Materials (Procurement( Engineer

Abu Dhabi Ga

July 2006 to August 2016

GASCO a member of the ADNOC (Abu Dhabi National Oil Company) group is one of the largest gas processing companies in the world producing methane, ethane, propane, butane, pentane+ and sulphur.
Materials Engineer, Jul 2006 to Aug 2016 (10 years)
Major equipments/systems: gas turbine generators, boilers, compressors, pumps, valves, blowers, motors, switchgears, instrument & control systems, control valves, communication systems, fire-fighting systems, cathodic protection system, heat exchangers, large pressure vessels & columns, storage & mixing tanks, pipelines, pumping stations, sulphur granulators, belt conveyors, stacker-reclaimers, ship loaders, fenders, HVAC system,.. Etc.
? Worked in Supply Chain Management Division, doing the procurement of 2 years operation spares in SPIRs for new EPC projects and materials required for the routine, preventive, break-down and shut-down maintenance.
? Reviewed the spare parts recommended by various vendors in SPIRs, enhanced item specifications (cataloguing and data enrichment), coordinated with end users for finalising specifications & quantity, procured, inspected and stocked 2-years operation spares, insurance spares, chemicals & lubricants.
? Prepared and placed SPIR purchase orders (PO) within budget and the price validity periods.
? Established for items, the inventory management metrics ? maximum stock, economic order quantity (EOQ), re-order point (ROP) and safety stocks based on installed quantities, failure rate, usage, criticality, lead time and ABC analysis leading to optimized inventory.
? Received and processed new proposals for stock (PFS) for operation & maintenance materials raised by plants and ensured elimination of duplicates, established BOMs and inventory metrics, created purchase specifications (cataloguing), sourced vendors & local suppliers, raised purchase requisitions (PR), request for quotations (RFQ) and did technical evaluation of quotations.
? Co-ordinated with Logistics and Warehouse the Receipt of Materials and Material Receipt Vouchers (MRV/GRN), Invoices and payments to contractors/suppliers
? Inspected, solved discrepancies in Materials Discrepancy reports (MDR) with vendors & end users and confirmed that all the ordered materials accepted and stocked are same as its specifications in CMMS
? Arranged shut-down materials, prepared reservation control reports for Shut-down IDs having approved Work Orders, segregated items as per Commodity Group of shortage items for procurement- raising Release Purchase Orders (LTPA), Purchase Requisitions, Request for Quotations, Follow-up,..etc.
Achievements
? Procured, catalogued and stored 21,736 spares valued at USD 49.71 million in 631 SPIRs for major EPC projects- Ruwais Train III NGL (Contractor: Snamprogetti, Project Value: USD 1.2 billion), Ruwais Sulphur Handling Terminal 3 (Contractor: Dodsal), Ruwais Tankage (Contractor: CB&I), Ruwais Train IV NGL (Contractor: GS Engg. & Petrofac, Value: USD 1.4 billion) and Ruwais Sulphur Handling Terminal 2 (Contractor: Techint) for the successful operation & maintenance of Equipments & Systems.
? Avoided spending USD 160.77 million and reduced 9,012 inventory items by reviewing 30,748 items valued at USD 210.48 million recommended by various project vendors and selecting only the essential 21,736 items valued at USD 49.71 million.
? Saved USD 8.38 million in the interchangeability of 2,374 items existing in stock.
? Implemented and maintained G-SPIR, the first web based SPIR system for initial procurement of 2-years operational spares for major EPC projects, saving considerable manpower.
? Trained 5 new Materials Engineers in using/cataloguing in MAXIMO & G-SPIR and 6 EPC contractors ? Snamprogetti, Dodsal, GS E&C, Technip, CB&I and Techint in efficient use of the G-SPIR system.

