Somnath Ghosh

Director of Engineering

Kolkata, West Bengal, India19 yrs 1 mo experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 19+ years of operations experience across diverse industries
  • Proven track record in supply chain optimization
  • Expert in enhancing warehouse efficiency and reducing costs
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Supply Chain and Operations Management expert with extensive experience in E-commerce and Manufacturing.

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Skills

Core Skills

Supply Chain ManagementOperations OptimizationWarehouse ManagementOperations ManagementInventory ManagementBusiness DevelopmentQuality Assurance

Other Skills

AutomotiveContinuous ImprovementCreative Problem SolvingCustomer Relationship ManagementDelivery ImprovementDynamic Buffer MonitoringKaizenLean ToolsManagementManufacturingNew Product DevelopmentOperational ExcellenceOrder ProcessingPFEPProcess Engineering

About

A result oriented team leader with 19+ years of operations experience across different business verticals like SCM, production, quality, vendor management and business development. Experience covers industries spread over E-commerce, Consumer Electronics, Apparel manufacturing, Auto, Auto Ancilliary, Heavy Engineering, Mining & Construction equipment manufacturer and home décor. The objective is to learn consistently and implement the knowledge through creativity and innovation in line with company’s strategy to add value to the top line as well as bottom line.

Experience

Flipkart

2 roles

Director

Promoted

Oct 2025Present · 5 mos · On-site

Associate Director

Feb 2024Oct 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos · On-site

Myntra jabong

2 roles

Associate Director

Promoted

Apr 2019Feb 2024 · 4 yrs 10 mos

Dy. Director

Oct 2017Mar 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos

Videocon telecommunications ltd

Assistant General Manager

Oct 2015Sep 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • Heading supply chain for four different vertical of businesses of Videocon group. Verticals cover from B2B, B2C, E-commerce, consumer electronics and distribution.
  • Improved successful delivery from 65% to 74% by optimizing operations.
  • Reduced delivery SLA from 25 days to 10 days for white goods while reduced order cancellations from 6% to 0.2%
  • Launched and managed 50+ vans for distribution through “Mobile Point of Sales” application.
  • Managed 50+ owned and third party warehouses across India.
Supply Chain ManagementOperations OptimizationDelivery ImprovementWarehouse Management

Myntra

Operations Manager

Nov 2014Sep 2015 · 10 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • Working as Warehouse operations manager at North warehouse of inventory model. Responsible for daily order processing and all other related activities.
  • Enhanced warehouse efficiency by 19% using Lean tools while consolidated resources by 35%.
  • Reduced warehouse order cancellations to 0.23% from 1.97% within two months.
  • Worked on 3 hour SLA for order processing
Warehouse EfficiencyLean ToolsOrder ProcessingWarehouse ManagementOperations Management

Cgn & associates

Management Consultant

Apr 2012Sep 2014 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Kolkata Area, India

  • Client: Start-Up in Apparel Industry in India Feb.’14 – Apr’14 (3 months)
  • Enhanced warehouse efficiency by 700% using 5S and Lean tools while consolidated resources by 11%.
  • Improved inventory accuracy by 25% and thus made client ready for marketplace (availability to promise)
  • Defined inventory level and developed ordering pattern using Dynamic Buffer Monitoring system to help client control inventory as well as minimize lost sales.
  • Client: Indian Leading Decorative Laminate Manufacturer Aug.’13 – Jan.’14 (6 months)
  • Improved material availability by 20% through dynamic buffer monitoring as per the consumption pattern to reduce lost sales.
  • Inventory management and warehouse performance improvement through OTIF. Man-hour requirement reduced by 42% whereas capacity increased by 33%.
  • Client: Global Leader in Heavy Engineering Industry in Thailand Oct.’12 – Jul.’13 (10 months)
  • Client is coming up with a new facility to build heavy tractors in Thailand. The project is to design the PFEP solution for the whole facility.
  • Consolidate, analyse and design the part presentation for each POU in order to reduce cycle time, eliminate waste, ensure workplace safety, improve ergonomics and smoothed material flow
  • Carry out a TCO analysis considering number of touches, space utilization, optimized line side inventory and transportation lanes
  • Client: Leading Mining Equipment Manufacturer in Germany Jun’12 – Jul’12 (2 Months)
  • Supplier capacity assessment -
  • Develop a value stream map and detailed process flow to evaluate constraint in supply chain through analysis of historical data.
  • Utilize S&OP data for 2013-2014 to conduct RCCP study
  • Determine flow rates and OEE and identify maximum sustainable and surge capacity by value streams
  • Identify short term, midterm and long term supply chain improvement opportunities to propose mitigation plan
Warehouse EfficiencyInventory ManagementDynamic Buffer MonitoringOperations Management

National engineering industries ltd.

3 roles

Senior Engineer

Promoted

Oct 2010Mar 2011 · 5 mos

  • Business Development
  • Successfully developed business from new customers worth Rs. 109.80 lakhs and new business from existing customers worth 25.50 lakhs for “Large Diameter Bearings”.
  • Improved business relationship with “Indian Railways” for “Railway Bearings” and thus successfully reduced the amendment duration from 40 days to 15 days and payment realization period from 60 days to 30 days.
Value Stream MappingSupply Chain AnalysisRCCPSupply Chain ManagementOperations Management

Senior Engineer

Apr 2008Sep 2010 · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • Quality Assurance
  • Played key role in achieving “Deming” award for the firm.
  • Instrumental in New product development of TMB races for “M/s. Daimler”.
  • Established the relation of “Grain flow on the life of bearing races” successfully.
  • Successfully reduced the reworking of CTRB races by 15% through continual improvement.
Business DevelopmentCustomer Relationship Management

Engineer

Jul 2005Mar 2008 · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • Production
  • Appraised for contributing towards achieving the prestigious “TPM award”.
  • Awarded for reducing process costs in multiple operational areas.
  • Reduced the rework of bearing sub-assembly by 38% and hence saved resources.
  • Met ~90% production schedule through sales & operations planning .
Quality AssuranceNew Product Development

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

PGPEX-VLM

Jan 2011Jan 2012

National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal

B.E. — Metallurgy

Jan 2001Jan 2005

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