Sri Venkateswara Rao Ravada, Procurement Manager / Sr. Procurement Executive / Sr. Procurement Officer

Sri Venkateswara Rao Ravada

Procurement Manager / Sr. Procurement Executive / Sr. Procurement Officer

URBACON TRADING & CONTRACTING

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Diploma, CPP - Certified Purchasing Proffessional
Experience
41 years, 3 Months

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Total years of experience :41 years, 3 Months

Procurement Manager / Sr. Procurement Executive / Sr. Procurement Officer at URBACON TRADING & CONTRACTING
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since May 2012

Designation: Procurement Manager / Sr. Procurement Executive / Sr. Procurement Officer /

 Manage and supervise procurement, expeditors, and logistics activities and staff.
 Matching the suitable materials and handling the potential problems related to materials/sub contracts and providing suitable solutions.
 Arrange submittals to Technical Department as per requirement from supplier source.
 Identifying the long lead materials and arranging the same on schedule delivery to site without delay.
 Upon receipt of quotations, study the same, evaluate, and check the scope of work, inclusions, exclusions, terms etc.,
 Adroit in DYNAMIX Microsoft (ERP) Software.
 Negotiate with suppliers best prices, delivery times, and terms.
 Source and engage sub-contractors for various projects requirements
 Initial signatory for LPOs to Suppliers and send to Procurement Director for Final Signatory by him and General Director by site side and Cash purchasing if an immediate requirement.
 Vendor Management.
 Preparing / verifying :
- Comparative statement of prices for the suppliers / sub-contractors for their commercial
Evaluation and give recommendations to the procurement Director for finalization.
- Monthly Reports for Asset and Materials List Coordination with Acct. dept.
 Attending weekly site coordination executive meetings and solving the procurement-related problem.
 Reporting to Procurement Director / Operations Director and General Director Parallel

Sr. Procurement Officer / Executive at M/s. UCC GROUP (URBACON & AL KHAYYAT CONTRACTING & TRDING)
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since May 2012

Location: DOHA - QATAR Designation: Sr. Procurement Officer / Executive

 Manage and supervise procurement, expeditors, and logistics activities and staff.
 Matching the suitable materials and handling the potential problems related to materials / sub-contracts and to provide suitable solutions.
 Arrange submittals to Technical Department as per requirement from supplier source.
 Identifying the long lead materials and arrange the same on schedule delivery to site without delay.
 Upon receipt of quotations, study the same, evaluate, check the scope of work, inclusions, exclusions, terms etc.
 Adroit in ERP (ALAZEN & DYNAMIX Microsoft) Software.
 SAP ARIBA - Software Procurement Module
 Negotiate with supplier best prices, delivery times, and terms.
 Finalize CBS and further to Procurement Manager / Director Final Approval to proceed to Purchase Orders.
 Preparing POs on ALEZEN with Final Approved CBS and forward POs to Suppliers accordingly. Vendor
Management. Preparing / verifying:
• Comparative statement of prices for the suppliers for their commercial Evaluation and give recommendations to the procurement Director for finalization.
• * Conducting SAP Ariba Auction to finalize Suppliers (Main & Sub-main / Back-up Suppliers) for Major Material Further preparing AFWA - Annual Framework Agreements Utilizing for Entire Group to More saving the Cost Efficiency & Time to Project Progressing.
Reporting to Procurement Director.

• * Projects Details:
• Stadium, Highly Reputed Malls (MOQ - Mall of Qatar), VIP Palaces, High-raised Towers, Villas, Schools, Barwa Projects (Family Housing & Labour Accommodation), etc., as Centralized Procurement @ Head Office.

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ASST. LOGISTICS & PROPERTIES MANAGER at trans guard group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • November 2011 to March 2012

Organization: M/s. TRANSGUARD GROUP LLC
Duration: Nov11 to Mar12 (TEMPORARY- CONTRACT BASE FOR 5 MONTHS)
Location: DUBAI, U.A.E
Designation: Asst. Logistics Manager & Properties - Stores & General Transportation.

 To supervise and manage a centralized warehouse and Stock Inventory across various locations and provide accurate managerial information through current Warehouse Software (Navision) & Oracle System.
 Coordinate and supervise all activities of personnel within the facility with a focus on optimizing safety, Quality, Productivity and Spoilage.
 Monitoring and maintain daily random check list for min. 10 items per a day.
 Restructure and ensure an accurate, efficient transition from Navision Warehousing System to Oracle.
 Maintain safe Operations of the Warehouse & storage facility in accordance with company policy, HSE COSHH regulations.
 Review Warehousing system s and procedures to identify deficiencies and improvements.
 Monitoring and supervise, train, develop and discipline warehouse operatives / staff increasing awareness and productivity standards.
 Liaise directly with Audit & Compliance and Finance Department.
 Design and Implementation of internal warehouse storage media and procedures.
 Maintain effective stock controls, quality assurance, Disposals, warehouse layout and location system.
 Implement and schedule stock takes and stock checks, Schedule regular and random audits of satellite stores and personnel.
 Monitor stock movement and advise management on idle stock utilization.

