Sudhin Unnikrishnan
Al Nahda
Summary
Results-driven professional with over seven years of experience in Procurement , Estimation, Logistics Management, Budgeting, Supplier Management, Quality Service, and Tender Management. Proficient in lighting control estimation engineering, electrical systems operations, maintenance, and designing electrical equipment and instruments.
Demonstrated ability to optimize design reviews and value for manufacturing processes. Skilled in managing entire site work of Electrical, Electromechanical, and Instrumentation projects. Proven track record in project scoping, planning, execution control, and delivery with a focus on customer satisfaction and quality processes.
Proficient in preparing status reports for clients and internal reporting using Open Office, MS Office, Windows, XP, AutoCAD (Basics), and DIALUX (Basics).
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Procurement & Operations Engineer
Light Link Electrical Trading LLC
01.2022 - Current
- Reviewing bids to ensure they meet all legal requirements, including being within budget and complying with government regulations.
- Monitoring the progress of projects by communicating with project managers about issues that may arise during construction or manufacturing processes.
- Tracking all expenditures throughout the lifecycle of a project to ensure it stays within budget.
- Coordinating with suppliers to ensure that they have all materials needed for production.
- Ensuring the quality of products or services by monitoring suppliers’ performance and making recommendations for improvement.
- Reviewing contracts for accuracy and legality, especially regarding insurance coverage in case of damage or loss.
- Reviewing bids from suppliers to determine which company will best meet the company’s needs.
- Inspecting goods that have been delivered to ensure they are in good condition and that they match the specifications in the order form.
- Reviewing purchase orders to ensure they are accurate and complete.
Procurement & Operations Engineer
Light Link Trading LLC, KSA
11.2023 - 11.2024
- Reviewing bids to ensure they meet all legal requirements, including being within budget and complying with government regulations.
- Analyze all suppliers in order to select the most suitable suppliers who are able to deliver high quality products at competitive pricing.
- Negotiate with suppliers on lead-time, cost and quality so as to obtain the maximum benefit for the company.
- Manage suppliers to meet objectives related to cost, delivery performance, schedule and quality.
- Develop purchasing or sourcing strategies based on portfolio analyses and supplier preferencing study.
- Define and maintain documented category and supplier strategies using market and competitive data.
- Liaise with suppliers on delivery schedule so as to ensure on-time deliveries of final product.
- Develop, implement and drive the procurement strategies in order to meet cost savings targets.
- Review and manage the supplier base to ensure consistency with the sourcing strategy.
- Perform regular performance review with suppliers to drive continuous improvements.
- Create monthly performance reviews and reports focusing on overall sourcing requirements.
- Identifies operational problems by observing and studying the functioning and performance of systems.
- Provides operational management information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing operating and engineering trends.
- Identifies priorities by assessing operational objectives like cost savings, energy conservation, and environmental quality.
Senior Estimator and Procurement Engineer
Reynard Lighting LLC
04.2019 - 01.2022
- Analyzing the research data and providing the estimating input on projects at various stages of design development.
- Determining the amount, type, and cost of materials and fixtures needed for each electrical project.
- Developing entire project cost estimate from the conceptual stage through the project closure with early-stage engineering deliverables.
- Identifying the project delivery resources from pre-qualified lists or through individual project qualification process; conducting standard requests for proposals; completing bid analysis; recommending resources to clients.
- Evaluating the planning and scheduling of work on current projects to ensure that activities are effectively planned, resourced, and completed.
- Reviewing the project deliverables, managing the cost, maintaining the current and previous estimations, along with providing the technical support.
- Actively managing the supplier performance through consistent communication to ensure proper adherence to purchase order terms and conditions, delivery performance, schedule, and quality.
- Devising purchasing or sourcing strategies based on portfolio analyses and supplier preferencing study.
- Developing, implementing, and driving the procurement strategies to meet cost savings targets.
- Establishing and implementing the procurement strategies to meet the cost-saving targets.
- Responsibilities
Operations & Estimator Engineer
LED World LLC
04.2017 - 04.2019
- Evaluated the competitive price through assessing the instructions, specifications, drawings, bill of quantities.
- Maintained cross-functional coordination with technical and production departments.
- Prepared the tender analysis sheet and presented the same to the senior management as per the business needs.
- Accountable for submitting the tender on time.
- Monitored the cost improvement measures to improve the accuracy of future pricing.
- Maintained healthy relationships with the clients/sub-contractors.
- Reviewed and completed the bid proposals as per the business requirements.
- Responsibilities
Education
Bachelors - Electronics And Communication Engineering
University of Calicut
01.2013
Skills
- Project Management
- Product Development
- Procurement
- Technical Assistance
- Tendering and Bidding
- Escalation Management
- Estimation, Budgeting & Cost Analysis
- Performance Management
- Liaison and Coordination
- Client Management
- Quality Assurance
- Reporting and Documentation
- Supplier relationship management
Certification
- Certified International Procurement Professional(CIPP) by IPSCMI - September 2023
- Certified International Procurement Manager(CIPM) by IPSCMI - September 2023
Languages
English
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Timeline
Procurement & Operations Engineer
Light Link Trading LLC, KSA
11.2023 - 11.2024
Senior Procurement & Operations Engineer
Light Link Electrical Trading LLC
01.2022 - Current
Senior Estimator and Procurement Engineer
Reynard Lighting LLC
04.2019 - 01.2022
Operations & Estimator Engineer
LED World LLC
04.2017 - 04.2019
Bachelors - Electronics And Communication Engineering
University of Calicut
GLOBAL EXPOSURE
Successfully worked with cross-functional teams, clients & employees from diverse backgrounds & geographies including India, UAE and KSA.
References
Reference available on request.
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