SAURABH MATHUR
Jaipur
Summary
With 15+ years of experience in procurement and supply chain management, successfully implemented policies and procedures to ensure consistency, efficiency, fairness, and transparency in both public and private procurement. Expertise in fit-for-purpose and value-for-money procurement, enabling effective acquisition of goods and services for corporate services and smooth operational functioning. As a leader in the Procurement and Contracting Unit, mentor and guide staff to achieve optimal value for money. Inputs and advice on current best practices in procurement, drawing from extensive knowledge sources. Additionally, eager to conduct risk assessments, recommend mitigation measures, and implement capacity building initiatives to enhance operations. Collaborative leader with dedication to partnering with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering work culture. Documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships with diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced settings.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Manager - Contracts and Procurement
GAIL INDIA LIMITED
2024.04 - Current
- Lead public procurement staff to ensure procurement portfolio of goods and services are delivered with high levels of quality, productivity, integrity, efficiency, and transparency. Initiate sharing of knowledge, best practices, and experience using diverse knowledge sources. Lead a team and manage performance by providing clear direction and feedback, mentoring, and ensuring staff’s ongoing learning and development.
- Review the GAIL's procurement policies and procedures when necessary and discuss them with the appropriate departments in the organization as needed.
- Oversee the end-to-end procurement and contracting process for total pipeline length of 1428 km crossing through 5 states, 17 districts & 614 villages with capacity of 3.25 MMT LPG/Year ( 6 lacs LPG cylinders/Day) in compliance with procurement guidelines.
- Digitization and Automation in Procurement
- Review for Governance and compliance of GAIL's policy and procedures.
Manager - Contracts and Procurement
GAIL GAS LIMITED
2018.09 - 2024.03
- Take the lead in all project procurement matters throughout the project lifecycle to implement GAIL's City Gas Distribution projects in 14 Geographical Areas comprising 50 Districts and towns across the nation.
- Lead and execute the economical, efficient, and reliable corporate procurement of goods and services in support of GAIL's City Gas Distribution project activities, including the conduct of intensive market research and analysis involving evaluations of complicated technical specifications, properly assessing price trends, etc.
- Oversee the end-to-end procurement and contracting process for the pre-qualification of bidders, bidding, bid opening, bid evaluation, recommending the awarding of contracts, and for negotiations with suppliers.
- Leads the development and update of GAIL Gas procurement policy, systems, practice and guidance materials, including staff instructions, procedures/ guidelines, project administrative instructions, technical guidance notes, and other ad hoc guidance on procurement/fiduciary matters and strategies. Reviews other relevant GAIL Gas policies to ensure consistency from an operational procurement perspective.
- Mentor junior procurement specialists as needed.
- Provide training on project procurement issues and advice on implementing the Public Procurement Policy.
- Leads digitalization of GAIL Gas internal operational procurement process and its integration with other digital technology portals like GeM, NIC, etc..
- Communicated clearly with employees, suppliers and stakeholders to keep everyone on same page and working toward established business goals.
Senior Officer - Contracts and Procurement
GAIL INDIA LIMITED
2016.11 - 2018.09
- Conduct project procurement risk assessments and recommend risk mitigation measures on both policy and regulatory compliance and the recipient’s proposed Project Delivery Strategy.
- Review complaints from tenderer/consultants arising from the recipient’s procurement process.
- Oversees operational support and/or performs procurement due diligence of projects under public sector projects, during processing across the whole project cycle (project procurement assessment, preparation, risk mitigation, procurement analyses, implementation support and evaluation).
- Oversees procurement activities by the Project Management Consultants during the entire project cycle, and takes part in identification, preparation, appraisal, supervision and completion missions as appropriate.
- Conducts prior-review and post-review of contracts as indicated in the procurement plan.
- Lead in digitization of public procurement through Government e marketplace (GeM) and achieving targets by raising procurement through GeM from Rs. 3 crores to Rs. 500 crores per annum.
Associate Manager - Commercial
Hindustan Zinc Ltd.
2008.09 - 2016.11
- Oversees Procurement for Six Smelters (one of the largest zinc-lead smelting complexes in the world) having capacity of more than 1 Million TPA
- Conducts Supply and Contract Management of Indigenous & Imported spares, services and Equipment including Projects, Contracts, Commodity Chemicals, and Revenue.
- Team Leader and facilitator for system improvement, policy and procedure formulation, Vendor Nurturing and Automation in commercial function.
- Contributed in reduction of cost of production by 25% through various cost saving drives in procurement.
- Completed regular inventory counts to verify stock levels, address discrepancies, and forecast future needs.
Education
Certified Procurement Professional (CPP) - SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
IIPMR
Texas, USA12.2023
Post Graduate Diploma in Management - Operations Management
INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY
Ghaziabad09.2020
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
M.B.M Engineering College
Jodhpur, India07.2008
Skills
- Compliance, harmonization and improvements in Procurement Policies and Procedures.
- MIS-Formulating, reporting and controlling the key performance indicators for procurement function. Reducing material rejection incidence by Supplier Audits and Evaluation.
- Working with consultants to source suppliers and vendors; secured competitive pricing on inventory and raw materials.
- Monitoring Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) of customers including feedback management.
- Project Planning, forecasting of procurement needs and Risk Management.
- Tendering, Annual Rate contracts, Supply/Services/Works Contracts and Project Procurement.
- Annual Procurement Plan through consolidation of similar nature services and items leveraging volume discount.
- Monitoring of inward movement as per dispatch plan in order to maintain the optimum inventory levels, availability of materials as per user requirements and timely receipt of material as per SLAs and contractual terms.
- Digital Procurement by maximizing Public Procurement through Government e-Marketplace (GeM).
Certification
Certified Procurement Professional (CPP)
LANGUAGES
English: Fluency in speaking, reading, and writing
Hindi: Native fluency in speaking, reading, and writing
Timeline
Manager - Contracts and Procurement
GAIL INDIA LIMITED
2024.04 - Current
Manager - Contracts and Procurement
GAIL GAS LIMITED
2018.09 - 2024.03
Senior Officer - Contracts and Procurement
GAIL INDIA LIMITED
2016.11 - 2018.09
Associate Manager - Commercial
Hindustan Zinc Ltd.
2008.09 - 2016.11
Certified Procurement Professional (CPP) - SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
IIPMR
Post Graduate Diploma in Management - Operations Management
INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
M.B.M Engineering College
Certified Procurement Professional (CPP)
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