 Provide weekly reports and MIR to Management.
 Submit monthly issue / stock report to all Business Units / Divisions.
 Provide report on all slow moving items.
 Coordination with Finance, Audit & Compliance team, Procurement to smooth handling Operations.
 Ensure the Head of Property & Logistics is current with all issues, deficiencies and staff related aspects.

GROUP LOGISTICS & PMV PURCHASE MANAGER at DOLPHIN GROUP OF COMPANIES
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2010 to October 2011

Designation: LOGISTICS & PMV PURCHASE MANAGER
 Monitoring and following up Plant & Transportation Activities.
 Supervising and Following up Assets & Field Supervisor & Transport Assistant activities.
 Establish guidelines for repair & Maintenance of Equipment & Machinery.
 Inquire & Procure all spare parts in time & establish stocks of common & running spare parts.
 Manage the garage as an outfit & establish control procedures for this with close coordination with Management.
 Coordinate and supervise all activities of personnel within the facility with a focus on optimizing safety, Quality, Productivity and Spoilage.
 Oversee the quality function and recommends modifications of existing quality or production standards to achieve optimal performance within the equipment capabilities.
 Ensure effective communication across all projec.
 Master plan for requirement of machinery tools and tackles, either on hire or on outright purchase basis - to be reviewed every Day.
 Coordinate for constant follow-up to ensure materials reach site within stipulated time.
 To work on target for reducing plant hire cost.
 Review Job cards and Time sheets weekly basis for Vehicle and Plant for take action for reducing Job costing.
 Audit list of existing machinery, tools and tackles and maintaining them in healthy working condition - to be reviewed every day / week.
 Maintain Master Log for Vehicles and Machinery.
 Reporting to Group General Manager and Top Management weekly and as well as management requirement.
 Invoicing for In-house Plant & Machinery and Transport Vehicles as on time sheet basis, submitting to Accounts Department with Group General Manager Approval for invoicing to site.
 RTA related activities (fines, salik, Renewals)
 Submit Budget for next 3months for Plant & Machinery and Vehicles for Management approval through Operation Manager & Group General Manager.

Procurement Manager / Logistics Manager & Transportation In-charge at M/s GULF TECHNICAL CONSTRUCTION CO. LLC (Group M/s Drake & Scull Int'l PJSC Co.)
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • June 2004 to March 2010

Designation: Procurement Manager
 Matching the suitable materials and handling the potential problems related to materials / sub contracts and to provide suitable solutions.
 Adroit in Horizon (SAP) Software.
 Identifying the long lead materials and arrange the same on schedule.
 Upon receipt of quotations, study the same, evaluate, check the scope of work, inclusions, exclusions, terms etc.
 Preparing
- Comparative statement of prices for the suppliers / sub-contractors for their commercial Evaluation and give recommendations to the procurement manager for finalization.
- Monthly Reports for Asset and Materials List Coordination with Acct. dept.

Designation: Logistics Manager / Transportation & Manpower Coordinator

 Managing assets list for all designated project wise / warehouse and transfer of staff.
 Performed distribution and delivery of equipment, scaffolding, project mobilization/ demobilization requirements and coordination of all permanent material / major items with site materials & procurement for their functioning of PMA/PR/PO/deliveries follow up and status in an efficient and effective manner as per the set policies and procedures.
 Analysing the data to monitor performance and plan improvements of the warehouse activities and systems.
 Coordinating the order cycle and associated information system.
 Fleet Management - Keeping a check on vehicle maintenance, insurance, renewal, registration, accident claims and distribution / allocation to designated qualifiers.
 To respond immediately to accident or medical emergencies by coordinating with and notifying emergency response providers.
 To train drivers on defensive driving and to operate the assigned vehicle in a safe and courteous manner.
 Controlling labor transportation from camp to designated sites as per projects requirement manpower.

Centre Manager & Projects Coordinator at M/s ECIL* -BDPS Computer Education & Development Centre
  • India - Vijayawada
  • September 1997 to May 2004

Roles & Responsibilities:
Handling business development for training division. Preparing and analyzing project specifications liaise with developer team and client. Programming & Teaching to OOPS & C++, Oracle & V.B

Live Projects Done:
(1) Title : Automobile Inventory Control System
Client : M/s. Bajaj Automotives (Distr. for BAJAJ Products) Vijayawada, A.P, India.
Description : Authorized dealer for automobile spare parts inventory control and distribution system to various outlet retailers. Sales cash and credit invoicing, take output pools for daily, weekly, monthly and yearly reports.
Back-end : Oracle SQL
Front-end : Developer 2000/ Forms 4.5 / Reports 2.5

