Dipuchandra Barik

Experience in procurement & SCM in Domestic and Overseas EPC Power Transmission & Distribution, Railways, FMCG, Real estate, Power, Electrical, and Industry with a penchant for the flourishing power sector with an emphasis on Project Management & EPC business. A complete team player with a strong focus on company profitability and demonstrated history of successfully working under stringent deadlines. An enterprising leader with an excellent record of contributions that streamlined projects, invigorated business, heightened productivity, and enhanced internal control.

Demonstrated track record of finalizing contracts for projects/ services and CAPEX / Project purchases within the budget limits and monitoring as per schedule. Possess effective communication, analytical and problem-solving skills to work in multi-cultural environments in developing procedures and service standards for commercial excellence.

Manager (Procurement) - Universal MEP Projects & Engineering Services Ltd - Kolkata, WB, India

(2023-10)

• Prepared RFQ, floating of enquiries, presiding pre-bid meetings to clarify the queries of the bidders & techno commercial evaluation of offers, negotiation, finalizing and processing the Purchase Order (PO) through ERP for ensuring timely supplies & ready availability
• Used outstanding problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills to mitigate supplier performance issues
• Complete planning and management of supply of capital equipment's for projects through direct procurement for Substations, Capacitor Banks involving Power Transformers, C&R Panels, Capacitor banks, Lightning arresters, Control & Power Cables, CRP Panels, SCADA, Instrumentation, Isolators, CTs, PTs, Various Sizes AAAC/ACSR Conductors, Line & Substation Earthing, Insulator, Battery & Chargers, ACDBs, PMS, WAPS, Optical Fiber, and allied supporting material as well as GIS & AIS Switchgear panels fo
• Carried out comprehensive, diligent metric reporting, aiding effective data analysis
• Identified key opportunities in saving time and money across supply chain portfolios
• Presented supply chain briefings, identifying development opportunities within procurement activity
• Demonstrated strategic stakeholder mapping, aiding smooth-running delivery of commercial activity
• Collated and presented relevant information on key measures, activity and data
• Closely monitored performance improvement initiatives, verifying progress towards achievement of KPIs
• Used outstanding organization and project management skill to coordinate high-value supply chain activity
• Drafted accurate contracts with meticulous attention to company policy and legislative compliance
• Built and nurtured profitable, productive stakeholder and supplier relationships through effective communication and networking
• Offered commercial advice and support to internal stakeholders, enhancing profitable supplier performance
• Developed and delivered innovative supplier strategy, improving cost-efficient partnerships
• Served as point of contact for customers and staff on subjects including and applying customer service and interpersonal skills
• Coordinated subordinate staff and developed effective transport routes and schedules to facilitate transportation of Project need
• Sourced, distributed and monitored usage of equipment required to achieve transportation operational goals in line with financial targets
• Achieved and maintained compliance with DFT standards through accurate maintenance of driver, permit and equipment records
• Analyzed internal financial and technical data, as well as researched offerings of competitors, to prepare bids
• Co-ordinate with teams in product merchandising and inventory management
• Managed team of dedicated employees, overseeing hiring, training, and professional growth of employees
• Ensure timely, accurately planning for procurement & supply materials as per projects & manufacturing unit requirements
• Follow up with vendors for documents, status of manufacturing and dispatch of materials
• Outsource new suppliers for different commodities, Maintain Supplier Data Base and administers vendor performance evaluation
• Seating of weekly, monthly and quarterly procurement plan, Effective management of vendor database
• Developing local vendors for reducing cost of procurement of material. For sourcing strategies considering current & Future business needs and Industry dynamics, achieve cost saving targets by driving IMCR & Negotiations. Finalizing and processing the Purchase Order (PO) through ERP & SAP Ariba for ensuring timely supplies & ready availability
• ABC classification of vendors on the basis of criteria like cost, quality and timely delivery. Overview of Technical specification, GTP & drawings of material as per tender specifications
• Floating enquiries to vendors with priorities after the study of tender documents & Follow-up techno commercial offers from vendors. Scrutinize the quotations/bid from technical and commercial perspective. Preparing Technical &Commercial comparison of different vender's. for Cost Structure, Comparatives Benchmarking, Raw Material trend w.r.t budget of project
• Vendor development, competitiveness analysis, Source Evaluation, Supplier domain RFQ, Price negotiations, PO verification, Inventory management, cost control Identified key opportunities in saving time and money across supply chain portfolios
• Negotiation with Different Suppliers for Price & Payment Terms, Co-ordination with supplier during project execution period. Presentation of comparisons to management & get the approval for issue the Purchase order as per managerial discussion & instruction with compliance through vendor. Creation of PO with agreed terms with vendor & Incoterms
• Responsible for improvement in bottom line by procuring, material less than budgeted cost, achieving monthly sales target, improvement in SCM processes like ordering time / on-time full kit (OTIF) deliveries, Supplier, Management, development of team. Quality Assurance & vendor assessment
• Responsible for deploying various Purchasing Strategies, using Sourcing Levers for price reduction, Negotiations, New Vendor Development, Vendor performance monitoring, Logistics etc. Expediting supplies for ensuring on time deliveries, arrangement of logistics & vendor performance monitoring, performance improvement initiatives, verifying progress towards achievement of KPIs. Used outstanding organization and project management skill to coordinate high-value supply chain activity
• Co-ordinate with inter-departments i.e. Design/Finance/ Audit/Site/Quality. Frequent factory visit at vendors works. Understanding manufacturing process, & Stages, Production time, raw material lead time, Item wise manufacturing lead time analysis
• Implementation of theory of constraints (TOC) to resolve constraints in project execution. Analyze and interpret Key Performance Indicators to identify areas for improvement and action plans. Participate in six sigma and supply chain improvement projects

