USHAN MUNTHREE

Procurement Specialist

Mail: ad24tz@r.postjobfree.com

Mobile: +1-404-***-****

Nationality: South African

Location: Alpharetta, Georgia, GA, 30005

Visa: Authorised to work in USA

A highly driven Procurement Professional with 8 years of global experience in procurement in leading multinationals. Team player portraying long-term strategic thinking and particularly agile to rapidly changing competitive landscapes. WORK EXPERIENCE

ILLOVO SUGAR PTY LTD (An Associated British Sugar Company) Africa’s largest sugar producer with extensive argicultural and 12 manufacturing operations in Africa. GROUP CAPITAL PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST MARCH 2020 - CURRENT Commodities – Capital Projects, Capital Equipment (Electrical, Mechanical & Instrumentation) & Services

• Lead procurement activities on major capital projects exceeding $ 250,000.

• Support the capital project and finance team with the preparation of project budgets ensuring a 90% accuracy.

• Cross-functional calibration with various departments and stakeholders to develop procurement synergies/strategy within the group to achieve greater buying power and savings.

• Manage EPC & EPCM contractors ensuring the procurement governance process is being followed and the project roadblocks are resolved.

• Managing the contracting process from drafting, negotiation, and legal engagement until the contract has been executed.

• Tracking and managing supplier performance ensuring procurement deliverables are achieved and poor performance highlighted.

• Conduct vendor and ESG audits with key suppliers ensuring compliance to the company's policies.

• Source local and international suppliers, carry out supplier conditioning, and manage supplier onboarding process.

• Saving achieved in the last financial year $ 1m. MECHANICAL COMMODITY SUPPORT AUGUST 2017 – JULY 2019 Commodities – MRO, Mechanical Consumables & Services

• Lead procurement activities for all mechanical commodities ensuring that all company requirements were fulfilled while delivering to the end-user a high-quality and cost-effective product and achieving commodity savings of $1.5m.

• Implementation of strategy to reduce off-contract purchases and eliminate time wastage by increasing supplier contract coverage for all mechanical commodities. Achieved contract coverage increase by 76%.

• Analysis spend report to support procurement strategy and report to stakeholder insights discovered.

• Support the inventory management team ensuring stock levels are well managed for peak periods.

• Set up tenders using E-Tender systems, analyze offers, compile adjudications, conduct negotiations, and present adjudication reports to management for review and sign-off. (RFQ’s, RFP’s & RFI).

• Uploading and management of supplier rates on ERP systems.

• Perform benchmarking exercise and market research to confirm supplier rate increases.

• Monitoring of monthly actuals vs expected contract savings to ensure alignment, identify and rectify unsatisfactory performance areas promptly, and capitalize upon potential performance improvement opportunities.

• Regular interactions with mechanical departments to ensure end-users are satisfied with the contracted suppliers and product quality.

• Create and track POs, ensuring POs are accurate and within the agreed specifications and terms.

• Savings achieved in the FY 2018 equated to $ 800,000. System Experience – ScanMarket, Tranquility, COSTRAC, Microsoft Office Suite, AutoCAD & and SAP. Power Point Electrical & Mechanical Works LLC

A UAE company specializing in turnkey industrial projects, defense projects and high rise commercial and residendital complexes. (6 months – Contract)

PROCUREMENT ENGINEER SEPTEMBER 2019 – FEBRUARY 2020

• Procurement of mechanical, electrical, and piping (MEP) materials for construction projects with project valves of $ 600m.

• Sourcing of new suppliers (local and international), prequalification of suppliers, and ensuring new vendors meet business requirements.

• Estimate and establish cost parameters and budget for purchases.

• Compiling of bill of quantities and tender documents to go out to the market for pricing.

• Perform price comparison sheets, technical and commercial evaluations.

• Compile and present tender results using various scenarios for management approval.

• Expediting of orders placed and ensuring suppliers adhere to contract/purchase order terms and conditions.

• Provide field and engineering expertise to procurement officers.

• Saving achieved during the 6 months was $100,000. System Experience – Keelvar and QuickBooks.

BNC PROJECT PTY LTD

An Engineering shop which provides high quality engineering services with focus on manufacturing of Machine Components (conventional, CNC turning, milling and drilling) and Mechanical Contracting (Fabrication and site installation of structural steelwork, pipelines and tanks). MECHANICAL PROJECT ENGINEER September 2011 – JULY 2017

• Management of a fabrication and machining workshop. (Monthly steel production of 80 tons)

• Implement and control the production schedule on a daily basis. Review and adjust the schedule where needed.

• Ensure efficient collaboration and co-ordination between relevant departments. Including - procurement, drawing office, onsite teams, quality department, QS and finance.

• Maintain and control material stock level and ensuring production flow in maintained on the workshop floor.

• Determine and implement improvements to the production process.

• Manage human and material resources to meet production and forecast targets. (35-55 Employees)

• Monitor and review the performance of staff and organize necessary interventions for improvement.

• Ensure that standard operating procedures are adhered to, and staff is adequately trained.

• Monitor quality standards of products in conjunction with the QC department.

• Implement and enforce quality control and tracking programmes to meet quality objectives.

• Advise QS & Finance teams on variation orders to be raised with the client.

• Update clients regarding work progress and communicate any technical issues/queries.

• Ensure implementation and adherence to health and safety procedures.

• Creating project plans on MS to track project activities and resource utilization. EDUCATION/TRAINING

• 2021 - (In progress) Diploma in Procurement and Supply - CIPS Level 4.

• 2020 - Negotiator Program - Gap Partnership.

• 2016 - 2018 Bachelor of Technology – Mechanical Engineering, Durban University of Technology.

• 2010 - 2012 National Diploma – Mechanical Engineering, Durban University of Technology. General

• Languages: English (Proficient), Afrikaans (Medium)

• Skills: Procurement strategy and planning, Negotiations, Contracting, Supplier Audits, People Management, Effective Communication and presentation, SRM Management, Tender Management, Organizational, Leadership and Multitasking.

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