Rajendra Pathak Email & Phone Number

Luxembourg

ArcelorMittal Luxembourg Head Office leading consolidation of Procurement and leading Category of Spare Parts, Services, Maintenance & Repairs activities. Steel Division producing more than 35 mln tons of steel per annum.Before moving to HO as a result of restructuring of Procurement Department, was Chief Procurement Officer in Business Division East, Flat Carbon Europe handling plants in Eastern Europe; Arcelor Mittal Poland, Arcelor Mittal Ostrava Arcelor Mittal Eisenhuttenstadt and numerous subsidiaries manufacturing more than 10 mln tons of steel and 5 mln tons of coke. Total procurement spend of the units exceed 3 billion €. The activities comprise of procurement of:Raw Materials Iron ore, FABM, & Logistics Management (b) Industrial Services and Products (c) Supply Chain Spare Parts (SCSP/MRO) (d) Metallics and Fluxes (e) Blacks and Black by products (f) Warehousing (g) Capex Procurement (h) By Products (i) Energy Management (g) Disinvestment and Asset sales (h) Performance Management etc.Focus of Procurement is always based on TCO and VIU approach, JIT, Consignment contracts, meeting cost & SG&A reduction targets, vendor development, Centralizing procurement of group units, handling Power Plant purchases. Focus of sales of Coke, Pig Iron, Granulated Slag or Steel Semis is towards maximization of Ebitda, Power trading etc. Leading a team of more than 500 people (post VSS). Further rationalization in progress.Executive Board member in many companies as an independent profit center. Looking after investments in new Boilers, Desox and Denox systems worth more than 200 million € under EU procurement rules. Supervisory Board member in JV partner Prvni Signalni a.s. It is a Railway Signalling company. Ensuring safety systems implementation.

From 10.08.2002 till 09.07.07: As Head (Commercial) in Vedanta Resources Plc., (in Malco, HZL, Vedanta Alumina & Sterlite Energy 2400+1200 MW power plant) a London Stock Exchange listed Non-ferrous Metals company. Mainly responsible for:# Strategic sourcing for various raw materials ie., Bauxite, Alumina, Coal, Copper conc. including international sourcing for multiple units of group. Clear focus on TCO.# Vendor development for various expansion projects of company on turnkey/EPC basis, O&M basis applying Reverse Auctioning, E-purchasing solutions.# Procurement of Capital goods, spares, consumables & services etc. for Power Plants and Metallurgical plants of the companies including e-bidding, reverse auctioning and creating virtual vendors for bringing in cost competitiveness.# Project Management & Contracts including tender preparation, tendering, techno-commercial evaluation, negotiations, contract preparation including all commercial terms, contract administration, vendor rating & appraisal.# Shipping, Logistics function for movement of material including 3 PL system.# Customs, Excise & Tax related functions# Export of finished products # Stores & Inventory management# Continuous benchmarking of the SCM functions with the best in the world

London, United Kingdom

# Sales and Purchase of various metals, scraps and their semis from across the globe to various buyers in Asian region.# Executing trade activities like taking futures and options positions in London Metal Exchange involving in-depth knowledge of Commodity markets.# Handling shipping in break-bulk and containerized cargoes, L/Cs, documentations, logistics activities etc.# Interacting with various financing banks for financing of trading activities including structured presentation of the trade activity# Warehousing, Monitoring of stocks and receivables at various stages, involved with credit compliance and credit monitoring# Toll manufacturing of various semis in order to increase product base and profitability

Mumbai Area, India, Dahej

The engagement for this USD 400 million Copper Smelter started from the day when the detailed Engineering and Consultation was going on. Responsible for:# Bulk Raw material procurement and contract administration# Capital goods procurement for establishing new Copper project, tendering, negotiations, bid evaluation, negotiations, contracts drafting, contract finalisation on EPC, turnkey basis etc.# Captive Jetty management, Vessel chartering, Draft survey, Weighing, Sampling, Moisture determination, Assay exchanges, Settlement with suppliers.# Overlooking sales and dispatch of Gold and Silver from the Refinery.# Logistics administration of raw materials and finished goods# Exports, Excise and Customs functions# Purchases for 60 MW power plant

Udaipur Area, India

Started career as Management trainee in Hindustan Zinc Ltd.,. During the course of 5 years stay, had on the job experience of working in various mines and smelters and Commercial Department, to look after import and export of raw materials/ finished goods etc.# Tendering, negotiations, contracting, L/Cs, documentation, shipping, analysis, settlement with customers etc. for import and export of raw materials like Concentrates and Metallurgical coke.# Project Contract administration for ongoing projects of company# Settlement of contractual issues related to the Zinc Lead Smelter like Arbitration, Legal matters etc.# Claiming export related incentives.

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be Mechanical

Associate’S Degree, Hr, Training & Development, I

Activities and Societies: HR association

Bachelor’S Degree, Law, Ii

Activities and Societies: Arbitration Network Active member that time in Surveyors club and Arbitration society

Engineer’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, I

Activities and Societies: College Hockey Team, Mid distance running, Debate Team Stood 2nd in mid distance running in College competition