Praveen Sequeira Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

Greater Toronto Area, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Procured products and services by assessing the requirements provided by users and collaborating with the category managers to identify the best supplier.• Resolved customer and supplier queries by carrying out investigations using the payables and purchasing applications.• Coordinating operations by reviewing the purchasing processes, creation of purchase orders, and approval of workflow and procurement categories.• Onboarded new suppliers to the Oracle system and issued purchase orders to suppliers as per the agreed terms.• Resolved product and service-related issues by serving as a point of contact for suppliers and customers.• Processed different types of invoices (with or without purchase orders) based on the country-specific tax exceptions using the payable application to ensure timely payment to all suppliers.• Arranged weekly meetings with certain tier 1 suppliers to improve the relationship by identifying and resolving any issues.• Created reports based on the discussions from the weekly meetings and presented this to the senior management to review progress and analyze any risks.

• Collated requirements of individual product design teams, including the purchase of general equipment, services and material for further processing• Organized periodic reviews where material, designs, supplies and equipment were specified to Identify potential risks with the administrative functioning, and developed plans to mitigate these risks• Served as a liaison between the chief engineers and product design teams to resolve issues with the scheduling of design reviews • Generated spreadsheets to document and issue minutes from design reviews to all stakeholders• Prepared periodic reports program and project scope to assist with evaluation of progress including monitoring and developing material delivery• Used value stream maps to analyze the process and proposed improvements based on the findings. This resulted in reducing the time taken to conduct reviews over a period of time• Prepared the best practice guide for efficient use of the review process and periodically revised the same to include updates• Created, maintained and presented status charts of all design reviews to the chief engineers to track the progress of the project

Master'S Degree, Operations, Project And Supply Chain Management, Merit

Core Modules included Global Operations Management, Lean Production, Strategic Supply Chain Management, Managing Projects, Global Supply.

B.E, Mechanical

Served as an event coordinator to arrange technical and cultural events. Designed and produced a coconut de-husking machine