Shishir Srivastava

- Working in various projects as Sr. Procurement Specialist

- As Lead I am managing & responsible for the performance of my team comprising of 7 individuals.

- Together we are responsible for procurement of various MED (Static Equipment) , Packages (Flare, Cooling Tower, Dosing Units, Water Treatment Units), Machinery (Pumps, Compressors, Motors) items which are required for the on-going projects with.

- Furthermore, I am also contributing as Project Procurement Manager for one of the units (Site Infrastructure Unit) of an on going project related to Blue Hydrogen in US.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Managing major part of procurement for an international project: Blue Energy Project in US for various equipment and other project requirements by devising various sourcing strategies, vendor negotiations, parametric cost analysis, benchmarking etc.

- Evaluation & preparation of commercial bid tabulations, negotiating with vendors and fixing awards, placement of LOI / Purchase Orders using SMAT and SAP.

- Overseeing sourcing through identification of cost-effective vendors / suppliers for procurement with an aim to reduce cost while improving quality & reliability.

- Accountable for the Vendor development and management, scheduling, planning, providing logistics support, coordinating shipping and customs activities for import consignments.

- Extensive Support to project team thru various estimations of several equipment / packages

such as flare packages, pumps, shell and tube type heat exchangers.

On going projects in Airproducts

1. Blue Hydrogen Generation Project-US.

2. Hydrogen-Carbondioxide Plant, Netherlands,

3. Gas Liquefier and Dissociator Projects ,Netherlands, i.e., various international on-going projects.

· Talent for proactively identifying and resolving problems, reversing negative trends, controlling costs and maximizing profits.

· An effective and skilled communicator with presentation skills and abilities in forging business and establishing beneficial relationship with key players in the industry.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Managing the overall procurement of equipment and other project requirements by devising various sourcing strategies, vendor negotiations, parametric cost analysis, benchmarking etc

· Evaluation of tender documents, prepare commercial bid tabulations, negotiating with vendors and fixing awards, placement of LOI / Purchase Orders.

· Post order monitoring and expediting, inter-departmental as well as site coordination for receipt of material. Procurement planning / scheduling, cost control (ordering within the budget), forecasting of funds / cash flows.

· Monitoring the incoming materials supplied by vendors and ensuring that they are as per quality and quantity specifications.

· Preparing and updating Procurement, functional SOPs as and when required. Participating in the evaluation, new product development and creation of knowledge database for future references.

· Overseeing sourcing through identification of cost-effective vendors / suppliers for procurement with an aim to reduce cost while improving quality & reliability.

· Accountable for the Vendor development and management, scheduling, planning, providing logistics support, coordinating shipping and customs activities for import consignments.

· Extensive Support to Proposal team in pre-bid estimations of various packages / items.

· Creation and Management of centralized database for procurement planning, vendor data base and parametric cost comparison / summary sheets etc.

KEY PROJECTS HANDLED:

· Kuwait Oil Company’s New 48” Crude Transit Line Project : (Looked after purchase of Pre-Engineered Building)

· Sonatrach Tinhert Gas field development project, Algeria (Looked after purchase of Pre-Fabricated Building, Electric Heaters, Laboratory PFB building)

· Farabi Yanbu Project-KSA (Looked after purchase of Electric Over-Head Cranes)

· MEG Project (IOCL) – Paradip, Odisha India

(Looked after purchase of Cold box , Electric Over-head Cranes & Electric Heaters)

· HPCL – Residue Upgrade Facility, Vizag, India

(Looked after purchase of Solidification Pitch Handling Package & Electric Heaters)

· Dual Feed Cracker Unit & Petrochemical Fluidized Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Unit and Propylene Recovery Unit, Barmer, India

(Looked after procurement of Cold Boxes, Brazed Aluminum Heat Exchangers & Electric Heaters)

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Overall project material requirement inclusive of planning of procurement and execution.

· Monitoring procurement activities viz., technical data / vendor bid evaluation.

· Procurement of major raw materials like plates / seals / motor and gear has to be undertaken.

· Negotiation, developing rate contracts for the standard raw materials were required to be established.

· Preparing project initiation documentations viz., planning schedule, order acceptance (both technical & commercial), commercial documents & purchase requisition.

· Tracking activities against the detailed project plan.

· Organizing and facilitating project steering / operating committee meetings.

· Responsible for client interaction related to project progress on and off site.

· Invoice Payment resolution and conditions of contract.

· Creating effective, informed and highly motivated teams focused on delivery.

· Responsible for all the incoming & outgoing correspondence with customers w.r.t all the orders on GMM PFAUDLER.

· Knowledge of national & international Import / Export legislation.

· Close liaison with packaging team to ensure the protection of all freight during transportation.

ACHIEVEMENTS:

· Successfully achieved targeted delivery dates for U-Stamp Jobs/ Equipment.

· Handled project equipment involving exotic material like duplex steel, hastelloy, Monel, SS904, Inconel, Alloy 59, Alloy 20, apart from CS (Including LT, NACE, HIC tested), SS (300/400 series).

· Developed complete team of Project procurement in GMM, which was non-existent until September 2012.

· Have been able to save at least 10% on the transportation cost by increasing competition in bidding process.

· Glass Lined Project: Plivia-Croatia / Changchun Petrochemicals, Taiwan / Fine Chemical Corporation, South Africa/ SEP Halobutyl (HB) Project, via Technip, Saudi Arabia

· Non-Glass Lined Equipment:

Linde India Ltd. / Reliance Industries: Supplying Hastelloy Cladded Plates.

Bayer Crop Science – Supplied Carbon Steel Vessels & Heat exchangers.

Perstorpe, Sweden – VALERALDEHYDE REACTOR(MOC: 50mm CS + 3mm SS), 100 TON Equipment / Lubrizol (MOC: Monel).

Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation: Supplying Extraction & Chip Drying Tube (MOC: SS (SA240 GR 304))

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Procurement of project materials like Distribution and Power transformers, Line Conductors, insulators, Energy meters, earthing material, Switch breakers, Tower Material etc.

· Establishment of supply chain /Purchase to the required level of QPD (Quality, Price, Delivery requirements).

· Finalising the product costing by calculating prices breakup of raw material component marked with currently market rates in LME& NCDEX, added with direct and indirect.

· LME (Copper & Aluminium) Risk Hedging to ensure profitability of product.

· Global sourcing: Proactively integrating and developing materials, processes, designs, technologies and suppliers across worldwide engineering and operating locations to exploit global competence of T&D industry suppliers.

· Preparation of procurement schedule for all material as per Project and Site requirements.

· Preparation of quarterly Project Profitability, Purchase MIS & Quarterly Budgeting.\

· Enlargement of strategic plans related to procurement policies and methods, organization issues and improvements.

Some major projects Conversion of High Voltage Distribution line/ Transmission line project of Rural Electrification agency, Uganda / 400kV, 7 Nos substation / 132/33kV substation / 220kV and 132 kV 20nos substations

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Planning & executing procurement activities through routine visits to suppliers / manufacturers

· Preparing own estimation & offer for customer mainly for the Chiller Equipment

· Was instrumental in vendor development across western region for various product range of the company in air-cooled / water-cooled & centrifugal chilling machines.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Control & coordinating procurement activities like estimation of the entire project

· Troubleshooting and providing value engineering assistance to the estimation department

· Training & Development of sub-ordinates in the Region.

· Ensuring Profitability of West Zone project Operation.

· Handled procurement for Rs. 2 Crore to Rs. 40 Crore Projects.