22+ Years of Procurement & Contracts Management
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Total years of experience :34 years, 1 Months
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B.E. (Mechanical)(from KREC / NITK); Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM); Diploma in Materials Management with 22+ years of experience in PROCUREMENT & CONTRACTS Management with in-depth experience in Global / Strategic Sourcing; International Logistics; Supply Chain Management; Warehouse management; Application engineering / Product development
Experience from diverse industries in the private and public sectors in India, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Jordan
Types of Industries - Seamless Metal Tubes manufacturing / Defence - Automotive manufacturing / Machine Shop / LNG / Chemicals / Real Estate Construction - Infrastructure
Broad spectrum of skills & activities:
• Procurement and Contracts (pre & post) management /administration;
• Global Sourcing / Imports
• Supply Chain Management
• Warehouse Management
• Identification/procurement of capital equipment
• Negotiations
• Value Engineering
• Vendor identification / development / audit
• Mobilization of manpower to sites
• Dispute resolution / claims verification
• Product development (Castings/Forgings/Fabrication/Heat Treatment/ CNC machined/Fiberglass) as per drawings / specifications
• Maintaining stipulated quality standards of products / assemblies
• Import product substitution/indigenous development
• International Logistics (Multimodal - Air/Sea/Land; Freight consolidation)
• Review & update of documents / templates / terms & conditions
• Setting standard operating procedures (SOP)
• Training/Mentoring of personnel/team
• Budgetary support/input
• Close interaction with Top management; Heads & personnel of Design & Drawing / Production / PPC / Quality Control / Finance / Accounts / HR
• Support & handover of utilities to Facilities Management department
• MIS ( Management Information systems)
Personal Strengths: Decisive, analytical, logical, maintaining good interpersonal relations, strong work ethics, oral & written communication/correspondence skills, flexibility/adaptability; working under pressure; international exposure
Details of the various categories of Equipment / Systems / Assemblies / Material in my portfolios (MEP / INFRASTRUCTURE / ELECTRO-MECHANICAL) are provided below
Responsibilities:-
•Review of requirements/BOQ, release of RFQ, Negotiated, released & administered the (FIDIC based) contracts for supply & installation of electro-mechanical systems /equipment: HT & LT Electrification works (cables, transformers, RMUs, panels, internal electrification); DG sets; elevators; building management systems (BMS); Firefighting systems; water & sewage treatment plants; solar water heating systems; Home automation systems; Telephone/intercom systems; pools & fountains; UPVC windows & doors; Imported tiles, sanitary-ware & furniture, assuring best performance on deliverables of time, cost & quality
•Interaction with various users/projects at multiple locations
•Administration of contracts to ensure compliance with all terms & conditions
•Cross verification of work done
•Claims verification
•Dispute resolution
•Fixing contract strategy
•Introduced evaluation/rating system for new/potential contractors
•Appraised / evaluated performance of existing Vendors / Contractors
•Visits to evaluate/verify potential contractor’s work at other sites
•Reviewed existing procedures & documents
•Monitored payments to vendors/contractors
•Provided budgetary inputs
•Monthly Management Information Systems (MIS) - Contracts released log; Variance of Ordered Cost v/s Budgeted cost (spend analysis); savings in budget; Contractor performance reports
•Liaising with Indenters, Heads of Design and Finance/Accounts, top Management & government authorities
•Provided specialist services to Facilities Management department to facilitate smooth handover of systems/services to client
•Prepared, reviewed and updated standard operating processes (SOP) for all materials management processes for consistent delivery of quality support and risk management.
•Built organization capabilities through training modules based on the CPM (Certified Purchasing Manager) curriculum of ISM (Institute for Supply Management), USA and IPSCM (International Procurement and Supply Chain Management) modular learning systems of International Trade Centre, Geneva.
Accomplishments:-
Achieved cost savings against budget of approximately 8% through effective negotiations and value engineering.
Timely mobilization of resources to ensure smooth progress of the project
Ensured smooth risk management of the contract lifecycle from tendering to closure contributing to the achievement of predefined business objectives.
Responsibilities:-
•Procured assemblies/components valued at approx. INR 200 crores from 16 countries, required for the manufacture & supply of 4x4 all-terrain vehicles to the UAE Defence Forces.
