Vikas Aggarwal

· Extensive experience in cross functional industry- Oil & Gas, Power, Chemical, Mining, Material Handling

• Applied strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows.

Leading and managing team for the development, implementation, management, and performance of end to end sourcing strategies (Capex/MRO) across globe within a given Category to meet business goals and objectives.

· Leading team to manage development of category plans, relationships with suppliers and business stakeholders, supplier continuous improvement plans.

· Managing the fundamentals of sourcing and supplier engagement activities including RFx, spend pattern analysis, contract analysis, bid evaluation, negotiations, and supplier consolidation.

· Identifying sourcing opportunities by leveraging spend analysis tools and engage with stakeholders to consolidate requirements over categories, suppliers and geographies.

· Responsible to drive cost savings and overall compliance for the category. Identify non compliant and opportunity spend as per category strategy to improve compliance.

· Researches and benchmarks current commodity market conditions/trends, developing technologies, supply chain capacity/capability, product knowledge, customer requirements and supply/demand challenges.

· Expanded cross-functional organizational capacity by collaborating across departments on priorities, functions and common goals.

· Maximized performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members.

· Reduced process bottlenecks by training and coaching employees on practices, procedures and performance strategies.

· Extensive experience in cross functional industry- Oil & Gas, Power, Chemical, Mining, Material Handling

· Strategy/Planning for procurement/sourcing strategies for project oriented equipment-long delivery & critical items

· Prepared Cost reduction strategies using low cost country sourcing initiatives

· Performed benchmark activities, supply market research to determine optimal sourcing options based on cost and lead time

· Managed development, implementation and delivery of the category strategies including sourcing activities which generate benefits and achieve financial savings targets

· Identified new/alternate manufacturers and eliminated dealers/distributers to save additional cost

· Savings over Million dollars (~10% of budgeted cost) for successfully executed projects

Floated RFQs/RFPs for bought items to approved vendors. TCO analysis including offer evaluation, technician/commercial comparisons of offers, negotiations & discussion with vendors to release orders

• Handled customer complaints, resolved issues and adjusted policies to meet changing needs.
• Monitored expenditures to mitigate risk of overages.

· Handled sub categories/equipment for Supercritical Boilers, NTPC, India – Greenfield Lump Sum EPC project

.Finalized scope statement and implementing change management system for the project.

· Finalized Scope parameters, their schedule and cost baseline.

. Cost/Budget planning of project

. Identified Project Risks & Opportunities in the Contract & developed Risk register & devised its mitigation plans and executing change

· Updated risk registers & watch list of risk

· Managed engineering completion, ordering & supplies in time meeting site requirements.

· Coordination with internal and external stakeholders for timely completion of milestones and project completion.

· Study of contract/purchase order received from client & preparation of technical queries if any & sorting out with clients/consultant

· Responsible to coordinate and arrange logistics, statutory requirement as per contracts

· Responsible to prepare Progress report - monthly weekly, S- curves generation and MIS

· Extensive experience in cross functional industry- Power, Material Handling.

.Scope statement and implementing change management system for the project.

· Finalized Scope parameters, their schedule and cost baseline.

· Cost/Budget planning of project

· Study of contract/purchase order received from client & preparation of technical queries if any & sorting out with clients/consultant

· Cross functional ability to coordinate for timely ordering of equipment’s, services and manpower.

· Managed engineering completion, ordering & supplies in time meeting site requirements.

· Cross functional ability to coordinate with internal and external stakeholders for timely completion of milestones and project completion.

· Responsible for project closure and support to tendering & estimation.

· Ensured to coordinate logistics, statutory requirement as per contract requirement

· Responsible to prepare Progress report - monthly weekly, S- curves generation and MIS

· Coordination with construction site for their queries

· Identified Project Risks & Opportunities in the Contract & developed Risk register & devised its mitigation plans and executing change

· Executed the qualitative & quantitative assessment of risks.

. Updated risk registers & watch list of risk