Alpesh Merai

Head Stores at DCM Shriram Chemicals
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Surat, Gujarat, India, IN

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Experience

    • India
    • Chemical Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Head Stores
      • May 2020 - Present
    • India
    • Oil and Gas
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Head Materials
      • Jul 2017 - Apr 2020

      • Control Raw Materials, Engineering & Chemicals and Packaging stores operations to deliver right material as per plant requirements in coordination with buyers and vendors. • Control disposal of hazardous and non hazardous scrap of the complex in coordination with central disposal cell, scrap customers and finance. • Ensure all routine material functions like receipt, inspection, issue, custody, inventory management, scrap management etc. are in place and are maintained in SAP within the KPI timelines.• Ensure all SOPs for material accounting are followed and book stock matches with physical stock.• In coordination with Plant HSE team, set standards in the area of operational & occupational safety.• Ensure appropriate housekeeping in warehouses and Yards.• Facilitate the team members in enhancing their professional skills by carrying out job rotation in their functional areas and imparting training to them. • Monitor compliance to statutory / regulatory requirements.• Build commercial intelligence within the team, Set goals, review and manage performance, guide, motivate, counsel and provide feedback to the team members.• Formulate Policies in consultation with Site President, Site FC&A, Head-Engg & Maintenance, Head Operations, Purchase and Taxation Team. • Ensure best industry practices are followed in the area of Materials operations. Show less

    • Lead Material Coordinator
      • Oct 2014 - Jul 2017

      Establishment of Engineering & Chemical Stores at Polyester Business & put in operations during business split up of Hazira Manufacturing Division into Petrochemical and Polyester.• Successfully completed Hazira Petrochemicals & Polyester Engineering Stores Split project. • Carried out following activities for polyester stores:• Raising and managing Stores CAPEX, Study of stores layout, calculating requirement of various types of racks for storing about 35000 items.• Designing storage racks in coordination with vendors and carry out procurement. Procurement of various Material Handling and storing equipments.• Coordinating with engineering departments for carrying required modifications/changes in existing buildings which suits to the requirements of stores.• About 25000 spares & consumables identified and transferred from petrochemical stores to polyester stores. Value Rs. 142 Cr. • Co-ordinated with SAP IT team at Head Office for establishment of 3994 plant at Hz-Polyester.• Put all required infrastructure in place and stores operation commissioned. Show less

    • Lead Planning Engineer
      • Nov 2007 - Oct 2014

      • Preparing annual maintenance plans in co-ordination with maintenance and operation.• Preparation of shutdown plans, finalizing shutdown job packs and arrange required resources.• Effectively manage Annual Materials, Contracts and Shutdown Budgets.• Coordinate with Purchase, Contract Cell, Central Engineering Services, Stores, Finance and vendors.• Preparing monthly and weekly engineering reports comprising details of highlights, equipment abnormality, major maintenance jobs in the plant, maintenance cost, safety indices, etc. • Managing CAPEXes of the plants. • MRP Controller of the plant, handled materials management function of plants. Show less

    • Maintenance Engineer
      • May 2002 - Nov 2007

      • Judiciously managed mechanical maintenance of POY Spinning. Resource mobilization and execution of job with adequate safety. Annual, monthly, weekly and daily maintenance planning in SAP EAM. • Implement SMPs, safety procedures, Permit To Work, Risk Assessments, Tool Box Talk, etc.• Review and control of spares and consumables to keep optimum inventory in SAP MM. • Govern material management for reliable maintenance and up-keeping of the plant equipment.• Updating Equipment Master, Bill Of Material (BOM), History in SAP EAM. • Managing plant shutdowns with adequate safety and timely completion. • Comply with statutory requirements like inspection of lifting tool-tackles and material handling equipment etc. Show less

    • Material Coordinator
      • Nov 1995 - May 2002

      Looking after materials functions like Inventory Control, Receipt, Issues, MIS Reports in Petrochemical Stores.• Manage inventory of Hazira complex.- Material codification, Creating and maintaining material master, carried out codification in legacy (VAX – ISQL – Ingress), CMT – Catalogue Management Tool, MMCS.• Interchangeability analysis of spares and variety reduction / standardization of consumables in consultation with engineering services and vendors.• Take items on inventory control role, define their levels and maintain their inventory at stores.• Take periodic MRP run and process PRs of inventory controlled items for replenishment of stock.• Release plant Purchase Requisitions, coordinate with purchase, vendors, excise, transporters and plants.• Processing material receipt, inspection, GRN processing, rejection, binning and issue.• Manage dispatch of material going for repair, inter site transfer.• Manage physical verification of stores inventory on ongoing basis for keep adequacy of stocks.• Ensure preservation of materials according to their nature in co-ordinate with owner plants. Show less

    • India
    • Oil and Gas
    • 500 - 600 Employee
    • QA/QC Engineer
      • Nov 1993 - Nov 1995

      QA/QC Engineer in Natural Gas Distribution Business. • Safe Laying of Medium pressure and low pressure HDPE Natural Gas pipe lines. About 200 KM line network established. • Safe installation and commissioning of approximately 28,000 domestic gas connections. • Natural Gas Quality inspection at Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL), Hazira. • Online inspection of Polyethylene (PE) pipes and pipe fittings at vendor's premises. • Vendor development for PE fittings and gas taps. • Preparation of monthly MIS reports. Show less

Education

  • Indian Institute of Materials Management, Mumbai
    Graduate & Post Graduate Diploma in Materials Management, Materials Management
    2013 - 2016
  • Brahma Kumaries Education Society, Mount Abu - Rajasthan & Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat - Gujarat
    Post Graduate Diploma of Education in Values and Sprituality, Values and Spirituality in Self & Society,
    2004 - 2005
  • S V Regioal College of Engineering & Technology, Surat, Gujarat, India
    Barchlor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
    1994 - 1999
  • M S University
    DME, Mechanical Engineering
    1990 - 1993

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