1. SUDHIR SHIRGURKAR
08806977722
sudhir_shirgurkar@rediffmail.com
PROFESIONAL SYNOPSIS
An astute result oriented leader with proven success of 24 years’ Material Procurement, SCM, Sourcing, &
Vendor Development. Expertise in Material Management & Supply Chain Management activities involving
material planning, negotiations, scheduling and procurement of components & raw materials from various
sources. Proficiency in development of vendors and analytical assessment, to strengthen effectiveness.
Expertise in implementing cost saving measures to achieve reduction in terms of raw materials, procurement,
and logistics. Demonstrated analytical skills with proven expertise in communication and relationship
management.
1. Process Knowledge:
o Complete knowledge of Business processes in “Requirement generation - Procurement - Payment”
lifecycle. Having hands-on experience of designing the Material Requirement Planning processes
from scratch, also reengineering the existing processes to improve the productivity and efficiency
of the department.
o Inventory control, stores management, Management Information System, Disposal of scrap, surplus &
non-moving inventory.
o Quality frameworks: ISO9000,
o Having an insight & better understanding of the big requirements.
2. Industry Types:
o Having wide exposure to the Manufacturing Companies and project companies.
o Good experience of project procurement as well as factory procurement.
o Good knowledge of procurement of various types of castings for process industry viz.Pumps &
Valves manufacturing units.
3. Local and Global Experience:
o Handled Supply Chain in domestic and Global market. Well versed with all the statutory concepts of
Imports, High sea sales, LC/CAD payments, EXIM policies, Duty structures and exemptions and other
custom clearance formalities.
4. Organizational Leadership:
o Interacting and strategizing with other leadership teams for creating synergy between different
departments within the unit and also with the Purchase Departments of other units in Thermax.
o Budgeting – to set the budgetary limits of the department and to monitor that other departments
are within their budgetary limits.
5. People Management:
o Experience of handling large teams of Purchase and Stores and managing large volume of vendors.
6 Logistic Management:
o Managing In bound and out bound logistic
o Making of Rate contracts with logistic service provider.

2. 7. Competencies/Functional skills:
• Purchases equipment, construction, and service contracts for major projects following established policies
and procedures.
• Provides project setup of procurement related activities
• Executes and manages the procurement process on contracts including bid list preparation, solicitation of
quotes, and evaluating, negotiating and awarding of contracts.
• Leads negotiations for procurement.
• Collaborates as needed to resolve major complex issues
• Ensures contract documents are issued correctly and on schedule.
• Develops and monitors project budgets and schedules (i.e., man-hours, cost, procurement milestone
durations, etc.) and aligns to procurement budgets and goals.
• Monitors project procurement activities and reports status.
• Participates in and/or leads meetings for the project, representing the procurement department.
• Resolves problems and issues to maintain schedule and mitigate risk for the project.
• Develop strategies for procurement of big Mechanical Package equipment & other Equipment & Raw
material.
• Prepare the schedule for invoicing and also ensure timely submission of documents to achieve the invoicing
as per the schedule.
• Good knowledge about various transaction and taxes i.e. E-1 transaction ,PAC and SEZ
• Understanding and implementation of lean SCM concepts
• Drives continuous improvement
• Understanding of cost drivers at supply chain
• Materials requirements management.
• Inventory management
• ERP (Oracle based) user perspective, that allow to follow-up costs and basic supply chain management
activities
• Familiar with Microsoft office applications.
• AMC Management - Covering equipments under Annual Maintenance Contracts (AMCs).
• Vendor Management: Registration, Development and Rating.
• Inventory Management – Finalizing the annual inventory limits, fixing stock levels of stores items,
getting the surplus / obsolete stock identified and their realization.
• Repair Management – To have total control on all the items sent out for repairs / replacements.
8. Personal skills:
• Able to provide a vision of the future and challenge current state. Very passion to improvements. Does not give up
easily; persistent. Able to positively and constructively challenge himself and the other team members
• Able to prioritize and work in dynamic / lightly structured environments.
• Good leadership and managerial skills / team player / team leadership / building, coaching and development
• Effective communication and influences skills, cooperative and supportive all the time.
• Hard-working and responsible, strong ownership, able to work under pressure.
• Fluent in English and local language (verbal and written).
• Ability to work in cross matrix set up.
• Ability to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent Communication skills and confidence to talk domain during client / prospective floor walks. Good
communication skills on phone too for effective reviews with client(s).
• Excellent presentation and client facing consulting skills.
• Good Understanding & applied knowledge in Sourcing & Procurement / procurement outsourcing,
• A mind set to meet targets and need to be performance driven.
• Having pro-active / anticipated problem solving abilities.
• Managing and developing the overall vendor relationship by proactively influencing such areas as value,
performance, risk, compliance and cost.
• Develops and maintains vendor engagement plans based on business and product needs, vendor market dynamics
and changes in technology or business process.
• Acts as the first level of escalation for relationship issue resolution.

