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BINDU PILLAI, Procurement Specialist

BINDU PILLAI

Procurement Specialist·Unilever Gulf FZE, Dubai, UAE

United Arab Emirates

Bachelor's degree, ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

Work experience

Total years of experience: 17 years, 5 months

Procurement Specialist

March 2021 - Present

Unilever Gulf FZE, Dubai, UAE

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

March 2021 - Present

Company industry:
Retail & Wholesale
Job role:
Purchasing and Procurement

Procurement Specialist-Digital Technology

March 2017 - August 2020

Orbit Showtime Network (OSN)

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

March 2017 - August 2020

Procurement

• Leading the IT and Broadcast related procurement for OSN and managed to achieve the annual cost saving targets.
• Liaising with the stakeholders, aligning objectives with the business and reviewing the budget for ongoing projects - based on the budget, sourcing activities are performed to identify potential vendors.
• Open and effective competition among various vendors for the best and cost-effective solution/product.
• Closely negotiating terms and conditions of the proposals and contracts with the vendors, to make an agreement on the budget and hence commercially favorable.
• Ensuring the delivery to be on-time to meet the project deadlines.
• Vendor Management evaluation performed quarterly, to analyze the performance of the vendors, which decides future procurement from the preferred vendors.
• Ensuring that the Procurement policies are met by internal stakeholders.
• Providing management reports for recommending future purchasing strategic direction and advising of current procurement activities.

Company industry:
Media Production
Job role:
Purchasing and Procurement

Procurement & Operations Support Executive

October 2013 - January 2016

National Oilwell Varco

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

October 2013 - January 2016

Procurement of raw materials or finished goods locally and globally and ensure the materials arrive on-time to meet the manufacturing schedule for Inter-company and Sales Orders.
 In-charge of the Far East and Russia Inter-company and Third Party Sales Orders material procurement.  Processing RFQs, PRs, & POs and follow up with the Supplier /Stores to ensure smooth logistics, using ERP JDE/ ASCP.
 Accomplished to meet the deadline of a huge project for Schlumberger worth 7Million USD in Sakhalin
 Updating & maintaining vendor details in supplier management portal.
 Conducting monthly check on the list of physical inventory of excess stock, worked with internal customers and re-distributed, thereby contributing in avoiding write-offs.
 Providing management reports for recommending future purchasing strategic direction and advising of current procurement activities.
 Scheduling meetings time to time with the vendors and maintaining good relationship for long term business.
 Maintaining Fast Moving goods minimum Inventory level and setting Safety Stock.

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Purchasing and Procurement

Procurement Officer

January 2011 - January 2013

3w networks

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

January 2011 - January 2013

Procurement


•Working with the team with a strong focus on effective servicing and satisfaction of internal & external customers.
•To focus on optimum cost savings thus increasing profitability to the organization
•Procurement of products from different countries for industries like Oil & Gas, Power, Telecom & Transport Projects, based on the approved Vendor List and other criteria’s
•To strive for best results keeping in mind our Core Values - Honesty, Integrity, Team Work and Good Thinking


Additional
•In-charge of the 3C Sales co-ordination (3C Technology is a division of 3W Networks with its prime focus on sales of Fiber Optics, CCTV, Automation, Shelters, Cabinets and other distribution products in the GCC regions)
•Preparation of Tender and Job-in-hand Offers
•Managing the procurement with backward integration of end to end logistics control to reduce sourcing cost
• Preparation of all documents for Pre-Qualification and 3C Datasheets

Company industry:
Telecommunications
Job role:
Purchasing and Procurement

Procurement Engineer

October 2007 - January 2011

BHATIA BROTHERS

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

October 2007 - January 2011

Procurement

• Responsible for liaising with vendors and suppliers to request price quotes (local and overseas) according to the requisition.
• Solicit bids and comparison of the offers from the forwarders and ensure timely submission of Techno-Commercial offers to the clients.
• Prepare and issue purchase orders in accordance with the selected suppliers or bidders in compliance with price, quantity, technical specifications and delivery schedule.
• Reception of the goods and validation of the delivery against the original BOQ.
• Follow up delivery schedules promptly to avoid delays.
• Maintain vendor/supplier contacts database
• Manage and maintain the repository of quotations

Additional
• In-charge of the Inter Unit Sales and met the annual target.
• Assisted the Imports Dept. and co-ordinated with the Overseas for shipment details
• Liaising directly with the shipping lines and airlines for rates and updates.
• Sales Forecast and budgeting for the Dept.
• Active involvement in exhibitions (BIG 5) participated by our team and built good business relations for future correspondences.
• Also, prepared presentations on the Company Profile and contributed in the making of Company Catalogue by designing & proof reading till final.

Company industry:
Construction & Building
Job role:
Purchasing and Procurement

PROOOF READER

July 2006 - June 2007

VISUAL GRAPHICS

India

July 2006 - June 2007

Job Profile:

• Proof read the presentations prepared by the Visual Aids Specialists.
• Frequent contacts with the clients abroad for feedback and suggestions, to ensure 'Maximum Client Satisfaction'.

Company industry:
Other Business Support Services
Job role:
Other

Education

SCT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

December 2006

December 2006

Bachelor's degree, ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

India

First Class

St. Thomas Central School

August 2002

August 2002

High school or equivalent, Science

India

Skills

Execution Management
Expert
Execution Management
Expert
Estimating
Expert
Estimating
Expert
Negotiating Contracts
Expert
Negotiating Contracts
Expert
Procurement
Expert
Procurement
Expert
Microsoft Office software & the Internet- Expert
Expert
Microsoft Office software & the Internet- Expert
Expert
MS Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, MS Project
Intermediate
MS Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, MS Project
Intermediate
Dotnet
Intermediate
Dotnet
Intermediate
Certified Heart Saver First Aider
Expert
Certified Heart Saver First Aider
Expert
Execution Management
Expert
Execution Management
Expert
Estimating
Expert
Estimating
Expert
Negotiating Contracts
Expert
Negotiating Contracts
Expert
Procurement
Expert
Procurement
Expert

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Malayalam
Expert
Tamil
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Training
Certified Purchasing Professional (CPP)
Accredited by American Purchasing Society, Blue Ocea Academy
Nov 2015
SETT course (Service Equipment-Torquemaster Training)
Service Equipment-Torquemaster Training
Jun 2013
Certified HeartSaver FIRST Aider
HeartSaver
Aug 2013