Develop & implement sourcing strategies for a spend of Rs 2000 Crores to support business objectives, ensuring alignment with overall corporate goals. Leading a team of sourcing professionals responsible for identifying, evaluating, and negotiating with suppliers for favourable terms & pricing. Formulating global procurement policies to ensure governance and compliances. Complete life cycle management of equipment including planning, drawing technical specifications, identifying vendors, tendering, negotiating, installation, commissioning, maintenance and disposal at the end of life of equipment pan TCS. Vendor management including identifying, onboarding, participation in tenders, issue resolution, cataloguing items, contracting and feedback. Testing (UAT), training and Change management for rolling out of SAP Ariba for Indian and Foreign geographies pan TCS. Asset management and Disposal management pan TCS. Spearheading sustainability program of Net Zero by 2030 through Sustainable procurement.

Regional Head having full ownership of Operations, Procurement & Technical Services of Mumbai sites with a capacity of 25,000 associates and 2.5 Million sqft. area. Directed sourcing and procurement activities, managing supplier relationships and optimizing resource allocation for critical operations. Provided leadership and guidance to SCM/ Technical/ Operations/ PMO teams fostering a culture of teamwork, and excellence. Sourcing and Budget management of Rs 350 Crores for CAPEX / OPEX expenditures. Ownership of over 1500 people related matters including recruitment, performance, bandwidth and talent management. Commissioned a 10,000 employee,1.1 Million Sqft SEZ facility. (b) Management of Leases agreement for sites. (c) Identification of new office spaces, collaboration with external stake holders, undertaking due diligence, dealing with landlords for rentals/ CAM charges. (d) Awards Won - Maharashtra State Energy Conservation Award, National Safety Council of India award. (e) Ensured full compliances to internal/ external audits including ISO 50001 EnMS audit. (f) Established models to link number of associates & real estate strategy to forecast demand for space in facilities. (g)Efficiently led mega facility management operations incafeteria (5000 seating), transport mgmt (125 buses & 800 cabs daily), events (~15 daily) etc. (h) Effectively Liaised & coordinated with government authorities for compliances.

Responsible for planning, monitoring and ensuring quality assurance of critical machinery for warships and submarines. The job necessitated involvement at all levels of manufacturing of equipment including negotiations on technical issues, approval of drawings, development of prototypes, raw material inspections, trials, packing and transportation. Prepared roadmap for Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning in QA/ QC processed. Conducted webinars with Industry partners to smoothen out the glitches in QA/ QC processes. Prepared and implemented stringent QAPs for big projects.

- Reduced Turn Around Time (TAT) by 02 months through analytical process, training & implementation of SAP based software for over 3000+ procurement cases in 03 years.- Brought in transparency and reduced tendering procedure timelines by 100% migration to e tendering on government tendering portals (CPP and Defproc).- Immaculate budget planning and control of Rs 1500+ crore/ year culminating in tendering, contracting and billing outsourcing cases. - Established relationships between budgets, outsourcing and refit loads by data crunching/ analysis thus ensuring extra allocation for funds.- Developed decision matrix with vendor database; managed OEM relationships and led vendor quality assessments.- Devised strategies for financial negotiations for outsourcing cases leading to savings of over INR 50 crores pa. - Concurrently, operated and monitored 300+ contracts/ PCs for MSAs, SLAs. - Ensured full compliance of various labour and contract laws resulting in nil Audit Observations.Complete administration and training of a large sized team with varied backgrounds and needs.

- Conducted full semester courses on 'Diesel engines & Steam Turbines' and 'Tribology' for M. Tech students as part of the University syllabus. - Selected to be the Program Coordinator (three years in a row) for the Only Foreign Student Officers Course. - Management of multifarious activities catering to the needs of foreign officers from nearly 10 countries at a time. - Compiled, edited and printed ‘MILIT Journal,’ an ISSN journal for three editions. - Conceived, scripted and created a documentary for the institute. - Implemented latest ISO standards for the institute._ Procurement of lab equipment, Setting up labs for experiments, MRO of equipment of labs for training and learning.

- End to end responsibility for INR 5000 Crore Warship system design implementation, planning, coordination, monitoring, engineering drawing evaluation & approvals, contract negotiations with OEMs, trials and testing. -Role hinged on multi - disciplinary decision making for integration with structural and other functional projects for synergy and optimisation. - Development and delivery of complex indigenous technology with severe specifications for trials of the platforms in high levels of change and stringent project timelines. - Prepared ab initio and documented Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for trials and testing of equipment/ systems based on the OEM recommendations, International Marine protocols and Military Standards. - Successfully conducted ‘Basin Trials’ of a 6000 Ton Destroyer Class warship.- Conflict resolution between Indian Navy, ONGC and private shipyards for INR 325 Crore project for production of 23 in number ‘Fast Attack Crafts’ paving the way for induction.

