Procurement (Supply Chain) Director
RG Group (RG Gold and RCF Consortium)
Total years of experience :21 years, 11 Months
• Leading departments of procurement, logistics and warehousing, managing a team of 45 employees.
• In charge of procurement of services, equipment and materials for the greenfield EPC-type construction of CIP production facilities with CAPEX of USD0, 5 bln.
• Managing all procurement and supply chain for two companies - RG Gold for current operational activities and RG Processing for construction of the new CIP Plant (green field).
• Integration of new process of contract administration, which was never done before
• Implementation of the new procurement processes (transformation from the old system to the international standards) and development of such process within the new ERP system.
• Development and implementation of the new procurement processes route starting from budgeting, procurement planning, consolidation, tendering system, tendering committee, and contractor selection.Introducing new approach with different routes for annual repeating purchases, high-value purchases, single source, low-value purchases.
• Negotiating, tendering and contracting long-lead main equipment, strategy negotiations completed for other equipment purchases, main construction contracts.
• Ensured smooth transaction from standard rules of Procurement for Subsoil to standard Procurement Rules of the sovereign fund of Kazakhstan “Samruk-Kazyna”, major shareholder of Kazatomprom.
• Developed new standard for contract administration processes.
• Developed new standard tender documentation with clear terms and conditions in accordance with the best international practices. All of the changes increased total number of tender participants and competition that ensured budget savings 10% for the first time in company history.
• Changed of internal departmental responsibilities and organizational structure had ensured faster process of documentation processing and reduced pre-tender duration from 3-4 weeks to a maximum of 2-3 days.
• Standardised types of purchasing contracts leading to the creation of a single template contract for heavy purchases (published in national paper to make it a law) and variable simple contracts for light purchases, reducing the number of pages from 80-100 to 5-6.
• Yearly budget savings became not less than 10% from the overall procurement budget.
• Share of unused stock materials had reduced by 600% and to the present does not exceed 0, 03% from the overall stock.
• Set-up of the affiliate C&P processes, i.e. organization, procedures, model contracts and functionalities.
• Development and management of supply chain and logistics processes (remote site location, stock management). Over 700, 000km of land transportations performed without LTI’s; Managed a team of 70 professionals.
• Set up and managed a procurement function to cover all needs in services, equipment and materials for the drilling of 3 exploration wells.
• Constant full processes reporting to the HQ in France to ensure Group standards.
Contracts and Procurement (C&P)
•Development of contract and procurement strategies for various departments;
•Review and recommend way forward for improvement of existing contract and procurement strategies for efficient, cost effective and management compliancy;
•Development of contract and procurement plans with KPO Departments to optimize C&P strategy incorporating Local Content requirements and category consolidation;
•Review and further development of C&P guidelines and procedures in order to optimize C&P workflow processes;
•Review and analyse spend by categories, identifying key categories and potential for consolidation and/or framework contracts;
•Implementation of contract and procurement plans for each department, monitor efficiency and feed back into subsequent strategy sessions;
•Development of supplier evaluation and selection criteria processes as part of agreed sourcing strategy;
•Prepare analysis (Gap, SWOT etc.) on the contracts strategies activities done and feedback, in order to understand possible weaknesses and strengths and in case of need to redesign the process to gain proficiency.
Project: Electrical, Instrumentation and Telecommunication Works in the OGS Area, Bolashak Plant (Karabatan)
•Post-award administration and management of the main contract (Unit Rates based) with Operator (Agip KCO) including contract amendments, variations, business correspondence and etc.
•Pre- and Post- award management, coordination and administration of all company subcontracts;
•Development and preparation of claims under the main contract;
•Coordination of Tender Preparation group (e.g. evaluation of Projects including costs, risks, profitability plans; bid preparation; clarification meetings etc.);
•Review and evaluation of tender proposals from Subcontractors and conducting internal evaluations, including award of the subcontracts;
•Ensure and monitor on a daily basis, that contractual obligations are followed by all parties (e.g. main contract and subcontracts);
•Coordination of cost reporting and control department, preparation of analyses and development of correction plans;
•Coordination of contractual planning and reporting;
•Review, updating and development of company’s policies and procedures.
Project: Piping and Mechanical Works during Shut-down
Mechanical, Structural and Pipe Works
•Post-award administration and management of the main contracts (Unit Rates and Lump Sum based) with Operator (KPO B.V.) including contract amendments, variations, business correspondence and etc.
•Pre- and Post- award management, coordination and administration of all company subcontracts;
•Development and preparation of claims under the main contract;
•Coordination of Tender Preparation group (e.g. evaluation of Projects including costs, risks, profitability plans; bid preparation; clarification meetings etc.);
•Review and evaluation of tender proposals from Subcontractors and conducting internal evaluations, including award of the subcontracts;
•Ensure and monitor on a daily basis, that contractual obligations are followed by all parties (e.g. main contract and subcontracts);
•Coordination of cost reporting and control department, preparation of analyses and development of correction plans;
•Liaising with State Authorities on the various issues.
•Review, updating and development of company’s policies and procedures.
Project: Underground Piping Works in Sulphur and Slug Catcher areas, Karabatan Plant
•Post-award administration and management of the main contract (Unit Rates based) with Operator (Agip KCO) including contract amendments, variations, business correspondence and etc.
