Venugopalan Rajagopalan

I introduce myself as a M.Tech (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India) m M.Sc ( Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India) graduate, having 33 years of experience in Procurement, Warehouse and Supply Chain Management.

I am Supply chain Department of Oil & Gas Service Industry ( MB Petroleum Services LLC, Oman).

I am having experience in heading the Materials Department of Home appliances Manufacturing company ( Voltas Ltd, India)

I am also having experience in procurement and Warehouse of Electronic Manufacturing Industry ( TVS Electronics Ltd and BPL , India)

Brief note on the supply chain Implementation related tasks handled at Oil & Gas Service Industry and Manufacturing Industries.
System
· Implementation coordinator for ORACLE Purchase, Inventory and EAM modules and integrated them with Finance Module for Oil & Gas Service Company
· Coordinated with IT to develop approval of Pos and payments in system through workflow in line with Authority matrix provided by internal Audit.
· Implementation of Oracle in 3 new start up Oil field service Companies including data migration from parent company to new companies, Reports migration.
· Introducing the Oracle i-procurement Move order and Purchase requisition system with stock visibility to end user.
· Implementation of satellite warehouses and stock integration to enable end user to have the visibility of stock of any item to avoid excess procurement.
· Implementation coordinator for AVALON ERP package of TCS and Data migration from Legacy to ERP system for Manufacturing unit.
Item Master Catalog implementation
· Microsoft access based programs to monitor Advance payment & LC requests and reconciliation through Oracle finance
· Integration of Vendors with Company’s ERP to enable online data entries of dispatches and invoices

Policy& Procedures
· Design & implementation of Policies & Procedure for Supply Chain Management
· Setting up of Purchase & warehouse Departments for a new Manufacturing industry and Oil Field Service Industry
· Setting up of Satellite warehouses at site levels and integration with main warehouse

Control

Procurement:
· Long term contracts for frequently purchased items to get cost advantage
· Budget control at Procurement and issue stages
· Vendor Managed Inventory system for Repair & Service operations
· Consignment Stock System for high volume high value items
· Vendor self-certifications which reduces / eliminates the Quality inspection time
· Indigenization and Sub contract vendor development
· Integration of Vendors with Company’s ERP to enable online data entries of dispatches and invoices


Inventory:
· Implemented Min-Max for spares and linked to auto triggering of Purchase orders
· Periodic /Cyclic counting
· Unit-wise spend control on material issues
· Min-Max policy
· Inventory aging Analysis
· Lot control for items having expiry period
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Logistics
· Freight consolidation of Imports
· Long term contracts for Rig moves
· Introduction of supply trucks concept to reduce the transportation cost related to delivery of materials to various operational units spread over the Oman.