Nihar Sarkar Email and Phone Number
Currently building Opereaze, a best-in-class, end-to-end Supply Chain & Distribution consultancy, after my 3-decade-long career in supply chain, operations, warehousing, and distribution.Previous clients: Linc, Turtle, Westlake, Allied Nippon, Inlogsys.Looking to optimize your supply chain and operations?DM me for a free audit & let's discuss how we can streamline your processes to enhance your bottom line.
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FounderOpereaze Consulting Jan 2022 - PresentMumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaLooking to sort your supply chain, logistics, warehousing or distribution mess?We help you take that stress off & scale the bottom line with improved end-to-end supply chain and distribution processes. Clientele : Linc, Turtle, Westlake, Allied Nippon, Inlogsys -
Vice President Supply Chain ManagementPolycab India Limited Sep 2019 - Sep 2024Mumbai Area, India๐. ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ:Shifted to a pull-based operations model, improving inventory availability from 60% to 98%+ and increasing inventory turns from 7 to 16.๐. ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ:โFreight Cost: Optimized logistics routes and distribution setup, reducing freight costs by 25% while maintaining delivery timelines.โInventory Management: Reduced overall inventory from 90 to 30 days using JIT strategies and buffer management, improving cash flow without affecting service levels.โKey Metrics: Availability increased from 50% to 95%+, OTIF from 65% to 98%+, and overall efficiency rose from 80% to nearly 100%.โNetwork Redesign: Reduced warehouse count from 54 to 18, saving โน2-3 crore per month without impacting service levels.โDigital Freight Management: Implemented FMS and introduced fortnightly payments, lowering freight rates by 15-20%.๐. ๐๐๐๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ & ๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:ERP/WMS Integration: Implemented Oracle ERP, WMS, and FMS, aligning production planning with market demands. Inventory accuracy improved from 20% to below 1% at the gross level, and from 2% to below 0.05% at the net level.๐. ๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ & ๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ:Led supply chain digitization for improved transparency, reduced lead times, and decreased dependency on manual processes. Order-to-dispatch lead times improved from 3 days to 1, with online delivery status enabling proactive management of escalations. -
Vice President Supply ChainParag Milk Foods Dec 2017 - Sep 2019Mumbai, Maharashtra, India๏ด Responsible towards Demand Planning function of the Company๏ด Responsible towards increasing the Inventory Turn of the Company๏ด Responsible towards keeping Warehousing & Logistic cost ( Primary & Secondary) within Budget๏ด Responsible towards maintaining Availability of Products - 95% within the entire chain in MTA (Make to availability) environment ๏ด Responsible towards maintaining OTIF of 98% within the entire chain in MTO environment ๏ด Responsible towards end to end monitoring and tracking to keep Damage /Expiry of products to the minimum..๏ด Responsible towards implementation of TOC (Theory of Concept) model PAN India in SCM ACHEIVEMENTS :-Availability of FG in company warehouses improved to 92% from 65%๏ด Conversion of 4 Superstockist into Company operated Depot within 60 working days for ensuing better reach and range thereby impacting sales positively๏ด Lead times reduction by opening RDCโs and aggregating warehouses๏ด Successful launch of Paragโs Premium Milk at Delhi & Singapore ( Pride of Cows ) maintaining the concept of farm to Door services๏ด Developed vendors and Introduced Multi-temperature vehicles to carry Frozen, Chiller & Ambient products in One vehicle which resulted in good savings of the company -
Head Logistics ( General Manager )Vip Industries Limited Apr 2014 - Sep 2017๐. ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ:โTotal Supply Chain Cost: Distribution and logistics costs decreased by 15%, dropping from 9% to less than 5% of sales.โInventory Management: Gross-level inventory accuracy improved from 95% to 99%, while net-level accuracy now stays within 0.1%, down from 1%.โInventory Carrying Costs: Buffer management and WMS reduced inventory from 180 days to 45 days (import & domestic). Aged stock over 45 days shrank from โน60-70 crore to negligible.๐. ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ:โOrder Fulfillment Cycle Time: Runners & Repeaters sales orders are now fulfilled within 48 hours, down from 15-20 days.โPerfect Order Rate: OTIF (on-time, in-full) improved from 60%-70% to 95%.โInventory Turnover: Turnover increased from 4 to 11-12 times.โAvailability: Inventory availability for Runners & Repeaters consistently remains above 93%.๐. ๐๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ:โOn-Time Delivery (OTD): Improved from 70% to over 90%.โTransportation Cost per Unit: Freight costs reduced by 15%.โOrder Fill Rate: OTIF improved from 70% to 95%. -
General Manager Logistics And Corporate ServicesBajaj Electricals Ltd Mar 2012 - Mar 2014Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaLogistics๏ด Responsible towards Warehouse management & Inventory Control๏ด Training and education to Vendors / Suppliers all across to make a shift on dispatches from Push to Pull model i.e. Toc Way of Replenishment ๏ด Responsible towards maintaining availability of the Products ๏ด Education , Training and awareness to Logistic partners ๏ด Responsible towards keeping logistic cost under control.๏ด Responsible towards maintaining the Supplies and Stock management in Power Distribution Services. Corporate Services๏ด Responsible towards Supplies for Engineering and Power distribution business of the Company by applying principles of TOC -
