Experience

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  CONSULTANT/ADVISOR- CONTRACTS, PROCUREMENT, STORES & W/HSG, SCM, LOGISTICS, PROCESS DESIGN-MATERIALS

  • Chandigarh Area, India

  • STEEL, TELECOM, CHEMICALS, BOPP

    • Mar 2016 - Present
    • Chandigarh Area, India

    CAREER OBJECTIVE: To Excel & provide expertise in Commercial/ Contracts/ Procurement functions, involving Strategic Negotiations of high value Contracts, Stores & Warehousing, SCM/ Logistics, efficient Tax Management/Legal Wetting, use of advanced tools & techniques such as commercial process innovations, benchmarking, setting targets, achieving high efficiencies & cost savings.CAREER PATH SO FAR:Handled all Materials/Commercial functions in last 32 years in large companies, including High Value Contracts/Procurement, Stores & Warehousing, Despatch, Logistics/ SCM, Excise, Customs & Licencing.MAJOR COMPANIES: Essar Steel Ltd.-12 yrs. (Last), HFCL Infotel Ltd.-2 yrs., Max India Ltd.-11 yrs., GRASIM Industries Ltd.-7 yrs (first).

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  ESSAR STEEL LIMITED

  • HAZIRA

  • CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER-PROJECTS & GENERAL MANAGER-MATERIALS

    • Apr 2004 - Feb 2016
    • HAZIRA

    ➢ Finalised Contracts worth $2 billion in the years 2014-16 including taking investment decisions based on cost benefit analysis and EBIDTA projections of various expansion configurations and market assessment of capacities, consumption trends, growth potential and regulatory measures in Steel Sector.➢ Brought in 53% reduction in operational inventory of Production Consumables by using advanced analytic tools & active liaison with users & planners. ➢ Brought in 33% reduction in operational inventory of Refractories, using same techniques. ➢ Enhanced the level of stock statements into advanced inventory analysis & planning tools.➢ Enhanced the systems & storage to the highest levels winning 5S honours by topping the state of Gujarat.➢ Brought in high levels of automation in inventory management process by developing targets/ norms based on analysis of item-wise consumption trends, review of AMCs, setting target stock levels, monitoring thereof and automatic alarm prompts for stocks likely to exceed target levels and/or reaching critical levels.

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  HFCL Infotel Ltd.

  • DGM-COMMERCIAL

    • May 2000 - Mar 2002

    As DGM-Commercial, I handled the role of Head-Commercial in this upcoming CDMA venture of Nahata Group in collaboration with Lucent Technologies, at Mohali, Chandigarh.I negotiated contracts for setting up the Master Control Office and Nodes for CDMA operation.Upon successful Commissioning of these I handled operational logistics for laying fibre-optic cable network across Punjab and subscriber-end installation material planning, procurement and logistics.My major achievements include:➢ Ensured commencement of city-wise launch of telephone services on time by meeting project procurement targets of Rs.400 Cr. worth of Capital Equipments. ➢ Brought down ‘per subscriber cost’ of CPE installation material by 20%, from Rs.362 to Rs.291, thereby saving Rs. 35.76 lacs in procurement cost on 50000 connections. ➢ Crashed Average Stock Levels of Installation Items, by 37%, from 48 days to 30 days, (from Rs. 65.00 lacs. to Rs. 40.00 lacs), by innovating Indent-less MRPO System.

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  MAX INDIA LTD

  • Chandigarh Area, India

  • SR. MANAGER-COMMERCIAL

    • Jun 1988 - Feb 1999
    • Chandigarh Area, India

    I was Sr. Manager-Commercial in Max India Limited based at Chandigarh/Ropar, Punjab.I handled initially Project Procurement and thereafter the complete Commercial Function in operations. My major achievements include:➢ Brought in a Recurring Annual Saving of over Rs.25-30 lacs on RM cost of Rs. 300 lacs for 250 Tons Export by pioneering the Advance License Route & getting the I/O Norm fixed at 1.56. This saving accrued for 4-5 yrs. till DGFT fixed the norm at 1.20.➢ Ensured an Organizational Turn-Around by getting a waiver for Rs.1.00 Crore Bank Guarantee from JDGFT & saving the Company from a desperate financial crises. ➢ Saved Rs. 30-35 lacs/p.a. on RM Cost of 500 Tons i.e. Rs. 430 lacs, by forecasting of price uptrend & budgetary duty reductions - ordering excess & bonding in CWC.➢ Reduced Imported RM Minimum Stock Levels to 20 days from 40 days, by speeding-up all activities across the Supply Chain, saving Rs.15-18 lacs/p.a. as interest costs.➢ Saved Rs.10-15 lacs/p.a. recurringly in Duty & Tax Mgt. thru’ continuous innovations.

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  GRASIM INDUSTRIES LIMITED

  • Nagda Area, India

  • JT. SUPDT. PURCHASE & MIS

    • Jul 1981 - Jun 1988
    • Nagda Area, India

    Handled Purchase, Stores, MIS & Process Design for Materials Function.