Kevin Salins

· Develop and implement procurement strategies aligned with ADNOC project requirements.

· Lead tendering and bid evaluation processes for construction materials, services, and subcontractors for the building of IES and Sub Station for CRI Project at Habshan 5 site for Petrofac/ ADNOC.

· Ensure procurement activities adhere to ADNOC’s procurement policies, contractual obligations, and commercial procedures.

· Coordinate with engineering, planning, and construction teams to define procurement specifications and schedules.

· Manage vendor prequalification, negotiation, award, and performance monitoring.

· Handle the full procurement cycle including RFQs, ITBs, bid tabulation, purchase orders, and contract formation.

· Maintain vendor relationships and assess supplier performance against KPIs.

· Support procurement audits and ensure compliance with ADNOC’s In-Country Value (ICV) policies.

· Oversee import/export processes and customs clearance related to project logistics.

· Mitigate procurement risks by identifying potential supply chain issues and implementing contingency plans.

· Collaborate with ADNOC’s commercial, legal, and QA/QC teams to ensure contractual and regulatory compliance.

· Maintain procurement documentation and reporting for internal and ADNOC audits

· Issuing RFQs / RFIs / Tenders and bids to both local and international suppliers.

· Negotiating prices, contract terms and review technical/commercial specifications for for OEMS like Cameron Slb, Technip FMC, Baker Hughes and various other EPC projects for ADNOC NMDC CECO.

· Working closely with major ADNOC AVL vendors for the raw materials and services related to EPC projects

· Analyze and provide the market information; bid estimates, pricing trend terms, conditions & availability of goods and services on all the major projects.

· Process POs prepared through purchase requisitions/RFQs using Oracle ERP systems.

• Work closely with the operations and sales team to understand details of procurement requirements and request quotes from vendors.

· Carry out onsite audits, evaluating vendors periodically to confirm compliance with QMS, carry out Risk assessment and provide contingency planning.

· Research and identify potential cost savings in all the procurement activities.

· Prepare case study related to Capex, present it to the management for approval and issue the purchase orders after approvals.

· Work with the Design /Engineering and Estimation team closely for sourcing of materials for new product designs as per the client’s requirement.

• Develop strong relationships with key suppliers and measure suppliers’ performance based on cost, quality, delivery, and service level.
• Analyse the market to identify opportunities to expand the vendor base.
• Determine vendors based on established criteria, negotiate the organization's purchasing agreements/contracts, & ensure their products / services meet company’s specifications.
• Identify potential bottlenecks and implement procurement strategies that support the company goals and long-term objectives.

· Planning and implementing the entire supply chain strategy for the company.

· Preparing supply chain KPIs objectives plans & working with the team on achieving them

· Collaborate with sales operations customer service and finance teams for the smooth flow of the job processes.

· Analyze and provide the market information; bid estimates, pricing trends, terms, conditions & availability of goods and services on all the major projects.

· Identify process bottlenecks and Implement solutions in a timely manner

· Identify and drive continuous improvement opportunities to streamline process and improve accuracy and efficiency within operations

· Reviewing all the contracts/agreements to achieve the ‘best price/best quality’ purchasing of all the goods and services

· Standardizing vendor channels and products to reduce the TCO.

· Managing RFQs / RFIs / ITTs and bids to both local and international suppliers.

· Negotiating prices, contract terms and review technical/commercial specifications with OEM suppliers, forging suppliers, structural steel suppliers, welding suppliers & 3rdparty vendors based on current market evaluation.

· Responsible for planning & executing the Projects’ Procurement activities

· Analyze and provide the market information; bid estimates, pricing trends terms, conditions & availability of goods and services on all the major projects.

· Review & approve POs prepared through purchase order requisitions or RFQs using Visual and Oracle ERP systems.

· Reviewing all the contracts/agreements to achieve the ‘best price/best quality’ purchasing.

· Working closely with all stakeholders throughout the execution of all major projects to get the best possible solutions /outputs.

· Carry out onsite audits, evaluating vendors periodically to confirm compliance with QMS, carry out Risk assessment and provide contingency planning.

· Training suppliers on products and services required to improve the overall efficiency of entire supply chain process.

· Research and identify potential cost savings in all the procurement activities.

· Standardizing vendor channels and products to reduce the TCO.

· Work with the Design and Engineering team closely for sourcing of materials for new product designs as per the client’s requirement.

· Forecast the demand for inventory stock items and co-ordinate with the warehouse staff & maintain optimum level.

· Managing complete Logistics activity on all the major projects including clearance and handling of all the import / export of the materials with proper shipping documentation including the handling of local customs clearance.

· Present annual savings report to top management & ways of achieving them.

· Ensuring proper quality control of oil field tools and equipment.

· Monitoring welder performance and providing WPS and PQR for various welding operations as per the required specifications.

· Carry out dimensional and NDT inspections and prepare quality package for Tenaris Hydril and API connection, Hydril / Shaffer BOP’s ,wellhead items- Spool, DSA, Flange, X-Overs, etc.

· Witnessing NDT / hydro test and preparing reports.

· Supervising all pressure control equipment.

• Preparing drafts for water level of the construction site, external piezometer water level drafts with the pump running report, etc.