Head of Purchase

• Mar 2021 - Present

Consultant

• Feb 2020 - Feb 2021

General Manager Sales

• Nov 2019 - Jan 2020

Senior Commercial Manager

• Feb 2017 - Aug 2019

Posted in Chennai HO heading department and spearhead negotiations, finalization and procurement of Complete Procurement for packing materials, Complete civil, Structural, Capital Equipment, Mechanical and Electrical Equipments & spares and Machinery spares for 5 plants in A.P, 1 Plant in TN and Nashik plant. (Fruit pulp, Frozen dices, Ready to eat food products) Posted in Chennai HO heading department and spearhead negotiations, finalization and procurement of Complete Procurement for packing materials, Complete civil, Structural, Capital Equipment, Mechanical and Electrical Equipments & spares and Machinery spares for 5 plants in A.P, 1 Plant in TN and Nashik plant. (Fruit pulp, Frozen dices, Ready to eat food products)

Senior Purchasing Manager

• Feb 2015 - Feb 2017

Posted in Chennai Corporate office and taking care of procurement complete of 5 plants across Pan India, Distillery and Bottling division, MGM Group of companies having turnover of more than INR 1500 crores and strongly represented in Distillery, Liquor, Hotels, Coal Import and Entertainment segments. Handled Centralized purchasing function for plants in Pondicherry, Villupuram, Hyderabad & Cochin for complete Packing materials, Engineering spares, capex purchases, MEP Purchases, wet goods & dry goods

Senior Purchasing Manager

• May 2013 - Jan 2015

Posted in Nashik, Maharashtra into Gonglu Agro Pvt Limited for their New Aseptic Fruit pulp plant coming up at Jaitapur, Nashik District. Spearhead negotiations, finalization and procurement of Complete Project Procurement to the Tune of Rs 140 crores (Complete civil, Structural, Capital Equipment, Mechanical and Electrical Equipments and Machineries and completed by Mar-2014. Successfully completed project procurement of complete Electrical parts- cables, Lightings, control panels, Motors, Substation Items at Nashik plant. To Implement the project at the best Quality, Cost and Delivery. Involved and Arranging into complete Statutory Compliances for the New plant • Worked in HO taking care of 7 plants complete Material Requirement across Pan India

Manager Purchase

• Sep 2008 - Sep 2012

Spearhead negotiations, finalization and procurement of engineering/ recurring parts for all plants across the three Liquor Divisions. Involved in expansion of glass plant with activities encompassing capital equipments, steel structures leading to 240 tons per day. Executed Distillery unit expansion to 62KLPD (Kilo liters per day) of ENA (Extra Neutral alcohol) production at Chengalpattu. Implemented SAP-MM Module and deriving the benefits from it into inventory, cost control etc Spearhead negotiations, finalization and procurement of engineering/ recurring parts for all plants across the three Liquor Divisions. Involved in expansion of glass plant with activities encompassing capital equipments, steel structures leading to 240 tons per day. Executed Distillery unit expansion to 62KLPD (Kilo liters per day) of ENA (Extra Neutral alcohol) production at Chengalpattu. Implemented SAP-MM Module and deriving the benefits from it into inventory, cost control etc

Purchasing Manager

• May 2007 - Aug 2008

Managed materials planning, procurement, imports, cost reduction, sub-contracting activities and service/AMC of machinery for three plants at Singampunari (near Madurai), Viralimalai, (near Trichy) and Padappai (near Chennai). Implemented SAP-MM across plants & corporate offices and ensured compliance to schedules for sub-contracting of maintenance & indented parts. Optimized prices through negotiation, schedule & purchase including alternate sourcing and price comparison. Ensured compliance to Materials Planning & Zero stoppage principles in managing receipt of materials. Scheduled maintenance & procurement of critical spares within time-span of machinery. Conducted periodic review meetings at plants and ensured availability of service personnel & spared for prompt resolution of issues.

Senior Executive Purchase

• Feb 1994 - Aug 2003

Coordinated QS-9000 Certification, 100% ISO-9001:2000 Certification of Vendors, obtained self-certification for Vendor parts, Localization of parts and prepared Vendors towards 100 PPM. Successfully managed MRP Based planning for auto parts derived from production plan including item codification, BOM preparation with respect to Category, Application, Routing etc. Acquired Green Channel Certification to accomplish 90% parts into self-certification. Implemented Kanban leading to reduction of inventory cost by 30% valued at INR 1.3 Crores. Accomplished annualized localization savings to the tune of INR 1 crore through Indian source, Alternate source etc. Certified 60 vendors in ISO within a period of 1 year