Regional Manager Supply Chain Management
Unisafe Fire Protection Specialists L.L.C
Total years of experience :29 years, 2 Months
Unisafe Fire Protection Specialists L.L.C, Dubai (Since June 2011) www.unisafedxb.com
Position: Head-Supply Chain Management.
Key Result Areas
• Develop and implement cost efficient policies and procedures to cover all procurement and logistics activities and implement review timetables.
• Establish and maintain measurable performance metrics for all levels of procurement activities.
• Negotiate and ensure execution of purchase orders or vendor contracts as needed to support the critical business needs
• Managing complete supply chain cycle for project equipments & bulk materials and material flow to ensure inventory is maintained at the optimum level to support on time deliveries while keeping inventory holdings at appropriate levels.
• Develop and maintain close working relationships with Suppliers to generate effective material substitution strategies and gather market intelligence.
• • Develops cost reduction plan for all procurement activities. Eliminating waste & optimize the entire supply chain function.
Pipavav Shipyard Limited, Mumbai (May 2008 - June 2011) www.pipavavshipyard.com
Position: Manager-Procurement (Shipbuilding)
Key Result Areas
• Managing complete supply chains function for shipbuilding equipments & bulk raw materials (Global Sourcing), Yard Infrastructure and consumables for Bulk Carrier Project 74.5 K DWT- 26 Nos / OSV - 12 Nos.
• Infrastructure support activity - handling various capital equipment packages.
• Develops appropriate buying strategy for bulk materials. Ensuring an uninterrupted supply of bulk materials & consumables as well as all equipments shall be delivered according to their requirement or shipbuilding schedule.
• Maintaining a wide and strong database for marine suppliers, traders and service contractors.
• Liaise with legal department to obtain legal advice on the contractual disputes
• Ensure a strict vendor selection and evaluation process.
• Evaluate bids on overall Total Cost of Ownership basis, taking engineering help for technical evaluation Close interaction between ship designer, ship owner, yard and supplier for various activities.
• Drives for Capex and time initiatives through identifying alternative supplier, optimizing vendor's detailed designs optimization along with engineering and appropriate negotiation.
• Ensures completion of overall Procurement for the Project within planned budget.
• Endeavors to increase profitability by strategic sourcing decisions.
• As a support function for Naval & Offshore project bidding.
• Involved in implementation of various management initiatives like ERP & ISO 9001.
Ispat Industries Limited, Mumbai (June 2006 - April 2008) www.jswispat.in
Position: Asst. Manager-Project Procurement
Key Result Areas
• Managing MM functions involving determining objectives, designing & implementing control systems in consultation with top management.
• Handling project procurement and capital procurement activities through e-procurement system in SAP. Negotiations, Finalization of Commercial parameters with respect to Legal obligations for critical equipments, spares, in order to cater to the needs in timely completion of projects.
• Implemented MRP & Desktop system in SAP and smooth operation of the same.
• Maintaining proper stock level of MRP items.
• Demand forecasting and replenishment of all items covered under Operational Procurement by implementing proper systems and control.
• Complete MIS related to Project procurement, Capital and Operational Spares.
Varroc Engg. Pvt. Ltd. Aurangabad (Feb. 2004 - June 2006) www.varrocengg.com
Position: Executive-Procurement
Key Result Areas
• Development & Procurement of Plastic, Rubber & Press components.
• Scheduling and Procurement of CRCA Steel.
• Independently handled procurement of Tool Room Division comprising of Capital equipments, Plastic injection moulds, Jigs & Fixtures, Special types of Ferrous and Non Ferrous material for mould manufacturing, Mould bases, Tooling, and production consumables. Finalization of Annual Rate Contracts, price negotiations, deriving Reorder Levels (ROL) based on consumption patterns.
• New initiatives, active participation in development of new models, designs, Make or Buy decision makings, suggestion for new designs etc.
Self Employed (Aug 2002 - Feb 2004)
Significant contribution in self business of Manufacturing Special Purpose Machines, Automation, Trading of Pneumatic, Hydraulic and Instrumentation products.
List of some major jobs done related to Design, Manufacturing and Automation.
• Modified the conveyor system to cope up with enhanced frequencies of material flow & handling by Robot with sophisticated technology in order to increase the production rate.
• Aluminum riveting machine for Tube light holder cap to enhance the productivity to 1.0 lacs pieces per day.
• Design & manufacturing of Copper tube cutting machine for domestic appliances.
• Design & manufacturing of Copper tube bending fixtures for domestic appliances.
• Design & manufacturing of Bearing assembly press with auto grease feeding mechanism.
• Design of Hydraulic work station / lifting jack for 2 wheeler service station.
• Design of Hydraulic, Pneumatic and Hydro-Pneumatic Presses of capacity 1-30 Ton.
Videocon Appliances Ltd, Auranagbad (April 1996-Aug 2002) http://videoconworld.com
Position: Sr. Engineer- Procurement
Key Result Areas
• Handled procurement of Capital Equipment, Moulds, Jigs and Fixtures, Tooling, Production consumables and Machinery Spares, in Refrigeration Division.
• Independently handled procurement of all types of materials pertains to Machine Building Division.
• Develop alternate suppliers for import substitute spares.
• Procurement of Indirect materials & consumables.
• Implementation of SAP system in materials management.
Greaves Limited, Aurangabad (Feb. 1995 - March 1996) www.greavescotton.com
Position: Trainee Engineer-Vendor Development
Key Result Areas
Worked in Vendor Development Dept. looked after assessment of vendors, vendor ratings, enhancement of vendor base, vendor follow up, negotiations in respect of techno commercial terms, identification of technological changes, selection of suitable vendors etc.
In addition to above well acquainted with following experience & skills of materials management
Costing and Cost Management
• Cost analysis of Machining, Sheet Metals, Plastic and Rubber molded components.
• Costing of newly developed components.
• Preparation & implementation of Cost reduction plan.
Product Development
• Developed various parts such as Turned, Press, Plastic, Casting, Rubber Molded, Alternate Machinery Spare, Various Moulds and Dies.
• Understand and communicate technical requirement to suppliers.
• Localize imported components as per Quality, Cost and Delivery norms for cost reduction.
Vendor Development
• Select, develop and finalize supplier for manufacturing of Machined, Sheet metal, Plastic parts, Tools, Jigs, Fixtures and Moulds.
• Develop a new vendor through the process of sourcing, selection, capability assessment, tryouts, setting quality parameters.
• Assess and Audit vendors for Systems, Capacities and Capabilities
Industrial Training attended
● Just In Time ● ISO 9000 / TS16949 ● Negotiation Skill ● APQP / FMEA ● PPAP ● TPM ● Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain Management, Vendor Development, Vendor Management, Inventory control, Logistics.
• Presently perusing for MBA (MM) from Institute of Materials Management, Mumbai
• Graduate Diploma In Materials Management from Indian Institute of Materials Management, Bangalore.
• B.E. (Production) from Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College, Aurangabad.
• Diploma in International Trade from Indian Institute of Materials Management, Baroda.