Rinu Simon

• Strategize, implement and drive pan-India purchasing behavior to ensure savings and compliance to industry standards.
• Negotiate and benchmark cost drivers across suppliers to ensure savings - brought about 2Cr in annual savings (FY 2015-16) across business units under direct control.
• Handle and Audit spends of various business units to ensure compliance and risk mitigation.
• Implement and monitor sourcing strategies as per procurement needs of various business verticals.
• Conduct supplier analysis, evaluate internal MIS/data (price, volumes) to analyze, plan and improve existing processes.
• Ensure timely product and service deliverables across India for various initiatives run from the regional node.
• Report quarter and annual expenditure to senior leadership to provide visibility and plan future contracts.
• Manage relations with existing vendors while enhancing database with new suppliers.

• Plan, direct, manage and coordinate the activities of all departments involved in purchasing materials, products and services.
• Manage sales support team and ensure seamless flow of activities in the purchase and sales cycle - inquiry stage to delivery stage.
• Execute sourcing for projects from international suppliers and involve in estimation/revision of tenders.
• Actively engage in price negotiation with suppliers/clients to provide orders at lowest competitive prices.
• Support Manager in routing and responding to sensitive correspondence from key clientele.
• Delivery Management - Coordinate incoming/outgoing shipment and manage delivery schedule with suppliers, distributors, freight forwarders, customers to ensure timely delivery of goods.
• Provided and maintained various financial, cost budget, sales and other ad-hoc reports to Regional Manager and CEO.
• Certified to carry out Internal Audit procedures for the company ISO certification.
• Actively involved in recruitment and training of new employees in the company.

• Tender preparations, estimation & revision of major enquiries and tenders.
• Reviewed engineering drawings for the Engineering Services Department and reviewed design documents with client and supplier.
• Prepared as-built drawings for various projects of Oil & Gas companies.
• Coordinated with international suppliers such as General Electric (GE), Thermo Fisher Scientific, Measurement Technology Limited (MTL), Haskel (Hamilton Group) for project deliveries.
• Responsible for implementation of FOCUS ERP system in the organization.
• Trained employees on ERP usage to increase productivity and operational efficiency.
• Assisted NEST management to participate in ADIPEC 2011 (Largest Oil & Gas Exhibition in the Middle East).