Priya Jaishankar
Dubai
Summary
Skilled and results-driven Marine Procurement Specialist with over 18 years of extensive procurement experience in the Marine Industry. Expertise in ship management, vendor relationships, and cost-saving initiatives. Strong communication, negotiation, and leadership skills with a proven ability to streamline procurement processes and improve vendor performance. Possess a proven track record of success in managing the entire purchasing process, maintain relationships, and improving retention rate.
Procurement professional with proven track record in strategic sourcing and supply chain management. Known for delivering impactful procurement strategies that enhance operational efficiency and drive cost reductions. Highly collaborative with focus on team success, adaptability to changing needs, and strong negotiation and analytical skills valued by employers.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Procurement Consultant
,
01.2025 - Current
- Providing advisory on high-impact sourcing strategies for lubricants, spares and technical stores across global hubs.
- Supporting contract negotiations and frame agreements
- Align purchasing plans with vessel maintenance and drydock projects
- Contribute to continuous improvement of procurement processes, tools and KPIs within the marine supply chain function.
- Enhanced supplier performance through regular evaluations, feedback, and corrective action plans.
Senior Manager, Wellness
Swastha Pte Ltd
08.2024 - 01.2025
- Responsible for the Wellness initiatives of seafarers and office employees.
- Led end-to-end wellness strategy and implementation for seafarers and shore-based employees, aligning mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing with organizational performance..
- Developed office employee wellness frameworks, including preventive health, mental wellbeing, work-life balance, and burnout mitigation initiatives.
- Acted as the bridge between management and wellness service providers, ensuring practical, culturally sensitive, and scalable solutions.
Head -Vendor Management
Synergy Maritime Pvt Ltd
01.2023 - 08.2024
- Responsible for streamlining the vendor repository based on the machinery, core specializations and geographical presence.
- Standardization of vendors for machinery spares, services, logistics and consumables
- Responsible for periodical evaluation of vendors basis price competitiveness, quality of products and services and performance. Led the team for vendor evaluation and audits and was responsible for standardization of the processes.
- In charge of approval of vendor additions across the Synergy group based on checks and due diligence.
- Develop and maintain a qualified supplier base for key hubs, monitoring vendor performance on price, quality, OTIF delivery and documentation.
- Extend support to the Category Management team on vendor specializations
- Streamlining vendors based on their sustainability initiatives.
- Strengthened vendor relationships by maintaining open communication and promptly addressing any concerns or issues.
- Developed and implemented vendor evaluation system to ensure product quality and reliability.
- Increased profitability by identifying and eliminating inefficiencies in vendor management process.
- Initiated sustainability practices in procurement processes, aligning with company's environmental goals.
Senior Manager -Procurement / Manager Procurement / Technical Executive
Synergy Maritime Pvt Ltd
11.2007 - 12.2022
- Part of the procurement team of Synergy Maritime, been in charge since the 2nd year of the inception of the ship management company throughout its growth from 6-190 vessels.
- Responsible for ensuring all purchasing activities are carried out in accordance to the organization’s purchasing guidelines and procedures.
- Led cost saving projects like 6 monthly technical stores supply, bulk purchase of major items, hub and spoke model for spares logistics. Was responsible for the project on logistics for consolidated movement of spares across fleets enabling considerable cost savings.
- In charge for resource allocation, induction and training of procurement personnel
- Led the negotiation of pricing and terms with vendors to ensure optimum contracts.
- Conduct periodic vendor appraisals. Ensure that vendor feedbacks are recorded.
- Oversee the entire purchasing documentation process and ensure quarterly cost reports are submitted on time.
- Responsible for resource allocation, induction and training of procurement personnel
- Periodic feedback sought from the Technical Managers and Technical Superintendents on the performance of the procurement team, to enhance operational excellence of the team
- Ensure that the invoices are processed and paid to vendors in the due credit period.
- In charge of effective testing and implementation of the procurement module of the ship management software
- Improved team performance by providing comprehensive training and fostering a collaborative work environment.
- Implemented and developed operational standards, policies and procedures.
- Promoted a culture of continuous learning through regular workshops, seminars, and training sessions for staff.
Resourcing Executive
MindWave Solutions
09.2006 - 11.2006
- Screening, short-listing and recruiting IT professionals as per client's requirements
- Sourcing applications through job portals and consultant's referrals
Purchase Officer
R&D TeamWorks
03.2002 - 10.2003
- Responsible for Order Placement Timing, Supply / Demand Alignment, of computer products. Negotiated with each supplier regarding prices, delivery date, of networking products
- Continuous monitoring, evaluating and improving supplier performance.
- Maintain audit records and ISO documents.
Course Administrator
Cyberstudy
05.1999 - 05.2000
- Designing of IT courses and tutor and student allocation
Education
Executive Programme in Business Administration -
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Chennai09.2020
Bachelor of Technology - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
College of Engineering, University of Kerala
India10.1996
Skills
- Supply chain optimization
- Effective strategic sourcing
- Financial cost analysis
- Logistics management
- E-procurement management
- Global supply chain management
- Supplier relationship management
LANGUAGES
English – Fluent
Malayalam-Fluent
Tamil-Fluent
HOBBIES
Driving: Completed long-distance interstate drives post-COVID, enriching my appreciation of landscapes., Running: Successfully completed several 10K marathons, demonstrating endurance and discipline., Photography: Landscape and portrait photography enthusiast with a keen eye for detail and composition.
Timeline
Procurement Consultant
,
01.2025 - Current
Senior Manager, Wellness
Swastha Pte Ltd
08.2024 - 01.2025
Head -Vendor Management
Synergy Maritime Pvt Ltd
01.2023 - 08.2024
Senior Manager -Procurement / Manager Procurement / Technical Executive
Synergy Maritime Pvt Ltd
11.2007 - 12.2022
Resourcing Executive
MindWave Solutions
09.2006 - 11.2006
Purchase Officer
R&D TeamWorks
03.2002 - 10.2003
Course Administrator
Cyberstudy
05.1999 - 05.2000
Bachelor of Technology - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
College of Engineering, University of Kerala
Executive Programme in Business Administration -
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)