Gajen Anantharamakrishnan

Dear Hiring Manager,

I am a Resourceful Global Capex and Assets sourcing Manager with skills in managing complex functional project procurements over various environments. Able to manage stakeholder expectations and willing to take the full responsibility for delivering the objectives. Consistently identifies and accelerates strategic measures to strengthen performance with sustained results. Ability to challenging & diverse roles.

I am highly expertized in Budgeting, Estimation, Costing, investments, payback & ROI, Strategic sourcing, procurement, negotiation, sourcing proposition, merging, greenfield / brownfield projects, contract management, TCO, industrial layouts  and Techno-commercial aspects of procurement, cash flows and revenue submission with IRR.

• A fourteen years and ten months of clustered experience of industrial, project management, project procurement, strategic investment management, cash flow analysis & business KPIs.
• Highly motivated, fast learning, data gathering, goals setting, formulating and driving all actions towards results and realizations.

Presenting scenarios at full confidence, Openness, global cross-cultural communication, humbleness and evaluated feedback submission

Global Lead Buyer/Manager – Capex at Sodecia Headquarters, Portugal: New Projects, Capex & Assets Manager (Corporate Role) (Remote Seating Position in Chennai) - April 2018 to Present.

Resourceful Capital Procurement Manager with skills in managing complex functional project procurements over various environments. Able to manage stakeholder expectations and willing to take the full responsibility for delivering the objectives. Consistently identifies and accelerates strategic measures to strengthen performance with sustained results. Ability to challenging & diverse roles. Experience in Budgeting, Estimation, Costing, Strategic sourcing, and Techno-commercial aspects of procurement, cash flows and revenue submission with IRR. Exposure to global procurement in Europe, Asia and Americas.

Roles & Responsibilities:  Understand the business capital forecast, major/minor project objectives, and translation to the procurement plan in compliance with the corporate strategies.  Develop and maintain market intelligence to enable required business strategies and continuous improvements in negotiation strategies.  Drive documented CAPEX savings from Capital Procurement Best Practices with customized RFQ templates, Cost structure & Standards, Package negotiations.  Ensure Strong Payback Analysis in business case for stakeholders.  Responsible for Supplier Comparison analysis and proposal to stake holders for decision making and ensure adding value to all key factors & categories.  Coordinate analysis with finance and manufacturing leaders to present different optimal sourcing strategies to fit the competitiveness of the project and ROI.  Financial analysis with economic trends to build long term cash out flows.  Ensure project teams engage Procurement early in project planning and the projects are adequately staffed for procurement activities.  Follow up on Investment system approvals and support with necessary information for stakeholder decisions.  Follow up on Asset transfer/ disposals of free capacity equipment’s and identify the changes to support new business case and economics.  Identify & develop Top Talented suppliers in all Capex commodities to suit all global and regional requirements.

Capex & Projects Manager - April 2016 to March 2018 Sodecia India Private Limited – India Operations  Primary resource for detailed planning and delivery of capital projects across the organization, by managing project scope, design, development, implementation and change management.

Project Manager – Aug 2014 to March 2016 Sodecia India Private Limited – Chennai  Implementation & Monitoring of all Industrial Projects.  Implementation and follow up of APQP, PRM, OPPM and project gates

Asst. Project Manager- July 2013 to July 2014 Sodecia India Private Limited – Chennai  Implementation & Monitoring of all Industrial Projects.  Implementation and follow up of APQP, PRM, OPPM and project gates

Senior Engineer- Maintenance- Nov 2010 to June 2013 (Maintenance Leader) Sodecia India Private Limited – Chennai  Plant Equipment’s, facilities & utilities Maintenance Leadership & Coordination, TS, ISO Documentation, Spares management, Maintenance KPI representation, Kaizen Projects and maintenance budget and cost management.  New Equipment’s Commissioning and Factory Layout definition.

Maintenance Engineer- Aug 2008 to Sep 2010 Ramco Industries Limited- Kharagpur, West Bengal  Mechanical & Facilities maintenance, Inventory management, Spares Re ordering, Work Shop Management.

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechatronics– June 2004 to May 2008 – 72% Maharaja Engineering College, Coimbatore – Anna University. 

Executive MBA – Project Management – 2012 to 2013 – First Class United Business Institute (Online) 

Executive Dual MBA – 2019 to 2020 – First Class Corporate Finance Management & Purchase Management