Deputy General Manager – Procurement & Supply Chain Management - M/s. M Far Constructions Ltd. - Bangalore, India
(2025-04)
- Executive SCM Leadership: Directed the centralized procurement operations and end-to-end supply chain planning across all active infrastructure projects, ensuring seamless alignment with corporate business objectives.
- Materials Requirement Planning (MRP): Engineered highly rigorous procurement plans and drawing schedules based on real-time site engineering requirements to eliminate site project delays.
- Budgetary Control & Reporting: Oversee detailed cost-controlling protocols, establishing robust comparison metrics between budgeted outlays and actual project expenditures, and submitting variation reports directly to top management.
- Purchase Cycle Lifecycle: Commanded procurement personnel through a structured workflow: collecting Purchase Requisitions (PR), floating international/domestic inquiries, gathering detailed quotations, finalising strict purchase orders (PO), and obtaining approvals from the board-level purchase committee.
- Quality Assurance & Controls: Enforced rigorous material receipt workflows at project sites, supervising transition protocols from physical delivery to technical quality inspection and final Goods Receipt (GR) generation.
- Vendor Strategic Alignment: Managed complex vendor relationship metrics, coordinating directly with the Finance & Accounts division to optimize payment release pipelines based on real-time cash flow allocations.
Deputy General Manager – Procurement & Supply Chain Management - M/s. Starworth Infrastructure Ltd. (Puravankara Group) - Bangalore, India
(2023-11 - 2025-03)
- Multi-Site Hub Management: Directed centralized corporate procurement hub operations, managing steady material flows to over 16+ large-scale infrastructure and construction projects spread across South India.
- Annual Operating Plans (AOP): Formulated and managed the complete Annual Operation Plan, executing micro-level quarterly reviews and continuous tracking of volatile market material price shifts to offer rapid variance clarifications.
- Financial Projection Modeling: Formulated long-range expected annual purchase costs computed directly against projected multi-project volumes, hedging the organization against inflation.
- Governance & Value Limits: Rigidly maintained compliance with absolute value limits mandated by top management, escalating high-value strategic approvals to Regional Heads, Corporate Purchase Heads, and Executive Directors sequentially.
- ERP Integration & Support: Served as the primary techno-functional SCM lead for custom ERP implementation, detailing precise business flows, workflow mapping, specification criteria, and strategic management report templates.
- Human Capital Budgeting: Directed complete department manpower planning, creating detailed personnel budgets, managing talent recruitment, and allocating skilled resources across critical project nodes.
Deputy General Manager – Procurement & Supply Chain Management - Future Infra LLP - Bangalore, India
(2022-11 - 2023-10)
- SCM Strategy Frameworks: Designed, developed, and systematically implemented highly scalable procurement strategies, standard corporate procedures, and procurement policies custom-tailored to shifting business models.
- Contractual Management: Handled complex techno-commercial negotiations with top-tier vendors, finalising high-volume purchase orders and specialized structural contracts for bulk project materials.
- AOP Financial Management: Managed the Annual Operation Plan and quarterly performance indicators, tracking global resource costs and aligning payment schedules alongside the Finance department.
- Talent Development & Mentorship: Orchestrated professional training programs focused on junior staff and subordinates, driving departmental operational compliance and standardizing negotiation skillsets.
Assistant General Manager – Procurement & Supply Chain Management - M/s. Dilip Buildcon Limited (DBL) - Pan-India Operations
(2018-08 - 2022-10)
- Pan-India Corporate Centralization: Commanded centralized corporate SCM and procurement operations out of the regional hub, efficiently managing the continuous material supply chain for 40+ large-scale heavy infrastructure sites across India.
- Strategic Planning & Forecasting: Formulated exhaustive Material Requirement Plans (MRP) and master procurement frameworks, evaluating real-time variations between actual project expenditures and strict corporate budgets.
- End-to-End Procurement Execution: Supervised a massive multi-location procurement team tracking the entire lifecycle of requisitions: floating inquiries, collecting complex technical quotes, and concluding comprehensive purchase orders.