3. • Drives benchmarking and continuous improvement initiatives
• Pushes workload to vendor wherever possible.
• Builds relationships with key vendor executives and participates in strategic level forums.
CURRENT EMPLOYER DETAILS
Since Feb’2012 at Thermax Ltd., Pune
(It is an engineering company manufacturing Boilers, Chillers, Heaters HVAC systems and water
treatment plants.
February 2012
Till Date
Head Materials (Purchase)
 Ensuring timely procurement and Despatch of material .
 Procurement of domestic & imported items and their respective mandatory spares, related to waste and
water plants , viz.Pipes,Fabrication items like, Pressure Vessels, piping & internals Pumps,
Clariflocculators, Cranes & hoists, Valves, Air Heaters & PLC, DBs, HT Switchgear, Bus Ducts, battery
chargers, Cables, Instruments, industrial UPS,MCC panels & MEMBRANES from overseas
manufacturers.
 Drawing follow ups from vendor and get the approval from design departments as well as ensuring the
movement of materials from vendor place to the site.
 Conducting studies at vendors end for coordinating validation, overseeing follow up with vendors for timely
deliveries, release schedules, quality checks & ensuring timely payments.
 Undertaking material forecasting, billing, material planning, delivery schedule, pre and post order
documentation.
 Maintaining healthy business relations with vendors; ensuring good relationship with vendors.
 Liaising with Suppliers / Transporters, for ensuring smooth operations, systems and procedures for
distribution and logistics.
 Planning - To prepare an Invoicing / Dispatch plan for the project
 Procurement – Ensuring on time procurement of the bought outs required for various projects
 Quality Assurance – Ensuring approval of quality by the internal QA department as per the customer’s
approved QAP.
 Introduced many new vendors to serve our requirements
 Handling procurement from overseas vendors (Import Material) i.e. negotiations with overseas
suppliers, handling of all import activities.
Significant Achievements
• Executed following projects in record time.
MICRO INK --- Within 2 Months
PEPSICO --- Within 3 months with entire automation system, and received appreciation letter and
bonus from customer.
HIMMATSINGKA LINEN – Within 2 months
MRF TYRES – Within 1 Month.
• Introduced many new vendors to serve our requirements.
Could convince a number of fabrication vendors to agree for 90 days credit period
PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENTS
From Sep’07 to Feb 12 at Tecpro Systems Ltd., Pune
(It is an engineering / EPC Turnkey project company which deal with material & Ash handling in
Power, Cement and Steel sectors. Major Customers are NTPC/BHEL/MAHAGENCO/APGENCO AND
KPCL, etc.)
Growth Path:

