Deputy General Manager Procurement
Aircel Ltd.
Total years of experience :22 years, 6 Months
• Leading the Material Planning, Sourcing, Procurement and logistics of Capital Equipment and Turnkey Service Providers.
• Processing of Purchase Requests and issuance of Purchase Orders
• Logistics support of delivery of equipment to project sites.
• Negotiations, finalization and management of contracts with vendors/ suppliers for Capital Equipment and Services for Construction / Operations & Maintenance.
• Vendor Development for new & ongoing projects.
• Evaluation of SOW and technical specifications along with the techno-Commercial Analysis of the Quotations for Negotiation on prices.
• Contract management, identifying cost reduction areas, eliminating non-value-added activities and implementing strategies ensuring minimum sourcing cost.
• Governance of systems & processes
• Preparation of Vendor assessment reports for quality of material and support services.
• Represent SCM Department in Turnkey projects review meetings.
• Represent Procurement Department in prices fixing committee
• Sourcing &Procurement of IT, Telecom & Technology related requirements
• Managing import activities for material procured from MNCs like Dell, Lenovo, CISCO, Riverbed etc.
• Procurement of Infrastructure supplies pertaining to new office built ups like civil/ electrical/ HVAC/ Carpets/ Furniture/ Fit outs/ PMCs etc.
• Negotiation and global procurement of all capex items such as Of-the-shelf/ready to use software, software development services, hardware such as Servers, Storage, laptop/desktop & other related hardware.
• Negotiation and global procurement of operating expenses such as AMCs, Support renewal, etc.
• Ensuring Cost, Quality and Delivery at all time.
• To ensure all IT Procurement (Hardware, Software and Network etc) related to various projects (Internal/External) happens as per set SLA.
• All ongoing AMC with various vendors are to be recorded and notified to respective departments/Leads well in advance for planning and closure.
• Co-ordination with end users / Finance / Backend Teams for understanding the requirement and coordinate with various external vendors for proposal gathering and deal finalization.
• To prepare Purchase committee notes (PCN) for various procurement items in line with the standard operating procedure and get the required requisition put into the One Point ERP system for online approvals as per the work flow and closure.
• Managing team for ensuring procurement within time & savings targets for procurement across the globe.
• Vendor evaluation & monitoring.
• Lead procurement team to effectively handle the entire procurement cycle.
• Ensure compliance to policies & procedures, handle statutory and compliance audits
Sr. Manager- Commercials (Procurement)
Key Responsibility Areas
• Sourcing & Procurement of all Telecom Infrastructures items on PAN India basis.
• Finalization of Service Contracts for Operation & Maintenance of Cell Sites, Civil Works, Electrical works, Site Surveys, Structural Designs, Laisoning works with Government authorities, Security Services, Warehousing & Logistics contracts, BTS & MW Instalations etc. as per the SOW given by Projects.
• Contract Management of Infrastructure Providers.
• Perform cost benefit analysis.
• Key member of team responsible for finalization of prices & terms conditions for IP/ BOOL vendors.
• Finalisation of cost & vendors for built up of critical infrastructure, Offices & Data Centers across India.
• Prepare and issues Request for Proposal (RFP) documents. Calling bid review, bid tabulation, ward meetings and ensuring Contractor understanding of SOW, SLA, SOPs and performance requirements. Vendor Evaluation & Selection, Price Negotiations, Vendor Development and Strategic Sourcing planning.
• Ensuring all Best Practices & commercial hygiene.
• Studying the trend analysis and developing and implementing aggressive cost reductions strategies.
• Ensure all projects are executed in accordance with Company goals, including safety, cost, schedule, quality, regulatory requirements, and industry.
• Provide support and/or expert consulting advice to the project teams in the areas of Procurement Plan, turnaround work list, project cost, and schedule.
• Provide project expeditor services as needed and handling escalations
Senior Manager- Commercials (Procurement)
Key Responsibility Areas
Joined as Manager- Commercials (Procurement) in 2006 & promoted to the ranks of Sr. Manager within a span of 1.5 years, rated as best performer during the period 2006-2007.
• Responsible for Procurement of Telecom infrastructure products for Pan India roll outs. Finalization of Service Contracts for Construction / Operation & Maintenance of Cell Sites
• Vendor Development, Management and Procurement Planning.
• Evaluation, techno-Commercial Analysis of the Quotations, Negotiation on prices, contract management, identifying cost reduction areas, eliminating non value added activities and implementing strategies ensuring minimum sourcing cost.
• Preparation of RFQ
• Material Planning & overall governance of systems & processes
• Identification & empanelment of new vendors
• Factory visits & vendor surveys & Tower vendors in India visited during vendor prequalification exercises)
• Preparation of Vendor assessment reports.
• Presentations to Project Management dept. citing reasons for the particular subcontractor selection & resolution of their quarries.
• Represent Procurement Department in Turnkey projects review meetings.
• Represent Procurement Department in prices fixing committee
Executive (Network Operations)
Key Responsibility Areas
• Procurement of Equipments & Services for Network/Cell site related built ups.
• Negotiation & Finalisation of non standard vendors
• Vendor Development & Vendor Coordination
• Floating RFQ's & maintaining of MIS
• Capex & Opex budgeting tracking & control
• Capex & Opex cost reduction
• Import planning of Network Equipments (MSC, BSS, MW backbone Equipments, Test Equipments)
• Custom Clearance of imported shipments (Air cargo) and in-bound logistics support
• Logistics Telecom Equipments to project sites
• Re-exports of faulty Network Equipments
• Inventory tracking & devising methods for controlling
• Oracle E-Business user for PO & MM
• Adhering to SOX compliance & Management Audits
November 2001 - May 2004
TATA TELESERVICES LTD. - New Delhi
Executive (Project Management) - Key Responsibility Areas
Job Profile: • Procurement of Network related materials equipments & services.
• Project coordination.
• Vendor Billings and payments.
• Import activities
• Tracking of Imported material through multiple-levels
• Material & Account Reconciliation process during account audit
• Vendor coordination for procurement of equipments
• Preparation of MIS reports on vendor details
• Co-ordination with different Network Functions including SCM, Finance & Warehouse for smooth execution of the Network Operation
• Solving user query pertaining to purchase, delivery & payment related to vendor
• Purchase & Payments file maintenance of TTL Delhi-Network
EPGDIB (Executive Post Graduate Diploma in International Business) from IIFT (India Institute of Foreign Trade), New Delhi, Tenure (2010-11)
B.Sc. in Computer Applications from Maharishi Dayanand University, Haryana in 1999.
Senior Secondary Education from CBSE