•Review of requirements, release of RFQ, negotiations, release, closure of Orders / Contracts (FIDIC based)
•Monitoring of Orders through effective interface with vendors
•Global Strategic Sourcing
•Assemblies/Components: Engines; Drive Trains; Complete Systems for Suspension / Electrical / Brakes / Steering / Exhaust; Wheel Hub Reduction; Radiators/Coolers; Tyres / Run Flats / Wheel rims; Shock Absorbers; Air Filters; Windows; Rubber & FRP components; Hydraulics / Pneumatics; Batteries; Steel sheets and sections; Winches; Hardware
•Countries: Germany, UK, Italy, Belgium, Austria, Sweden, Czech Republic, Slovakia, South Africa, Australia, USA, India, Turkey, Serbia, Indonesia, UAE, China
•Imports - Air / Sea / Land;Consolidation of freight / Multimodal transport
•Appointment of Freight Forwarders / CHA / Transporters
•Analysis of final costs
•Established letters of credit and vetted & cleared payments; resolved issues if any.
•Liaised with indenters, design, production, finance & accounts and the top management.
Accomplishments:-
=Cost & time effective freight consolidation and transportation (by road) from Europe (different countries) to Jordan
=Timely deliveries for uninterrupted assembly of vehicles
•Procured equipment for- onshore oil exploration projects in Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan.
•Managed the sourcing and logistics including expedition, tracking & tracing.
*Deputed to RAS LAFFAN LNG LTD.
*Executed a short-term assignment of Asset Register Gap Analysis, for validating the company’s database with actual specifications of assets in the field and developing a list of required spares.
*Items: All mechanical items including Valves, Fans, Pumps, Compressors, Heat Exchangers, Filters, Strainers, Dampeners
•Authorized representative of Trinity Scales Coimbatore for Paglierani, Italy, for their range of automatic filling, packaging and shrink wrapping machines in Pune & Maharashtra.
•Franchisee for MatexNet Chennai, a B2B portal specializing in reverse auctions.
**On contract to SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION (SABIC), Riyadh, KSA
Responsibilities:-
•Lead a team of 9 persons for warehousing and inventory management of over 15000 stock items
•Reordering, receipts, inspection, material handling, storage, issuance of a wide range of materials (including capital equipment like bench reactors, gas chromatography equipment)
•Resolution of discrepancies
•Closure of purchase orders on Oracle database and BaaN ERP.
•Conducted perpetual cycle count
•Monitored shelf life of Chemicals
•Inventory analysis
•Implemented the warehouse module of BaaN IV of ERP after the changeover from Oracle
•Items:- Pumps; Compressors; Heat Exchangers; Air Conditioning equipment consumables; Separators; Valves; Flanges; Piping; Filters; Chemicals; Gases; Instruments.
Achievements:-
*Ensured smooth operations through efficient inventory management of over 15000 items
*Implementation of warehouse module of BaaN IV ERP (domain support) & successfully trained personnel in usage of the system
• Jointly managed the operation of a machine shop in the Small Scale Industrial sector supplying machined components to major automotive company.
Responsibilities:-
•Procured burners & super-alloy rollers for rotary and roller hearth furnaces, precision machined/fabricated components & assemblies, special castings & forgings, hydraulic & pneumatic items, electrical items like motors, geared motors, switchgear and cables, tools and machinery spares, furnace refractories and consumables like cutting oils, lubricants, fuel oils and rust preventive & surface treatment chemicals.
•Audited (ref: ISO standards) potential/existing suppliers for suitable facilities, available capacity, financial standing, motivation.
•Application Engineering/Vendor development: Developed Specific high grade Castings / Forgings; Heat Treated / fabricated / Machined (including CNC processed) components/assemblies as per drawings) in plain & alloy steels, tool steels for Piercing, Assel & Cold Pilger mills; S.G. Iron & Chilled Cast (steel chill) Iron rolling mill rolls, Centrifugally cast HF & HU roller hearth furnace rollers, motorized conveyor/transfer systems, Salvage of dies using hard facing electrodes/powder
•Developed import substitutes for cold working dies
•Sourced tooling and spares from Germany & Netherlands
Achievements:-
*Product Development - special grade castings & forgings for tooling; precision machined gear blanks; honed cylinder tubes; bearing rings blanks at ‘Indian Seamless Metal Tubes Ltd., Pune’
*Cost effective development of various types of tooling
*Import substitution
First CPM in Pune, India Also a participant in the first batch of 19 professionals (selected on all India basis) trained by the International Trade Centre (UNCTAD/WTO) in providing consultancy in International Procurement & Supply Chain Management.
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