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periasamy Ravichandran, Senior Procurement Engineer

periasamy Ravichandran

Senior Procurement Engineer·Eram Engineering

India

Master's degree, Operations management

Work experience

Total years of experience: 19 years, 4 months

Senior Procurement Engineer

October 2013 - Present

Eram Engineering

Jubail, Saudi Arabia

October 2013 - Present

• Support Estimation during proposal stage.
• Coordinate between vendor & engineering for technical queries and follow up for response till receipt of Technical Bid Evaluation (TBE).
• Select bidder for ordering on back to back basis after Project award.
• Review of the Project schedule, man-hour planning for Project.
• Review purchase requisition, technical specifications and check availability of the stock.
• Prepare bidder list based on client approved list
• Float RFQ’s & follow up for receipt of both technical and commercial offer.
• Coordinate between vendors and engineering department for resolving technical queries up to finalization of technical bid evaluation
• Suggest and recommend possible avenues for cost reduction to engineering
• Obtain clarification based on checklist and finalise commercial terms & conditions with technically qualified vendors.
• Negotiate with vendors with reference to the RFQ, budget & Delivery.
• Prepare commercial bid tabulation for technically qualified vendors.
• Prepare and issue of purchase order & receive acknowledgement
• Execution of contracts with vendors till delivery of major Packages based on the schedule.
• Organise and conduct kick-off meetings with vendors.
• Expedition for vendor documents approval based on priority.
• Coordinate with Engineers, field expeditors, Inspection, TPIA, Logistics till safe delivery to site.
• Plan & carry out field expediting visits for critical and long lead items and achieve delivery targets.
• Ensure that suppliers prepare & adhere to a detailed progress bar chart
• Analyse progress reports and highlight criticality/area of concern to top management.
• Analyse and justify variation or amendment of purchase orders.
• Represent procurement in weekly project / client meetings.

Company industry:
Civil Engineering
Job role:
Purchasing and Procurement

Senior Procurement Engineer

June 2011 - July 2013

ITC Contracting LLC - UAE Region

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

June 2011 - July 2013

• Heading the Centralized Procurement department for group of companies.
• Motivate the team to negotiate with Vendors with reference to the RFQ, budget & Delivery.
• Reviewing, evaluating and approving specifications for issuing and awarding bids.
• Authorize the purchase orders to approved and qualified vendors.
• Managing and analyzing all Purchasing functions to reduce costs and improve quality.
• Review purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy.
• Identify potential problem areas and drives resolution on all issues relating to delivery of goods or supplier's performance under agreements.
• Conduct strategic planning and reports by generating quarterly status and trend reports and recommendations utilizing industry information, economic indices and specific sector trends.
• Responsible for aggregating requirements across all Company facilities, analyzing against budget and current market forecast.
• Supporting relevant departments with quotations for the purpose of tenders.
• Combine individual department orders when feasible and would result in a cost savings.
• Updating vendors and departments with regard to any changes in purchasing policies or procedures.
• Reviewing all contracts/agreements to achieve ‘best price/best quality’ purchasing.
• Making recommendations & advising management on all purchasing issues.
• Adhering to all company policies with particular regard to accounting procedures.
• Developing the team with regular co-ordination meeting and advise them to adhere the quality and HSE standards in every purchase.
• Motivating, developing & improving the purchasing team.

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

Project Procurement Engineer

June 2007 - May 2011

Titanium Tantalum Products Limited

Chennai, India

June 2007 - May 2011

• Review technical Specification, BOQ and Drawings to determine suitable vendors and suppliers and prepare inquiry documents about commercial standards.
• Analyze the possibilities for Cost reduction and discuss the possibilities in engineering department.
• Comparing quotations of identified technical and commercial specifications received from the suppliers.
• Negotiating price and terms of products with suppliers.
• Prepare & issue purchase orders in accordance with selected suppliers, price and technical specifications.
• Provide all information needed for Quote/offers preparation by the contracts Department.
• Prepare applications for letters of credit to the banks to be approved by Procurement manager.
• Follow up procedures, processes, documentation and authorizations required for all consignments.
• Check copies of all invoices and other documents before being sent to finance.
• Follow up the processes of the clearance of sea and air freighted consignments where ever necessary.
• Revise all clearance agents’ invoices and customs documents before being sent to finance division.
• Check and follow up the drawback procedures and refunding the value of customs previously paid.
• Conduct local market research for items regularly used and prepare records of suppliers and prices.
• Maintain and review computerized or manual records of items purchased, costs, deliveries, product performance, and inventories.
• Write and review product specifications, maintaining a working technical knowledge of the goods or services to be purchased.
• Managing vendor relationships and building effective supply chain partnerships.

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Purchasing and Procurement

Project Trainee

January 2007 - March 2007

Neel Industries private limited

India

January 2007 - March 2007

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE: • Project Trainee, Neel Industries private limited, Chennai, India. Jan - March 2007

Company industry:
Industrial Production
Job role:
Teaching and Academics

Trainee

December 2004 - January 2005

McNOLDS Electrical Equipments (p) . Ltd

India

December 2004 - January 2005

• In-plant Trainee, McNOLDS Electrical Equipments (p) . Ltd, Madurai. Dec 2004 - Jan 2005.
RESEARCH WORKS

Company industry:
Industrial Production
Job role:
Engineering

Education

Ulyanovsk State University

December 2013

December 2013

Master's degree, Operations management

Russian Federation

London School of Business and Computing

December 2009

December 2009

Diploma, Business Management

United Kingdom

Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management, Year of passing - 2009 London School of Business and Computing, London, United Kingdom.

Anna University

November 2007

November 2007

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering

India

B E. Mechanical Engineering, First Class. Year of passing - 2007. Anna University, Tamil Nadu, India.

Skills

Contract Management
Expert
Contract Management
Expert
Procurement
Expert
Procurement
Expert
Negotiation
Expert
Negotiation
Expert
Vendor Management
Expert
Vendor Management
Expert
SAP
Expert
SAP
Expert
DOCUMENTATION
Intermediate
DOCUMENTATION
Intermediate
DRAWING
DRAWING
ENGINEER
ENGINEER
negotiation
Intermediate
negotiation
Intermediate
vendor management
Intermediate
vendor management
Intermediate
Procurement
Intermediate
Procurement
Intermediate
Contract Management
Expert
Contract Management
Expert
Negotiation
Expert
Negotiation
Expert
Vendor Management
Expert
Vendor Management
Expert
SAP
Expert
SAP
Expert

Languages

Hindi

Intermediate

English

Expert

French

Beginner

German

Beginner

Tamil

Expert

Memberships

ASME

professional member

June 2007

Training and Certifications

Training
Testing
Infics Solutions
Jan 2008
English testing
British Council
Jul 2008
SAP
Business 1 Consulting
Feb 2013
In-plant training
McNold Electrical Equipments
Dec 2004