Karthik Ravichandran

I am a results-driven and well-educated professional in Supply Chain Management, with extensive 13 years’ experience in Upstream, Downstream, and Integrated gas sectors. My expertise includes demand and supply analysis, change and materials management, bill of materials (BoM), and data lifecycle management. I excel in procurement, inventory optimization, and comprehensive material planning (MRP), making strategic stocking decisions (ROP/MAX), and monitoring material availability and inventory management.

As a highly seasoned and reliable Improvement Specialist, I possess exceptional analytical, team-oriented, and project management skills. I am adept at integrating supply chain processes with continuous improvement opportunities and digital automation. An agile and strategic thinker, I can map strategic opportunities to specific plans, ensuring alignment with organizational goals. I have demonstrated leadership abilities. I possess excellent business partnering and influencing abilities, with a problem-solving attitude to support optimal business solutions.

• Highly skilled in Material master data management, Procurement, Inventory management, Demand supply analysis and End-to-End material planning. Have proven track record of delivering creative and sustainable solutions to stakeholders. Successfully achieved set goals and targets throughout career with persistence in a dynamic and challenging environment.
  
• Material Planner/Co-Ordinator – End to end material tracking from work order to material delivery. Chasing vendors as per delivery date and resolving technical queries, technical bid evaluation with the help of Technical authority to reduce PR to PO cycle time. Facilitated material kitting process to arrange material in one place for easy maintenance.
  
  • Inventory- Validated SEC/PCE items and recommended Min/ROP/Max in line with shell DEP standards for Brunei LNG, this in turn benefits the stock availability from 40% to 95% for maintenance.
  
  • Procurement- Collaborated with CP and maintenance team in assets (BLNG,NCOC) for PR approvals , RFQ validations with Technical Authority and PO issuance which in turns material availability for maintenance.
  
  • Demand supply Analysis- Provided demand management report to ensure materials availability on time for maintenance and Turn around activities. Co-ordinate with various teams (Maintenance ,CP, Vendor, Warehouse ) in BLNG and supported to execute corrective and preventive maintenance work orders which are overdue.
  
  • Material support for PM task list – Approached vendors and collected documents from repository to get maintainable spare parts to link PM task list , this helps to generate work order with materials and assist in hassle free job execution.

• Awarded for supported successful for old SAP legacy Materials migrated to new S/4 system for Canada Shales.
• Approx. >5mln contribution in Prelude local MESC (Dot 9) projects.

• Passport Number: W4778568
• Passport Date Of Issue: 05/09/22
• Passport Expiry Date: 04/09/32
• Father's Name: G. Ravichandran
• Date of Birth: 06/06/90
• Gender: Male
• Nationality: Indian
• Marital Status: Married