RAJESH BHATIA

•Driving procurement operations for KSA Ports and KSA Offshore Business Units, supporting critical port and offshore projects through efficient sourcing and cost-effective procurement strategies. •Responsible for OPEX, CAPEX, Dry docking activities (including shipyard selection), and project-specific requirements for the assigned region •Overseeing and coordinating all procurement activities within the assigned area, ensuring alignment with business priorities and timelines . •Providing procurement leadership and support across other Business Units, in coordination with the line manager, to ensure consistency and best practices. •Ensuring compliance with company purchasing strategies, policies, and procedures to meet vessel, shore facility, and office goods and services requirements. •Governing the requisition-to-purchase order process, ensuring timely processing, accuracy of data entry, and effective control of purchasing records. •Leading commercial negotiations, securing competitive pricing, discounts, and establishing framework agreements and contracts with key suppliers. •Supporting ERP implementation, user training, and data analysis, contributing to process standardization and continuous improvement initiatives. •Monitoring delivery and receipt of goods and services, proactively following up with suppliers and internal stakeholders to mitigate delays. •Providing regular procurement status updates to managers and project teams, with clear visibility on critical and high-value orders. •Coordinating with key stakeholders to ensure accurate cost allocation and invoice alignment with approved purchase orders and budgets. •Maintaining management-level visibility on requisition, PO, and invoice status, enabling informed decision-making and issue resolution. •Acting as a procurement advisor, providing diagnostic and advisory support across procurement functions to improve efficiency and compliance.

Receiving the material & service requisition & floating RFQs and tenders .  Techno-Commercial evaluation of the offers by following proper company procedure as mentioned in the procurement manual.  Negotiating with L1 in terms of price, delivery and payment conditions and get the best possible revised offer  Exploring potential business avenues to bring in new profitable relationship to the organization.  Working on long term contracts,frame contracts & BPO purchase for the highly consumable items and essential services  Make sure that there is minimum wastage and production cost targets are achieved.  Using ERP system (ORION) for creating PO’s using procurement module.  Helping to cut down the surplus cost throughout the supply chain.  Work under pressure and quick actions to be taken on urgent request  Submission of progress reports & schedule to the department head on a weekly basis  Dealing and resolving issues of billing, invoices with the supplier in coordination Withthe finance Dept.

• Receiving the POR through DIS (ERP System) & Floating RFQs and Tenders through E-Bid System • Dealing With CAPEX & OPEX related Material for the Yard Operations. • Techno-Commercial Evaluation of the bids by following Proper company Procedure as mentioned in the C&P manual • Negotiating with L1 in Terms of Price, Delivery and Payment Conditions and get the Best possible Revised offer • Making Approval Reports After Proper Analysis of the bids and give Appropriate recommendation • Issuing purchase orders for local & international suppliers using DIS (ERP system) • Proper Expediting locally and globally in coordination with Logistics Dept. which resulted in timely delivery of materials in the warehouse • Preparing Frame Contracts for the Highly Consumable Materials and the material with Single Source • Giving Regular Inputs and Suggestions to the Managers in the monthly Meeting in order to enhance the department’s performance • Managed to build up Good relationship with other Departments in order to Accomplish daily roles and Responsibility • Helping to cut down the surplus cost throughout the supply chain

• Building and maintaining healthy business relations with suppliers, ensuring end user satisfaction by achieving delivery & product quality norms. • Mapping End user requirements and providing them the best options pertaining to selection of the right product. • Issue of Purchase Orders for Local & International suppliers. • Chasing up the deliveries locally and globally so that Material can reach to our warehouse on time. • Dealing and resolving issues of billing, invoices with the supplier. • To get the material with the combination Price as well as quality best Possible by doing proper Negotiation with supplier so that there is no cost and quality issues. • Helping to cut down the surplus cost throughout supply chain. • Updating and maintaining the supplier’s database. • Submission of reports and schedule to the department head on weekly basis. • Using ERP system (visual dolphin) for creating PO’s using inventory and job costing module. • Make sure that there is minimum wastage and Production cost targets are achieved. • Exploring potential business avenues to bring in new profitable relationship to the organization.