Vipul Bhardwaj

Mechanical Engineer with around 14 years of experience working as a Procurement and supply chain manager with Oil and gas, Renewable energy, Green Hydrogen, Green Ammonia, SOEC, paper and Pulp and EPC Environment across the globe projects, in fields of:

Work History – Detailed Contributions 

Senior Lead Buyer- Global procurement and category management : Topsoe India Pvt. Ltd.  

Duration:  April 2022 till present .  

• Working as a Senior lead buyer/Category Manager for 3 categories globally (Energy, freight and warehouse) Leading a global team and Critically design and monitor the KPIs with global level KPIs and targets. Managing an overall spend of 250 Million DKK. 
• Contract management and category management for ENERGY, FREIGHT and WAREHOUSE. Globally Involved in market analysis, sourcing strategies and development of suppliers (selection, negotiation and audits) along with, long term and short term contracts with benefit of price and delivery in terms of capacity reservation. 
• Critical process design for supply chain management, supply chain digitalization including supply chain analytics and ERPs. Leading process development for global and indigenous supplies and stakeholder management and training. 

Category Purchasing Manager : Valmet technologies 

Duration:  Oct-2020 to April 2022.  

• Working as a project procurement manager/Category purchase Manager Leading a team and Critically design and monitor the KPIs for team with global level KPIs and targets. Involved in sourcing and development of new products for CCC sourcing, supplier selection and audits along with should cost analysis. New supplier development, supplier evaluation, Long term and short term contracts with benefit of price and delivery in terms of capacity reservation. 
• Leading the SHOULD COST analysis for Proprietary equipment and conduct negotiation with various new and existing suppliers, Critically follow the trends for raw material and various market bulletins and analyses the trends and form future cost competitive strategies for the best execution of Proprietary projects for PAP and Tissue. 
• Prepare and execute strategic sourcing activities including, strategy for project procurement, Cost avoidance, logistics cost negotiation, should cost analysis and new initiatives to reduce cost and improve quality proprietary products. 
• Conclude frame agreements and contracts with better payment terms and better contract/ PO clauses to secure company interest at all times. Review and understand Training needs for team (globally) for contract/ PO and Low cost country sourcing strategies and benefits. 
• Supplier management and association for long term and short term projects related to dedicated resources, machineries, manpower and agendas. Drive Supplier relationship management Program for APAC. Responsible for driving savings KPI for Low cost country sourcing activities. 
• Executing 3 global projects, successfully reduced the total cost for the material bought from LCC up-to 20% from the budget with on time delivery.

Team Lead Technical Procurement: Haldor Topsoe A/s  
 

Duration: 02 Jan 20 to Oct 20 

• Working as a Team lead for technical procurement, First Hire for India operations and managing a team of 2 buyers/expeditors for global projects in refinery and catalyst business.   
• Formulating the strategies and template for various post order processes (SWIMLANES)  for better performance of team. Critically design and monitor the KPIs for team. 
• Leading Post order Expediting activities for the refinery business and proprietary technology. Approved supplier base and managing day to day operative functions and supervise team. 
• Understanding and Handling Expediting of Various Commodities and Proprietary equipment  Including Piping bulks, reformers, MeOH reactors and heat exchangers. 
• Responsible to accelerate and maintaining the early engagement to project requirement and stakeholders, Involvement in Kick Off Meeting, Monitoring and reporting the project schedule and OTD along with progress reporting and ensure the flow of information is shared with internal stakeholders in timely manner for better clarity. 

Senior Purchasing Specialist: Fluor Daniel India Pvt. Limited  
Duration: 25th May 2014 to July 2019. 

• Worked as a Buyer for a FPSO offshore project for SHELL UK having total project  
  value of approx. 3.4 Billion US dollars. 
• Worked as a buyer and expeditorfor KIPIC Al Zor refineryproject, KNPC CFP 
  Project, SHELL SDA Netherlands, Reliance J3 refinery project.   
•   Leading Procurement activities for the Bio Gas Plant for EBW (Engineers without  
  Borders). The Projecting is being executed under corporate social responsibilities. 
• Handling Procurement of VariousCommodities Including Piping bulks, Electrical 
  Bulks, Field Instruments, Valves. 
• Responsible to accelerate and maintaining the BEC Cycle to the extent possible 
  by doing close liaising with engineering team and suppliers. 
• Responsible  for  complete  Purchasing  Activities  which  includes  to  issue-bidder  
  lists, RFQ’s, bid evaluation, commercial analysis, negotiation, bid recommendation  
  & award. 
• Maintaining  records  of  supplier  performance  ratings  during  bidding  cycle  and  
  execution phase. 
• Handing Change Orders with Benchmarking of prices with existing scope. Responsible to achieve significant amount of Negotiated saving for the Project. 
• Maintaining Milestone reports with respect to project Schedule. 

Engineer Procurement: Fernas Construction India Pvt. Ltd.  
Duration:  01st Jan 2011 to 24th May 2014. 

• Worked for the role of Buyer & Expeditor for Petrochemical, Pipeline, and Refinery  
  Projects for the clients like OGNC and IOCL with EIL as a PMC. 
• Handled Buying and Expediting of various project commodities including Electrical  
  & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Piping, Bulks etc. 
• Responsible for Various Pre Award activities which include Selection of vendors  
  for issuing RFQ, Follow up with vendors for the BID/Proposal submission within  
  the due Date, Co-Ordination with Engineering and Project Team for Resolving  
  Vendor’s Pre-Bid Queries and for Review of Technical Bids Submitted by Vendors.

• Follow  Up with  Vendors  for the  TQ  Responses, Preparation  of  detailed price  
  Comparisons,  Commercial  Bid Analysis,  Commercial  and Price  Negotiations.  
  Preparation of Vendor Recommendations and Purchase Orders. 
• Responsible  for Post  Award  expediting activities  like  receipt and  approval  of  
  supplier’s  documents,  Arranging Manufacturing  Schedules  & Work  Progress  
  Reports of suppliers, Coordinating SQ Inspections at supplier Premises & Timely  
  Dispatch of Material for job site. 
• Processing & vetting of vendor invoices for their timely payment. 
• Extending support to estimation team in form of arranging budgetary quotes from 
• suppliers of different commodities. 

Bachelor  of  Engineering  (B.E  Mechanical) 2010,  Career  Institute  of  Technology  and  management, Maharishi Dayanand University.