Spearheading various activities involving planning, execution and management in tune with the core business objectives• Ensuring smooth implementation of policies and procedures, in sync with the business objectives• Formulating SCM plans for smooth execution of projects within time & cost parameters; developing alternate sources, mitigating supply risk and assisting in negotiating supply agreements with strategic and critical suppliers• Developing and executing innovative sourcing policies and procedures, helping increase revenues, streamlining workflow and creating teamenvironment to increase productivity• Identifying and developing potential vendors locally & globally for achieving cost effective purchases of material categories• Effectuating cost saving initiatives by introducing advance product, process technology and substituting process by use of alternate material• Ensuring optimum inventory levels in the warehouse in order to cut down on wastage and pilferage of inventory items• Outsourced the current documentation process of ocean logistics dept.• Successfully formulated process of analyzing procurement data and trends of the organization and that of other buyers from similar sources of past 3 years and thereafter arriving at formulation of future buying strategies focusing on 30 Aclass items which constitutes of 85% of the total sourcing• Effectively involved in the recent implementation of ERP Oracle for Supply Chain module providing inputs based on experience of implementation of Baan and SAP in previous organizations.• Efficiently assimilated past data for road and ocean inbound and outbound logistics, formulated strategies to choose selected and reliable logistics providers and conducted competitive bidding events for the entire company logistics involving Rs. 200 million and achieved close to 10% net savings for 2014-15

Established credibility in spearheading the entire Supply Chain & Project Management initiatives end-to-end right from conceptualization, strategic & project planning within the set parameters and operational analysisDistinguished efforts in negotiating annual supply contracts for Feed Stock / CBFS /A Class Items for leading clients such as Reliance Industries Ltd., Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Enjet Inc. – USA and Glancore Inc. – Singapore• Administered e-sourcing events thereby leading to reduction in costs saving of Rs. 80 million per annum in Logistics and 30 million in Engineering purchases and services and leading to a transparent system• Formulated budgets for timely procurement of all imported/indigenous strategic raw materials such as CBFS, packaging items AND other consumables & engineering products• Closely monitored debit balances and kept them NIL over 60 days• Successfully implemented value engineering and decision support systems to arrive at optimum turnaround time for rail and road movements entrusted responsibilities and accountabilities to individual departments to ensureimplementation of desired turnaround time• Drove significant reduction in costs through execution of yearly work contracts on labour supply basis as against individual task basis; dexterously reduced costs by completing various Kaizen projects• Instrumental in engineering a number of Kaizen projects and achieving significant savings & process improvements• Supervised effective implementation of ISO 9002 systems• Improved product delivery by building up late delivery clause in P.O for every supply after streamlining vendor payments• Efficaciously streamlined the logistic network by switching over from road logistics to 100% rail, thereby leading to annual savings of $1.5 MillionIntroduced the E-sourcing process in the company

Led complete procurement of Denatured Ethyl Alcohol, Acetic Acid, Methanol, StryreneMonomer and many other chemicals & solvents• Looked after the implementation of JIT concept in plant for bulk items• Leveraged abilities in streamlining supply chain through e-sourcing (Reverse Auction) and annual rate contracts• Proven track record of reducing the supplier rejection rate by 24%• Added new vendors for approx. 10% of total items• Instrumental in streamlining the purchase of Coal & Sulphur• Brought significant reduction in costs worth approx. Rs. 25 Million

Leveraged abilities in procuring:o Imported/indigenous raw materials such as PTA, MEG, TiO2, Spin Finishes, Furnace Oil & Chemicals (Additives /Catalysts / Spin Finish Oils, etc.) worth Rs. 1, 100 Crores ($250 Million) both designation, continuous effort.o Imported machinery spares & other store items for Nagpur & Indore Units from USA, UK, Germany, Japan and Italy-both designation, continuous effort.• Merit of acquiring and managing reputed overseas & domestic suppliers such as Amoco, ExxonMobil, Equate, Mitsui, Itochu, Marubeni, Formosa Chemicals, Kolmar, Reliance Industries, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. both designation, continuous effort.• Played a vital role in:o Finalizing contracts including transportation rates for bulk & liquid transportation for monthly volume of 2,100trucks, 500 tankers & containers both designation, continuous effort. o Organizing Reverse Auction and Competitive Bidding Events (CBEs) through technology provider such asFreeMarkets & Wipro as manager• Championed in reducing costs by Rs. 50 Million by organizing various reverse auction events such as Freight (inbound &outbound), Packaging, Furnace Oil, MRO-I, II & III, Bearings & Stationery as manager• Effectively liaised with Associations & Chambers such as CII, FICCI, PHDCCI, ASSOCHAM and FIEO; attended their OpenHouse Meets / Seminars as manager• Rendered support implementation of:o SAP R/3 (Version 4.08) in Apr’00 managero MM Module in the Corporate Materials Division (for Annual Purchase worth Rs. 1, 100 Crores) as manager• Proactively resolved distinctive commercial issues by convincing IOCL to supply products from Nagpur Depot instead ofIOTL, Mumbai thereby saving Rs. 60 Million as AGM

Mar’82 – Sep’83 Management TraineeSep’83 – Oct’86 OfficerOct’86 – Nov’88 Senior OfficerNov’88 – Mar’91 Assistant ManagerMar’91 – Aug’94 Dy. ManagerAug’94 – Nov’96 Manager