Greater Toronto Area, Canada
Performance-focused and profit driven professional with 19+ years of diversified experience in Global Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain, Supplier Selection and Supplier Management, Strategic Negotiations, Contract Management, Customer Service and Project Management for diverse industries with focus on Bulk Commodities. Expertise in creating processes and initiatives that improve quality and delivery in fast-paced environments where keen business, financial, commercial, and technology acumen are keys to success. Visionary and analytical communicator that drives lean transformations, eliminates waste, controls costs, and ensures long-term growth and revenue objectives. Proactively evaluating corporate needs, establishing guidelines and innovative solutions for improving quality. A highly organized professional with a positive attitude, detail oriented, strong analytical skills, excellent communication skills, problem solving skills and financial acumen who works well in a professional manner with multiple stakeholders/ external vendors.
Led a team of professionals and manage procurement, expediting, inspection/quality, and document control, while representing Procurement at client-sponsored meetings. Developed procurement procedures, processes, workflows, and project schedules defining engineering, procurement and expediting, for timely completion of project.
Led a team of professionals and manage procurement, expediting, inspection/quality, and document control, while representing Procurement at client-sponsored meetings. Developed procurement procedures, processes, workflows, and project schedules defining engineering, procurement and expediting, for timely completion of project. STRENGTHS include strategic sourcing, procurement (Direct and Indirect), estimation, resource planning, standardization of purchasing processes, risk mitigation, claim negotiation, dispute resolution, Supplier performance evaluation, scheduling, budgeting, corporate governance/reporting, control and development of key performance indicators, continuous improvement, and risk management. Experience also includes skills with overseeing fabrication, contract negotiation, vendor relations, construction, operations and maintenance, finance upgrades, and decommissioning of capital projects.
Providing Procurement and Fairness services to customers including: owners, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, consultants, lawyers and other professionals.
• Identifying, evaluating, developing sourcing database. • Managing the procurement team recommending most competitive bid. • Collaborating with stakeholders, exploring the local market capabilities and logistics risks. • Developing, implementing and monitoring procurement strategies execution. • Updating, analyzing and reporting procurement budget vs cost to completion. • Preparing and Issuing purchase orders and service order as per procurement policies and procedures. • Facilitating collaboration with internal stakeholders for MR/Scope, specifications, evaluation, BoQ, PR, critical document approvals, progress reporting, inspection, and logistics. • Performing Commercial negotiations, order finalization and variation settlement. • Monitoring progress and coordinating with stakeholders for on-time project completion.
• Interfacing with cross-functional departments for ascertaining procurement plans for materials and services; ascertaining that the input materials reach the project site at the stipulated time • Developing and implementing key strategies for the purchase of materials from approved local and international sources; achieving cost reduction in procurement; receiving indent, floating inquiry, receiving quotation, controlling negotiation, taking approval and placing order • Benchmarking and negotiating of contract with vendors to achieve competitive pricing • Identifying & developing potential vendors for achieving cost effectiveness assessing performance of the vendors based on their competitiveness, capabilities to manage the document clearance, manufacturing, assembly, testing, inspection and delivery • Studying Technical Bid Evaluation (TBE) for completeness of offers & onward submission and looking for vendor response to technical query to complete TBE • Coordinate supply of material requirements for assigned commodities using IOP (Inventory Operations Planning), MRP (Material Requirement Planning ) and alternative replenishment processes to support Integrated Supply Chain in achieving OTTR (On Time to Requirement) targets, whilst ensuring organizational requirements for Inventory, Cost, Quality and Delivery are met. • Administering follow-up with vendors for delivery milestone, quality compliance and final documentation and payment certifications • Provide information reports to Manager for on-going and awarded Contracts and Purchase orders. • Coordination with Finance Dept. for budget approval, supplier’s payments, advance bank guarantees, Performance securities and retention payments etc. • Complete the order closeout formality such as issuance of Substantial completion Certificate, Take over Certificate, Defects Liability Certificate. Reconcile final invoices, variation orders, assist supplier for payment based on P2P cycle.