Supply Chain Management |Contract Management | Project Management | Vendor Management

1. A versatile, high-energy professional with the distinction of executing prestigious projects of large magnitude within strict
time schedules, cost & quality
Industry Preference: Oil & Gas / Construction
Location Preference: Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman
R. ANANDAPADMANABHAN
Mobile: 00965-66814565
E-Mail ID: sathishriya2001@yahoo.com
Address: Po. Box. 9720, Ahmadi – 61008, Kuwait
Supply Chain Management |Contract Management | Project Management | Vendor Management
PROFILE SNAPSHOT__________________________________________________________
Strategic Planning
Procurement
Techno-commercial Operations
Project Management
Budgeting
Contract Management
Vendor Development
Logistics
Quality Management
Inventory Control
Policies & Procedures
Team Management
Profile & Value
Leadership: Advises the management on business strategies, promotes organization among customers & vendors
and drives organization mission through employees & supports motivation of employees in organization.
Visionary: Ensures staff has sufficient & up-to-date information, looks to the future for change opportunities,
interfaces between Management and Employees.
Decision Making: Formulates policies and planning recommendations to the management, decides or guides the
stakeholders of action in operations by staff / employees.
Notable Accomplishments:
 Streamlined the nine contracts (mechanical, civil, coating services, pump service maintenance and well testing services)
with production operations division, Wafra Joint Operations in all activities.
 Supervised suppliers' delivery times, analyzed weekly production line inventories, adjusted order quantities resulting in
annual warehouse cost reduction.
 Instituted vendor bidding program & gained reduction of annual operating costs.
 A result-oriented professional offering over 20 years of cross-cultural
experience in managing projects, right from development to delivery,
encompassing planning, monitoring, controlling phases in project lifecycle,
overall inter-discipline co-ordination, administration and resource planning.
 A strategic planner with expertise in planning and executing projects with a
flair for adopting modern methodologies, in compliance with quality
standards.
 Adopt Project Management Tools and techniques, Implementation of
Monitoring and control procedures, Resource & Duration reviews of projects.
 Excellent relationship management, analytical and negotiation skills with
deftness in swiftly ramping up projects in coordination with the clients,
consultants and contractors.

2. ORGANISATIONAL EXPERIENCE_________________________________________________
HOT Engineering & Construction Co., Kuwait Since June’16
Designation: Inspector, Production Operations Division
Company : Joint Operations, Wafra (Saudi Arabian Chevron Inc. – Kuwait Gulf Oil Company), Kuwait
Key Result Areas:
 Monitoring the contract signed by the company and ensuring whether all the points are accepted by both the parties.
 Driving the activities concerned with the contracts which includes equipment, products, materials, and services.
 Evaluating performances, delivery schedules, equipment, and estimates of the material cost.
 Drafting the bids, progress reports, process specifications, and other essential exhibits that may be required.
 Checking the bids from other firms and negotiates contracts with the customers as well as the suppliers.
 Creating requests for approving any amendments in regard to contractual changes or extension of contracts.
 Imparting suggestions for planning and production departments regarding various contractual rights and obligations.
 Developing the estimates and overlooking the sales, production, and shipping department to ensure whether the
contractual .
 Material Management, including preparation of JDE Items in e-SAR, Material Request through JDE System and Creating
Purchase Requests through ARIBA.
 Formulating budget or financial information & tracking project costs (CAPEX & OPEX) and recording the financial inflows/
outflows.
 Taking part in preparation of AFE & asset records for production operations division.
 Conducting pre-checking & processing of contractor manpower invoices for Wafra Joint Operations approval.
 Interacting with suppliers to obtain timely submission of engineering data and to follow-up on material acquisition,
production progress and shipment and Ensuring availability of Material at site on time.
 Carry out the materials inspection and prepare the Inspection report for approval.
 Assessing production schedules and progress reports from suppliers to determine their programs and work progress.
Mushrif Trading & Contracting Co., Kuwait Jan’09-Apr’12 & Dec’15-June’16
Designation: Administrator, Production Operations Division
Company : Joint Operations, Wafra (Saudi Arabian Chevron Inc. – Kuwait Gulf Oil Company), Kuwait
Procurement Activities -
 Thorough study of the material requirement for the projects under execution.
 Follow up on the material requirement at the site and act as an interface for material requirement at the site and
procurement of the materials for the projects under execution.
 Follow up for getting an approval for Material requirement and Drawings.
 Well acquainted in reading the drawings and preparing the accurate BOM based on the drawings released for various
projects.
 Prepare the purchase specifications for the materials required for the projects.
 Assist the procurement division at various stages of the procurement with necessary inputs.
 Familiar with the relevant JO & KOC engineering standards.
 Review and evaluate the quotations of the vendors as per the requirements based on the codes and adopted engineering
standards.
 Review the vendor documents and drawing after the PO placement and involve at various stages in approval of the same.
 Review the vendor ITP and often involve in the ware house inspection activities in releasing/ rejecting the materials.
Kuwait Network Electronic Technology Co., Kuwait May’15 to Nov’15
Designation: Administrator, Production Operations Division
Company : Joint Operations, Wafra (Saudi Arabian Chevron Inc. – Kuwait Gulf Oil Company), Kuwait
Project Management
 Managing project operations with a view to ensure timely accomplishment of targets within the scope, time and cost
parameters & monitoring project compliance with project management standard policies, procedures and templates
through project audits.

