LATHA MAHESH, Commercial Operations Analyst

LATHA MAHESH

Commercial Operations Analyst

TENARIS

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Diploma, Business Administration
Experience
26 years, 5 Months

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Total years of experience :26 years, 5 Months

Commercial Operations Analyst at TENARIS
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2014 to October 2014

Role: Manage the Request for Quotation (tender) from the time of issuance until the Final Offer is delivered to Customer within the due date. Order follow up until final delivery to Customer and payment is received.

Responsibilities:
Reviewing tenders, checking feasibility and loading the information in the Internal Dynamic system for the relevant personnel in HQ to start working on the deliveries, logistics, technical clarifications, etc. Understanding business background, competitive environment, key success factor, gathering necessary information from the Internal departments so as to work out a value proposition to the customer aligned with Company strategy and preparing price proposal inside the system.
Submitting sealed bid offers, bid bonds, etc., and tracking the progress along with Commercial Team. Manage Bookings in the system together with Delivery & Allocation Team.
Handling Order follow up with mills

Supply Chain at TENARIS GLOBAL SERVICES
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 1995 to October 2012

Manage Customer Orders until delivery is fulfilled and payment realized;
Manage

Sales Co-ordinator at Middle East and North Afric
  • January 1996 to June 1998

Handling all Line Pipe Offers/Order execution for

Specialist at Middle East and North Afric
  • July 1998 to February 1998

Ensure the fulfillment of Purchase Orders, monitoring client demands and supervising orders are within established timeframe.

Responsibilities:

Following up on the progress of orders at different mills (through internal systems / contacts / etc) and completing all essential information in the internal follow up system. Generate status report to customers as per agreed frequency and requirement.
Establishing and maintaining the network with key players for the execution of the contracts within the customer structure.
Solving all contingencies which have to be solved outside the region of the mill where the issue takes place.
Coordinating necessary actions with customer/Commercial Team to fix credit issues, requesting authorizations as per internal Credit Manual or send confirmation to keep shipment on hold.
Handling commercial modifications request and analyzing the feasibility. Handling re-allocation request from the mills, validating with customer on the re-allocation, and solve any issue that may arise from this decision.
Handled OCTG Accessories Offer + Order execution for

Senior Secretary at Dubai Electricity & Water Authority
  • United Arab Emirates
  • February 1994 to July 1994

with DEWA.
Job responsibilities included regular Secretarial work including assisting in the preparation of tenders.

Secretary at Al Khalidia International Trading
  • United Arab Emirates
  • November 1993 to January 1994

on a temporary vacancy for 3 months.
Job responsibilities included regular secretarial work including assisting in the preparation of offers to clients.

Secretary at American Consulate General
  • India
  • July 1987 to June 1993

Joined Foreign Commercial Service as a Commercial Assistant assisting the Commercial Officer and the department. Job responsibilities included regular Secretarial work, liaising with various departments of the Consulate with respect to Administrative functions, indenting Office supplies, maintaining time & attendance, handling petty cash, travel claims, etc.
Assisted with trade promotion events like Catalogue shows, keeping an update of various reports, preparing responses for Commercial enquiries, reporting on business opportunities and tenders, etc.
Also rendered support services to Trade Missions and Product Exhibits. Provided facilitative assistance in the management of foreign buyer programs and worked as a part time Librarian in the Commercial Library whenever required.

Secretary at Spencer Pharmaceuticals
  • India
  • April 1986 to May 1987

included regular secretarial work apart from maintaining Sales reports
and Statistics.

  • Saudi Arabia
  • to

in managing execution of Contracts (including Major Global Accounts - ENI, OMV, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, MOL; Regional Accounts - KOC, ADMA, ADCO, ARAMCO, KNOC, DPC).
Countries Managed

Education

Diploma, Business Administration
  • at Annamalai University
  • September 1990
Master's degree, Public Administration
  • at University of Madras
  • May 1989

Bachelor's degree, Chemistry
  • at University of Madras
  • May 1985

Specialties & Skills

COMPETITIVE
DATABASE ADMINISTRATION
DELIVERY
INVOICING
LOGISTICS
NETWORKING
OIL PAINTING
PROGRESS
QUALITY

Languages

English
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Hindi
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Hobbies

  • Music, Reading, Movies, etc.