OBJECTIVE

Position as a Director of Purchasing / Purchasing, or Senior Supply Chain Manage

r / Strategist where management skills and experience can contribute to achieve
company goals.
SUMMARY
Professional career reflects 10 years' experience in international leadership, b
usiness planning, operational design, supply chain management, purchasing, mater
ials management, and quality implementation and consumer service. Met increasing
demands of market place to strategize business expansion objectives for a $408M
global organization, with 12 operating facilities in UAE and 13 worldwide.
Purchasing professional with broad experience in locating, pricing, and contract
ing for a wide variety of raw and finished materials.
Effective negotiator with ability to achieve positive outcomes that benefit the
company and contribute to ongoing vendor/supplier relationships.
Committed to performing professionally and effectively to contribute to the succ
essful completion of company projects.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Senior Purchasing Professional offering the benefit of a successful 10-year care
er with experience in management, purchasing and procurement, materials planning
and development, contract administration, vendor negotiations, and customer rel
ations.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a demonstrated ability to dev
elop and maintain sound business relationships.
Proven ability to assume challenging roles, perform in highly visible positions,
work under pressure to meet deadlines and produce strong sustainable results.
Aggressive and energetic self-starter; effective working both independently and
as a team member. Consistent success in surpassing productivity and performance
objectives.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
ICFAI UNIVERSITY, TRIPURA, INDIA currently doing an MBA in Operations
UNIVERSITY OF MAHATHMA GHANDI, KOTTAYAM, INDIA completed Bachelor of Commerce -
Costing and Accounting
DUBAI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, DUBAI, UAE - Certificate of Merit in Supp
ly-Chain Management

CERTIFICATES
M/s Lloyds Quality Register, Dubai, UAE - ISO Lead Auditor
M/s Det Norske Veritas, Orslo, Norway - HACCP Certified Auditor
M/s Johnson Diversy, DUBAI, UAE - ICAH (Intermediate Certificate in Applied HACC
P)
M/s Johnson Diversy, DUBAI, UAE - ICFH (Intermediate Certificate in Food Hygiene
)
M/s Johnson Diversy, DUBAI, UAE - FCFH (Foundation Certificate in Food Hygiene)
(twice)
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
Stephen Covey... The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Dale Carnegie ... Customer Relations and Personnel Development / Effective Speak
ing and Human Relations
Graham Fox ... Communication and presentation Skills
COMPUTER SKILLS
DCA (Diploma in Computer Application), INDIAN INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER STUDIES, KOC
HI, INDIA
Specialized in Oracle v8, FoxPro, Clipper v6.2, SQL System and VBA
Very proficient in MS Access, MS Excel, MS Project, MS Power Point and MS Word
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Held purchasing responsibilities of $300M F&B, FF&E and OS&E commodity requireme
nts and $100M in capital equipment.
F&B supply contracts served 12 large Hotels and extended to 31 global service un
its.
Identified $10M in annual cost saving and created long range processes to sustai
n that savings.
Coordinated a $2.2M capital asset "rebuilding-rationalizing program" for 16 majo
r properties over a 12 month period, saving the organization millions of dollars
for "new/replacement equipment and products."
Developed a multi-phase outsourcing strategy that reduced floor space by 20%, di
minished capital expenditures by 25%, reduced inventory by 10%, and cut annual p
roduction costs by 10%.
Designed and implemented a $50M supply contract that reduced materials costs by
11% in 12 Properties.
Spearheaded new product launch requiring $50M in spend and $2M in annual cost sa
vings.
Led new 3 new properties pre-opening which spend, 3% under capital budget and 5%
under projected expense plan, while eliminating staff turnover for duration of
the project.
Established interface of all departments to reduce costs with rolling out single
web based procurement platform.
Designed new replaced the Individual acquisition model with consolidation acquis
ition model which is based on European procurement technology that reduced produ
ct base 22%, reduced product turn over to 10% and is used as a prototype in lean
supplier base across the business units.

CAREER HISTORY
Asst. Group Director of Purchasing - Middle East - Feb. 2005 - Present
JUMEIRAH GROUP OF HOTELS
Led operations of Group purchasing department (team of 18 colleagues (6 Officers
, 7 Executives, 5 Managers)) which served 12 existing Jumeirah Hotels and upcomi
ng hotels in Al Khor Dubai, Palm Jumeirah, Jumeirah Ethihad Abu Dhabi, and Jumei
rah Kuwait.
Managed procurement projects of pre-opening of Jumeirah Living, Meydan Hotel and
Jumeirah Bab Al Shams Arena.
Assisted the Group Director of Purchasing with the strategic management of purch
asing department with an AED 1.5 Billion spends.
Was sourcing Food and Beverages, technology, materials, components and services
from sites and vendors of local and international, from throughout the world.
Introduced program in standardization of the products and value engineering the
contractual process relating to the purchase of "core" goods and services in ord
er to optimize costs and increase the service level and achieve sustainable comp
etitive advantage for the group, including the introduction of innovative strate
gy and tools, in improving the efficiency and efficacy of the procurement activi
ties.
Purchasing Coordinator - Oct. 2000 - Jan. 2005
ROYAL GUARD OF OMAN
Group Purchasing based on the volume generation from Welfare Division of Royal G
uard of Oman
Concentrated on Group Procurement activities and established practices
Extensive Market research in Dubai, Oman and Europe with the view to assist to p
rocure quality products to the Division
Maintain budget status, record commitments, estimate expenditure
Quantity and specification for every item are identified and approved in conjunc
tion with Operations
Administration of the various logistics aspects of import purchasing from sourci
ng of products, customs clearance, warehousing and transfer to main store and fe
eding stores
Highly vigilant in cost control measures in all possible aspects
Exploring the possibilities of obtaining consistent, branded supplies required f
or operating the division in required standard
Training and developing the local staff in Purchase so as to function as per the
organization standard
Cost Control Assistant - Aug. 1999 - Oct. 2000
THE INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, Cochin, India
Hotel Manager - Feb. 1999 - Jul. 1999
REVATHY INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, Kumaly, India
Front Office Supervisor - May 1998 - Nov. 1998
SOMATHEERAM BEACH RESORT, Trivandrum, India
Assistant Hotel Manager - Jul. 1997 - Apr. 1998
FORT HERITAGE HOTEL, Fort Cochin, India
Restaurant Cashier - Jan. 1994 - Jan. 1997
THE CASINO GROUP OF HOTELS, Willington, Island, India
Housekeeping Assistant - Jan. 1994 - Jan. 1994
TAJ MALABAR, Willington, Island, India