3.  Assisting team members to identify and develop project management methodology, practices and standards.
 Assisting Project Manager to coordinate progress meetings, coordination meetings, reports, analysis of all components of
project management that are part of Project scope.
Site Management
 Providing site team with the required look ahead schedule and progress update in order to meet the project schedule and
planned progress milestones.
 Providing the site team with various monitoring formats & progress charts.
 Conducting regular site progress meetings to discuss various critical issues.
Project Planning & Progress Reporting
 Project Planning using project management software MS Project 2007 Professional.
 Project report generation through Project management software.
 Conduct project progress meetings inorder to control & resolve critical activities.
 Review project progress with the project head & implement necessary measures to achieve the targets.
Commercial Operations
 Reviewing tender from planning and commercial point of view, negotiating and coordinating with Client, Contractor and
Consultant.
 Coordinating for the preparation of monthly billing for the project along with reviewing and approving subcontractor bills as
per progress of work at site.
 Preparing Planning & Contracts documentation, BOQs, review of tenders and preparation of reports to award the contract,
coordinating with the Contractor.
Khalifa Daij Al-Dabbous & Bros. Co. Ltd., Kuwait May’12-Apr’15
Designation: Administrator, Production Operations Division
Company : Joint Operations, Wafra (Saudi Arabian Chevron Inc. – Kuwait Gulf Oil Company), Kuwait
Planning Activities:
 Preparation of Baseline Program for projects under the division as per the scope of work in MS Project Professional.
 Preparation of Approval For Expenditures (AFE) for the CAPEX projects which involves Conceptualization, Cost Estimation,
Project Scheduling, Design Basis & necessary documents.
 Preparation of yearly budget proposals for the future CAPEX projects and play an active role in getting the approval of the
budget by providing necessary clarifications and supporting documents to the management.
 Submit monthly reports regarding the status of CAPEX projects progress, AFE expenditures.
 Prepare yearly OPEX budget based on the past and current years OPEX trend and play key role at various stages for getting
approval of the same from the management.
 Monitoring the OPEX on monthly basis and keep control of the same under the approved budget.
 Prepare yearly budget carry over and quarterly CAPEX carry over forms based on the projects execution and forecast
expenditures of the same to the management.
 Preparation of Five Year Plan for the division and involve at various stages of finalizing the same with necessary inputs to
the management.
 Coordinate with engineers, supervisors & contractors for various issues at site regarding work progress & for issues
impacting activities on the critical path during Project Execution.
 Review the Contractor planning schedule for effective utilization of time & cost and approve / comment on the schedules as
submitted by the nominated Contractors.
 Scheduling programs and updating the same on weekly and monthly basis.
 Preparing daily, weekly and monthly progress reports including demonstration of project progress through presentations to
the management.
 Preparation and submission of Progress Reports/Charts and submit to project manager.
 Recommend appropriate improvements and ensure optimal quality of all project schedules and evaluate reports.
 Conducting Management & Progress meetings both in office and at site highlighting critical issues.
 Manage all communication and provide efficient feedback for all processes
 Updating and alerting project managers on delays and suggesting ways to expedite progress and catch up delays.
 Perform regular analysis of all schedule trends and monitoring the cash flow & project progress using EVPM techniques like
SPI, CPI etc.,

