Reporting to Mr Amit Agarwal (Global Head of Direct Procurement).

Strategic Sourcing (Domestic and Imports) for Agro-chemicals formulations (Technical Grade as well as Bulk).

Donned various roles on my way to this position including that of assisting the senior management such as Executive Director Mr Vikram Shroff and COO's Mr K R Srivastava as well as Mr Debabrata Gupta.Indirect procurement (last reporting to Mr Maneesh Bhalla and prior to that Mr Raj Tiwari) job involved complete co-ordination of all project activities with consultant, site, vendors etc. • Project planning and obtaining Board sanction. • Selection of consultant(s). • Government approvals. • Project implementation e.g. Basic and detailed Engineering, Procurement (indigenous as well as imported) of all items (mechanical/ fabricated/ rotating/ electrical equipments, instrument items etc), construction reviewing and commissioning. Procurement involved techno-commercial discussions with vendors, finalizing orders with due consideration to technical requirements, project schedule and pricing, following up for delivery and inspections (independently/jointly with consultant) as and when desired. Actual milestones were compared with scheduled milestones and corrective actions initiated. This was achieved by close liaison /co-ordination/reviewing with consultant, vendors & site. • Planning, controlling and maintaining scope, schedule, cost and quality

Trading in various engineering materials in addition to representing Delhi based cable manufacturing company in Mumbai.

Job involved complete co-ordination of all project activities with consultant, site, vendors etc. Total value of projects handled Rs.220 Crores. Reporting to Mr. C. Padmanabhan G.M. Projects .

Procurement Job involved offering all procurement services to clients for indigenous as well as imported equipments. Have worked on GSFC - Caprolactum project and Finolex - PVC project. Reporting to Mr. A.N. Iyer, Chief Engineer - Projects. Detailed job profile included the following:Preparing a list of vendors suitable for each category/type of item. Floating enquiries, evaluating offers, participating in technical discussions with vendors, preparing technical recommendations and sending to client. Issuing orders to vendors in consultation with clients.

Estimation Job involved preparing of cost estimates for various project/equipment enquiries for Process Equipment Division. Reporting to Mr. Ajit C Shah, Divisional Mgr.- Operations. Detailed job profile included the following: Identifying total equipments required for the system to be quoted in consultation with design department. Calculating of estimated costs based on drawings for proprietary equipments for similar systems supplied in the past. Obtaining quotations for bought out items. Preparing proposal with due consideration to various sales/purchase etc taxes, company overheads, profit margins, contingencies etc. Attending commercial meetings with clients along with sales department. Preparing cost sheets for purchase department in case of order.