• Category lead for strategic sourcing and procurement for South Asia & Australia region for Indirect i.e. MRO, EPCM, Services & CAPEX.• Strengthen vendor relationship & vendor development to generate value for the organization.• Contact negotiation, governance & MIS, data analysis.• Automation in procurement function with help of Ariba/punchout catalog/ web base solutions for touch less POs.• Close coordination with cross functional teams for achievement of organization goals & squeeze the cost.

• Led raw material procurement for five manufacturing plants of EHV underground cable, Hight tension overhead conductors & optical ground wire with sourcing and procurement of aluminum, copper, polymers, optical fiber, carbon fiber core (value ~2K Cr per annum)• Contribution in underground cable turnkey project business establishment by strengthening SCM function with strategic development of EPC contractors & supply item (value ~250 Cr pa)• Continuous focus to increase profitability by decreasing input cost, ex. in FY23 saved 42 Cr INR (i.e. 1.8% of business revenue)• Critical involvement in order winning by offering competitive prices of raw material & pre-bid strategic tie ups with EPC contractors before tender to complete with competitors.• Trading of Aluminum• Track market (supply/demand) of commodities for efficient price discovery and finalization of contract as per spot rate, Index base pricing, forward/future contracts, volume base pricing & tiered pricing• Manage price risk with hedging of commodities & strengthening of contract terms with negotiation• Support finance team by advance budget planning, negotiation of LC terms with banks & arrange seller’s credit to avoid debt. at competitive cost• Production planning & inventory management, new vendor development, support in new product development, outsourcing, MIS & governance• Lead procurement to pay (S2P/P2P) audits, process improvements, Implementation of Poka-Yoke & Kaizen in SCM function with help of IT• Led import operations with excellent understanding of Import procedure, documentation, customs, tracking & on-time closure of advance authorization as well as avail RODTEP• Handling freight forwarder/NVOCC/ shipping line for container & break bulk shipments, CHA, and Inward logistics• Successfully drive project “Aarohan” a joint initiative with McKinsey to identify projects to generate saving & implementation of zero-base budgeting (ZBB)

• Sourcing & procurement as well as on time execution of green field CAPEX project to establish new manufacturing units in Salalah free zone• New vendor development, inventory management, contract management, governance, MIS & import operations• Manage local compliance & government department

• EHV Cables raw material (aluminum, copper, polymers, steel), packaging, services & MRO• Successfully completed sourcing & procurement of brown field project CAPEX worth ~80 Cr INR to double the capacity of EHV cable manufacturing plant• Successfully handled procurement to pay (S2P/P2P) audits Internal & External• Successfully developed just in time model for packaging items & C class raw materials to avoid higher lead time & cost savings• MIS, Governance, outsourcing

• Take care plant machineries electrical breakdown & maintenance• Implement autonomous maintenance, 5S, Kaizen, Poka-Yoke• Work on improvement of overall equipment efficiency to enhance the output• Plant audits to find the scope of improvements & focus on improvements