4.  Coordination with Local Authorities for work inspections and approvals, with additional responsibilities as conflict resolution
agent between the client and the concerned parties involved.
 Coordination with nominated subcontractor and consultants for various submittals and approvals.
Contracts Works -
 Raise the Contract Action Requests (CAR) for various types of contracts for the division by identifying the necessity of the
required Contracts for projects execution.
 Preparation of detailed contract documents for Service Contracts, Service Agreements, Low Value Contracts and
Construction Contracts in coordination with various functionaries like design and site engineers.
 Coordination with various departments, suppliers and site engineers for accurate cost estimation of new contracts and play
a key role in releasing the contracts tender documents by providing the necessary and timely inputs to the Contracts
Division.
 Preparing the service orders for the running contracts to carry out the contract activities to the existing contractors.
 Prepare variation order requests (VOR) for the existing contracts based on the additional requirements that arise during the
execution of contracts and play an active role in getting the approvals of the same from the management.
 Monitoring the contract expenditures of the running contracts and prepare a detailed monthly report of the same to keep
control of the contract expenditures.
 Thoroughly review the Contractor’s quarterly performance evaluation report in terms of HSE factors, timely execution of
the jobs etc., and submit the report to the management.
Almeer Technical Services Co., Kuwait Jan’02-Dec’08
Procurement Coordinator
Key Result Areas:
Procurement
 Formulated and monitored budget or financial information, such as comparing past costs with future costs, auditing
invoices, and verifying labor reports.
 Communicated with suppliers to obtained timely submission of engineering data and to follow-up on material acquisition,
production progress and shipment.
 Collated data to prepare the critical items reports or other supplementary reports as required.
 Collected the data from project expediters and issues reports for the expediting group.
 Working file of expediting related documents and memoranda of conversations to record expediting activities.
 System to initiate follow-up actions at appropriate times.
 Evaluated prime contract terminology and transfers applicable legal and commercial terms into the pro-forma documents.
 Drafted other commercial (L/C, Bank Guarantee, TT) and technical data prepared by engineering, construction, finance,
traffic & logistics, insurance, tax and other procurement functional groups and inputs suitable terminology into pro-forma
documents.
 Managed the following operation such as:
o Bidder’s lists / Pre-qualifies bidders /Forms bid packages /Issues bid requests /Receives bids
 Oversaw activities of engineering process and other in-house functions to ensured compliance with the order terms.
 Constant follow-up actions with the supplier or in-house functional group to ensured performance in accordance with
contract terms and conditions.
 Liaised with engineering to guide them in the preparation of material requisitions for the procurement of materials and
equipment and to achieved the understanding needed to process these requisitions.
 Supervised for preparation of company invoices to clients, memos and other technical reports as and when required by
projects manager.
 Drafted bank guarantees for tender / performance for various company’s commercial requirement.
 Demonstrated quality deficiencies utilizing competitor comparisons, convinced supplier to reduce the cost of material to
meet our budget level.
Logistics Experience
 Managed the additional responsibilities to support plant operations and logistics involving six departments and 1,500
employees.
 Functioned for logistic projects, including preparation of customs clearance for importing and exporting of parts production.
 Developed ramp-up plans and made calculations to reduce transportation costs within plant.
 Assisted with plant logistics manager and covered for personnel shortfalls & enabled successful completion of numerous
projects while avoiding delays.

5.  Ensured development and preparation of project master purchases pro-forma forms, including legal and commercial terms
and conditions to be included in purchase documents on project commitments.
 Evaluated & reviewed material requisition with our existing stock material, checking inward / outward material and
inventory control with yearly stock taking on project material.
 Oversaw international project commercial conditions of purchasing to ensured purchasing pro-forma terms, conditions and
procedures and compatible with procurement procedures.
 Supervised the development and implementation of key procurement strategies / contingency plans and ensuring that
strategies & plans are aligned with project requirements.
 Enabled suitable deployment of manpower & timely availability of manpower and equipment / materials to ensure timely
execution of the projects.
 Involved in advance planning and budgeting of purchase functions, involving cost estimation, contract negotiations &
finalization for purchase of all technology parts, raw material, capital goods.
Highlights:
 Handled a high net-worth project worth US$ 162 Million involving an esteemed set of clientele including Safwan (SA153),
Expertest (SA178), Combined Group (SC347R), Gulf Spic (SC248R), HOT (SC277), Mushrif (SC302), Dan Trading
(SC314), Hally Trading (HC109), GDMC (SC336).
 Initiated the timely execution of Flowline Replacement, Second Eocene Water Injection Pilot, Sub-Centers Manifold
/ Satellite Manifold / Flowline Decommingling Upgrade, North Wafra Sub-center, Wafra Sandface Back pressure
reduction Pilot, Sub-center Metering Facilities upgrade, Sub-Center OE Upgrade, SC Field Operation Office,
Humma Fencing, SC Flare Maintenance, SC Well Testing Facilities, SC Water Cut Meter upgrade & SC Instrument
Air System project within budget; implemented cost control strategies such as Design & Material Sourcing as well as
effective estimates for site infrastructure.
 Devised and implemented a supplier review process and metrics resulting in complete bilateral adherence to contractual
obligations.
 Reduced transportation costs by finalizing contracts with primary carriers that resulted in reduced freight costs on domestic
and international shipping routes.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE_______________________________________________________
Union Motors Ltd., Madurai Jun’95-Dec’01
Purchase Assistant
ACADEMIC DETAILS__________________________________________________________
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1991 Bachelor Degree in Physics, Madurai Kamaraj University
Studying (Distance Education) MBA in Supply Chain Management, Alagappa Chettiar University, Karaikudi
Undergoing Certification program on Contract & Supply Chain Management (FIDIC)
Others:
 English Type Writing Higher Grade from Tamilnadu Government Examinations in 1989
 Data Preparation and Computer Software from Ministry of Labor, Chennai, India.
 JD Edwards & ARIBA certification issued by Wafra Joint Opertions, Kuwait.
PERSONAL DETAILS__________________________________________________________
Date of Birth: 26
th
July 1971
Permanent Address: S/o. Late A. Rajamani, Ananda Srinivas Nilayam,
Karuppana Pillai Street,
Kombai – 625 522
Theni District,
Tamilnadu, India
Languages Known: English, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, and Tulu
Visa Status: Kuwait Article 18, Transferable
Driving License: Kuwait, License # 271072102959 & Expirty March 2017
Passport No.: Z1908529 & Expiry-June 2021