Head (Stores & Purchase)
Sagamu Steel (Nigeria) Ltd
Total years of experience :40 years, 7 Months
Joined at the project commissioning stage as Head Stores & Purchase and built systems from ground zero.Introduced computerisation and implemented SAP B1.
Responsible for complete activities of stores and purchase.
Facor Steels Limited, Nagpur DGM (P&S)
2012- Headed Purchase and Stores functions in the organisation which I rejoined in Jan '12
MSP Metallics Ltd, Jharsuguda DGM (Stores)
2011- 2012
↔ Headed the Stores department with a main stores and eight sub stores and a total strength of 80.
↔ Made systems on line in ERP when the backlog was 4 months.
↔ Implemented systems mainly by training of personnel
↔ Rationalised manpower
Facor Steels Limited, Nagpur AGM (Purchase &Stores)
2004-2011
(Turnover of Rs 450 Crores)
↔ Headed the entire Purchase&Stores with about 7000 items & monthly inventory of Rs.20 Crores.
↔ Lead a team of 60 members and managing actual charging of scrap and raw material to production units.
↔ Demonstrated excellence in reducing bottlenecks and delays and thus increasing production.
↔ Successfully saved Rs.17 lakhs ($37, 777) per annum in the procurement of high speed diesel.
↔ Introduced System Oriented Approach which was highly appreciated; received special increments as reward.
↔ Entrusted with the additional responsibility of total purchasing of all items
↔ Implemented ERP as a process owner cum core committee member supported by Oracle applications.Gone live from 1.09.08.
Madhucon Projects Ltd., Chennai Head Purchase 2001 - 2004
(Leading and upcoming construction company)
↔ Responsible for managing overall procurement activities for steel, cement, construction chemicals, spares for earthmoving equipment like Tata Excavators, JCB, Tipper, Dozer and Paver Spares.
↔ Major Vendors Handled: TELCON, IOCL, BEML, India Cements, VSP, etc.
Sunflag Iron & Steel Co Ltd, Maharashtra 1990 - 2001
(1st Integrated Steel Plant in Private Sector, set by NRI, having turnover of about Rs 1000 Crores)
- Joined as Manager (Stores) and rose to the post of AGM (Stores)
↔ Led a team of 80 members for managing raw material inventory of Rs. 25 Crores and engineering stores inventory of 8000 items of Rs.7 Crores.
↔ Liaised with Railway authorities for receipt of raw materials by railway wagons.
↔ Successfully generated revenue of Rs.25 lakhs per year ($55, 555) through disposal of SOS items.
↔ Played a vital role in SAP Implementation and extending support.
↔ Contributed in switching to QS 9000 from ISO 9002.
↔ Instrumental in implementing various cost saving measures including savings in railway freight savings. A saving of Rs.30 lakhs ($67, 000) was made on this account.
↔ Major Vendors Handled: IOCL, SAIL, ACC, OCL and other engineering item suppliers.
↔ Appreciation received from certifying bodies of ISO and QS in the management of Stores.
Steel Authority of India Limited, Rourkela Steel Plant 1977 -1990
(India's largest Public Sector Steel Conglomerate)
- Joined as Management Trainee and rose to the post of Dy. Manager (Purchase)
↔ Responsible for project stores, refractory stores, engineering stores, receipt and custody sections, stock control, automatic recoupment of stock items.
↔ Managed functions of Purchase Department with about Rs. 25 Crores purchase of oils, steel, chemicals, abrasives, etc.
↔ Gained exposure of working in store dealing in about 2, 00, 000 Engineering Items.
↔ Major Vendors Handled: IOCL, HPCL, Tide Water, Balmer Lawrie, Carborundum, Grindwell Norton, Greaves FOSECO, BRL, OCL, OIL, NOCIL, etc.; saved Rs.25 lakhs in notional freight charged in the movement of oil.
↔ Appreciation Letter received for value engineering project and various other projects through quality circles.
Personal Vitae
Address: A-604 Shri Apartments, New Urvela Colony, Kotwal Nagar, Nagpur - 440015.
↔ Graduate Diploma in Materials Management from Indian Institute of Materials Management in 1988.
↔ D.M.I.T (Electronics) from Madras Institute of Technology in 1976.
↔ B.Sc. (Physics) from Loyola College, University of Madras in 1973.