Manager Procurement-Cemindia Projects Ltd Visakhapatnam
Project: Construction of Data Centre at Vizag
Roles & Responsibilities: Market Research, Product standardisation, Value Addition, Ensuring highest ROI for every procurement, Market Intelligence, Guiding team for strategies & negotiation, Maintaining SOP & system while procuring materials for fast track projects.
Manager Procurement/Sourcing - Afcons Infrastructure Ltd. - Kanpur
(2019-2025)
HOD SCM, Kanpur Metro Project. (EIB Funded Project). Reporting to Vice President SCM.
- Managed Procurement of bulk materials such as Cement, TMT, Structural Steel, Pipe & Fittings, HDPE Items, Construction Chemicals, Electrical items, Spares, Wooden Items, Safety Items, bought out items, Imported items etc.
- Participating in tendering process to provide competitive prices with standardisation of the latest product which may be cost effective along with the best quality
- Developing cross functional team including functional dept QC, Finance, QS, Procurement & Civil Execution for better buying decision & cost optimisation
- Developing strategies for buying of high value materials & capex i.e., E-Bidding, Competitive bidding, sealed envelope tendering etc.
- Developing KRAs for Vendor Evaluation as well as procurement team.
- Segregating & Assigning Purchase Requisitions to HO & Site on basis of SOP
- Developing Category Mix & Vendors for respective category
- Developing sourcing strategies to meet materials requirement for fast-track project like Kanpur Metro Project
- Identifying vendors through market analysis for Consumables, Hardware, Tools, Sand, Aggregate, Chemicals, Spares, Wooden materials etc having its core competencies in respective items
- Maintained credit limits in market for not less than 60 days with competitive price bidding & rock-bottom prices
- Maintained regular supplies of the materials during COVID period as site continued full time working
HOD Stores & Purchases - Afcons Infrastructure Ltd. - Kolkata
(2016-01 - 2019-12)
HOD Stores & Purchases on site Kolkata Metro Rail Project, Howrah. Funded by JICA. Reporting to PM –Project (Administratively) & JJM Stores & Purchase (Functionally).
- Segregating & Assigning Purchase Requisitions to HO & Site on basis of SOP.
- Developing Category Mix & Vendors for respective category.
- Carving out cost reduction through consolidation or substitute of materials.
- Signing PCS, PO, carrying negotiation, advising team members for effective purchase & stores management.
- Supervising & guiding team for maintaining records, docs as per ISO & Internal audit requirements.
- Analysing Inventory & Advising PM for Non-Moving items to enhance liquidity
- Analysing materials & spares consumption as well as fixing Minimum Inventory Levels or Replenishment Levels
- Planning of warehousing as per MRP (Space Utilization)
- Supervising & advising on Logistics of the volumetric as well as heavy materials & machines.
- Developing strategy for procurement of TBM related materials. Annual Maintenance Contracts as well as feasibility evaluation for AMC.
- Cross Functional Team involvement for deciding measurable of Cost, Quality, and delivery along with payment for procurement of Bulk materials like aggregate, sand, TMT, Construction chemicals etc.
GM Procurement - Continental Engineering Corporation - Gurgaon
(2010 - 2016)
Centralized procurement of Bulk Materials for multiple projects including DMRCL-Project Package CC04 New Delhi, BMRCL-Project Package-UG2 Bangalore, Hyderabad Urban Development Authority's ORR Project, ADB funded NHAI Project Package C-13 & C-12 Anantapur & Gooty, CPWD Project Package F133, JMRCL-Project Package UG1-B Jaipur, and NMRCL-Project Package NC01, NC02 & NC03 Elevated Metro.
- Centralized Procurement for all sites, Negotiation, Supplier Development, Supplier Performance Review, Entering MOU with PSUs and other large sector firms for construction bulk materials such as TMT, CEMENT, Construction Chemicals, Machinery Procurement, Spare Parts Procurement, Lubes Procurements & AMCs including procurement of construction materials
- Developing consolidated procurement plan on basis of various site's requirement.
- Carrying out spend analysis & Developing commodity portfolio matrix
- Category Team building for effective procurement
- Analyzing market trends domestic as well as global.
- Identification of suitable vendors from Data base/Market Research/References etc & Floating enquiries to prospective vendors.