Dgm LogisticsFleetguard Filters Pvt. Ltd. Aug 2005 - Feb 2012Pune๐. ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:โReduced Operational Costs: Managed a mix of dense and volumetric cargo, reducing logistics costs through vendor negotiations, route optimization, and better inventory management. Logistics costs as a percentage of sales dropped from 6% to 3.5-4%.โPull Mechanism: Implemented a pull-based system, improving inventory availability from 60% to 95%+ and increasing inventory turns from 3-4 to 12.๐. ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ:โFreight Cost Reduction: Optimized logistics routes and distribution network, cutting freight costs by 15% while maintaining delivery timelines.โInventory Management: Reduced overall inventory from 180 to 25 days through JIT strategies, improving cash flow without affecting service levels.โKey Metrics: Availability increased from 60% to 95%+, OTIF rose from 70% to 98%+, and distributor ROI improved from 16-17% to over 50%. Company cash flow also improved, with receivables reduced from 120 days to 30 days.๐. ๐๐๐๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ & ๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:โERP/WMS Integration: Led the implementation of Oracle ERP and WMS, significantly enhancing production planning and stock management. Inventory accuracy improved from 15% to below 1% at the gross level and from 3-4% to below 0.05% at the net level. -
Deputy ManagerTvs Supply Chain Solutions Jan 2005 - Jul 2005Gurgaon, IndiaKey Roles & Responsibilities - Coordinating daily collection of various raw material components for various customers through milk run pickup to our hub as per work order provided by the customer.- Coordinating daily dispatches to customers from our Hub as per the daily work order- Maintaining a pool of vehicles in coordination with various transporters to ensure daily pickup of raw material from suppliers and timely delivery of the material to our customers- Providing complete warehousing services to Sundaram Fasteners for maintaining their raw material stocks, ensuring quality checks & timely supplies of these components to Maruti on E-Negara basis while maintaining 99% accuracy of inventory- Managing the raw material warehouse for Purolator through coordinating with their suppliers on a daily basis to ensure timely receipt of raw material in order to avoid any line stoppage or change in the production planAchievements - Won the contract & successfully set up entire warehousing operations for TVS Logisticsโfirst customer (Purolator) in North India within 3 months as a deadline given by the customer- From -th month onwards, there were hardly any production line stoppages or change in production plan at Purolator because of TVS Logistics -
Asst. Manager - Warehouse OperationsCummins Auto Services Ltd Sep 2001 - Dec 2004New Delhi Area, IndiaKey Roles & Responsibilities - Running and maintaining the mother warehouse for various spare parts while maintaininginventory accuracy of 99%- Maintaining receivables from distributors within 21 days from the date of Invoicing- Ensuring all legal and other statutory compliances like collection of various statutory forms& waybills, timely payments to sales tax department, etc.- Timely settlement of warranty and damage claims of distributors- Procurement & follow up of spare parts from suppliers in and around DelhiAchievements - Received Cummins Chairman Award for outstanding improvement work for the year 03-0-Initiatives - Convinced top management & started satellite warehouses in all the states, which led to savings of the Company towards CST and increase in sales volume- Converted from FTL mode to Express cargo mode which led to dispatches in small lots leading to increase in sales volume and drastic reduction in cheque bouncing without increase in costs
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Jr. Manager โ Admin. & StoresToy N Toy Internationa Feb 1998 - Aug 2001SonepatRoles & Responsibilities - Maintaining stocks of regularly used spare parts in the machinery on the shop floor- Purchasing emergency spare parts (which were not required regularly) from the designated shops based on the requirement at the shop floor- Coordinating and arranging the sale of scrap material generated on the shop floorInitiatives - Computerized most of the work earlier done manually, such as maintaining stock register, scrap register, receipt & issues, etc., leading to significant time savings and reduction in errors
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Accountant TraineeHeavy Engineering Corporation Jun 1992 - Sep 1997Ranchi- Preparation of monthly profit and loss statement & Inventory valuation Roles &Responsibilities - Integral Part of Internal Audit & Budget preparation team- Monthly comparison of Budget v/s Actuals
Nihar Sarkar Education Details
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The Theory Of Constraints International Certification Organization (Tocico)Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management -
Commerce
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Nihar Sarkar works for Opereaze Consulting
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Nihar Sarkar's current role is Founder @Opereaze | TOC Supply Chain Consultant for 3 decades | Ex Supply Chain Head @ Bajaj Electricals, Fleetguard, Polycab, Parag, TVS Logistics.
What schools did Nihar Sarkar attend?
Nihar Sarkar attended The Theory Of Constraints International Certification Organization (Tocico), Institute Of Cost Accountants Of India, Ranchi University, Ranchi.
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