•Pre- and Post- award management, coordination and administration of all company subcontracts;
•Development and preparation of claims under the main contract;
•Coordination of Tender group (e.g. evaluation of Projects including costs, risks, profitability plans; bid preparation; clarification meetings etc.);
•Review and evaluation of tender proposals from Subcontractors and conducting internal evaluations, including award of the subcontracts;
•Ensure and monitor, on a daily basis, that contractual obligations are followed by all parties (e.g. main contract and subcontracts);
•Coordination of cost reporting and control department, preparation of analyses and development of correction plans;
•Coordination of contractual planning and reporting department;
•Liaising with State Authorities on the various issues.
•Updating and development of company’s policies and procedures.
Project:: Civil Construction Works in Sulphur and Slug Catcher areas, Karabatan Plant
•Start-up of the project, i.e. team selection, organization, procedures, planning and functionalities;
•Perform overall daily management of the project to ensure that project objectives are achieved within time/cost/quality constraints;
•Final responsibility for all project documentation, such as project plan, schedule, official handover documentation, cost reports, correspondence and etc.;
•Final responsibility of project progress to the Board of Directors;
•Risks management, including development of contingency plans;
•Management of all subcontractors;
•Final responsibility for project completion;
•Ensure that the required resources are committed;
•Day-to day progress monitoring by conducting daily/weekly progress meetings with the project site construction team.
• Review Scope of Work for all packages and identify potential development needs for Local Content increase in EP and KPD projects (including targets, requirements and plan);
• Coordinating all Local Content targets implementation in existing contracts for EP and KPD phases of the project (including on-site visits, audit and monitoring);
• Preparation of Local Content sections in ITTs, tender evaluation plans, scoring matrixes and tender clarifications;
• Communication with contractors, ECMT members to ensure LC development plans are in place and to monitor the execution of LCDP;
• Technical evaluation of bid submissions for LC section, including compilation of final reports;
• Review Contracts Board submissions and providing notes to Local Content section and overall contract strategy;
• Participation in general Company P&CM Improvement Programme, representing Local Content development department (responsible for development of local content procedure, local content management framework and etc.);
• Review of requisitions for materials & services and provision of recommendations on local content volume and local companies for bid lists;
• Establish Contractors/Vendor Qualification and Selection Criteria, develop weightings for Evaluation Criteria in consort with Sub-Project teams;
• Prepare list of RoK potential contractors/vendors by commodity, screening and preparing vendor list of local companies;
• Attend the pre qualification visits, participate in Screening, QA Surveys and issue joint visits reports on Company's capabilities, potential and opportunities;
• Preparation of Local Content presentations and publicity materials for external authorities
RoK Business Development
•Providing information on Kazakhstan vendors, suppliers, goods and services to other company departments;
•Conducting assessment of Kazakhstan suppliers of services (interviews, on-site visits, assessment of financial stability, certification and standards issues, etc.);
•Providing recommendations to local materials and services;
•Providing field notes and other relevant information to National Materials and Services Supervisor for analyses;
•Providing tender evaluation of local content;
•Development of scoring matrix for local content part and review/comments of scoring matrix for other departments;
•Providing pre-qualification of Local Companies through the Company’s internal procedures;
•Analyze opportunities for development of new Kazakhstan sources of service
•Assisting in preparation of Kazakhstan Content presentations and publicity materials for external and internal use;
•Assisting in preparation of Kazakhstan Content Development metrics and reports;
•Providing information on Kazakhstan sources of services to Company’s customer departments.
District Projects Execution
•Post-award administration of service contracts;
•Preparation of progress reports of the ongoing activities and further integration to the main schedule;
•Preparation of Variation Orders;
•Preparation, technical and commercial evaluation and recommendation to award of minor tenders;
•Review of the monthly reports and statistics of the contractors and preparation of reports;
•Review, analyses and conclusion for any claims and/or requests for compensation from contractors;
•Review, cross-check and approval of invoices, received from contractors;
•Ensuring that contracting matters are carried out in accordance with Company procedures;
•Preparation of Tender, Variation Order and Call-Off documentation for service and materials supply;
•Coordinating reports and statistics of the contractors;
•Performing commercial evaluations and required negotiations of tenders received and formulate recommendations;
•Processing requisitions for materials and services to meet time/cost/quality constraints;
•Preparation of the Contract Board submissions for the OMCB (Operations) and EMCB (Extended Major) approval.
Construction, District Projects Execution
•Supervising the offshore construction works (Aktote and Kairan artificial islands);
•Assistance in supervision of construction activities, e.g. civil construction, driving od sheet piles, installation of pre-cast concrete tanks;
•Reviewing and commenting on documentation produced by contractors (e.g. HSE plans, technical reports, specifications, procedures, drawings, etc) ensuring the implementation of the established procedures and good engineering practice;
•Monitoring and reporting technical progress;
•Collecting necessary data for construction projects;
•Analyses and evaluation of technical discrepancies in the project and provision of technical support in decision making;
•Daily safety inspections of vessels, for personnel transportation.
Preparation of Design drawings (civil engineering);
Preparation and update of project documentation;
Assistance in project co-ordination and management (construction and further administration of accommodation buldings).
Logistics
Preparation and tracking Company documentation for the equipment delivery and shipment;
Preparation of daily and monthly account reports to the head office;
Tracking register of all equipment, spare parts and accessories, essential for the project;
Conducting the inventory;
Verbal and written translation of all incoming documentation;
Interact with Customers of Parker Drilling Company.
courses: Aktyubinsk University