4. April 2009 to Feb 2012 -------- Manager (Purchase)
Sep 2007 ----------------------- Asst. Manager (Purchase)
Key Deliverables:
• Project Procurement of domestic & imported items and their respective mandatory spares, related to
pneumatic ash handling plants of value 100 crores p.a., viz. PLC, PMCC, DBs, HT Switchgear,
Transformers, Bus Ducts, battery chargers, Cables, Instruments, industrial UPS, Compressors, Pumps,
Vacuum Pumps, Clariflocculators, Tube Settlers, Cranes & hoists, Valves, Gen-set, Spouts, Air Heaters,
motors, agitators, tanks, air dryers, etc.
• Prepare the dispatch plans.
• Ensuring adherence to the monthly and annual sales plans.
• Locating & developing new vendors.
• To try our best to ensure that the procurements are done well within the budgeted figures considered
while filling the tender.
• Assist Marketing department to get the budgetary offers for filling the tenders.
• Providing support to projects for after sales service viz. short supply, broken down, damaged and
maintenance spares and service till the guarantee period after the commissioning of the system.
• Short-listing and selecting the man power suitable for my Department.
Significant Achievements
• Did a purchase of 100 Cr. in 2012-13 & 2011-12 from a purchase of 80 Cr. in 2010 – 11, 70 Cr. in
2009 -10, 45 Cr. in 2008-09, and a purchase of 20 Cr. in 2007-08.
• Grew from the position of Asst. Manager (SCM) to Manager (Purchase) in less than 5 years.
• Got the experience of working with major consultants, viz. NTPC, NLC, Fitchner, Desien, LANCO,
DCIPS, MAHAGENCO, TPL, etc.
• Introduced many new vendors to serve our requirements.
• Aniket Industries Pvt. Ltd., Pune as a Purchase Manager
Jun’06-Sep’07
Manufacturers of all types of packaging material & provider of packaging solutions.
It is a medium scale export quality, high strength corrugator’s container manufacturing organization having supply to
all major automotive industries like Tata Motors, Mahindra, Spicer India and many more.
 Procurement of raw material
 Procurement of all consumables
• REC Engineering Products Pvt. Ltd., Belgaum as a Purchase Officer
It is an 100% EOU unit, Manufacturers & Exporters of pumps and valves components to their
overseas customers in USA,UK, Germany & China.
Feb’05-Jun’06
Deliverables:
 Planning of casting procurement with the help of PPC department
 Execution of purchase orders
 Procurement castings from different local foundries on conversion basis
 Procurement of raw material i.e. Pig Iron & Gunmetal Ingots in different grades
 Purchase of castings in different grades & different materials like : CI, SG IRON, SS, WCB& BRONZE
 Procurement of steel bars in different grades
 Maintain raw material stock at foundry end
 Co-ordination with all casting suppliers
 Procurement of all machine shop consumables
 Procurement of packaging materials as per of overseas customer norms
 Manage logistic activities
 Developed casting machining vendor
 Developed alternative sources for machine shop consumables.
 Initiative in cost control measures with the help of development department
 Monitor quality & delivery performances of casting suppliers.
Preparation of ISO document.
• Fluid Metals India Pvt. Ltd., Belgaum as Purchase In charge
Manufacturers of Grey Iron & Steel castings in different and supplier of Machined
automotive components for OEM’S
Aug’1998-Jan’05
 Procurement of foundry raw materials like: Pig Iron & Scrap.

5.  Making rate contracts with raw material suppliers on monthly, based on market study.
 Taking care of procurement of foundry chemicals like-Chromium, Nickel, Graphite powder & all other
foundry consumables.
 Procurement of machine shop consumables.
 Developed alternative sources for machine shop consumables.
 Manage logistic activities
 Preparation of ISO documents
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• Ambica Techno crafts Pvt. Ltd., Belgaum as a Purchase Assistant
Manufactures & suppliers of Machined auto components.
March’1993-May’1998
 Procurement of casting & consumables
 Day to day contact with raw material suppliers
 Procurement of packaging materials.
 Manage logistic activities
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EDUCATION
 Diploma in Engineering from RTES POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE,GADAG--Board of Technical Education,
Karnataka in 1988-89
 Certification –Six Sigma Green Belt
IT SKILLS
 Proficient with MS office and Internet Applications
 Working on oracle based ERP (ORACLE R 12) Package.
PERSONAL DOSSIER
Date Of Birth : 18 May., 1966.
Marital Status : Married.
No. of Children : One.
Address : E – 102, Sai Vaibhav, Next to State Bank of India, Pimple Saudagar, Pune 411027
Contact No : 8806977722
Languages Known: English, Marathi, and Hindi & Kannada.
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6.  Making rate contracts with raw material suppliers on monthly, based on market study.
 Taking care of procurement of foundry chemicals like-Chromium, Nickel, Graphite powder & all other
foundry consumables.
 Procurement of machine shop consumables.
 Developed alternative sources for machine shop consumables.
 Manage logistic activities
 Preparation of ISO documents

• Ambica Techno crafts Pvt. Ltd., Belgaum as a Purchase Assistant
Manufactures & suppliers of Machined auto components.
March’1993-May’1998
 Procurement of casting & consumables
 Day to day contact with raw material suppliers
 Procurement of packaging materials.
 Manage logistic activities
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EDUCATION
 Diploma in Engineering from RTES POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE,GADAG--Board of Technical Education,
Karnataka in 1988-89
 Certification –Six Sigma Green Belt
IT SKILLS
 Proficient with MS office and Internet Applications
 Working on oracle based ERP (ORACLE R 12) Package.
PERSONAL DOSSIER
Date Of Birth : 18 May., 1966.
Marital Status : Married.
No. of Children : One.
Address : E – 102, Sai Vaibhav, Next to State Bank of India, Pimple Saudagar, Pune 411027
Contact No : 8806977722
Languages Known: English, Marathi, and Hindi & Kannada.
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