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Ramesh S

Senior Leader For Proposals & Order Handling FLSmidth, Chennai, India
Chennai

Summary

Experienced Purchase & Proposal Manager with a demonstrated history of 25+ years in global Operations in Cement & Mining industry. Expertise in Proposal Management, Order Handling, Procurement, Lean Management, Market Research, and Engineering.

Overview

31
31
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Senior Leader for Proposals & Order Handling

FLSmidth
Chennai
11.2005 - Current

. Senior Leader for APAC & AMER region Aftermarket Proposals & Order Handling team for a group of 28 people with a business volume of 13300+ Proposals & orders with an order intake of 700+ million Denmark Kroner.

· Exceeded goals through effective task prioritization and great work ethic.

. Driving cross functional team (Engineering, Procurement and Logistics) and improved the Proposal response time with Process quality of 95%.

· Efficiently worked with challenging deadlines and quick solution provider capabilities.

· Developed and implemented performance improvement strategies and plans to promote continuous improvement.

· Managed team of employees, overseeing hiring, training, and professional growth of employees.

· First time in FLS, Robotic Automatic Process (BOT) has been implemented for creation of Proposals for PT & Pfister in Q4, 2022 based on Catalogue Price, it improved the team process efficiency by 55%.

· BOT (RPA) process for supplier PO execution has been initiated for KREBS business.

· First time 3D catalogue has been developed for OK 39.4 Mill for customer NORTHERN CEMENT, Philippines as part of retrofit Project.

· CS Mining support team in Chennai established for FLS Australia for Purchase & Expediting tasks in the year 2017, with 3 employees.

· TSS team process improvement program has been initiated which helped to reduce the resources from 5 employees to zero from Q4 2017 to Q1 2022.

· Established Purchase team for Retrofit projects as part of Denmark Aftermarket in 2009.

· Lean program introduced to improve the effectiveness of Purchase process.

· Process alignment has been established to define DOR between DK & IN purchase teams for better collaboration.

· Expediting team formed in 2008 to support Denmark

· First and founding member of the Outsourcing of Purchase & Expediting process from FLS DK Aftermarket business to FLS India.

· Deputed in DK for 3 months to understand the process and system training and established the team in Chennai with two employees.

Abroad Experience

· As a beginner with FLSmidth, IN 2006 -Deputed in DK to understand the process; procedure and system training and established the team in Chennai.

· Subsequently there were two more long visits to Denmark during the year in 2008 & 2010 for department development activities & to improve the productivity.

Traveled to Dubai in the year 2016 to participate a seminar organized by FLSmidth Customer service department.

Assistant Manager-Operations

Enmas Andritz Pvt. Ltd.
Chennai
06.1996 - 11.2005


About M/s Enmas Andritz Pvt Ltd.

· A Market Leader in the business of Chemical Recovery Boilers, Evaporators feeding various Pulp & Paper Mills in India & Abroad under joint venture with ANDRITZ OY of FINLAND.

Job Profile

· Preparation of procurement schedule and periodic evaluation

· Procurement of Raw materials & bought out components as per the TDC

· Cost effective & Speedy Sourcing of materials from local & overseas markets

· Inspection & Expediting of Raw Materials & Bought out components

· Preparation of Monthly Dispatch Plan

· Catch Up Plan Preparation through Drawings, Material Match, Production Facilities/status and Erection sequence Review to meet Milestones.

· Familiar with various standards & codes like ANSI, ASME, IS

· Material Planning & Production follow-up at Various sub-contractor place

· Co-ordination between Vendors & Engineering Department on Technical Clarifications, Engg. Documents, Material cutting plan and approval, Design Changes, etc.

· Coordination with third party inspection like IBR, Lloyds, BVQI, etc.

· Assessing the performance of the vendors based on various criterions such as quality improvement rate, timely delivery, credit terms etc.

Projects Handled

· TAMIL NADU NEWSPRINT AND PAPERS LTD, KARUR-Tamilnadu

· ANDHRA PRADESH PAPER MILLS LTD, RAJAMUNDHRY- Andhra Pradesh

· ITC BHADRACHALAM PAPER BOARDS LTD, SARAPAKA-Andhra Pradesh

· HINDUSTAN PAPER CORPORATION LTD, CACHAR-Assam

· J.K PAPERS LTD, CPM, SONGADH - Gujarat

· SESHASAYEE PAPER & BOARDS LTD, ERODE-Tamilnadu

· YASLIK PULP & PAPER, YASLIK- Turkmenistan

Project Engineer

PSI Engineering
Chennai
12.1997 - 06.1999

About M/s PSI Engineering

· Chemical feeding system; Fuel oil system; Spout cooling system & Sampling station Manufacturer for Various Boilers and Chemical.

Job Profile

· Material Planning & Production follow-up at Various sub-contractor place

· Complete project coordination

· Basic Engineering & Detailed Engineering

Site Engineer

Enviro Services Pvt.Ltd.
Chennai
03.1992 - 01.1994

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

Madurai Kamaraj University
Sriviliputhur, Tamil Nadu
08.1988 - 07.1991

MBA - International Business Management

Annamalai University - Tamil Nadu, India
Tamil Nadu, India
06.2011 - 06.2013

Certificate On Applied Leadership

LIBA
Chennai, India
06.2012 - 09.2012

Skills

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Timeline

Certificate On Applied Leadership

LIBA
06.2012 - 09.2012

MBA - International Business Management

Annamalai University - Tamil Nadu, India
06.2011 - 06.2013

Senior Leader for Proposals & Order Handling

FLSmidth
11.2005 - Current

Project Engineer

PSI Engineering
12.1997 - 06.1999

Assistant Manager-Operations

Enmas Andritz Pvt. Ltd.
06.1996 - 11.2005

Site Engineer

Enviro Services Pvt.Ltd.
03.1992 - 01.1994

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

Madurai Kamaraj University
08.1988 - 07.1991
Ramesh S Senior Leader For Proposals & Order Handling FLSmidth, Chennai, India