MESC Team Leader/Engineer

Saline Water Conversion Corporation

April 1992 to June 2006

SALINE WATER CONVERSION CORPORATION (SWCC), Riyadh KSA
SWCC is a leading producer and distributor of electricity & potable water.
MESC Team Leader/Engineer, Apr 1992 to Jun 2006 (14 years)
Plant: Assir Desalination & Power Plant Major equipments/systems: gas turbine generators, steam turbines & generators, desalination plants, boilers, pumping stations, substations, storage tanks & pipelines.
? Reported to the Manager, Inventory Management Division and led a team of 3 in reviewing, procuring and cataloguing of 2 years operational spares in SPIRs and new stock & replenishment materials requests of operation & maintenance materials for the plant and the pipelines.
? Catalogued spare parts ? mechanical, electrical & instrumentation items and consumables ? chemicals & lubricants ensuring population of all necessary attributes for high quality buying descriptions (material master record) following Shell MESC coding schedules, based on relevant standards like ASME, ASTM, ANSI, AISI, API, BS, DIN, JIS, ISO, ..etc enabling competitive international sourcing and easy future replenishments.
? Established stock set-up - max. Stock, economic order quantity(EOQ) & re-order point(ROP) for items
? Finalised requirements for optimum stock and raised Purchase Requisitions (PR)
? Technically evaluated quotations and recommended purchase order placements.
? Inspected all incoming materials and resolved discrepancies against CMMS specifications.
? Coordinated with Maintenance Engineers to arrange the shut-down materials in time.
? Optimized inventory by eliminating duplicates and standardization/generalization.
? Identified obsolete, scrap, dead and surplus stocks for disposal.
? Assisted the warehouse in reconciling physical inventories with stock records and resolving materials related problems & issues.
Achievements
? Conducted standardization & variety reduction studies reducing inventory line items from 29000 to 21000 eliminating 8000 items. Received letter of appreciation from the Deputy Governor.
? Avoided adding 2000 duplicate line items while processing New Stock Material Requisitions.
? Reduced 1500 inventory line items by identifying and merging duplicates in existing stock.
? Identified over 1000 inventory line items, mainly gaskets, o-rings, valve packings for in-house fabrication instead of procurement, delivering significant cost savings.
? Ensured zero production loss due to non availability of materials through effective inventory control and setting of parameters for all items.

Assistant Manager/Senior Engineer/Engineer - Materials Planning & Inventory Control

Keltron Controls ,Aroor

May 1983 to April 1992

KELTRON CONTROLS, Aroor Kerala India
A unit of Kerala Electronics Development Corporation Ltd, KELTRON Controls executed EPC contracts for design, procurement, manufacturing, installation & commissioning of control & instrumentation equipments and systems for oil & gas industries, power stations, petrochemicals, aluminium and iron & steel plants.
Assistant Manager/Senior Engineer/Engineer - Materials Planning & Inventory Control, May 1983 to Apr 1992 (9 years)
? Reported to the General Manager (Materials) and led a team of 26 managing materials planning, procurement, inventory control and warehousing of materials required for the execution of various EPC contracts of Oil & Gas Industries, Power Stations and Steel Plants having collaborations with Control Bailey and CGEE Alsthom of France, Hitachi of Japan, Kent of Italy & England.
? Consolidated materials requirements of all projects in hand and prepared yearly/quarterly/monthly materials plan and raised purchase requisitions in time.
? Evaluated quotations of all tenders and given purchase recommendations.
? Finalized long term price agreements (LTPA) for raw materials and consumables.
? Supervised the operations of the warehouse including receipts, inspection, accounting, packaging and despatch of materials, equipments & systems to project sites.
Achievements
? Planned, procured and dispatched to various sites the materials required for projects as scheduled.
? Managed and controlled inventory consisting of 12,000 line items ensuring optimum holdings.
? Provided on the job training to engineers, technical assistants, expeditors and storekeepers.
? Coordinated with the IT departments and developed & implemented programs for generating material requirements, non-stock items list and goods receipt cum inspection report saving considerable manhours.

? B.Sc. Engineering-Mechanical Engineering

Currently studying

? M.Tech. Mechanical-Production Engineering

Currently studying

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