Senior Buyer
Total years of experience :18 years, 11 months
as the organization’s representative for the Engineering Department on Procurement issues and procedures.
•Develops and coordinates new policies and procedures regarding procurement processes.
•Conducts analysis of program policies and procedures, development plans, formulates guidelines, implement new developments and procedures and provides policy interpretation for purchasing within company guidelines.
•Worked as an Internal ISO auditor.
•Conducts reviews of prices and quantities provided by third parties.
•Processes account applications and maintenance actions, and maintains suppliers and materials database.
•Reviewing Project investments & spend analysis for annual expenditures.
•Maintain Mini-Max for critical items and follow up for JIT related items.
•Manage Inventory as per company’s budget.
•Provide training for sub-ordinates and develop their skills
Responsibilities:
•Purchasing of equipments and machineries for projects and plant expansion
•Purchasing of Glass Raw materials as per production plan
•Responsible for Procurement of materials for machinery Spare parts which includes Electrical, Instrumentation & Mechanical parts & consumables, both Local & Imports.
•Sub- Contracting of Items for Machining, Fabrication & Mould Manufacturing.
•Ensure supplier provides with timely up-to-date information on current products, product enhancements and new products.
•Co-ordinate with maintenance, production, project team and warehouse department/divisions of the company.
•Sourcing new suppliers, Supplier audits & ratings and Supplier developments.
•Maintain master vendor list with all categories and ratings.
•Setting and achieving Procurement KPIs in terms of Cost, delivery, Quality etc, .
the Purchase Requests (PRs) from the user departments then based on stock available processing the orders in ERP SAP system.
•Floating RFQs and RFPs for approved vendors and obtaining offers. Based on the offers received, reviewing both technical and commercials proposals with user departments.
•Preparation of Comparative Statements.
•Conducting negotiation and finalizing the orders with Competitive Suppliers.
•Prepare Purchase Orders (POs) by mentioning delivery schedules and other terms & conditions. Obtaining finance approval and release purchase orders
•Following up with suppliers for timely deliveries, receipt at stores, arrange for inspection with concerned departments and generate GRN. Process the invoice to accounts and arrange for payments to the suppliers.
•Preparing contracts and Long term agreements.
•Generate weekly reports for materials received and issued to user departments.
Major Achievements:
•Developed new suppliers for Raw materials like Dolomite, SSF, Sodium Felspar, Sodium Nitrate and Silica Sand.
•Achieved an annual savings of 400k USD by negotiation and alternative supplier developments in raw material category.
•Strategic sourcing of technical spare parts for machineries and had achieved savings of 200K USD per year.
•Developed alternative suppliers in China and Turkey for mould manufacturing and achieved savings of around 200k USD per annum.
•Introduced Just in Time (JIT) concept for most of the production consumables and reduced inventory.
The Company: A Public Sector Undertaking, engaged in Manufacturing of Heavy Earth Moving Equipments, Defense Vehicles, Railway Coaches and Hitech Metro Coaches.
Role:
Contracting of items for Machining, Fabrication, Gear Cutting and Slotting, Grinding, Key Way Slotting, Heat Treatment etc.
•Purchasing of items like castings, forgings, brought out items, steel rods, seamless pipes etc, .
•Carried out sub contractor side inspection and interaction with sub contractors regarding Quality aspects.
•Giving dispatch clearance for items inspected at vendor end.
•Vendor Quality/Performance Rating. Conducting Vendor Audits & Monitoring Vendor Quality systems.
•Quality Assurance of Incoming materials, In-house manufacturing items and Dispatch items.
•Reviewed all kind (both forging & casting) of Test certificates and maintaining as records.
courses: Purchasing Professional (CPP) from American Purchasing Society •ASNT SNT-TC-1A, Level 2- RT, PT, MT, UT & VT •ISO Internal Auditor CORE COMPETENCIES Strategic Procurement, New Vendor Development, Spend Analysis, Negotiations, Risk Analysis & Mitigation Contracts Management, Market Research, Inventory Control