DEVESH V, Senior Procurement Officer

DEVESH V

Senior Procurement Officer

Elegancia Hospitality and Facility Managemen

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
Experience
9 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :9 years, 0 Months

Senior Procurement Officer at Elegancia Hospitality and Facility Managemen
  • India
  • My current job since September 2019

Planning the purchase activities within the accepted purchases budgets
Verification of the market in order to find the best, optimal vendors in order to set up the relations with Bank suppliers
Verification of respective costs categories
Work closely with senior management within supplier organizations, lead negotiations and ensure compliance and legal
adherence (with respective internal departments)
Effective cost management in all responsible domains
To drive the "source to contract" process from start to end for the cost categories that will be sourced (including tenders and
negotiations) and ensuring “procurement by procurement”
Assisting with spend goals for the supplier diversity programmed and ensuring relationship management, balance of trade and
diversity
Assist in spend goals for the supplier diversity program and ensuring relationship management, balance of trade and diversity
Undertakes training, coaching and other support activities with suppliers and stakeholders to improve compliance to procurement
processes
Strong interest in Procurement ranging from supplier identification, selection, evaluation to management
Helps manage key tendering activities (e.g. RFQ, results analysis, negotiations and awards) and assists with contract writing
activities and contract management
Engagement with supplier and transaction negotiation to ensure YOY deflation, establish hard savings baselines’ budget, catalogs,
YOY
Purchase materials, components, equipment and services
Check requisitions, obtain quotations, examine bids and make awards
Coordinate purchasing activities with manufacturing, service and engineering departments, maintaining inventory at planned
levels
Study market trends, interview vendors, and recommend sources of supply
Analyze quotations received, select or recommend suppliers, and schedule deliveries
Monitor the cost, schedule and scope aspects of assigned subcontracts
Assist with the preparation of proposals; reviewing price, delivery time and quality, and may oversee selection of suppliers
Follow up on orders placed and maintain necessary records of procured materials
Maintain necessary records and files for efficient operation
Support all company safety and quality programs and initiatives
Highlights:
Handled two major projects procurement - Ministry of Education and Higher Education and Msheireb Downtown.
Handled the Commercial activity including Client variation Submission and monitor Contract requirements.
Started the careers as procurement officer and within a span of a year promoted as

Procurement Manager at Aamal Services
  • India
  • September 2015 to January 2019

Spearheading warehouse operations and packing division; leading safety process implementation across all warehouses
Driving continuous improvements in SCM functions, negotiating contracts, monitoring SCM costs calculations, managing scrap
disposal, delivering excellent customer service and devising solutions for complex challenges
Supervising the fleet of 60 vehicles, arranging fleet service for more than 60 projects having over 200 sites
Maintaining track of driver hours and miles, planning routes to achieve maximum productivity in given hours introducing GPS
and Woqode tag
Ensuring & maintaining the implementing of managerial programs and requirements along with analyzing and evaluating internal
(fuel, idling, maintenance & so on) work operations for improvement of the assets
Performed for sourcing and negotiating pricing for Fleet, Cleaning equipment, tools and chemicals with maintenance
Monitoring & controlling stock which includes Cleaning Chemicals, Machines, Tools, purchases, negotiations with suppliers,
Issuing LPO, optimizing routes, GPS monitoring of fleet and its maintenances & so on
Formulating best business practices, optimizing cost & performance across warehousing & distribution channels
Ascertaining time bound deliveries, managing returns/rejections, processing with forwarders, project based logistics,
warehousing & storage planning
Restructuring warehouse operations and implementing several SOPs
Managing customer requirements and implementing process of minimum stocking level
Developing and implementing demand/ supply management and procurement solutions that drive improvement in top-line &
bottom-line performance and overall business results
Highlights:
Initiated Woqod tag controlled the fuel expenditure saving approximately 40% of previous years expenditures
Reduced maintenance cost from nearly half by disposing old vehicles and setting up with own Workshop with no additional
charges than man Power
Launched Warehouse System for stock control
Established proper procurement process for business
Successfully negotiated with all suppliers new rates and analyzed consumption reports to decrease expenditure by nearly 50%
on previous year
Introduced GPS system, assisted in Route Optimization, reduced lag times of drivers, decreased traffic fines and assisted to re-
negotiate insurance costs for fleet

  • June 2010 to June 2011

July’11 - Sept’13 May’14 - Sept’15 Sept’15-Jan’19 Sept’19-Presently

Education

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at Anna University
  • January 2009

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Specialties & Skills

Negotiation
Procurement
Supply Chain Management
Warehouse Management
Fleet Management
MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
PROCESS ENGINEERING
QUALITY
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
CUSTOMER SERVICE
MANAGEMENT
NEGOTIATION
PROCUREMENT

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Training and Certifications

CertificateOfCompletion_Learning Data Analytics 1 Foundations (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2023

Hobbies

  • Reading