Manager (Procurement) - Bajaj Electrical Ltd. - Mumbai, India

(2017-07 - 2023-09)

• Complete planning and management of supply of capital equipment's for projects through direct procurement for Substations, Raw materials purchase from Jindal Steel & Tata Tisco, Bay extension, Transmission line, Capacitor Banks involving Power Transformers, C&R Panels, Capacitor banks, Lightning arresters, Control & Power Cables, CRP Panels, SCADA, Instrumentation, Isolators, CTs, PTs, Various Sizes AAAC/ACSR Conductors, Transmission Line Accessories, Line & Substation Earthing, Insulator, Batte
• Seating of weekly, monthly and quarterly procurement plan, Effective management of vendor database
• Developing local vendors for reducing cost of procurement of material. For sourcing strategies considering current & Future business needs and Industry dynamics, achieve cost saving targets by driving IMCR & Negotiations. Finalizing and processing the Purchase Order (PO) through ERP & SAP Ariba for ensuring timely supplies & ready availability
• ABC classification of vendors on the basis of criteria like cost, quality and timely delivery. Overview of Technical specification, GTP & drawings of material as per tender specifications
• Floating enquiries to vendors with priorities after the study of tender documents & Follow-up techno commercial offers from vendors. Scrutinize the quotations/bid from technical and commercial perspective. Preparing Technical &Commercial comparison of different vender's. for Cost Structure, Comparatives Benchmarking, Raw Material trend w.r.t budget of project
• Vendor development, competitiveness analysis, Source Evaluation, Supplier domain RFQ, Price negotiations, PO verification, Inventory management, cost control Identified key opportunities in saving time and money across supply chain portfolios
• Negotiation with Different Suppliers for Price & Payment Terms, Co-ordination with supplier during project execution period. Presentation of comparisons to management & get the approval for issue the Purchase order as per managerial discussion & instruction with compliance through vendor. Creation of PO with agreed terms with vendor & Incoterms
• Responsible for improvement in bottom line by procuring, material less than budgeted cost, achieving monthly sales target, improvement in SCM processes like ordering time / on-time full kit (OTIF) deliveries, Supplier, Management, development of team. Quality Assurance & vendor assessment
• Responsible for deploying various Purchasing Strategies, using Sourcing Levers for price reduction, Negotiations, New Vendor Development, Vendor performance monitoring, Logistics etc. Expediting supplies for ensuring on time deliveries, arrangement of logistics & vendor performance monitoring, performance improvement initiatives, verifying progress towards achievement of KPIs. Used outstanding organization and project management skill to coordinate high-value supply chain activity
• Co-ordinate with inter-departments i.e. Design/Finance/ Audit/Site/Quality. Frequent factory visit at vendors works. Understanding manufacturing process, & Stages, Production time, raw material lead time, Item wise manufacturing lead time analysis
• Implementation of theory of constraints (TOC) to resolve constraints in project execution. Analyze and interpret Key Performance Indicators to identify areas for improvement and action plans. Participate in six sigma and supply chain improvement projects
• Co-ordination with vendor & monitor to adherence of deliveries as per PERT chart given by the vendor. Client follow up for drawing approval, inspection, Dispatch Instruction, Vendor follow up for timely delivery of material at site in on time full kit (OTIF)
• Establish & maintain Strong Relationship with Top Level Consultants, coordinate with internal departments for supporting documents for Tenders, for Preparation of BOQ for the Tenders. Planning and budgeting of purchase functions involving cost estimation and contract negotiations, techno commercial synthesis. Developing reports on procurement of material for top management
• Tendering support for best negotiated rates with SCM risk taken over vendors offered price by using various tools to win the tender with desired profit margin i.e. price analysis, Past purchase histories, Current raw material trend
• Analyzing "Statistical Data" on vendor data base, commodity management, price evolution & benchmarking, buying patterns, budgets and expenditure variance. Maintain & monitor daily raw material market trends. i.e LME, $, for Copper, Aluminum, Steel etc
• Maintain & prepare various monthly reports, (MIS) saving data, Project top sheet, tender support data, tender win loss data, to management. Preparing technical & commercial comparison of different vendors for cost structure, comparatives Benchmarking, Raw Material trend & costing, Currency forecasting for Budgeting, Price variation, IEEMA Indices Maintain past purchase & tender data for best tender support, customer /Market Intelligence data, Analytical skills, Multitasking

