Arun Prasad

AGM – TA to Vice President/Project Kalinga Commercial Corporation Ltd (KCCL) | Oct 2022 – Present "Kalinga Commercial Corporation Ltd (KCCL) is a leading Indian mining contractor executing operations across Coal India subsidiaries — MCL, SECL, NCL & OMC — and holds a 25-year Mine Developer & Operator (MDO) mandate from SAIL for Rowghat & Gua iron ore mines." → Supporting VP-level procurement and project operations across India's largest public sector mining mandates — including Coal India subsidiaries (MCL, SECL, NCL & OMC) and a 25-year SAIL MDO contract at Rowghat & Gua — one of the most strategically significant long-tenure mining contracts in Central India → Enabled Board-level capital decisions on multi-crore mining infrastructure by preparing technical & financial reports that eliminated decision lag — directly protecting project timelines across active MDO and coal mining sites → Driving procurement strategy and vendor management across simultaneous multi-site mining operations — ensuring zero critical material failure across long-cycle capital projects and O&M requirements for SAIL & Coal India contracts → Bridging ground-level supply chain execution with C-suite project governance at KCCL — translating field procurement complexity into executive intelligence, resulting in tighter cost controls across ₹100Cr+ project portfolios → Operating as a key procurement leadership resource on India's 25-year Rowghat & Gua MDO mandate — one of the longest-tenure mine development contracts awarded to a private contractor by SAIL

Kirloskar Ferrous Industries | Full-time → Secured uninterrupted supply of Iron Ore, Manganese & critical raw materials across 5+ plants by deploying MST E-Auction strategy — eliminating single-vendor dependency and reducing material cost variance by driving competitive bidding at scale → Built a pan-India vendor ecosystem for critical ferrous raw materials, resulting in supply chain resilience across multiple production facilities and zero plant shutdowns due to material unavailability → Drove cost optimisation on strategic raw material spend by institutionalising E-Auction as the default sourcing mechanism — shifting procurement from reactive buying to proactive supply management

→ Managed ₹1,000Cr+ annual procurement budget for PO Coal, Flux & commissioning materials — delivering zero critical supply disruptions across full project lifecycle from commissioning through steady-state operations → Reduced procurement cycle time on capital materials by streamlining vendor qualification and PO processing, resulting in on-time commissioning of plant infrastructure within budget parameters → Engineered supply continuity protocols for high-criticality materials, resulting in 100% plant uptime protection despite volatile commodity markets and logistics disruptions during the period

→ Reduced purchase requisitions by 40–60% at Tata Steel by redesigning procurement workflows and deploying spend analytics — directly cutting administrative overhead and accelerating material availability for production teams → Managed ₹500Cr annual supply budget by implementing structured spend analysis frameworks, resulting in measurable cost avoidance and elimination of redundant vendor transactions across categories → Built a data-driven procurement culture within the supply team by introducing analytics-led decision-making, resulting in faster vendor negotiations, reduced maverick spending and tighter budget adherence

→ Saved ₹28 Lakh in OEM replacement costs by conceptualising and engineering a custom load cell solution in-house — demonstrating that procurement innovation, not just negotiation, drives bottom-line impact → Eliminated ₹500Cr OEM supply dependency by developing a first-of-its-kind indigenous load cell alternative — setting a cost-innovation benchmark that was adopted as an internal best practice → Delivered procurement value beyond cost savings by identifying engineering-led substitution opportunities, resulting in reduced import dependency and stronger vendor diversification for critical plant components