Swapnil S N.

2019-03-01 - Today

Procurement Specialist

Providing Procurement support for buyout and proposal activities of various items for offshore Rigs,Gas processing platforms and E&C Projects like Tanks, Process Packages, Compressors, Pumps, Travelling Blocks, Gensets, Manual and E&I Valves, Top Drive, NDT CAPEX Items,Pedestal Cranes,EOT Cranes, Pig Launchers and Receivers through enquiry floating to potential Vendors, Commercial Bid Analysis.

Issue & administer RFQ’s, MR’S, PO’S per project schedule through Oracle system.

Scrutinize quotations, prepare commercial & technical bid tabs, recommend supply base.

Lead and drive Negotiations on commercial terms, prices, delivery etc.

Identify, gather and analyse various data for Category Sourcing to understand top cost drivers against each categories and guide management whether to go in market and look for alternatives from local market and low-cost sourcing countries or renegotiate with existing suppliers.

Participate in supplier evaluation and assessment process for managing supplier’s performance to meet business requirements.

Participate in Lean Six Sigma activities to achieve, efficiency, standardization of day to day activities.

Provide input for the preparation of Budget for CAPEX items and ensure items are procured within budget.

Key Projects supported:

CRPO-61-MRJN 690 PDM and MRJN 26 Upgrade -Saudi Arabia(~100 MUSD)

CRPO-51,52 and 54 bids for Saudi Aramco Projects.(~100 MUSD)

ARO New Build Rigs 1 and 2(~ USD 300 Million.)

Rig Refurbishment & Land-rigs for Clients like ADNOC,NOF,Shell,Schlumburger. (~ USD 500k .)

Al Mahani Project for Sharjah National Oil Company. (~ USD 50 Million.)

2018-01-01 To 2019-03-01

Procurement Engineer

Providing Procurement support for buyout and Expediting of Nut Shell Filter and Induced Gas Flotation Package, Piping Bulks, Speciality items like Strainers, EOT Cranes through enquiry floating to Global Vendors, Commercial Bid Analysis, Expediting post-order with vendors, Coordination with Engineering and QA team for approval of documents, inspection and on-time delivery of materials.

Issue & administer RFQ’s, MR’S, PO’S per project schedule.

Scrutinize quotations, prepare commercial & technical bid tabs, recommend supply base.

Sending Counteroffers after analysis to suppliers.

Lead and drive Negotiations on commercial terms, prices, delivery etc.

Expediting visits to vendor’s place.

Key Projects supported:

Train 3 Wara Pressure Maintenance Project, Kuwait Oil Company, Kuwait. (~ USD 150 Million.),

2015-05-01 To 2018-01-01

Sr.Procurement Engineer

Providing Procurement support for buyout of Piping Bulks like RTRP Pipes, Flanges, Fittings, Metallic Pipes, Sight Glasses and Traps, Instrumentation items like Flow Meters, Orifice Elements through enquiry floating to Global Vendors, Commercial Bid Analysis, Expediting post-order with vendors for on-time delivery.

Issue & administer RFQ’s, MR’S, PO’S through ERP system (SAP 6.0) per project schedule

Scrutinize quotations, prepare commercial & technical bid tabs, recommend supply base.

Sending Counteroffers after analysis to suppliers.

Lead and drive Negotiations on commercial terms, prices, delivery etc.

Reconciliation of material in SAP system.

Coordination in preparation of Monthly Progress Report to Client and Management.

Expediting visits to China for Piping, Fittings and Valve vendors.

Key Projects supported:

Gathering Centre-31, Kuwait Oil Company, Kuwait project. (~ USD 1 Billion.),

2013-07-01 To 2015-03-01

Executive Engineer

Strategic Sourcing & Procurement:

Project proposal & execution support for buyout procurement of Rotary Equipment's like Compressor, Pumps & Packages like Hydrogen Generation Package on domestic & global level.

