Contact
Reju Nair
www.linkedin.com/in/rejunair Sr Procurement Manager CPPM, CISCM, CPP, CISCP
(LinkedIn) Dubai, United Arab Emirates
www.brush-man.com (Company)
Summary
Top Skills
Procurement A graduate in Mechanical Engineering having 23+ years of
Supply Chain Management experience in global sourcing, procurement & logistics operations
Supply Chain related to civil/marine/mine infrastructure & building construction
projects. In-depth knowledge of the International & Gulf construction
Languages market and in particular the USA, Europe, UAE & African markets
Malayalam with a hands-on acquaintance of market players, prices, export-
English import process, and supply chain procedures.
Hindi
Live Projects:
# Cabinda Refinery Project, US Army Defense Contractors Projects
++ (Material Supply)
# The Royal Atlantis Hotel & Residences, Dubai, UAE
# STEP Pumping Station Project, Abu Dhabi, UAE
# Simandou Mining Infrastructure Project – Guinea, West Africa
# New Doraleh Container Terminal Project – Phase 1 – Djibouti, East
Africa
# New Tripoli International Airport Project, Tripoli, Libya &
# Third Ring Road Project, Tripoli, Libya
Tender Estimation Projects:
# Jebel Ali - Container Terminal T2 & T3, Dubai, UAE
# Gravity Utilities Systems & Micro Tunneling - Abu Dhabi, UAE
# Coal Handling Terminal in Beira – Mozambique - South - Africa
# King Faizal Naval Base (“KFNB”) – Phase II Expansion Project in
Jeddah, KSA
Core Accomplishments:
# Conducted a value engineering on the rental power generation at
Royal Atlantis site & implemented
load on demand (start/off) system with cloud monitoring, which
resulted in a fuel-saving of AED 2M
for duration of 5 years.
# Negotiated existing people logistics hire contract by bringing in new
hire vendors & bought in
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savings of AED 750,000 over a period of 2 years in Besix.
# CAPEX budgetary savings for more than AED 3.1M, over a period
of 5 years.
# Negotiated hire prices with all heavy equipment vendors, during
the COVID 19 situation & was able
to bring down the monthly hire rates to AED 85,000/month, which
resulted in an overall savings of
AED 1.2M/year
# Negotiated a major contract agreement with concrete steel fiber
supplier (Bekaert) for Odebrecht
Engineering & Construction, driving a budgetary cost saving of USD
136,500 over a USD 625,000
contract value.
# Worked with internal customers to redistribute equipment
(including spare parts), which resulted in
avoiding a USD 300,000 write-offs.
# Negotiated a new rebate structure with long term suppliers which
produced savings of AED 500,000.
# Developed and executed a Minimum Stock List (MSL) for the
project, by implementing 6 months
fixed price contracts with suppliers on DDP basis & thereby saving
15% on the budgeted value, with
a cost avoidance of USD 30,000 every 6 months.
Experience
Brushman Global Sourcing UK (Brushman Electromechanical, UAE)
Sr Procurement Manager
January 2021 - Present (4 years)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
BESIX
Sr Procurement & Logistics Function
February 2016 - December 2020 (4 years 11 months)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Develop & implement procurement sourcing strategies (demand, supplier,
process & smooth handover)
- Continuous improvement on supply chain activities & planning.
- Coaching & supporting team members in daily operations, optimizing
workload/flow.
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- Act as key point of contact on all matters related to procurement within the
department.
OEC
5 years 1 month
Manager - Procurement & Logistics
October 2011 - February 2016 (4 years 5 months)
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Responsible & accountable for meeting customer orders by designing,
implementing and monitoring effective procurement schedules. Budgeting
and planning the funds for procurement and sourcing of materials by ensuring
optimum utilization of materials towards maximum cost savings. Identifying and
developing cost effective vendors for procurement of project tools based on
purchase specifications of the project.
Coordinating procurement activities like tendering & bid management,
estimations, techno commercial evaluations, contract negotiations etc. Inviting
Vendors (ITB)/ contractors quotations (RFP/RFQ) & preparing comparative
statement of contractors/vendors and negotiation of rate, terms and conditions
for job scope/order.
Accountable for on time delivery of materials to site, for that arrangement of
transporter.
Responsible for issuing of delivery order to the transporter & for smooth
transportation arranging for all others necessary inputs.
Manager - International Procurement & BIVAC Pre Shipment Inspection
February 2011 - October 2011 (9 months)
Guinea, West Africa
Responsible for International Procurement of strategic construction materials
like steel reinforced bars, heavy equipment's & light equipment's, construction
chemicals, prefabricated accommodation modules an all other requirements
based on the project RFQ's.
Also responsible for Bureau Veritas (BIVAC International) pre shipment
inspection for all import cargo to Republic of Guinea.
Odebrecht Global Sourcing
Sourcing & Logistics Manager
October 2006 - September 2011 (5 years)
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Dubai & Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates
Actively involved in direct sourcing of the materials form Middle East for North
African projects. Apart from that I was also involved in various estimation
projects in UAE, KSA, and Mozambique supporting Bid Manager's.
Demobilised heavy equipments from Doraleh Container Terminal Project (a
DP World project In Djibouti) to Dubai. Prequalified & identified cost effective
3PL vendors, identified yard to store the project heavy equipments in free zone
area, compiled, implemented & managed contracts for the area rented and
service agreement for the project equipment's.
Spare parts (left over stock) management for Doraleh Container Terminal
Project, identified closed warehouse, re inventory of spare parts & identified
potential buyers worldwide for the purchase of the complete spare parts.
Logistics movement for the heavy equipments for repair/maintenance purpose
from free zone area to Dubai. Solicitation for logistics providers bid analysis,
recommendation of supplier & job execution.
Kamal Osman Jamjoom (KOJ Establishment)
Strategic Sourcing Specialist - Facilities Management
2003 - 2006 (3 years)
Dubai, UAE
Responsible for FM procurement for materials and services all over GCC.
Chalmers Engineering Co LLC
Project Engineer - Marine Accommodation & Refurbishments
2001 - 2003 (2 years)
Dubai, UAE
As a project engineer, got actively involved in site supervision, heat load
calculation of marine HVAC. Got chance to work oil rigs, mother vessels,
floating dry docks, FPSO in the HVAC side. It also gave me opportunity to
work along with major suppliers of HVAC items and have developed a very
good rapport with them.
Education
College of Engineering, Trivandrum
B Tech, Mechanical Engineering · (1995 - 1999)
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American Purchasing Society (APS)
CPP - Certified Purchasing Professional · (2015)
American Purchasing Society (APS), USA
CPPM - Certified Professional Purchasing Manager · (2015)
Blue Ocean
Advanced Logistics & Supply Chain Management · (2015)
International Purchasing and Supply Chain Management Institute
(IPSCMI), USA
CISCP – Certified International Supply Chain Professional · (2015)
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