27513 • 919-***-**** • abngqj@r.postjobfree.com
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
** ***** ** ****** ****** chain leadership and profitability improvement using Lean and Six Sigma. Best in
class in cost and service. Aggressively pursued growth and expanded business. Part of CEO and Board’s
executive council. Revered for process innovation skill sets and the unique ability to take ideas and develop
repeatable processes around them Strong understanding of finance, IT and HR. Multi-cultural / cross-
functional leadership team building expertise.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SIGMA ELECTRIC (GOLDMAN SACHS) : – $150 million multi-location manufacturer of precision cast and engineered
Jun 2001 to Till date
products distributed internationally.
May 2003 to Till Date
Vice President – Supply Chain & Business Integration
Global supply chain leadership with $75M operating budget and 1400 associates. Engineering capability
enhancement responsibility across business and growth through acquisitions.
• Demonstrated experience in consolidation of multi-supply chains into single efficient system – cash
flow improvement, reduced warehousing and optimized order processing and delivery systems.
• Synchronized end to end supply chain with weekly demand pull- 11,000 SKUs, inputs sourced from
9 countries, sales across North America, Europe and India.
• Successfully mitigated demand and supply chain risks against natural calamities, port strikes,
terrorist attacks, product quality issues and raw material supply disruptions.
• Exceptional track record of collaborating with existing customers and suppliers to create numerous
win-win opportunities - over 50% improvement in service levels, inventory turns and lead times.
Achieved 2 day replenishment cycle excellence for customers.
• Deployed postponement strategies, universal design, POS analytics, cross docking, WMS and
demand planning to improve Sigma’s cost by 25% and turns, lead time and service level by 2X.
• Pioneered EDI implementation in the Rough Electrical Hardware industry- 0 to 80% in 5 years.
• Countered current economic downturn and enhanced 2009 YTD EBITDA to 21% from 16% in 2008
through process improvements, SG&A reduction, alternate sourcing and better purchasing terms.
• Outsourced and integrated four customer manufacturing operations in US and Mexico to our
facilities in India and thereby secured long term contracts, protected profit margins and enabled our
customers reduce their cost by 10-20%. Revenue $50M @ +25% EBITDA
• Achieved best in class ocean freight rates and door to door time of 28 days.
• Generated cost savings in excess of $60M through Lean and Six Sigma with 5-10X ROI.
• Developed $50M new annual growth opportunities in adjacent markets.
June 2001 to April 2003
Vice President – India Manufacturing Supply Chain
With an operating budget of $30M and over 1000 associates, accountability included improving targets for
all three plants, leading Six Sigma and Lean initiatives and developing People, Processes and Products
• Improved 5 KPIs by over 20% - Quality, Cost, Delivery, Safety and Morale.
• Off shored contract manufacturing of power transmission “cut-out” switches for ABB and Hubbell.
Achieved break-through results in process and product quality levels. Won preferred supplier
status. Established Sigma as industry best high temperature (1200 deg. C) aluminum bronze
gravity casters.
• Proactive action resulted in - Die change time reduced from 2 hours to 10 min, tool manufacture
time improved by over 50%, tool making capacity increased from 12 to 20 per month and WIP
improved remarkably from 30 to 3 days.
• Spearheaded the development of leadership pipeline process.
RANJAN BHATTACHARJEE
114 JULIET CIRCLE • CARY, NC 27513 • 919-***-**** • abngqj@r.postjobfree.com
GE LIGHTING LTD. INDIA – Subsidiary of General Electric USA
Master Black Belt – Manufacturing and Supply Chain Aug 1998 to May 2001
Led company wide Six Sigma initiatives to achieve Quality, Cost, Delivery, Safety and Morale.
• Generated $8M cost savings through improvements in productivity by 2001.
• Trained 6 BB, 30 GB and 800 associates. Developed web based training and certification process.
• Managed QA for 5 lighting plants and nation-wide field service quality. Transferred best practices
from GE Europe and reduced customer returns for fluorescent lamps by 20%.
GUJARAT HEAVY CHEMICALS LTD. INDIA – $200M soda ash manufacturer and distributor.
June 1992 to July 1998
General Manager - TQM
Responsibilities included planning, QC and TQM initiatives for the entire business
• Secured ISO 9002 certification in 1995 by implementing new process standards.
• Quality & Productivity improvement projects resulted in over $25M in savings
• Partnered with P&G new product development team to introduce “compact detergent" line
JK SYNTHETICS LTD. INDIA – $200M manufacturer of synthetic fiber and cement.
Sept 1985 to May 1992
Operations Engineer/ Controller
Responsible for tire-cord fabric production and technical service. Revenue was $20M.
• Won the Chairman's Award for Quality in 1991 for breakthrough quality improvement.
