periasamy Ravichandran

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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

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