KUMARAVASANTH REmail Kumaravasanth.radhakrishnan@gmail.com Mob: +31 624921584

EXPERIENCE SUMMARYExperienced in Procurement & project management work for Capex/Opex Sourcing for Oil & Gas, Mining, Energy, FMCG, Semi-conductor & Construction. Experienced in managing End to End procurement for business driven project in CAPEX, MRO procurement and expediting for various projects. Involved in creation of Spend analysis for indirect spend items to reduce cost and improve quality.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Currently working with ICL as Global Sourcing Manager for Projects in

Fertilizers, Mining, Oil & Gas, Energy, FMCG, Semi-conductor & Construction for projects based in INDIA, NA, EMEA and Asia Pacific.

Handling of complex projects and efficient in completing projects handling them with good problem solving methods.

Providing leadership in Strategic Procurement ,contracts management ,expediting & new vendor development

Blend of techno-commercial experience. In depth hands on experience in commer-cial & engineering of Oil & Gas refinery equipment’s before transitioning to pro-curement domain.

Strong supplier relationships across the globe in multiple industry domains. Expert in human capital management, team building, expansion & retention.

CORE COMPETENCIESCapex Procurement / Strategic sourcing

Executed multiple Capex procurement projects in refinery, petrochemicals, Fertilizer, chemicals, Semi-conductor & Mining industry domain

People management for allocation of projects based on individual technical capabilities and handling capacity.

Developing & establishing Procurement strategy for Capital projects consid-ering project specific requirements, demand & supply scenario & Global agreements

Negotiations, finalization of commercial terms & conditions and final price & decision making

Overall responsibility of all projects with respect to Cost, Resource Deploy-ment, Quality Compliance; evaluating progress & taking adequate corrective actions

People Management Expansion & development of sourcing team by hiring highly capable re-

sources Creating and sustaining a dynamic environment that fosters development op-

portunities &motivates high performance in team members

Conflict management with Suppliers, Engineering consultants & Clients dur-

KUMARAVASANTH Ring pre & post orderstage

Project Management & Inspection : Project management for various projects, right from contract sign off to the

project completion, which also included the WBS for projects, creating scope documents with understanding from Engineering team, etc.

Inspection of various plant equipment’s, pumps, valves, etc. based on project requirement.

Inventory management for maintenance of incoming equipment’s, pipes of various standards, valves.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ICL – Europe (From June 2016 – Till date). Global Sourcing Manager End to End Project Execution, Spend analysis and Global category management.

High value sourcing equipment’s for mining, fertilizer, Diary based industries, manufacturing sectors within ICL. * Face to face meeting with Stakeholders to understand the needs of equipment, specifications and bringing in suppliers to deal with the requirement. * Concentration of LCC suppliers for Global product requirement- Valves, Pipes and multiple Capex equipment’s. * Spend analysis to minimize cost, bring quality and reduce number of suppliers to create a better supply and risk management of items to site.

Highlights : Creating sourcing strategy for high value capex equipment’s for various site

locations, For high value contracts of more than 20M USD. Spend analysis for cost reduction for Opex items. For all the sites across the

company on a Global level. People management for managing complex projects, wherein dealing would be

required with site people – technical, procurement buyers at site location. Successfully handled a team of 8 members for executing complex projects.

Brought up inventory model for site locations for providing yearly requirements of specific commodities at site, which helped in cost reduction of yearly spend on commodities.

Expert in valve categorization, supplier management, negotiation for complex projects.

ACCENTURE SERVICES PVT LTD (From Mar 2014 – May 2016). EEC- Accenture acquired Procurian on Mar 1 st -2014. ICG commerce/Procurian (Aug-2011 – Feb 2014) Sourcing Project Manager / Program & Project mngt specialist

Received award of appreciation from client. Team Recognition award for team work

KUMARAVASANTH R Winner of Global BA Quarterly award(2015)

End to End Project management and execution for projects based in NA, EMEA & APAC regions. * Supplier research, RFX’s Creation & analysis, TCO calculations, Lease vs. Buy Analysis for continuous cost improvements. * PO negotiation & placements, technical reviews of the PO as per project requirements

Highlights : Managing Strategic sourcing for Industrial, Semi-conductor industry Capex

projects for annual spend of approx. $300 million. Delivered multiple end to end Capex sourcing projects for multiple clients based in

North America, Europe, Australia & India Had been leading an end to end procurement for a mining capital project in Aus-

tralia with an approx. project budget of $350 million Managing projects across different industry verticals which includes Construction,

FMCG, Chemicals and Production processing & mining industry Working on the expansion of a very capable & agile Capex sourcing team in India.

DAYIM PUNJ LLOYD & DODSAL ENGINEERING(July 2010 – Jan 2011) & (Jan 2011 – June2011)

Procurement Engineer for SATORP (JUBAIL OIL REFINERY) & SABCO Project. Evaluation of vendors based on technical as well as commercial basis, * Technical

comparisons for issuing purchase orders, * Maintaining operational contracts, half yearly and Yearly contract for Engineering Projects * Evaluation of MR documents for the basis of technical and commercial concepts.

Highlights : Managed one of the very complex projects of transportation of Phosphorus pipe line

for a length of 200kms. Did a very comprehensive technical scope alignment with the projects/engineering

team in pre order phase, which resulted in very minimal post order specifications change

FOSTER WHEELER ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD (July 2008 to July 2009) Project Expeditor

Sending RFQ to vendors based on the details obtained from MR and Expediting work for materials, * Worked in the process and material optimization. * Issuing IRN and SRN for release of materials.

Highlights : Developed (in collaboration)training manuals for capital procurement function Initiated & coordinated knowledge sharing sessions within the procurement func-

tion during the recession phase when many projects were put on hold

KUMARAVASANTH RMANOJ STEEL INDUSTRIES (May 2006 to June 2008) Project Expeditor

Overall project management for the design, manufacture and supply of bureaus, * Vendor drawings, Fabrication Drawing and as built drawing checking as per standards.

EDUCATIONB.E., (Mechanical), Dr.Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, 68% ,

2001 –2005Higher Secondary, Akshaya Academy Matriculation Higher Secondary School, 87%,

1999 –2001

SKILLS SUMMARY MS EXCEL, MS Project, MS Word, Radix ,CATIA V5, Inventor 7.9,

Mechanical desktop, AutoCAD, Primavera P6.

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth : 08-Oct-1983

Marital Status : Married

Res. Address : Johan Huizingalaan 483, 1066 TZ, Amsterdam, Netherlands.