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HARSH KUMAR PASWAN
Procurement Manager
Panipat, Haryana
Summary
Versatile professional with over 3 years of experience across rural development consulting, livelihood promotion, and business operations, with hands on experience on government projects, CSR, and private sector-led initiatives. Adept at managing multi-stakeholder projects. Brings a practical understanding of rural markets, field operations, and program implementation, with a results-oriented approach to creating sustainable impact and operational efficiency.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
8075
8075
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages
Work History
Procurement Manager
Reliance Bio Energy Limited
08.2024 - Current
- Oversaw end-to-end feedstock procurement for five bioenergy plants, managing a total procurement volume of 150,000 KT of agri-residue annually to meet plant operational requirements.
- Executed a seasonal open purchase strategy after conducting a detailed analysis of prevailing market practices and pricing models adopted by sector competitors, leading to a 17.6% cost reduction—lowering the average procurement for a volume of 25,000 MT by onboarding new vendors and creating healthy market competition.
- Supported the purchase and contracts team in drafting procurement terms and policy frameworks by leveraging on-ground insights and industry practices. Also led pricing negotiations and the finalization of commercial terms with local aggregators and vendors, securing cost-effective deals and favorable payment and delivery conditions aligned with procurement goals.
- Facilitated linkage of vendors with farmers and FPOs through the support of local government bodies, focusing on identified stubble-burning-prone patches; enabled the baling of paddy straw by onboarded vendors, FPOs, and progressive farmers to generate passive income for the farming community while actively mitigating stubble burning.
- Gained hands-on experience collaborating with cross-functional teams across operations, finance, and logistics, ensuring alignment and agility in decision-making — essential for driving execution in a nascent and evolving business setup.
Consultant
Grant Thornton Bharat LLP
05.2022 - 08.2024
- Managed and oversaw the HDFC Parivartan CSR project in four districts of Chhattisgarh, this included strategizing, planning, and execution of project activities to enhance livelihood opportunities for rural women through cluster development model and through inception of women led FPCs. Proactively engaged in innovative ideas to scale up intervention activities.
- Working with the Chhattisgarh State Rural Livelihood Mission (CGSRLM) as a District Coordinator for eight Mahatma Gandhi Rural Industrial Parks (RIPA) of Bilaspur.
- Provided essential technical support to 29 micro-enterprises within the RIPA framework. This encompassed conducting market research, preparing Detailed Project Reports (DPR), managing product branding and packaging, and facilitating resource management and capacity building for SHG’s and individual entrepreneurs. These efforts led to a remarkable turnover of 1.09 Crores in just four months.
- Preparation of comprehensive project documents including MPRs, QPRs, presentations and other tailored reports to provide valuable project insights to the project team and leadership.
- Spearheaded the drafting of a policy document that addressed critical challenges faced by FPCs in marketing agricultural commodities in the State. This document served as a central discussion point during the State's Rural Livelihood Summit.
- Responsible for establishing and nurturing collaborations with local authorities and government departments to ensure seamless project execution and align project goals with regional development objectives.
Consultant
Grant Thornton Bharat LLP
Assam
06.2021 - 08.2021
- Title: Analysing the e-commerce and e-grocery business opportunity in Assam through analysis of consumer behaviour and accessing the marketing strategy of different e-commerce and e-grocery Platforms.
- Designed a survey questionnaire for conducting market research, which consisted of collecting responses from 250+ people to analyse consumer buying behaviour on e-commerce and e-grocery platforms under Assam Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project (APART), Government of Assam.
- Evaluated the marketing strategy of different e-grocery platforms and recommended strategies for implementation based on the analysis of the findings.
Education
PGDM-RM -
Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA)
Anand GujaratBachelor of Business Administration - Marketing
Marwari College Ranchi
Ranchi JharkhandHSC - State Board
St. John’s Inter College Ranchi
Ranchi Jharkhand SSC - State Board
ST. Aloysius High School Ranchi
Ranchi Jharkhand Skills
- Technical: MS-Office, Reports & Contracts Formulation, AI Tools, Liaisoning and Relationship Building
- Personal: Adaptability, Team player, Creative, Problem-solving
Interests
Websites
POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
- IRMA: Reflexion - Core team member at IRMA photography club.
- Successfully planned and organised several photography competitions on D2C and at IRMA. 2020-2022
- Graduation: Coordinated with IIT Kharagpur entrepreneurship cell as a Campus Ambassador and engaged students and startups for the event Global entrepreneurship Summit 2020 at IIT Kharagpur.
- Led a team of 30 students and promoted the Global entrepreneurship summit 2020 at various institutions located in Ranchi. 2019-2020
VILLAGE FIELDWORK SEGMENT (VFS)
- Shikshan Ane Samaj Kalyan Kendra, Gujarat
- Theme Paper: Title: Learning enrichment intervention in Shedubhar & Jasvantgadh: Challenges, Opportunity & Success.
- Impact analysis of all the interventions undertaken by the organization to enrich the learning experience of school going children and analysed different methods of teaching they currently use to improve the learning curve of the students.
- Rural Action Component (RAC): Title: Overview of organisation intervention in the area of education.
- Mapped out the organisational ability to sustain their interventions and motivation of involved stakeholders.
Timeline
Procurement Manager
Reliance Bio Energy Limited
08.2024 - Current
Consultant
Grant Thornton Bharat LLP
05.2022 - 08.2024
Consultant
Grant Thornton Bharat LLP
06.2021 - 08.2021
PGDM-RM -
Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA)
Bachelor of Business Administration - Marketing
Marwari College Ranchi
HSC - State Board
St. John’s Inter College Ranchi
SSC - State Board
ST. Aloysius High School Ranchi
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