- Vendor Capital Optimization: Pioneered robust lifecycle vendor rating and development programs, conducting technical audits and coordinating with core banking/finance channels to manage multi-crore vendor payouts seamlessly.
- Corporate MIS Governance: Delivered high-frequency weekly, monthly, and institutional-grade MIS reports directly to the Regional Head and Chief Procurement Officer at the Mumbai Corporate Headquarters.
- System Architecture Mapping: Guided the specialized SAP-MM implementation team, providing accurate transaction blueprints, custom report requirements, and business flow diagrams to digitize field procurement.
General Manager – Global Procurement & Supply Chain Management - Indo-Ocean Developers Lanka Limited - Colombo, Sri Lanka / Overseas
(2014-09 - 2018-07)
Strategic Corporate Contribution: Drafted and institutionalized a comprehensive Corporate Purchase Manual with defined delegation-of-power parameters, standardized checklist workflows, and audit controls. Successfully integrated over 40+ independent domestic and overseas industrial plants under one SCM umbrella, generating an operational success rate exceeding 90% against corporate KRAs.
- International Trade Leadership: Commanded the entire global procurement and international supply chain network, managing a diversified overseas vendor matrix across Dubai, Europe, China, India, and Singapore.
- Global Sourcing Matrix: Managed cross-border operations where 60% to 70% of total heavy capital goods, electrical systems, and structural inputs were directly imported to meet aggressive project deadlines.
- EXIM Logistics Governance: Directed all aspects of global maritime and aviation logistics, managing corporate relations with international shipping lines, container logistics firms, C&F agents, and multi-national port liners.
- Regulatory Compliance: Managed complex cross-border customs regulations, container stuffing permissions, marine insurance protocols, and foreign exchange finalizations across global trading hubs.
- Inventory Containment: Deployed highly accurate mathematical inventory thresholds: establishing fixed Minimum Order Quantities (MOQ), Maximum Stock Limits, Re-Ordering Levels (ROL), and Re-Ordering Quantities (ROQ).
- Quality & Audit Frameworks: Successfully embedded strict ISO procedures and Six Sigma data-driven cost-reduction paradigms throughout the international procurement cycle.
Assistant General Manager – Supply Chain Management - GKC Projects Limited - Hyderabad, India / Overseas Operations
(2011-10 - 2014-08)
- Multi-Vertical Hierarchy: Served as the second-level corporate head directing six strategic operational verticals, overseeing both the centralized corporate headquarters team and multi-state field SCM divisions.
- Bulk Input Sourcing: Commanded the strategic acquisition of core infrastructure raw materials including bulk structural steel, high-grade cement, major capital equipment, and mechanical consumables across India and international offices.
- Cross-Border Export Launch: Pioneered the corporation's first successful cross-border export channel from India into Zambia and Dubai, moving high-value raw materials and machinery on a hire basis while maximizing customs and excise tax exemptions.
- SAP Stabilization: Directed the full stabilization and functional expansion of the SAP-MM module in active business environments, modifying structural specifications and generating custom logic.
- Vendor Performance Management: Implemented robust vendor management systems including lifecycle trail supplies, detailed technical vendor audits, and a unified vendor evaluation rating matrix.
Manager – Procurement & Strategic Sourcing - Maytas Infra Ltd. (A Division of Satyam Computers Ltd.) - Bangalore/Hyderabad, India
(2006-01 - 2008-08)
- Massive Portfolio Management: Directed second-level corporate procurement management across five diverse business verticals, overseeing a highly complex catalog of over 10,000 active SKUs including steel, cement, diesel, and capital components.
- Greenfield SCM Architect: Designed, structuralized, and deployed the company's centralized corporate SCM division entirely from scratch, defining core operating manuals, internal compliance checks, and training frameworks.
- Macro Pricing Research: Conducted thorough macroeconomic market research and pricing trend analysis, delivering advanced market forecasts to senior leadership to optimize procurement timing.
