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Hyderabad, Ts, In

Developing business for Cyient with a focus on providing engineering services and digital solutions in the Energy Sector.

A specialist consulting and Executive advisory service providing Global Strategic Supply Chain, Operational and Business Development expertise for the purposes of assessing investments, developing strategy, capex infrastructure, cost restructuring, organizational review, process simplification and risk management. Client base is primarily Premium Management Consulting Houses, E&P Contractors and Private Equity Companies.

Weybridge, Surrey, Gb

Head of Contracting and Procurement of BHP's ultra deepwater project, Trion. A multi billion dollar "mega" project offshore Mexico. Accountable for leading a team of experts developing strategy and execution of new partnerships and collaborative contracting across engineering, procurement, construction, installation, drilling, ops and logistics. Trion is the first ever ultra deepwater development project offshore Mexico and is a JV between Pemex and BHP.

New Orleans, La, Us

Accountable for leading and transforming Entergy’s enterprise-wide Supply Chain Functional performance towards world class. Primary accountabilities included development of supply chain strategy and organizational structure, revamping full cycle category management and value delivery to the business through a systematic supplier commercial excellence program, executing a systematic corporate wide vendor management and oversight process to manage supply risk and performance, deliver greater operational procurement, inventory and distribution efficiency and performance, establishing fit for purpose process, implementing advanced robotic process automation technology to drive out waste, reviewing and recommending a new ERP system, implementing a new contracting governance process to ensure concretion and executive alignment, developing a diverse workforce and putting in place the first supply chain talent management program. Creating a supply diversity strategy to drive diverse and local supply sources and assess economic impact impact in the communities served. Vice President of the industry wide Electrical Utilities Sustainable Supply Chain Alliance (euissca.org), leading implementation of supply chain sustainability best practices in to the corporation and thereby enhancing DJSI scores. Pandemic and storm crisis management to assure operational whilst managing historic storm and pandemic disruptions.

Houston, Texas, Us

The Head of Cobalt’s global supply chain operations, reporting to the COO. Accountable for all aspects of the company's SCM (Procurement, Contracting, Logistics operations, Inventory and Quality Assurance). Key responsibilities include; creating and executing supply chain strategy, maintaining the optimum organizational structure, putting in place fit for purpose process to enable operating efficiency and value creation across Cobalts operations.

London, England, Gb

Responsible for the strategy, initiation, development and management of a new worldwide capital projects Procurement and Supply Chain (PSC) organization for 60 major projects valued at $300 billion, and considered the industry's largest single portfolio of upstream projects. Managed budget of $14 billion and 370 professionals located worldwide. Reported to the E&P Global Head of Upstream Supply Chain and functionally to the Chief Operating Officer, GPO, and served as a member of their respective global leadership teams.

London, England, Gb

Responsible for managing and directing the Procurement and Supply Chain organization with operational responsibility for creating and implementing effective strategy, securing accelerated performance of the in-country infrastructure teams in a challenging and dynamic growth environment. Managed total staff of 400, including Procurement/Supply Chain, Operations, and infrastructure staff, and budgets of $500 million for onshore infrastructure capital expenditures and $135 million in operating expenses.

London, England, Gb

Responsible for designing, developing and managing a Procurement and Supply Chain Management strategy, structure and organization capable of competently responding to the aggressive growth of a business segment with the largest capital budget within the corporation. The spend scope covered BP operated and non-operated activity exploration, capital project development, oil production operations, logistics and office support with expenditures of $5 billion. Managed budget of $29 million and staff of 85+ with 12 different nationalities, in 3 major hubs.

London, England, Gb

Responsible for designing, developing and implementing a strategic process for contracting, procuring and installing equipment on a series of deepwater GoM development projects with a capital expenditure budget of $8 billion. Recognized by corporate management as high potential individual and ranked as top performer in BP’s North American Procurement Organization in 2000

Responsible for procurement of materials used for the largest offshore, deepwater capital projects within the corporation, maximizing value creation through the use of individual expertise and coordination with a Shared Services Centre of Excellence. Served on Project Leadership Team as the Procurement consultant and established a strategy for sourcing, negotiation and execution of turnkey Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation Contracts (EPCI). Reviewed, advised and intervened on Engineering Contractors’ contracting plans and procedures to ensure alignment with Corporate and Project objectives, and managed contractor performance using budgetary and progress indicators, while optimizing the use of the corporation's strategic alliances.

Amsterdam, Nl

Responsible for managing, directing and developing a project team of buyers and secretaries, and for establishing a detailed procurement schedule per construction project. Procurement process included the planning of human capital, project purchasing strategy and budgetary objectives, world-wide sourcing of components, evaluating and qualifying suppliers, negotiating contracts, briefing international forwarders, and executing transport logistics to overseas construction sites. Served on the Project Management Team.

Responsible, as business partner and trader, for sales to West Africa and Indian Ocean executing pricing, financing and export credit insurance and factoring transactions with French Export credit agency (COFACE). Accessed business in new markets, notably Sri-Lanka, introduced new products in to Reunion Island. Introduced computerized accounting a real time profit analysis sheets. All work was executed in the French Language

Diplome D’Etudes Superieures Europeennes De Management (Cesem), European Business Administration

Ba (Hons), European Business Administration

A' And O' Levels