debashis chakravarty

Expert in Lean Implementation and Productivity improvement

Bio Summary

A result-oriented professional with 38 years exposure that reflects year-on-year success in Automotive & Engineering industry

Showcased excellent aptitude in developing strategy, business plans & budgets for business development opportunities, with specialization across all phases of business

A strategist and implementer with recognized proficiency in spearheading operations/ business with an aim to accomplish corporate plans and goals successfully and bring transformational change

Acquired hands-on experience & sensitization to the challenges of growth & change management; skilled in anticipating & visualizing scenarios beforehand

Expert in Lean Manufacturing techniques like Single Piece Flow, SMED, Value Stream Mapping, Kanban, TPM , Variance Reduction, Optimizing SCM and Cost Reduction.

Have been working on Lean Implementation projects for last 2 years in UAE.

Employment History

Senior Consultant

Kaizen Institute

May 2023 - present

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Implement Gemba Kaizen at Client locations to bring about the cultural changes and improvements. Conduct VSK and identify VSK projects , Implement TPM . Conduct Problem Solving Trainings to teach problem solving . Con ...see more

Vice President Staffing

Artech

May 2018 - May 2023

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Bringing in the concept of Delivery Excellence in Staffing Industry , identifying key parameter to track and bring in the concept of structured Root Cause analysis to identify problem sources and then eliminate it. Define ...see more

Manufacturing Director

Goodyear

June 2014 - December 2014

Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India

Headed entire manufacturing for Aurangabad for producing Car Radial Tires with turnover of Rs. 900 crores with 1300 workforce Was instrumental in accomplishing productivity improvement in Goodyear from 12450 tires per day ...see more

Vice President

Kirloskar Pneumatic

June 2010 - June 2014

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Windmill Gearboxes of 250KW and 1 MW, both Planetary and Helical reduction Traction Gears and Pinions for Indian Railways and Industrial Gearboxes for diverse applications Headed manufacturing of turbo transmissions for ...see more

Group General Manager

Greaves Cotton Limited

September 2005 - June 2010

Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India

Headed manufacturing of Single Cylinder diesel engines for 3 plants in Aurangabad Was responsible for targeted production of various models of Engines for Automotive OEMs with a capacity of 850 engines per day Managed ...see more

Selected Project Experience

Project Description:

Productivity Improvement of Traction Gears

Industry: Engineering and Services

Topic(s): Value Stream Mapping, Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement Process, Debottlenecking, Lead Time Reduction

Certificates

Certified Assessor for CII Exim Bank Excellence Model Client Collaboration Miro Hub Spot Sales Software Hub Spot Inbound Sales

Education

Bachelor of Technology ( Mechanical)

Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi

1985

Language Skills

English Bengali; Bangla Hindi

Country Experience

India Indonesia UAE

Skills

Engineering

Automotive Engines

Manufacturing and Production

Gear Manufacturing,

Lean Manufacturing,

Value Stream Analysis