- Lifecycle Procurement Operations: Managed the absolute lifecycle from initial PR verification, RFQ tracking, commercial comparative evaluations, and purchase board finalization to on-site quality control checks.
Assistant Manager – Purchase & Materials Sourcing - M/s. Shapoorji Pallonji & Co. Limited - Bangalore Regional Office, India
(2000-10 - 2005-12)
- Regional Project Centralization: Governed centralized procurement scheduling and material requirement planning (MRP) for more than 30+ major active commercial, industrial, and residential sites across South India.
- Blanket Rate Frameworks: Established institutional-grade multi-site blanket rate contracts for heavy machinery spares, lubricants, and high-wear consumables, drastically lowering field operational expenses.
- Governance & Escalations: Strictly navigated within corporate value thresholds, structuring detailed justification summaries for high-value procurement actions presented to Regional Heads and Corporate Directors in Mumbai.
Corporate Purchase Executive (100% EOU Operations) - M/s. The Global Green Co. Limited (Thapar - BILT Group) - Bangalore HQ, India
(1998-01 - 2001-09)
- Global EOU Management: Headed centralized procurement operations across four distinct production plants for a prominent 100% Export Oriented Unit (EOU), reporting directly to the Vice President of Supply Chain Management.
- International Sourcing Matrix: Managed massive global sourcing channels, importing 60-70% of vital raw components globally and exporting finished products to deep markets in the USA, UK, Europe, and Singapore.
- Exotic Material Handling: Supervised localized and international purchasing schedules for over 9,000 active SKUs encompassing specialised R&D lab chemicals, Hi-Media items, packaging substrates, labels, and production consumables.
- Regulatory Masterclasses: Handled complex legal and regulatory formalities with promotion councils (APEDA, CEPZ) and excise authorities, obtaining tax exemptions through precise management of CT-3 forms, ARE-1 certificates, and project authorizations.
- EXIM Operational Controls: Orchestrated comprehensive container logistics operations: coordinating custom house clearing agents, setting container stuffing validations, executing marine insurance, and clearing rigorous customs audits.
- Advanced Working Capital Tools: Deployed highly efficient inventory frameworks including ABC analysis, zero-inventory management styles for select inputs, economic order models, and structured digital scrap e-auctions.
- Fleet Rate Integration: Developed dynamic corporate rate contracts with domestic logistics companies and heavy trailer providers based on fixed kilometer and destination metrics.
- Scrap & Asset Disposal: Successfully handled specialized corporate e-auctions to dispose of structural scrap metals, high-value old machinery parts, and retired project tools to optimize cost recovery.
- Seasonal Planning Controls: Engineered protective inventory buffer norms for critical seasonal raw materials to maintain uninterrupted industrial production lines during prolonged market off-seasons.
- Audit Readiness Leadership: Managed a highly rigorous multi-tier audit landscape including comprehensive statutory fiscal reviews, internal process testing, external customer audits, and official customs verification cycles.
Commercial Officer (PLC Division) - M/s. FANUC GE Automation India Limited - Bangalore, India
(1996-01 - 1998-01)
- Commercial Operations Governance: Managed all commercial department workflows including core material planning, high-volume sales order processing, inventory valuation tracking, commercial invoicing, and accounts receivable collections.
- Global Manufacturing Corridor: Managed international material movements originating from production bases in Virginia (USA) and Japan, utilizing strategic consolidation hubs in Singapore to feed the primary plant in Bangalore.
- Import Driven Material Planning: Maintained strict material controls over the 40% raw material import volume, syncing arrivals precisely with customer sales orders to drastically reduce storage footprints.
- Regulatory Documentation: Directed technical manpower imports, secured clearances from customs inspectors, managed warehouse bonding/debonding, and drafted comprehensive trade documentation.
- End-to-End Delivery Systems: Orchestrated secure dispatch procedures for custom automation lines, arranging transit tracking, marine coverage, inter-unit factory transfers, and custom container sealing verification.
