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Ras Al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates

- Managing the procurement activities of the Group Companies.- Group Companies include Gulf Contracting, Gulf MEP, Gulf Explosives, Al Nakheel Printers etc.- Budget Approvals for different projects- Managing Critical raw materials purchase for Gulf Explosives- Negotiations with suppliers and Contract Finalization- Follow up with suppliers, civil contractors, MEP contractors for timely completion of projects.- Preparing Sub-contract agreementsProjects Handled:1. Danube Building Materials New Showroom, Ras Al KhaimahMain Contractor: Gulf Co for Contracting & General EnterprisesConsultant: Al Zein Consultants2. American University Lab Extension, Ras Al Khaimah Main Contractor: Gulf Co for Contracting & General EnterprisesConsultant: Designer Engineering Consultant3. Marbella Villas Extension, Ras Al Khaimah, Client: RAK PropertiesMain Contractor: Gulf Co for Contracting & General EnterprisesConsultant: Home of Architecture

Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates

• Vendor development & approvals- Sourcing new vendors, due-diligence of vendors along with QA team, registering vendors in Epicor.• Supplier Audits, Vendor Evaluation & Re-evaluation.• Negotiation with suppliers and contract finalizations.• Inventory Management- Updating inventory on day to day basis, Closing of Job orders, and projects. Review the requests, coordinate with stores & user department and effective utilization of material in stores.• Reviewing of PRs and approve Purchase orders • Budget review & Spend Analysis and propose to Management in both Capital and Operational expenses.• Manage the procurement expenses within the approved budget. • Setting up of KPIs for the team and department and provide guidelines to achieve the KPIs.• Continuous Improvement, Risk Analysis and Team Building.Major Achievements:• Developed new suppliers for Civil Contracting, MEP contracting for different projects and achieved savings of around 15% as compared with our old contractors.• Handled procurement and contract activities for WHRS project and 25 MLD pump station project. • Worked in inventory optimization project and reduced non-moving inventory from 32 Million AED to 23 Million AED. • Setup a proper warehouse management system based on FIFO basis.

United Arab Emirates

• Serves as the organization’s representative for the Engineering Department on Procurement issues and procedures.• Develops and coordinates new policies and procedures regarding procurement processes.• Worked as an Internal ISO auditor.• Processes account applications and maintenance actions, and maintains suppliers and materials database.• Reviewing Project investments & spend analysis for annual expenditures.• Maintain Mini-Max for critical items and follow up for JIT related items.• Manage Inventory as per company’s budget.• Provide training for sub-ordinates and develop their skills.Responsibilities:• Purchasing of equipments and machineries for projects and plant expansion.• Purchasing of Glass Raw materials as per production plan.• Responsible for Procurement of materials for machinery Spare parts which includes Electrical, Instrumentation & Mechanical parts & consumables, both Local & Imports.• Sub- Contracting of Items for Machining, Fabrication & Mould Manufacturing. • Ensure supplier provides with timely up-to-date information on current products, product enhancements and new products.• Co-ordinate with maintenance, production, project team and warehouse department/divisions of the company.• Sourcing new suppliers, Supplier audits & ratings and Supplier developments.• Maintain master vendor list with all categories and ratings.• Setting and achieving Procurement KPIs in terms of Cost, delivery, Quality etc,.Major Achievements:• Developed new suppliers for Raw materials like Dolomite, SSF, Sodium Felspar, Sodium Nitrate and Silica Sand.• Achieved an annual savings of 400k USD by negotiation and alternative supplier developments in raw material category.• Strategic sourcing of technical spare parts for machineries and had achieved savings of 200K USD per year.• Developed alternative suppliers in China and Turkey for mould manufacturing and achieved savings of around 200k USD per annum.• Introduced Just in Time (JIT) concept.

Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates

• Reviewing the Purchase Requests (PRs) from the user departments then based on stock available processing the orders in ERP SAP system.• Floating RFQs and RFPs for approved vendors and obtaining offers. Based on the offers received, reviewing both technical and commercials proposals with user departments.• Preparation of Comparative Statements.• Conducting negotiation and finalizing the orders with Competitive Suppliers.• Prepare Purchase Orders (POs) by mentioning delivery schedules and other terms & conditions. Obtaining finance approval and release purchase orders • Following up with suppliers for timely deliveries, receipt at stores, arrange for inspection with concerned departments and generate GRN. Process the invoice to accounts and arrange for payments to the suppliers.• Preparing contracts and Long term agreements.• Generate weekly reports for materials received and issued to user departments.

Bengaluru Area, India

• Purchasing of materials, both Project and Non- Project items as per the Company’s Purchase procedure and policy. (viz., Tendering, Receiving quotations, Tender scrutiny, Negotiating with suppliers, Obtaining Management approval and Releasing of Purchase Orders)• Project items include Castings. Forgings, Sheet Metal Components etc• Long term Contracts for Cotton Waste, Oils, Lubricants, Paints, Computers, Printers, • Inventory Control.• Preparing Delivery Schedule as per Production Plan for the vendors.• Sub- Contracting of Items for Machining, Fabrication, Heat Treatment • Following up with the vendors for supplies.• Negotiating with the Vendors on Techno- Commercial Issues.• Monitoring Sub contracts and Outsourcing activities of the company.• Identifying Vendors for the development of Castings, Forgings, Fabricated structures and Sheet Metal Components.• Importing items like Steel plates, control valves etc.• New Source Identification and Approval.• Arranging Vendor Meets• Procurement of items by e-Procurement. • Responsible for development of Alternative Vendors/Suppliers.

Bengaluru Area, India

• Sub- Contracting of items for Machining, Fabrication, Gear Cutting and Slotting, Grinding, Key Way Slotting, Heat Treatment etc.• Purchasing of items like castings, forgings, brought out items, steel rods, seamless pipes etc,.• Carried out sub contractor side inspection and interaction with sub contractors regarding Quality aspects.• Giving dispatch clearance for items inspected at vendor end. • Vendor Quality/Performance Rating.• Conducting Vendor Audits.• Monitoring Vendor Quality systems. • Quality Assurance of Incoming materials, In-house manufacturing items and Dispatch items.• New source identification and approval.• Vendor development.• Reviewed all kind (both forging & casting) of Test certificates and maintaining as records.