Senior Manager at Cosmo Films Limited (2024-04 – Present)
Managed end-to-end procurement and inventory planning for raw materials, packaging materials, engineering consumables, logistics, and annual contracts, ensuring uninterrupted production and optimum inventory levels while minimizing working capital and carrying costs.
- Led strategic sourcing, supplier development, techno-commercial evaluations, commercial negotiations, and contract finalization for Raw Materials, Packaging Materials, MRO, CAPEX, Fabricated Equipment, Engineering Services, and Logistics categories.
- Implemented annual rate contracts, long-term sourcing agreements, framework contracts and competitive sourcing models to improve supply assurance, inventory continuity and cost efficiency across direct and indirect procurement categories.
- Collaborated closely with Production, Maintenance, Stores, Quality, Logistics, and Finance teams to ensure timely material availability, accurate ERP transactions, inventory visibility, and zero production disruption due to material shortages.
- Delivered savings through renegotiation, reverse auctions, freight optimization, and stronger category management practices.
- Coordinated with stores and warehouse teams to ensure accurate receipt, inspection, storage, issuance, FIFO compliance, and ERP inventory transactions.
- Supported periodic stock verification, inventory reconciliation, and audit compliance activities to maintain high inventory accuracy levels.
Purchase Head at Indian Synthetic Rubber Pvt. Ltd. (2021-10 – 2024-04)
Led procurement, import planning, inventory management, and sourcing of petrochemical feedstocks, polymers, additives, packaging materials, and engineering consumables while ensuring optimum stock coverage and uninterrupted plant operations.
- Developed annual and quarterly sourcing strategies for Raw Materials, MRO Categories, CAPEX Projects, Packaging Materials and Service Contracts aligned with commodity market trends, production requirements and business objectives.
- Established and evaluated new domestic and international sources for Chemicals, Petrochemicals, Polymers, Steel Products, Fabricated Equipment, Packaging Materials, Engineering Services and Project Requirements.
- Managed global sourcing, import procurement, contract negotiations, supplier qualification, vendor development and commercial agreement finalization across Raw Material, MRO, CAPEX and Packaging categories.
- Monitored inventory levels, stock coverage, imported shipments, lead times, and consumption trends to take timely procurement decisions and prevent stock-out situations.
- Increased sourcing through contractual agreements and structured pricing models to minimize procurement volatility.
- Collaborated with quality and production functions for supplier qualification, raw material evaluation, and quality compliance.
- Implemented inventory optimization, safety stock monitoring, Min-Max controls, and inventory review mechanisms to maintain material availability while reducing inventory carrying costs and improving working capital.
- Supported new product and raw material introduction by coordinating supplier evaluation, commercial assessment, and sourcing feasibility studies.
- Managed supplier performance, complaint resolution, payable discussions, and commercial dispute settlement.
Unit Procurement Head at Phillips Carbon Black Limited (2019-07 – 2021-10)
Led procurement and inventory planning for raw materials, engineering spares, MRO items, consumables, contracts, and CAPEX requirements, ensuring optimum stock levels for uninterrupted plant operations.
- Managed procurement planning for routine plant operations, turnaround shutdowns, maintenance schedules, engineering projects, capital investments and reliability improvement initiatives.
- Negotiated commercial terms, finalized suppliers and developed strategic sourcing partnerships for Raw Material, MRO, CAPEX, Fabrication and Services categories while improving delivery reliability.
- Drove cost reduction through alternate sourcing, localization, value engineering, spend analytics, supplier benchmarking and category rationalization across direct and indirect procurement categories.
- Worked closely with Engineering, Maintenance, Stores, Warehouse, and Operations teams to maintain critical spare availability, improve inventory accuracy, and eliminate production risks arising from material shortages.
- Monitored spare parts inventory, reorder levels, stock aging, and non-moving inventory while supporting inventory rationalization initiatives.
- Supported annual physical inventory verification and inventory accuracy improvement programs across store operations.
- Reported directly to the Plant Head and supported the project procurement requirements for new production lines for specialty black applications with capacity of 40 MTPD.
Assistant Manager – Purchase at UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Birla White & Grey Cement) (2015-08 – 2019-07)
Managed procurement of CAPEX Equipment, Kiln Spares, Project Materials, Engineering Equipment, MRO Items, Structural Steel, Fabricated Components and Plant Services for large manufacturing operations.
- Supported project procurement through techno-commercial evaluations, supplier assessments, vendor qualification, contract negotiations and finalization of engineering and project suppliers.
- Sourced critical shutdown materials, engineering spares, maintenance consumables, structural steel items, fabricated equipment and reliability-critical components with focus on plant uptime, technical suitability, and commercial efficiency.
- Contributed to engineering improvement and NOx reduction initiatives through supplier coordination and timely procurement support.
- Implemented Min-Max inventory planning, Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI), safety stock controls, and movement-based stock reviews to optimize inventory levels, improve stock accuracy, and reduce working capital.
- Coordinated with warehouse and stores personnel to ensure material receipt, system transactions, bin location accuracy, and inventory control compliance.
- Supported engineering spares planning and shutdown inventory requirements to ensure zero downtime due to material unavailability.
- Reported to the Purchase Head (Senior General Manager) and supported the SOx and NOx Unit Installation project through technical-commercial procurement coordination.
Project Engineer at ESPIC Consulting Pvt. Ltd. (2012-05 – 2015-07)
Managed engineering coordination, project procurement support, material planning, vendor coordination, technical follow-up and CAPEX execution activities for large industrial projects.
- Worked extensively with Technical Specifications, BOMs, MTOs, Structural Steel Requirements, Fabrication Packages, Piping Systems, Vendor Documentation and Project Execution Timelines.
- Supported procurement and project coordination with more than 1,000 suppliers and CAPEX exposure of approximately [amount not specified in document]
