Ashokkumar

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OBJECTIVE

A hardworking, pro-active procurement manager with an upbeat and positive attitude who is looking for an opportunity to make a big difference in a business that is moving forward. Possessing a track record of achievements and a proven ability to manage the vendor/supplier base to reduce lead time and cost wherever possible. Results driven and able to use initiative to develop effective solutions to supply chain problems, whilst having an active and dynamic approach to work and getting things done effectively. EXPERIENCE BRIEFING

7+ years of experience with Forma Trading and Contracting & Blue Steel Gulf Interiors as Procurement Manager/Officer.

6 years of experience with Murray & Roberts Contractors LLC and Blue Steel Industry LLC as IT Engineer.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Procurement and warehouse functions performed in Oracle Database ERP system.

Prepare Purchase Requisition (PR) and consolidation.

Value Analysis(VA)/Value Engineering(VE) of requirements vide market survey, standardization, recommendations for alternative technology, elimination of redundant functions etc., for quality enhancements and cost reductions.

Source and develop vendors including their prequalification (PQ) and registration.

Prepare invitation to Expression of Interest(EOI), ITB, Request for Proposal(RFP), Request for Quotation(RFQ), Request for Budgetary Offer, Non Disclosure Agreement(NDA), Advance Bank Guarantee(ABG), Performance Bank Guarantee(PBG).

Communicate and integrate activities with Technical, Finance, Production, Legal, Health and Safety (HSE) and Administration functions to satisfy objectives of Project, internal customer and ensure good reputation of company among vendors and related external entities.

Prepare Quotation/ Price comparison Statements (QCS) of competitive bidding, Notes for approval, Purchase orders(PO), Service Agreements, Contract Agreements including Term, Unit Price, Fixed Price/Lump sum, Fixed Price plus Incentive, Cost Plus/Cost Reimbursable, Price Redetermination Agreements, Payment Advices, PO status reports, Outstanding Payment reports(aging analysis and Provision of Payments), Letter of Credits(LC) requests, Quarterly budgets, Procurement performance report.

Prepare Goods Receipt(GR), Goods Issue(GI) notes and reports, stock transfer to Site contractors, stock in transfer, stock blocked for quality inspection

Participate in audits of purchase and warehouse while being responsible for availability of statutory documents, inventory inspection by lenders, financial auditors, custom officials and internal auditors.

Single point of contact (SPOC) for developing and implementation of Oracle ERP system for Purchase and Stores.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Engineering

In Electronics and Communication from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli in 2002 with First Division marks.

CERTIFICATION

Cisco Certified Network Associates (CCNA) 640-802

Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE) 070-215, 070-218, 070-270.

ITIL Foundation V3

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Forma Group

Doha – Qatar

PROCUREMENT OFFICER (Since Sep 2019)

Responsibilities :

Plan, Manage and organize the overall operations and activities related to Procurement department in a proper and professional manner.

Responsible for entire sourcing of Fit-Out & Joinery works raw materials including all types of Woods, MDF, Fire rated Door Cores, Plywood’s, Particle Board, Laminates, Melamine’s, Veneers, Ironmongeries and Polyurethane Paints locally and Internationally.

Responsible for Sourcing of Machinery for Joinery Works - Hot Press, Sanding Machine, Band Saw, Combination Machine, Wood Lathe, Panel Saw, Surface Planer, Mortiser, Spindle Moudler, Hand Power Tools and Consumables.

Responsible for entire sourcing of Fiberglass raw materials including ISO Resin, Bisphenol Epoxy Vinyl Ester Resin, Acetone, Gelcoats, Butanox M-50, Talcum Powder, Silica Sand, Silicon Rubber, Pigments, Hand Power Tools and Consumables.

Prepare Procurement Plan & Procedures in accordance with the International standard procedures and the company policy.

Receive BOM from Estimation Department, Prepare Comparative table of prices available with vendors locally & Internationally, Finalize and Reserve the quantity required.

Review the Project schedule and milestones date in order to ensure the procurement schedule and material delivery schedule within in the Project schedule.

Establish & Maintain a Database for the main suppliers list for local and international suppliers to cover all the project materials and requirements.

Selecting the local & international vendors/ suppliers as per the client approved vendor list or per the company recommended vendor list based on their previous performance.

Arrange and review the technical & commercial evaluation and comparison reports for the suppliers/ bidders quotations & Proposals and the ensure within the budget.

Negotiate prices, delivery dates, terms of payment & delivery points with the Vendors/ Suppliers in a proper and professional manner.

Placing Purchase orders and prepares subcontract packages and Contracts as per the latest project specification and requirements.

Establish & Maintain Purchase orders Tracking system and Purchase orders log.

Monitoring & Controlling of receiving the materials in the company stores & ensure the received materials are as per purchase order.

Establish & Monitor the Min. & Max. stock level in the company store to ensure availability of these items all time.

Establish & Maintain suppliers Invoice Tracking system by register all suppliers Invoices in Suppliers Invoice Log.

Assist in maintaining procurement documents in a systematic and auditable fashion.

Monitoring returns, damage replacements, and warranty claims. Blue Steel Gulf & Interiors WLL

Doha – Qatar

PROCUREMENT MANAGER (Sep 2013 – Jun 2019)

Responsibilities :

Managing procurement activities starting from the proposal stage through to post contract award.

Responsible for entire sourcing of Industrial raw materials, Industrial Hardware, Welding Consumables, Tools, Mobile and Earthmoving equipments.

Material planning as per Project requirement; from concept to final implementation; includes planning for bill of material, stock quantity and preparation of purchase orders, follow up for delivery.

Responsible for Purchase Procedure and Stores Handling procedure implementation under the umbrella of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001.

