Venkata Karthik Gudi

Contracts & Logistics Manager at Solarcentury Africa
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(386) 825-5501
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London, England, United Kingdom, UK

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Credentials

  • CF APMP
    APMP
  • PRINCE2® 2017 Foundation & Practitioner
    BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

Experience

    • United Kingdom
    • Services for Renewable Energy
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Contracts & Logistics Manager
      • Mar 2022 - Present

    • United States
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Client Advisor
      • Mar 2020 - Feb 2022

      Sales Force and e-Commerce Receiving and dealing with all client enquiries, Online and Off-line order tracking Customer e-Commerce enquiries resolution Guiding Customers through complete order transaction and complaint resolution Assisting Manager with work management queues. Communicating with factory team and warehouse team for order status. Sales Force and e-Commerce Receiving and dealing with all client enquiries, Online and Off-line order tracking Customer e-Commerce enquiries resolution Guiding Customers through complete order transaction and complaint resolution Assisting Manager with work management queues. Communicating with factory team and warehouse team for order status.

    • United Kingdom
    • Renewables & Environment
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Assistant Contracts Manager
      • Sep 2019 - Jan 2020

       Prepared project costings and budgets via cost models for rooftop and large-scale solar projects for both development and EPC projects.  Preparation of project planning schedules and tracking progress against milestones.  Considered issues related to Tax, VAT, duties, bonding, insurance levels and local entity requirements and other items when preparing costings and budgets.  Work with the legal team and BDMs commenting and amending EPC contracts during the tender and final negotiations with clients and suppliers.  Rendered expertise to BDM teams when submitting tenders in new territories or countries assessing country specific risks and challenges.  To continue to support on process improvement for issuing tenders for materials supply include developing standard RFP docs.  Performed due diligence so that the proposals present value to the clients.  Produce updated cash flow projections (both incoming and outgoing) for projects.  Secure quotes from sub-contractors and suppliers to ensure that all costs are accurately budgeted through a properly defined scope of work along with bill of materials. Show less

    • Client Advisor
      • Jul 2016 - Sep 2019

      Sales Force and e-Commerce Receiving and dealing with all client enquiries, Online and Off-line order tracking Customer e-Commerce enquiries resolution Guiding Customers through complete order transaction and complaint resolution Assisting Manager with work management queues. Communicating with factory team and warehouse team for order status. Sales Force and e-Commerce Receiving and dealing with all client enquiries, Online and Off-line order tracking Customer e-Commerce enquiries resolution Guiding Customers through complete order transaction and complaint resolution Assisting Manager with work management queues. Communicating with factory team and warehouse team for order status.

    • Deputy Manager - Projects
      • Mar 2015 - Nov 2015

      Actively pursued business expansion opportunities through methodically submitting bids for 200+MW within various state and national solar tenders. Tactfully conducted site surveys to select optimal site for solar plants to generate maximum power and facilitated with timely completion of project in line with the bid deadlines. Followed up with government agencies for tender release, and enforced tight projects controls. Assumed ownership of project operations and timely completed them ensuring correct level of management and control to deliver the mutually agreed project deliverables. Show less

    • Senior SCM Engineer
      • May 2014 - Feb 2015

      Rendered expertise in bid management, land acquisition & conversion, project development & execution, EPC coordination and commissioning. Employed scorecard method to facilitate vendor selection process, procured materials through imports as well as local sourcing, and provided documentation support to clearing agents. Expertly created and vigilantly monitored L1, L2 and L3 project schedules for multiple packages in solar projects, and coordinated with EPC and sub-contractors to timely complete project activities. Completed environmental impact assessment report through using equator principles and IFC standards for US Exim Loan requirement. Consulted with internal, technical, legal and tax departments to draft turnkey EPC project contract for design, scheduling, procurement, installation, testing, commissioning, maintenance, purchase orders & work orders. Assured consistent performance & quality levels through periodic performance guarantee tests. Employed String Outputs, Inverters Efficiency, and Module cleaning analysis to gauge equipment performance for solar plants. Timely completed CDM Registration for 10MW Solar PV Project. Managed CDM registration, coordinated with CDM consultants and validators for timely completion of activities and compilation of support documentation. Show less

    • Senior SCM Engineer
      • Feb 2010 - Apr 2014

      Devised national & state policy bid documentation for RFS/RFP/PPA and oversaw financial closure. Skillfully crafted RFP (Technical & Commercial) for EPC contractors. Leveraged scorecard mechanism to thoroughly conduct technical & commercial evaluation of bids. Acquired land for the project in Tamil Nadu, selected best suited vendors, and vendor selection. Implemented mechanical support structures for PV modules design review & evaluation, issued work orders for design validations by third party, assured compliance with technical, requirements. Actively monitored and evaluated plant performance activities for 10MW solar PV plant. Ensured editorial expertise for an internal KSK Solar News Magazine. Ardently installed RFID system works for solar plant. Show less

Education

  • Brunel Business School
    Master of Business Administration - MBA
  • University of Greenwich
    Post Graduate Diploma, Manufacturing Systems
  • University of Madras
    Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Mechanical Engineering

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