Supply Chain Manager - Procurement, Materials & Logistics

Senior Positions in Supply Chain Management/Consulting

Present Position: Apr 2005 till date:

Assistant Vice President, Materials, E&P Business, Reliance Industries Limited, India's largest Private Sector E&P Operator

Č Part of the E&P Leadership Team as Head of Department for Domestic and International Supply Bases, Materials Management & Logistics to support national and international operations of E&P Business of RIL.
Č Prepare Strategies for Supply Bases, Port facilities, Port, Berth & OSV Requirements, Offshore Logistics including Chopper Operations, Receipt, Closed & Open Yard Warehousing, Material Handling Equipment, Preservation and scanning environment, technology scouting.
Č Identify business risks associated with Regulatory and Legal controls in movement of men and materials across states and countries.
Č Identify operational risks which may lead to HSE incidents or adverse environmental effects.
Č Conceived, contracted, established and operated eight supply bases in India and three international bases (Oman, Timor & Kurdistan) to support offshore and onshore Oil & Gas operations.
ƒå Successfully managed material movement (2 Billion SD) for KGD6 development (India¡¦s largest Gas field development) and completed final project reconciliation for capitalization with 99.9 % accuracy.
Č Business expert for rolling out SAP MM module, Remote Logistics Module for offshore material tracking & OSV voyage management and Warehouse automation as a part of the Business Transformation Project in RIL. Process owner for Materials Management, Logistics Execution & Remote Logistics Management modules of SAP and interface with external systems and e commerce application using Petroleum Industry Data Exchange (PIDX) & Smart Plant Materials.

August 1979 to April 2005.

Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited, India¡¦s National Oil Co.

Č Field service and maintenance of Seismic data acquisition & processing equipment, material requirement planning & Budgeting.
Č Oil & Natural Gas Corporation: Aug 94 to Jan 97: Supply Base & Materials Management for Drilling Business Group supporting over 20 offshore rigs in producing fields in Mumbai High.
Č Oil & Natural Gas Corporation; Jan 97 to Apr 2005: Procurement of drilling tangibles, chemicals and Materials Management for Drilling Business Group (Chief Manager/Dy General Manager)

Education
ƒå Master¡¦s in Physics (Electronics) ¡V University of Kerala
ƒå Master¡¦s in Business Administration (Finance) ¡V IGNOU
Č Certificate courses in
o Structured System analysis & Design
o Oracle Data Base Administration

Strategic Roles:

o Head of Materials Department of Drilling Business Group of Mumbai Regional Business Centre of ONGC.
o Head of Materials Management of Eastern Region Business Centre of ONGC.
o Head of Department of Bases, MM & Logistics for Indian as well as international operations of E&P Business of RIL.

Core Supply Chain Activities:

o Material Planning, Estimation, Budget preparation, Monitoring, Purchase Requisitions.
o Tender documentation, RFQ, Quote Comparison, Evaluation, Purchase approvals,
o Vendor development, Registration, Evaluation, Rating and partnership.
o Post order contract administration, Milestone monitoring, Manage Change orders, Contract closure, Document lessons learned.
o Imports/Exports, Rail, Road & Marine C&F,
o Surface, Sea & Air Logistics,
o Materials accounting & consequent FICO entries.
o Scoping and Designing Warehousing, Closed & Covered and Open yards.
o Planning for Model warehouse for ONGC Eastern Region.
o Conceived, established contracted and operated eight supply bases & warehouses in India and three international bases (Oman, Timor & Kurdistan) to support offshore and onshore Oil & Gas operations for Reliance Industries Limited.
o Successfully managed material control (approx. 2 Billion USD) for KGD6 Gas Field development & WBS level reconciliation and capitalization with 99.9 % accuracy.
o Commissioned India¡¦s first Private Heliport at Gadimoga as base for RIL¡¦s offshore operations in KG D6.