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Bengaluru, Ka, In

Mumbai, Mh, In

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Led strategy & innovation for Group Procurement, overseeing major international projects and digital transformation.• Managed vendor negotiations, cost-benefit analyses, and implemented e-procurement solutions.• Utilized machine learning and data analytics tools to optimize procurement processes and stakeholder engagement.

Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India

Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India

Served as Manager Procurement, New Materials Business, Vendor Search and Supplier Relationship Management. Specialized in MRO & Services and Project materials procurement, Handling of RFQ and Bids, Price Negotiations, Monitoring of Procure to Pay process, Capex and Op-ex planning & assessment, Price Benchmarking, Facing audits, Spend Data Analysis, Project Management, Cost Reduction Initiatives, New Vendor Search & Vendor Development, Strategic Supplier Relationship Management, De-Prop of consumables, Indigenization and Localization of Plant Consumables, and Developing Local Vendors.

Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India

Served as Manager, DS & Torpedo Area at LD2 & Slab Caster, Tata Steel Jamshedpur.Roles and Responsibilities:Ensuring continuous production at required levels.Troubleshooting of issues hampering the production levels, root cause analysis, improvement and sustaining.Ensuring quality of Desulphurisation as per customer specificationsMaterial planning, monitoring and coordinating with respective agencies to ensure raw material availability.Process Control, innovation and improvement in coordination with R&D department. Conducting trials with new materials and developing feasibility of implementation.Ensuring workplace Safety, creating SOPS and providing SOP training to the employees, creating Bow Tie diagrams, conducting Hazard identification and Risk Assessment(HIRA) study, Hazop Study, Risk Matrix Analysis, Process Hazard Analysis(PHA) Study, FMEA Study.Facing quality and safety audits.Shutdown Planning, execution in coordination with respective agencies and timely restart of operations.Initiating and executing Six Sigma projects to ensure improved process yield and cost saving, kanban, PokaYoke etc.Achievements(DS & Torpedo Area):Savings achieved worth Rs 3.2 Cr in FY 22 by reducing the consumption of DS lances Optimised HM+Scrap value(LD2 process yield) from 1130 to 1105. Internal cost savings worth Rs 2.5 Cr.Got DS & Torpedo load/unload point designated as a Model Place of Work.Achieved increase in Transfer Ladle Life from 811 to 1000 heats.Achieved zero Sulphur downgrades for the months of Jun, Jul, Aug' 21. Reduction in Sulphur downgrades by 30% over the last FY.

Jamshedpur Area, India

Worked as Shift Manager(BOF Operations) at LD2 & Slab Caster at TATA Steel Jamshedpur.Roles & Responsibilities(Shift Manager-Production 4 Million Tons):Production as per target, Daily Management, Quality Control, Manpower Management(led a team of 43 people), BOF process control, SOP creation and Imparting training to shift employees, Running Improvement Projects, Poka Yoke, Kanban, Ensuring on time heat placement in Casters by coordinating with various stakeholders, Troubleshooting issues hampering the production levels, Coordinating with agencies for shutdown and restart, Single line of communication for all the activities in Shift.Projects & Achievements:Produced the highest number of heats in a shift(93 heats) in Mar' 19Produced 22 Heats in a shift from 2 Vessels, 1 Vessel down for relining, for 4 days continuously in Dec'19Restart of Sub lance in Vessel 1 and linking the data with Level 2 in Jan'19.Introduction of dart and strike rate improvement to prevent Phosphorus downgradations. Strike rate improvement from 30% to 90%. Period: Jun'20 to Aug'20. Reduction P downgradations by 30%. Savings achieved worth Rs 1 Cr.

Vijayangar Works, Bellary

Worked as a Junior Manager, BOF operations in Steel Melting Shop 2 at JSW, Ballari.

Pgdm, 6.12/8

Bachelor Of Technology - Btech, Metallurgy And Materials Engineering

Aissce(Cbse Class 12Th), Physics Chemistry Maths Comp Science

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