Co-ordinating with Contracts and Quality department to ensure the procurement of materials as per required ASTM specifications/Standards by Client.

Preparing recommendations to project review committee, monitoring EPC schedules, procurement status reporting, supervising and administrating complete procurement cycle.

Prepared/Compiled Vendors Lists for EPC contracts and arranged for their approval by PM and client as per contract conditions and level of authority.

Identifying long lead items and developing strategy for mitigation of procurement lead times.

Utilizing RFI(Request for Information), RFP(Request for Proposal) and RFQ (Request for Quote) techniques to identify, select and engage with suppliers to ensure competitive market advantage.

Monitoring and expediting the timely issuance of all procurement documents (i.e. RFI, RFQ, etc.), as well as receipt and return of vendor documents.

Reviewing and initialing all Purchase Orders, Contract documents, Letter of Credit applications, Bank Guarantees and its Amendments.

Ensuring availability of cost-effective material on time, taking obsolescence and cost into consideration.

Coordinating with QA/QC for Planning, organizing, controlling test and inspection activities as per project objectives.

Controlling shipping / forwarding agent, Planning and staffing procurement team.

The competence and performance of all assigned procurement department personnel, within man-hour and cost budgets.

Developing and managing vendor relationships.

Managing the closeout phase of each purchase order and contract. Projects Involved :

Construction of Plant & Non Plant Buildings for KLJ Project at Mesaieed.

QIRP, Doha Metro Goldline Underground Stations

QIRP, Doha Metro Major Stations

QIRP, Doha Metro Redline (North & South)

Blue Steel Industry LLC

Dubai – UAE

IT ENGINEER (Aug 2009 – July 2013)

Responsibilities :

IT in-charge, responsible for level 2 support and escalation of support call to level 3 support team as and when required ;

Involved in implementation projects like upgrading of operating system from Windows XP to Windows Vista to Windows7 (200 Users) in Dubai office and in Project site offices.

Administered Windows 2008 Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP and built new windows physical/virtual server as per the requirement.

Install, configure, test, maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot network infrastructure

(LAN/WLAN/WAN hardware and & routing/switching, office/data center cabling).

Installed & troubleshoot of Cisco VPN.

Configuring Local and Network printers, Troubleshooting Printers, Scanners and Hardware support.

Manage servers, including e-mail, print, file, and backup servers and their associated operating Systems and software.

Perform system backups and recovery.

Assist in designing and implementing data center / server room security features, including HVAC control, environmental alarms, access restrictions, and UPS systems.

Maintain all network hardware including routers, switches, and UPS. PROCUREMENT ENGINEER (Feb2012 – July 2013)

Responsibilities :

Responsible for place orders for domestic raw materials and import raw materials.

Responsible for planning, developing and buying materials and equipments in a timely and cost effective way.

Follow-up/receiving quotations and making price comparisons.

Follow-up and expedite the delivery.

Send out RFQ as per procurement schedule.

Generate purchase orders as per requirement, place and confirm order with supplier, monitoring untill delivery completion.

Co-ordination with Quality/ Production departments with respect to quality of incoming material along with MTC certificates.

Conduct vendor evaluation and vendor ratings.

Price evaluation, Cost development, value analysis & negotiations for new suppliers.

Producing reports and statistics using ERP Oracale database.

Maintain and control the integration of the processes with other sections/ departments especially operations, finance, technical, warehousing, administrations and outside suppliers to execute the replenishment process along with establishing new channels of raw materials. Projects Involved :

Dubai Metro Project – Redline Stations

Dubai International Airport Concourse 3 – AX124

Asian Beach Games 2010 – Muscat, Oman.

Jebel Ali Airport DLC Headquarters and Office Park.

Dubai Festival City, Gold Souk.

Murray and Roberts Contractors LLC(ME)

(Dubai International Airport Expansion Phase – II, Terminal-3 & Concourse -2) IT ENGINEER (May 2007 – Jul 2009)

Responsibilities :

Install, administer and support Windows 2003 Network Infrastructure that is based on Dell Servers.

Managed and troubleshooting Network connectivity, Network printing and user access issues for 300 end users.

Administer LAN activities such as creating end-user accounts, groups, security, policies, server performance monitoring, software/hardware upgrades.

Maintaining the critical backup records, system patches, print queues, providing support for applications and printers.

Creating and Maintaining the mail server and Users Mail database.

Coordinate and monitor troubleshooting to isolate and diagnose common system problems, document system (Laserfiche) events to ensure continous functioning.

Deploying and Maintaining Windows Vista client and 2007 Microsoft Office system Desktops.

Provide overall technical support assistance to the entire LAN Network.

Configure network services and maintain software packages.

Configure and Troubleshooting VPN Environment Remote Access Server and Client systems. SJM International Ltd., Dubai.

Systems Administrator (Feb 2003 – Apr 2007)

Responsibilities :

Installing, configuring, patching, upgrading and troubleshooting of windows servers and new desktop PC’s.

Performed administration activities like user account creation, deletion, access, privileges.

Performed daily audit on all systems, frameworks, hardware, servers, network printers, troubleshooting workstations and managing LAN security.

Taking care of backup, off-site tape storage, inventory-asset management.

Maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot network infrastructure (LAN/WLAN/WAN hardware)

Configure and Troubleshooting VPN Environment Remote Access Server

Monitor server event logs, performance logs and checking the status of server backups.

Manage budgetary planning, preparation, analysis, and reporting. PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth : 29

th

October 1980

Nationality : Indian

Passport No. : Z 2749066.

Language Known : English, Tamil & Hindi.

Marital Status : Married

Driving License : Qatar Driving License

Visa Status : Transferable

I hereby assure that the above furnished details are true to the best of knowledge. Ashokkumar

Place: Doha, Qatar.

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