Providing Procurement support to M/s Sasol Technology South Africa for buyout of Piping Bulks, Manual Valves, Pressure Vessels through enquiry floating to Indian Vendors, Commercial Bid Analysis, Expediting post-order with vendors for on-time delivery.

Issue & administer RFQ’s, MR’S, PO’S through ERP system (SAP 6.0) per project schedule

Scrutinize quotations, prepare commercial & technical bid tabs, recommend supply base

Develop, execute & administer Strategic Sourcing & procurement plans

Visit supplier's facilities across the India for selection and strategic development for Sasol South Africa Projects.

Optimize & develop Suppliers List

Spend, market, supplier, customer analysis and management

Key Projects supported:

Sasol Technology Projects-South Africa, IOCL-Ennore, India, Hydrochem- Linde, USA (~ USD 500 Million.)

Total volume handled for commodities till now is USD 10 Million.

Successfully developed and analyzed over 10 suppliers across the India.

2010-11-01 To 2013-07-01

Sr.Engineer- Procurement

Procurement & Sourcing:

International & Domestic Procurement of Rotary equipment's (pumps, motors, compressors, turbines etc.) , Packaged Units (Heat Recovery Steam Generators, Refrigeration plants, cooling towers, drying units, firefighting packages etc.), Supervision & Site Manpower services.

Pre order Activities: identify vendors, issue MRs & RFQ through e-Procurement, scrutinize bids, prepare commercial & technical bid tabs, arrange and participate in kick-off meetings, issue LOI, POs via SAP MM

Negotiate on individual and team levels for commercial terms, price and delivery

Post order activities: order expediting, vendor visits, ensure on-time dispatch & delivery, logistics support, ensure receipts of items at destination, administer GRN, issue invoice & facilitate supplier payments.

Involve in Strategic Sourcing activities such as spend analysis, market & supplier analysis

Support contract management

Responsible for Vendor Development, selection, registration and Management

Identification & development of alternate suppliers explore avenues for cost reduction.

Studied of techno commercial aspects (Parametric Analysis) to establish benchmark prices.

Lead cross functional team efforts with Engineering, Execution, Projects, Finance, Logistics and QA departments.

Key Projects:

Domestic: National Fertilizer Ltd (~ USD 600 Million.), GNFC (~ USD 300 Million), ONGC (~ USD 200 Million)

International: Dolphin Energy-Qatar (~ USD 235 Million.),

Total volume handled for commodities was over INR 100 Cr

Significantly Reduced cycle time by 25% from RFQ stage to Ordering stage

Successfully negotiated for price & delivery and achieved overall 10 to 20% discounts.

Successfully expedited with International Vendors like GE-Italy, ISG-Italy for

on-time delivery of materials

2007-08-01 To 2010-10-01

Assistant Manager

Procurement & Project Execution:

Procurement & Erection & Maintenance of Rotary equipment's (Non-API Pumps, compressors, turbines etc.), Packaged Units (DM Plants, Cooling Towers), Piping Bulks etc.

Pre-order Activities: identify vendors, issue MR’s & RFQ’s through ERP system, scrutinize bids, prepare commercial & technical bid tabs, arrange and participate in kick-off meetings.

Post order activities: order expediting, vendor visits, ensure on-time dispatch & delivery, logistics support, ensure receipts of items at destination, administer GRN, issue invoice & facilitate supplier payments.

Execution Activities: Identification of new improvement Projects, Detailed study of the

Identified projects, Preparation of plan details of identified projects for execution, Job

Allocation to various contract parties for the execution of identified project

Erection & Commissioning Activities: Material Management of Procured Items, liaising with Cross Functional Departments for erection activities, leading & supervising team for

Commissioning activities.

Key Projects:

Cooling Tower-Paharpur Make, DM Plant-Thermax Make, Non-API Pumps-KBL/KSB Make, Turbine Driven Pump-Siemens Make, Rotary Compressor-GE Make, Reciprocating

Compressor-Chicago Pneumatic Make

Successfully procured and commissioned pumps, single stage turbines, integral geared

Compressors and DM Plants.