SOURCING: - • Managed annual 6 plant engineering procurement budget of INR 350+ Cr across all KNPL plants.• Oversaw in-house fabrication, machining, and development of brought-out items, establishing and managing contracts with suppliers.• Led and developed a sourcing team of 8 members, enhancing their competence and effectiveness.• Coordinated plant engineering import goods purchases, from sales forecasting to planning and ordering, in collaboration with… Show more SOURCING: - • Managed annual 6 plant engineering procurement budget of INR 350+ Cr across all KNPL plants.• Oversaw in-house fabrication, machining, and development of brought-out items, establishing and managing contracts with suppliers.• Led and developed a sourcing team of 8 members, enhancing their competence and effectiveness.• Coordinated plant engineering import goods purchases, from sales forecasting to planning and ordering, in collaboration with operations.• Established frame and rate contracts with suppliers, conducted market scans for potential sources, and led supplier evaluation and approval through cross-functional teams.• Maintained strong relationships with all functional stakeholders, senior leadership, and suppliers.SOURCING DIGITALIZATION: -• Led the implementation of the KNPL ARIBA procurement system across all plants and functions.• Directed the rollout of the Pando Logistics sourcing tool within KNPL.• Developed a knowledge management portal for cost benchmarking of various commodities, including fabrication, sheet metal, machining, services, and capital expenditures. Show less

MEIA Regional & MENA Purchase Lead: • Manage multiple team members based in multiple regions & help implement purchase procedure , Purchase pooling strategies & e-Sourcing. • Schedule & chair monthly team meetings, focusing on targets & achievements.• Responsible for Engineering, MEP, EPC project, MRO regional procurement in line with Engineering team.• Project Status reporting/Dashboard/ Trend Analysis to senior Management.• Manage Regional stakeholders, Senior… Show more MEIA Regional & MENA Purchase Lead: • Manage multiple team members based in multiple regions & help implement purchase procedure , Purchase pooling strategies & e-Sourcing. • Schedule & chair monthly team meetings, focusing on targets & achievements.• Responsible for Engineering, MEP, EPC project, MRO regional procurement in line with Engineering team.• Project Status reporting/Dashboard/ Trend Analysis to senior Management.• Manage Regional stakeholders, Senior Leadership and Supplier relationships. • Perform Risk assessment & prepare risk assessment document. Prepare mitigation Plan/Contingency plan & obtain Risk approvals from senior management. • Fully responsible for MENA finished goods purchases from sales forecasting to planning to ordering with coordination of local purchase team.Operational Purchasing Lead – Engineering & Indirect material • Lead team of 3 by coordinating closely with internal stakeholders and suppliers in order to ensure accurate and timely delivery in accordance with Jotun policies and procedures. • Lead & Develop the competence of regional buyer team for effective buying & continuous improvement for purchase of 96 Mil. AED / Year.• Identification and development of Vendors and need to assure quality and delivery requirements through supplier relationship.• Study and compile Non-RM, items / equipment/services required by operations, technical service departments and other functions.• Ensure safety, employees health and support all the HSE initiatives along with other Managers & maintain communication. • Participate in negotiations with suppliers & Drafting of contracts / purchase orders.• Spend analysis for Non RM category and monitoring actual vs. budget.• Lead & support company IFS (ERP) process (being super user).• Maintain purchase documents by coordinating with finance on invoices, handling shipment documents, coordinating with clearance & forwarding officer on duty exemption and managing contract agreements. Show less

• Implemented new IFS ERP system for JIPL purchasing process along with Purchase head.• Development of alternative local sources preferably in Pune and it nearby zone for imported engineering materials, to helps in cost saving and improves deliveries.• Development of Engineering parts & drawings form reverse engineering with use of sound knowledge of manufacturing processes with ensuring meeting of service, cost, delivery & quality norms.• Identification of EPC & MEP vendors as per… Show more • Implemented new IFS ERP system for JIPL purchasing process along with Purchase head.• Development of alternative local sources preferably in Pune and it nearby zone for imported engineering materials, to helps in cost saving and improves deliveries.• Development of Engineering parts & drawings form reverse engineering with use of sound knowledge of manufacturing processes with ensuring meeting of service, cost, delivery & quality norms.• Identification of EPC & MEP vendors as per factory project requirement & evaluation of them with the help of regional technical Dubai team to finalize commercial contracts.• Floating of RFQ, comparative cost analysis, TCO analysis, negotiation with technically & commercially with vendors. • Analyzing & prioritizing of procurement for Capex items considering the evaluation parameter (Total Cost, Risk, Quality, Delivery/flexibility).• Consolation of purchase requisitions from end user’s departments & Prioritizing the procurement activates based on lead time & need of urgency. • Finalization of product requirement for factory investment items with cross functional team & awarding rate contract.• Reporting to Dubai regional counter parts & preparation of reports for MIS. Show less

Strategic Sourcing @ Siemens :* Deals in fabrication process like gas, plasma, laser, water jet cutting, galvanizing, plating operations* Experience of Heavy MS & Aluminum welding (TIG, MIG, CO2) process.* Knowledge of press operations & dies (blanking, bending, punching, deep draw,spinning, Al tube rolling) * Experience of machining & investment commodity.* Vendor development & process audit.* e-Auction & e-bidding and had gone through training with e-Auction.*… Show more Strategic Sourcing @ Siemens :* Deals in fabrication process like gas, plasma, laser, water jet cutting, galvanizing, plating operations* Experience of Heavy MS & Aluminum welding (TIG, MIG, CO2) process.* Knowledge of press operations & dies (blanking, bending, punching, deep draw,spinning, Al tube rolling) * Experience of machining & investment commodity.* Vendor development & process audit.* e-Auction & e-bidding and had gone through training with e-Auction.* Experience of with SAP for basic procurement MM transactions.* Identification of sources from supplier basket & supplier market knowledge* Handling Pricing for new & existing components- Settlement with suppliers with negotiation * Alternate sourcing of components for better quality & cost * Suppliers search from market for development of components as part of Global sourcing * Keeping a track of rates of materials for components & price settlements accordingly* New product development for new projects, Budgeting, Reporting to Indian & German management. Show less

Intern Engineer - Engineering Support. 01. AutoCAD Designing02. Drawings creation in system 03. Engineering department documentation support04. Reviewing and filing shift documents05. Support in Plant 5S activity06. Support in plant HSE team