Asst. Manager Procurement - IL& FS Engineering & Construction Company Ltd.

(2010-12 - 2017-07)

• Prepare and summarize the status of inquiries, analyzing the offers submitted by the vendors, Subcontractors in terms of cost, delivery, erection period & drafting the comparison sheet
• Identified key opportunities in saving time and money across supply chain portfolios. Presented supply chain briefings, identifying development opportunities within procurement activity
• Demonstrated strategic stakeholder mapping, aiding smooth-running delivery of commercial activity. Collated and presented relevant information on key measures, activity and data
• Closely monitored performance improvement initiatives, verifying progress towards achievement of KPIs And Used outstanding organization and project management skill to coordinate high-value supply chain activity
• Presented supply chain briefings, identifying development opportunities within procurement activity
• Built and nurtured profitable, productive stakeholder and supplier relationships through effective communication and networking
• Offered commercial advice and support to internal stakeholders, enhancing profitable supplier performance. Developed and delivered innovative supplier strategy, improving cost-efficient partnerships. Served as point of contact for customers and staff on subjects including and applying customer service and interpersonal skills
• Making LOI, Purchase Orders & Service Contracts. Preparing the Tracking Sheet/schedule chart for the documentation, approval of documents from the client and the supply of the material from the suppliers. Ensure and follow up for compliance of all contractual obligations by subcontractors
• Coordination and expediting work with site and other related departments. Cross-functional team coordination with Engineering, Projects, Quality, Finance etc
• Submitting the total Purchase Value/ Cost to the Higher Level Management on monthly basis and the expected budget for the following month to the Accounts department
• Preparing the Procurement Plan (PP), Procurement Progress Report (PPR) and Final Procurement Report (FPR) as per Procurement Procedure
• Managing & maintaining the Bank Guarantees like Advance Bank Guarantee (ABG), Performance Bank Guarantee (PBG), Warranty Bonds, etc. of Projects

Purchase Executive - ICSA India Ltd. - Hydrabad, India

(2008-12 - 2010-12)

• To procure the materials by receiving PR from Project Department as per Specs
• Floating enquiries to suitable vendors & Obtaining techno-commercial offers
• Coordinating with engineering department for technical evaluation
• Doing techno-commercial and price negotiation with vendors
• Placement of purchase order to the approved vendor in ERP & IFS
• Post Order activities like arranging Bank Guarantees, drawing and documents from vendors, coordinating Inspections, Issuing MICC. Interacting & regular follow up with Vendors for Materials, TC, Dispatch Documents, etc. Ensuring timely and quality delivery
• Processing the payment in collaboration with Accounts Department. Interacting with the Site Engineers for material requirement. To coordinate with vendor for scheduling of item
• Developed and delivered innovative supplier strategy, improving cost-efficient partnerships
• Served as point of contact for customers and staff on subjects including and applying customer service and interpersonal skills. Supplier strategy, improving cost-efficient partnerships

Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical Engineering - Techno Global University (2017)

PGDM - Marketing - Asian Worker Development Institute (2008)

Graduate in Science - Govt. Autonomous College (2005)

Higher Secondary - Ispat College (2002)

Secondary Education - Govt. high School (1999)