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Purchase & Sourcing Professional
E-Mail: rezhilanban@gmail.com Mobile No.:+ 91- 9842097870/ 9677225128

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JOB OBJECTIVE PROFILE SUMMARY
Result-oriented versatile &  Strategic professional, offering over 13+ years of experience in Sourcing &
achievement-driven professional with Procurement, Contract Management, Vendor Management & Negotiation and
an international experience Inventory Management
Targeting for challenging & rewarding  Purchase & Procurement Management Professional with record of innovative success
assignments in Sourcing & in sourcing for multiple locations/geographies across the globe and offering top
performing solutions for purchase/projects issues
Procurement, Vendor Evaluation &
 Proficient in designing & developing systems and procedures to implement purchasing,
Negotiation Management and Service inventory control, production planning that assures availability of materials &
Contracting with an organization of transportation in accordance with Just-in-Time delivery schedules, while maintaining
high repute minimum inventory
 Knowledge of procedures and documentation related to Import, Export, Warehouse
Logistics and Operations
CORE COMPETENCIES
 Competent in managing inventory function, minimizing inventory-holding expenses and
ensuring adherence to optimum inventory level, thereby reducing wastage & achieving
maximum cost saving without hampering the operations of the organization
 Insightful intelligence in managing supply chain operations involving tendering,
contracting, technical evaluation, quotes generation (RFQ), techno-commercial
negotiations and settlement of bids & bills to ensure maximum profitability
 Proven expertise in driving projects related to material/supply planning, supply-demand
matching and inventory management; excels in developing and executing demand plan
and inventory plans that enables to meet delivery & production objectives
 Key People Leader, successfully led and motivated the team towards growth and success
in the organization; created a clear & compelling view of future through coaching,
mentoring and execution

WORK EXPERIENCE

Since Aug’16| Knauf India Private Limited Erstwhile USG Boral Building Products
India Pvt. Ltd.,
As Asst. Manager- Procurement/Purchase, Sourcing & Imports
Key Result Areas:
 Developing a global sourcing framework to analyze demands patterns, identifying short &
long-term requirements for price sensitive articles in each category and supervising the
implementation for the same
 Negotiating with vendors to procure essential materials at reasonable price & quality and
ascertaining alternate dealers for business consolidation
 Managing receipts & dispatches of finished goods, randomly checking the consignment
before dispatches and processing orders to ensure quick & correct delivery to attain timely
completion of monthly production targets
 Streamlining the system & procedures for effective material control towards ensuring a ready
availability of materials; implementing systems for avoiding situations like over-stocking/out-
of-stock
 Nourishing day-to-day relationship with vendors; ensuring achievement of service and quality
norms for smooth flow of operations & supply of required items
 Planning, organizing and controlling all requisite activities to perform such as techno –
commercial evaluation, negotiation, recommendation, ordering, inspection, expediting &
tracking, reporting, logistic and delivery and so on
 Budgeting and forecasting the funds for procurement & sourcing for ensuring optimum
utilization of materials, maximum cost savings & meeting anticipatory order finalization from
 planned targets

ACADEMIC DETAILS
 Executing structured process for negotiation and contract management to ensure strong and
 B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering local supply base
from Sastra University  Emerging the overarching global sourcing strategy with focus on transforming the
procurement function into a value creation group by working in collaboration with
stakeholders, cross function partners, and strategic supplier alliances to generate year-over-
PERSONAL DETAILS year productivity
 Spearheading Materials Management and successfully developing global sourcing &
Date of Birth:
procurement strategies, vendor development and analytical assessment, to strengthen
27th July 1988
effectiveness
 Accomplishing significant, sustaining savings, improving cash flow though longer payment
Languages Known: terms and reducing supplier lead-times; brought additional savings by accelerating synergies
English, Tamil, Hindi(Beginner) following acquisitions
 Conceptualizing high-level implementation plans, and determined future logistics
organizational structure & support and conducting process audits to ensure Delivery-in-Full
Address: B-309, Radiance Royale,
(DIF) and Delivery-on-Time (DOT)
Sennerkuppam, Chennai-600056
 Managing Custom clearance activities; checking import documents (Invoice, BL, PL, COO
COA), BOE Filing, duty payments, container daily movements, coordinating with CHA, Freight
Forwarder, CFS for container clearance
Significant Highlights:
 Successfully saved:
o INR 50 Lakhs in USG Boral against alternate RM & New Vendor identification in 2018-
2019
o INR 60 Lakhs in USG Boral against alternate RM & New Vendor identification in 2020-21
o INR 90 Lakhs in USG Boral against alternate RM & New Vendor identification in 2022-
2023
o INR 5 Cr. in USG Boral New factory (project at Sri City, Tada) in 2019-2020
o INR 40 Lakhs in USG Boral against alternate CHA identification in 2020-2021
o INR 2.5Cr in Knauf India PVt Ltd against developed domestic paper in 2024-25

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

Oct’15-Jul’16| Mitsubishi Elevators India Private Ltd., Chennai

As Senior Engineer-Procurement/Purchase
Nov’12-Oct’15| Kone Elevators India Private Ltd., Chennai
As Engineer-Procurement/Purchase
Dec’09-Jan’12| Marjan Factory for Fibre Glass & Co. Dammam. KSA
As Engineer-Planning & Procurement
Significant Highlights:
 Performed various cost saving exercises, dealt with various engineering solutions (VAVE
programs), alternate source development and successfully saved INR 3.5 Mn. in the FY 2013-
2014 & INR 4.5 Mn. in FY 2014-15
 Implemented modular package concept with six key suppliers and spearheaded SAP
implementation for flexible deliveries
 Maintained supplier COT measurement chart (delivery with quality) in daily weekly and
monthly basis
 Managed inventory from 1.5Cr. to 90 Lakhs @ 2013-14 and maintained two bin systems by
4% regularly as per ABC analysis