Ash Nandakumar Email & Phone Number

Brisbane, QLD, AU

• Due to my strong commercial finance background, combined with an interest in expanding my negotiation, and supplier/contract management skills, I took an internal promotion across to IPL's Procurement function. In my.
• Category Portfolio - Contingent Labour Hire, Facilities Management, Waste Disposal, Health & Safety Services, Water Treatment, Scaffolding
• Developing category strategies, RFP packages builds, contract execution through to supplier relationship management
• Recent high profile sourcing projects – Waste Services agreement for Queensland (including contaminated waste), Defensive Driving Training preferred supplier nomination, Scaffolding Services Agreement Victoria, Fire.
• Development of market engagement strategy, RFx package development, contract negotiation, commercial evaluation, and selection of vendors
• Develop Procurement Plans to ensure projects are delivered in timely manner and recommend procurement and contract administration resources to support effective resourcing of projects

• I worked as a commercial analyst in two different business units in the Dyno Nobel subsidiary of Incitec Pivot - firstly in Coal Commercial operations, followed by a site secondment to the Moranbah Ammonium Nitrate.
• Analyse and provide recommendations on financial viability of new tenders and capital projects
• Development of finance models and metrics to support Integrated Business Planning (IBP)
• As a member of Moranbah site leadership team, attend and contribute to management meetings to review performance (operational, safety and people)
• Lead a small team of site-based administration officers

Brisbane, Australia

• Responsibilities
• Preparation of financial models, budgets, forecasts, and monthly reports
• Provide commercial support in preparation of new contracts and tenders

Brisbane, Australia

• Through this role, I have gained insight into the commercial aspect of mining projects, with a focus on drilling and blasting operations.
• Prepare monthly accounting reports and analysis of financial results with comparisons to budget and forecasts
• Development of annual budgets and quarterly forecasts for operational sites and overhead departments
• Analysis of existing procedures and systems to drive process improvement, particularly in thedevelopment of reporting spreadsheets and systems

Gladstone, Queensland, Australia

• I worked as an Area Engineer in two different sections of the Yarwun Alumina Refinery – Bauxite Milling, and Precipitation (Product Recovery). A highlight of this role was working on the commissioning of the Yarwun 2.
• Providing technical support to field operations team and control room officers, identifying potential production bottle necks
• Graduate Committee Representative- Represent the graduate body and communicate the development and transitional needs of graduates from a variety of disciplines

Brisbane, Australia

I assisted the Lead Environmental Scientist in the preparation of Stage 1 Contaminated Land Assessments - analysing site history data, interpretation of lab results, and monitoring of groundwater quality and levels

Brisbane, Australia

Provide academic support and mentoring to first year engineering students

Brisbane, Australia

I worked at the AIBN as part of the compulsory 12 week undergraduate placement for engineering students. My project involved using process simulation software (SUPERPRO Designer) to investigate the most cost efficient production process for an industrial peptide.

Cpa

Bachelor Of Chemical Engineering

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