Vizul Ramani

Handling spot buying of goods and services in between AUD 20,000 to AUD 1,000,000 Tender document preparation to tender Management Selection of suppliers from panel and outside to get the maximun advantage Endorsing Waiver of Competition to Procurement Head For tenders above a million, liasing with Category Managers for strategy building and implementation Pro-actively suggesting timelines for tenders and adhering to the same

Define, develop and implement strategy for the assigned commodity. Lead negotiations including timeline and facilitate decision making process. Perform market analysis and evaluate potential impact on sourcing strategy Identifies and develops total cost of reduction opportunities

• Procurement of categories like Electrical, Automation, IT and Mechanical spares for 10 million tons per annum Integrated Steel Plant. • Managing Inventory levels by actively acting upon the requisitions assigned. • From sending Enquiry through tender, e-mails, use of e-procurement tools, etc. of assigned purchase requisitions to punching purchase orders in SAP; end-to-end (sourcing to payment) procurement. • Continuously strong verbal and written communication with the internal and external customers. • Negotiating with suppliers to ensure best price and timely delivery of materials. Experience in purchasing from low cost countries and associated import procedures. • Implementing clean documentation in practice. • Comparison between national and international rates to procure material at best prices. • Conducting reverse auctioning with bid transformation using ARIBA as one of the cost saving techniques. • Arranging cost effective freight forwarders for national and international consignments, ensuring the availability of correct set of documents before / along with arrival of material. • Tracking the shipping and arranging for customs clearance in alliance with internal Tax department. • Dealing with banks/accounts department for arranging the correct invoice booking and payment of suppliers. • Handling ISO & API audit related activities for Procurement department. • Conducting internal audits successfully. Maintaining the documents related to it and implementing the observations by external auditors. • Supplier management by maintaining accurate supplier details in MOSDMS, identify new suppliers, negotiate on basis of supply terms, payment terms, MODVAT availed, discount structure & volume. • Have helped in spend analysis and strategic development and management of few procurement spend categories. • Driven and implemented identified initiatives for category items. • Developed procurement selection tools to aid in selecting the right supplier.

Procurement of Electrical, IT & Automation requirements for 10 MTPA Steel Plant.

Responsibilities • Worked closely with the Chief Operating Officer as a Project Coordinator for the new integrated steel plant with latest iron – making facility. • Work involved a Greenfield expansion project (located in a SEZ) of 5 Million Tons Per Annum (MTPA) and a Brownfield project of improving capacity from 3.9 MTPA to 5.0 MTPA. • Co – coordination in the updating revised budget for 5 MTPA, enabling measurement & control over departmental expenditures. • Quarterly Cash Flow for Balance procurement till project completion. • Formation and development of the System to control and review the use of material, used in construction work i.e., Cement, Plates, Structures, Paint. • Weekly report on Procurement and Receipt of Construction Materials and Stock overview on regular basis. • Creation of service entries, service PRs etc. SAP related jobs. • Formation of monthly project key tasks to be forwarded to corporate office.

Responsibilities: • Independently handled procurement of categories like Electrical, Automation and Mechanical spares (MRO) for 10 million tons per annum Integrated Steel Plant, CAPEX & OPEX. • Managing Inventory levels by actively acting upon the requisitions assigned and follow up with suppliers for pending orders. • Conducted end-to-end (sourcing to payment) procurement and a few post procurement activities. • Excellent verbal and written communication with the internal and external customers. • Negotiating with suppliers to ensure best price and timely delivery of materials. Experience in purchasing from low cost countries and associated import procedures. • Implementing clean documentation in practice. • Comparison between domestic and international rates to procure material at best rates, considering total cost of ownership. • Developed a vast supplier base mainly in Indian and European market. • Conducting reverse auctioning with bid transformation using ARIBA as one of the cost saving techniques. • Arranging cost effective freight forwarders for national and international consignments, ensuring the availability of correct set of documents before / along with arrival of material. • Tracking the shipping and arranging for customs clearance in alliance with internal Tax department. • Dealing with banks/accounts department for arranging the correct invoice booking and payment of suppliers. • Handling ISO & API audit related activities for Procurement department. Certified ISO Auditor. • Conducting internal audits successfully. Maintaining the documents related to it and implementing the observations by external auditors. • Conducted supplier audits for quality and HSE purpose. • Have helped in spend analysis and strategic development and management of a set of procurement spend categories to minimize funds employed. • Driven and implemented identified initiatives for category items.

Project Co-Ordination team