(2) Title : Sales & Distribution
Client : Vijaya Krishna Super Market & Stockist (Vijayawada Super Market), Vijayawada, A.P.
Description : The Product maintains master info regarding the products, agreements and Customer sales system performs inquiries and process quotation and prepares sales order for billing department where invoice is prepared for goods dispatch which is handled by ware house management (WHM). The WHM system prepares the shipment as per the sales order and dispatches the shipment to the transport division. Managing the sales information system generates reports for different entities at different phases. Foreign trade management looks after export activities module.
Environment : Oracle & VB 6

(3) Title : Financial Control Services
Client : ABCIL Financial Services T.P GUDEM, A.P
Description : This Project deals with the maintenance of the records of an agency with new customers as master entries and maintaining the transactions of all the customers and reporting the daily and weekly transaction details along with the details of transactions between any two dates and weekly & yearly.
Duration : 2 month
Role : Involved in analyzing, design, coding, implementing and development with testing & installing.
Back-End : Ms-Access
Front-End : Visual Basic 5.0, Crystal Reports

COMPUTER PROGRAMMER & INVENTORY MANAGER at M/s Dhafer Hammad Al-Shaiban Trading Est.
  • Saudi Arabia - Ras Tanura
  • July 1993 to August 1996

Organisation: M/s. Dhafer Hamad Al-Shaiban Trad. Est., (Automobile Spare parts Division, Painting &
Workshop)
Duration: Jul’93 - Aug’96
Location: P.O. Box. 218, Rahimah - 31941 K.S.A
Designation: Inventory Manager / System Programmer
 Maintaining daily transactions for the spare parts, painting & workshop activities.
 Handling the inventory stock controlling system and development (automobile spare parts @25000+ & stock for paint).
 Handling necessary minimum quantity.
 Handling necessary stock list for daily, weekly, monthly & yearly.

Designation: Office Administration
 Handling the H.R Duties of employee recording maintenance i.e. payroll system, leaves and benefits.
 Managing the purchase orders/ inquiries follow-up with vendor’s timely delivery and dispatch to various credit
customers.
 Coordinating the meeting liaise with staff management and preparing the minutes of meeting.

Education

Diploma, CPP - Certified Purchasing Proffessional
  • at American Purchasing Society (APS), USA
  • December 2024

CPP - Certified Purchasing Professional

Diploma, CPPM - CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL PURCHASING MANAGER
  • at American Purchasing Society (APS), USA
  • December 2024

CPPM - CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL PURCHASING MANAGER from American Purchasing Society (APS), USA

Master's degree, PG DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
  • at Software Solutions Integrated (SSI) Ltd.
  • November 2024

PROFESSIONAL SKILL AREA: Operating Systems : Ms-Dos , Windows 95/98/2000/NT/ME, Novel Netware/LAN, UNIX & LINUX Office Tools : Ms-Office Languages : C, C++, PL/SQL, JAVA RDBMS : ORACLE 7.x/8, SQL, Ms-Access, SYBASE, DB2 GUI : D2K, VB 6.0 WEBLOGICS : HTML/DHTML, XML, Java Script, Applets, SWING, Java Beens Server side Tech : Java Servlets, JSP Connectivity : ODBC, JDBC

Diploma, CLSCMP - Certified Logistics & Supply Chain Management Professional
  • at AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT
  • August 2024

CLSCMP - Certified Logistics & Supply Chain Management Professional

Bachelor's degree, Instrumentation
  • at Andhra University
  • March 2024

Mathamatics Physics Instrumentation

Doctorate, EMBA - Executive Master of Business Administration
  • at IIBMS - Indian Institute of Management Studies
  • March 2024
High school or equivalent, CPPM
  • at American Purchasing Society
  • January 2021
Bachelor's degree, EMBA
  • at IIBM
  • January 2015
High school or equivalent, CPP
  • at American Purchasing Society
  • January 2013
Higher diploma, CLSCMP
  • at American Institute of Business & Management – U.S.A
  • January 2011
Master's degree, PGDCS
  • at SSI Ltd. (Software Solutions Integrated Limited)
  • January 1997
Bachelor's degree, B. Sc (Instrumentation)
  • at Andhra University, A.P.
  • January 1992

Specialties & Skills

Procurement
Spare Parts
Transportation
Logistics
C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE)
COMMUNICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
MECHANICS
MANAGEMENT
REGISTRATION EVALUATION AUTHORISATION AND RESTRICTION OF CHEMICALS (REACH) REGULATIONS
STOCKS (INVENTORY)
PROCUREMENT
QUOTATIONS
SAP CRM
Typing 60 WP, MS Office, Oracle Programmer, VB Programmer and Database Administrator

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Arabic
Beginner

Memberships

AIPLM - American Institute of Purchasing & Logistics Management
  • Member: AMAIPLM/8303
  • August 2011

Training and Certifications

CPR & AED FIRST AID (Certificate)