- Led an industrial Shop floor of 275 + technical personnel for operations, maintenance, repair and overhaul of Diesel Engines and Gear box to ensure timely delivery of equipment in a highly time critical Environment. - Inventory forecasting, demanding, stocking, monitoring and management for a large inventory size (in lakhs) different types of spares. - Identification of critical spares and establishing reliable supply chain management for faster procurement. - Improved the availability of spares by adopting data analysis techniques for forecasting spares requirement of next three years through data analysis/ data crunching. - Advisory to the Higher Command for deployment, repairs, phasing out and stocking of Radial Diesel Engines pan Navy.- Monitoring running hours of radial engines pan Navy for granting engine life extension based on stringent technical evaluations. - Introduced the concept of rotables and adopted improved quality measures to significantly reduce replacement time of engines and gear boxes onboard ships leading to quick turn around. - Managed a highly unionised environment with Nil disruptions to production and office work. - Coordination with nearly 200 Class ‘A’ Gazetted officers for smooth process flows pertaining to repairs and refits of ships/ submarines and running of the establishment having a work force of over 10,000 personnel. - Advisor to the Top Management on strategic matters related to project planning, optimisation and resource allocation.- Demand planning for spares, material for 100 + production floors. - Management of 06 large warehouses measuring 2.0 Million Square Feet with a warehousing staff of nearly 150 personnel.

- Responsible for operations and maintenance of all Marine assets and Power Generation Machinery of sea going Warship. - Root Cause Analysis of the defects and their rectification to ensure maximum availability of the platforms for operational tasks. - Careful monitoring and evaluation of performance parameters of machineries leading to repairs during refits thus enhancing long sustainability at sea.- Handling of all administrative issues pertaining to support from shore establishments and vendors. - Man management of a large team of technical sailors.-Management of Shipboard Marine Power Generation and Distribution Machinery viz., Alternator, Switchboards, Rectifiers, Converters, Motors etc.- Completed a short refit before time through pro active planning, effective monitoring, and coordination with external agencies.- Handled extensive challenges due to the vintage of the ship which was overcome by practical application and implementation of first principles. - In the core group of HoDs to advise the command on strategic and tactical matters. - Outstanding performance in individual category and Team category in mandatory Professional theoretical/ practical assessments conducted by higher formations.- Demand planning and logistics for long deployments at sea including fresh water, tub oils, diesel, Spares etc.- Procurement of spares and materials through local vendors.- Development of new vendors for critical supplies of items.

- Trained and mentored over 600 officers for their future leadership assignments- Conducted full semester courses on Vibrations for M Tech Students as part of University syllabus.- Imparted instructions in the fields of Design, Control, Maintenance Engineering from Indian Navy/ foreign Navies, other defence and civil organisations. - Planned and executed Curriculum design (academic and outdoor), Logistics, Coordination with Multiple external agencies and event management for in-house and multi establishment activities. - Guided experiments and project studies towards in the fields of Noise/ Vibration/ Unmanned Underwater Vehicles. - Operationalised a large number of water borne assets like boats, water scooters etc with in house efforts for experimental and recreational purposes.- Reclaimed and redeveloped a 4 acre land through strategic engagement and perseverance with multiple agencies.- Planned, Coordinated and successfully executed 6 Valedictory Functions for Short courses and 3 Convocation ceremonies for long courses.- Purchasing of all local items, Management of cash accounting books for various funds.- Auditing of Cash accounting books every quarter.

- Monitoring and evaluation of performance of all Marine machineries of ships and establishments.- Advising higher management on exploitation of machinery based on inferences obtained after thorough data analysis. -Steered technological reviews, implemented design modifications, long pending trials, transfer of technology and maintenance/ production issues with Shipyard, OEMs and PSUs.• Coordinated and planned engineering operational logistics requirements for first ever circumnavigation by an Indian Navy Sail ship. • Instituted policies to enhance material supportability and operational availability of Naval platforms through indigenisation.- Coordinated seminars and workshops to upgrade knowledge base, adopt industry practices and seek solutions on common technical issues.- Was awarded Commendation for accurate analysis of data.

- Methodically implemented Preventive Maintenance Schedule resulting in maximum operational availability. - Rectified a large number breakdown defects at sea beyond the capacity of first line of maintenance through deep technical analysis and perseverance. - Timely completion of major refits of the ship by effective liaison, vigilant monitoring and careful evaluations of work flows/ processes. - Ensured continual training of the team to successfully operate and maintain a large number of machineries. - Administration of a large technical team with varied backgrounds, experience, skill sets and requirements.-Project management of a short refit of the ship. Responsibilities included preparation of defect lists, finalisation of work package, recommend Growth of Work to dockyard, coordinate Refit Progress Meetings, supervising refit, inventory management, vendor management for outsourcing, Harbour Trials, Sea Trials and delivery of the vessel.- Was awarded Commendation for achieving optimum efficiency in keeping the platform operational.