- Techno Commercial Evaluation of offer & Preparation of Price Comparison Sheet
- Techno Commercial meeting & Price Negotiation with vendor & Preparing MOM
- Getting approval on Price Comparison Sheet as per Delegation of Authority or LOA
- Preparation of PO & Getting approval as per DOA/LOA
- Issuance of Purchase Order & Receiving Acceptance on PO/Agreement/RCs
- Follow up for timely delivery
- Coordination & arrangement of delivery, managing issues involved such as transportation, The Road Permits & Various Forms as well as documentation etc.
- Establishing BG or L/C in coordination with Finance & Project Control Dept
- Meeting with the vender about the commercial issues during the project execution.
- Expediting processing of vendors' Invoice & ensuring timely payment to vendors
- LD analysis in case of delayed delivery
- Drafting & Getting approval of T&Cs of MOU as well as PO.
- E-Procurement (implementation of e-RA & Strategy Selection).
- Setting supplier evaluation criteria & implementing policies of effective Supplier Relationship Management.
- Preparing procurement plan on basis of received material requirement plan
- Carrying out internal audits & ensuring SOP as per ISO:9001, ISO:140001 & OHSAS
- Carrying our market research for continuous evaluation of purchase prices & establishing new benchmark prices.
- Recording & presenting annual savings achieved through strategic procurement. (Innovation/Substitution/Consolidation/Tax management etc.)
Sr. Executive - Punj Lloyd Ltd. - Dighi Port Limited
(2006-05 - 2010-06)
Procurement of materials & equipment's for construction projects: Construction & Rehabilitation of NH76 in state of Rajasthan (Total KM-63KM, four lane, Concrete Pavement funded by ADB, Awarded by NHAI, 3 Years project, completed on time, May 2006 to March 2009); Construction of marine port in Maharashtra - Dighi Port Limited (Project Value-Rs.350Crore, April 2009 to March 2010); Construction of 4 Lane Highway NH-9 from Hyderabad to Vijayawada (awarded by NHAI, March 2010 to June 2010).
- Responsibility of Procurement Dept, Worked as site in-charge of Procurement Dept.
- Coordination with Planning, Inventory, Project Quality control in order to meet budgetary Compliance, Quality Assurance as well as meeting low inventory carrying cost of material & equipment spares.
- Optimization of available rebate of excise duty, Analysing & outlining procurement related responsibilities in procurement of NIL ED materials & Equipments.
- Maintaining Clients' source approval list & Organization's vendor list
- Carrying our vendor search by market visits & preparing records for vendor capability & capacity for vendor selection by management
- Ensuring on-time Indent receipt on basis of procurement schedule
- Sending enquiry to selected vendors
- Receiving techno commercial offer & preparing Price Comparison sheet for negotiation
- Preparing PO in & getting approval in Oracle ERP system
- Following up delivery of material & visiting vendor site to ensure required availability of materials
- Performing commercial functions like vendors running bills, payment & reconciliation of accounts for major vendors like IOCL, HPCL, SAIL, and RINL etc.
- Establishing Document Control System for procurement dept as per SOP.
- Preparing & communicating management reports to HO.
- Listing fast moving items & helping stores to procure fast moving items for maintaining minimum inventory levels.
- Expediting delivery of bulk materials like Aggregate, Coarse Sand, Cement, TMT & Construction chemicals etc.
GM Commercial - Parwatiya Constructions.
(2000-01 - 2006-12)
Purchase & Logistics under centralized procurement system at HO.
- Assuring in time delivery of Chemical plant Equipments, earthmoving equipment spares, Electrical equipment & spares, Lubricants & Fuels to each site.
- Developing new vendors to ascertain the delivery of quality products such as Jindal Steels, SAIL, IOCL, BPCL, HPCL, Castrol (I) Ltd, Larsen & Turbo (Electrical & Earthmoving Spares), Telco Construction Equipment Co. Ltd, Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland, Escorts JCB, Atlas Copco (I) Ltd, Harvell's and many others.
- Managing the team of 7 members including stores & Purchase executives.
- Maintain relation between demand & supply so that project period shouldn't be delayed.
- Carving out profit centre in Logistics as well as purchase.
- Maintaining records as per the provisions of Central sales Tax & State sales Tax.
- Demonstrated high regard for safety and corporate as well as personal ethics and integrity.
- Evaluating consolidates requirements for materials & Equipments across projects and initiate activities of procurement
