- The document is a resume summarizing the candidate's 6 years of experience in project procurement, contract administration, and purchase/sourcing for infrastructure projects including power plants, highways, and railways. They are seeking new assignments in these areas.
- Key experiences include procurement, vendor management, contract negotiations, purchase order processing, and use of SAP and ARIBA software for e-sourcing and e-tendering.
- The candidate held positions with increasing responsibility at Adani Infra, GMR Infrastructure, and Avantha Power & Infrastructure, working on projects such as railway track construction and power plant development.
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1. Seeking assignments in Project Procurement, Contract Administration, Purchase & Sourcing in Infrastructure Industry.
SUMMARY
6 Years of cross functional experience in Project Procurement, Sourcing, Tendering, Project Management & Contract
Administration for various packages, mainly electrical, in Thermal Power Plant, Highways and Railways.
Proficient at understanding the company requirement, getting quotation, identifying vendor, releasing orders, post award contract
management and contract closing.
Possess exposure in SAP E-Sourcing and e-tendering through ARIBA software.
Personal Strengths
Promptness, Effective in handling Complex Cases, Strategic Orientation, partnership building with vendors
Eagerness to acquire Knowledge, Expertise and Best Practices
Effective communicator with good analytical, relationship management and problem-solving skills
ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since August-2015: Adani Infra (India) Ltd, Ahmedabad as Deputy Manager- Project Management & Control
Department
Preparation of budget for packages in coordination with engineering, estimation, techno-commercial departments. Raising
fund requirement and prioritizing as per allocated funds on weekly basis.
Preparation and circulation of Budget v/s Actual and cash flow projection on monthly basis.
Releasing payments, NFA processing for time extension, LD, contract amendment for packages.
Planning for infrastructure requirement and finalisation of project budget for expansion project.
Material tracking for electrical packages.
AGILE implementation in company processes.
April-2015 to August-2015: GMR Infrastructure Limited, Delhi as Associate Manager-Central Procurement Department
Key Result Areas:
In GMR, I handled procurement and tendering activities for construction of 417 KM double line railway track from
Kanpur to Mughalsarai which GMR-SEW Infra JV bagged as an EPC contractor.
Vendor Sourcing and on-boarding:
o Registration of new suppliers in e-sourcing tool
o Floating of RFI to the vendors, collating RFI responses, RFI evaluation, and maintaining category-wise approved
vendor database.
RFP Process:
o Preparation of RFP documents for various packages such as earthworks, ballast supply, procurement of rails, track
laying machines, bridges, ROBs/RUBs, IR buildings.
o Circulation and finalization of RFP, floating of RFP to approved vendors.
Techno-commercial evaluation & Negotiation:
o Comparison of commercial T&C of bids with RFP, negotiation with vendors for compliance.
o Negotiation with vendors with internal costing through Reverse Auction/Manual method.
Releasing PO/LoA/WO and follow-up for payment.
Costing of various track components
Experience of e-tendering through ARIBA software.
Jun-2010 to April-2015: Avantha Power & Infrastructure Limited, Gurgaon as Deputy Manager-Contracts & Project
Management
Key Result Areas:
Handled contracts for construction of Railway Track at Raigarh and Jabalpur for Thermal Power Plants of 1200 & 1260 MW
respectively encompassing:
o Feasibility Study, Detailed Project Report, Approvals & Complete Civil Package (including Earthwork, Track Work,
Construction of bridges), Overhead Electrification, Signal & Telecommunication, Modification of HT/LT Lines, etc.
o Drafting Detailed Activity Schedule and Action Plan to meet the milestones
Accountable for:
o Identifying & finalizing suitable type of tender
o Preparing tender documents
o Handling vendor development & assessment
o Conducting techno-commercial analysis of offers
o Administering techno-commercial negotiation i.e. Price, Payment Terms, Financial & Legal Clauses
VARUN KUMAR
: +91-9899209181
: bvarun222@gmail.com
: N-205, Swareet Apartments, Vejalpur, Ahmedabad-380051
2. o Issuing contract through SAP
Monitoring project activities for construction of Railway Siding at Korba West Power Company Ltd. involving Earthwork,
Track Linking, Bridges, etc.
Coordinating with Consultants for preparation & submission of Survey / Pre-Feasibility / Feasibility and Detailed Project Reports,
ESP and L-section drawings.
Collaborating with Land Acquisition Team for availability of land
Regularly follow-up with Zonal Railways and Railway Board for attaining clearances such as In-Principle Approval, Rail
Transport Clearance, detailed design approvals, Fit to Run certificate.
Effectively coordinated the complete documentation process and follow up for DPR approval of Railway Siding of for both
KWPCL and JPL from South East Central Railways; coordinated and submitted Engineering Scale Plans for both the Railway
Sidings.
Significantly minimised the initial estimate of Railway Siding Package.
- Closed the Railway Siding Civil contract with substantial savings.
- Explored various modes and markets, engineered the BOQ and thus made substantial savings for the organization.
Closed packages in Selective Bidding for:
- DC System
- Balance of Electrical Works
- Switchyard
- Central Control Room
- CW System
- Generator Transformer
- Miscellaneous Transformers, HT Transformers
- Power and Instrumentation Cables
- Balance of Mechanical Works
- Raw Water Intake System
- Roads and Drains
-Ash Handling Plant
EDUCATION
2014 Pursuing Diploma in Railway Engineering from Institute of Permanent Way Engineering (IPWE),
Ministry of Power, Govt of India.
2010 MBA (Power Management) from National Power Training Institute, Ministry of Power, Govt. of India,
Faridabad (Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak)
2008 B.Tech. (Electronics & Communication) from Jaypee Institute of Information Technology University,
NOIDA
IT Skills: Well versed with SAP MM Module, ARIBA e-sourcing, MS -Office 2003/ 2007 / 2010, Windows 9x/ 2000/ XP/
Vista/ 7 & Linux
PROFESSIONAL ENHANCEMENTS
Attended In-House Training on Team Building
Attended workshop on Contracts and Taxation
Training on Managing Diversity
ACADEMIC TRAININGS
Summer Training
Organisation: ICRA Management Consulting Services Limited, NOIDA
Tenure: Jun09 - Aug09
Title: Analysis & Estimation of Subsidy Requirements for Electricity Distribution Utilities
Brief: The project comparing Subsidy Grants & Cost of Service (CoS) of Haryana with Punjab, Andhra
Pradesh & Gujarat. Besides this, a methodology including sampling & forecasting methods for the
accurate estimation of agriculture energy consumption was adopted.
Industrial Training
Training during Engineering was done at Indian Express (IT Department) from May-Jul07
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
Title: Implementation of Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) Selection Process at User Equipment
Side in Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)
Brief: Developed & tested PLMN Selection Protocol at user equipment side in UMTS. The purpose of this project
was to look into difficulties in PLMN Selection while roaming & identify ways to resolve difficulties.
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Took part in Kendriya Vidyalaya Annual Regional Science Meet in 2002 and 2003
Credited for scoring the highest marks in Mathematics in class 10th
Showed active participation in various School & Regional Level Sports Meets