• Started as a Trainee Engineer-18 months of business wide training in manufacturing, quality,
operations, sales and technical service.
• Instituted SQC/ SPC across the business. Improved CTQ characteristics capability & defect levels.
• Developed "splice-less" fabric for the first time in South East Asia, resulting in 15% productivity
improvement and 40% improvement in manufacturing lead time.
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS
Kenan Flagler Business School, UNC Chapel Hill, MBA
Stanford University Graduate School, Global Supply Chain
TBM Consulting USA, Lean Manufacturing
GE Master Black Belt Program
Certified Lead Assessor ISO 9000, Netherlands
Indian Statistical Institute, SQC & Operations Research
BS - Electrical Engineering, India
RANJAN BHATTACHARJEE
114 JULIET CIRCLE • CARY, NC 27513 • 919-***-**** • abngqj@r.postjobfree.com
Qualifying Match
Candidate: Ranjan Bhattacharjee Date: Oct 26, 2009
Position: Vice President Supply Chain
No. Position Requirements My Offering
2003-2009 – VP Global Supply Chain &
10-15+ years experience directly related to Operations
1.
Operations
in line with the job description (Supply Chain,
2001-2003 – VP Manufacturing Supply
Logistics, Procurement, Quality, Facilities, EHS
Chain
1998-2001 – General Manager Quality
Must be skilled in use and application of MS Office Expert in MS office applications
2.
tools, basic statistical concepts, and basic data/financial
Certified Statistics, SQC/OR Expert
analysis
Extensive supply chain, sales and financial
analysis experience 2003-2009
Strong technical knowledge of logistics and operations Managed global supply chain, logistics and
3.
operations. Formal Supply Chain training
from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Been a part of an entrepreneurial company,
4. Ability to support multiple projects simultaneously, to
wore multiple hats and managed multiple
deal with short timelines, work independently and find
projects 1998-2009. Process Innovation
creative solutions
Expert
Demonstrated these capabilities throughout
5. Ability to develop relationships at all levels of the
my career. Part of CEO and Board council
organization and participate fully in executive level
for strategy.
strategic decisions
In my last 15 years worked in global
6. Ability to work within a diverse multicultural and
organizations with international customers
international environment
and suppliers, especially US, India, China,
Taiwan, Singapore, Korea, Spain,
Netherlands, Hungary, Canada & Mexico.
I have demonstrated this through out my
7. A drive to succeed
career. Grew Sigma Electric from $30M in
2001 to $150M in 2009
Kenan Flagler Business School @ UNC
8. MBA graduate
Chapel Hill.
Migrated 5 domestic operation and 1 Mexico
9. Previous experience in migrating domestic operations
operation into Sigma Electric’s Global
into Global operations
Operations. Migrated one operation from GE
India to GE Hungary
Lean & Six Sigma Expert. MBB at GE.
10. Experience with Six Sigma and/ or other Lean
Extensive experience and success
manufacturing systems
documented in resume.
RANJAN BHATTACHARJEE
114 JULIET CIRCLE • CARY, NC 27513 • 919-***-**** • abngqj@r.postjobfree.com
No. Position Requirements My Offering
Extensive raw material, plant, machinery and
11. Sourcing experience in North America, Europe and
component sourcing experience in last 8
Pacific Rim
years from US, Europe and Pacific Rim
Operated in a PE environment. Sigma
12. VC backed company
Electric owned by Goldman Sachs.
This is my core competence – synchronizing
13. Synchronize with our emerging global operations
global supply chain. Executed a 3 year multi
strategy.
generational plan at Sigma to achieve end to
end synchronization.
Championed supply chain within company
14. Individual must be a strong proponent for Supply Chain
and with customers and suppliers.
within the organization so that we can provide
maximum impact on the business
Executed these from 2001 to 2009.
15. Evaluate the existing operations capability and capacity,
Benchmarked process with TBM
Benchmark other organizations for comparison of
consultant’s clients and debottlenecked the
operations strategy, Model the supply chain and create
supply chain in stages.
an optimization tool
Worked to continually evolve our supply
16. Analysis of the existing operations and supply chain
chain with growth in business through
capacity and capability
acquisitions. Consolidated acquired supply
chains and optimized processes. Reduced
Analysis of existing footprint and supply chain to
working capital and improved cash flow.
ensure they meet the future company and customer
needs
I have extensive experience collaborating
17. Work closely with business unit operations leaders to
internally with business leaders to
capture the operations strategy
synthesizing business plans and linking with
customers to streamline supply chain
Synthesize business unit plans into one company
operations.
strategy
Extensive use of ERP, WMS, demand
18. Model the supply chain and create an optimization tool
planning tools, EDI, POS data linkages and
SAS market-max tools to create a data rich
supply chain.
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