VINOD JAMES
Senior Manager - Supply Chain Management
Dubai
Summary
Result-driven Procurement professional offering 20+ years overall experience in International & Domestic Renewable Energy / Power Transmission & Distribution Construction industry in various segments – Project Procurement & Coordination, Tendering, Negotiation, Contracts Management, Team management and Compliance Functions. Currently Heading Supply Chain Management for constructing 1.8GW Solar Power Plant for MBR DEWA6 Project in Dubai.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Head - Supply Chain Management
Larsen & Toubro Limited
01.2024 - Current
- Heading Supply Chain function for 1.8GW Solar Power Plant for MBR DEWA6 Project. Client - Masdar & DEWA
- Overviewing and monitoring of supplies, subcontract management, and logistics functions of project.
- Driving negotiations in terms of complex, large deals with leading global suppliers for a broad spectrum of products and services.
- Developing new vendors, taking cost, quality, and delivery criteria into mind, to generate sufficient capacity to meet average and peak project requirements.
- Subcontract negotiation and finalization for service orders.
- Coordination with client for all supply, service and logistics related approvals and clearances.
- Responsible for managing end-to-end execution of strategic as well as operational procurement.
- Managing a team comprising of electrical, civil, and logistics engineers for the project.
Senior Manager - Supply Chain Management
Larsen & Toubro Ltd
1 2020 - 01.2024
- Team Lead – Utility Power Distribution projects (RDSS Scheme) responsible for the sustainable & profitable procurement (Projects Value approx: INR 5,000 Cr)
- Category Lead - Steel & Structural Items for PT&D IC
- Lead Procurement for NEOM Grid Sub Station project in Saudi Arabia (Project Value $ 599 Mn)
- Formulation of long & mid-term strategy development and execution.
- Leading large commercial negotiations with Global Suppliers considering the available negotiation levers in hand.
- E-Procurement and Digital Supply Chain implementation
- Strategic Vendor Development for sustainable business operations
- Commodity (Metal & Currency) management & Hedging
- Team development with regular mentoring, empowerment & support to enhance team skills and confidence
- Spearheading cost reduction initiatives, consolidating tasks, eliminating non-value-added processes & complete re- engineering of processes and systems
- Excellence in rendering supplier relationship management, establishing SOPs for procurement
- Managed large-scale project procurement and introduced new systems, tools, and processes to achieve challenging objectives
Manager - Supply Chain Management
Larsen & Toubro Ltd
06.2017 - 12.2019
- Led SCM activities of Eastern Region (Kolkata)
- Contract negotiation, order finalizations and vendor management
- Electrical procurement of Distribution Projects including distribution transformers, VCBs, Structure items, Poles, Earthing items, LT AB Cables, LT Power and Control cables etc.
- Handled various Clients / DISCOMS - DVVNL/MVVNL/PuVVNL/PVVNL/PGCIL/PGCB/NEA/TANGEDCO/REC
Manager - Supply Chain Management
Larsen & Toubro Ltd
08.2014 - 06.2017
- Buyer responsible for finalization of various requirement of Utility Power Distribution and Transmission Line Projects.
Assistant Manager, Supply Chain Management
Larsen & Toubro Ltd
07.2008 - 07.2014
- Buyer for Project Procurement for 220KV,132KV, 66KV and 33KV Sub Stations including Power Transformers, Gas Insulated Switchgears, Air Insulated Switchgears, HV, MV, LV Power and Control Cables, Substation Control Systems, Relay Protection Panels, DC System, Auxiliary Transformers, NER’s, Transformer Online Monitoring Systems, Partial Discharge Systems, LV Panels etc..
- Clients : Qatar Petroleum / Energo Projeckt Entel, KAHRAMAA, AbuDhabi Water And Electricity Authority, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, TRANSCO, ADDC,AADC
Electrical Design Engineer
MEC ARCAN Construction Company
04.2006 - 04.2008
- Electrical designing of high-rise commercial buildings and switching station.
- Preparation of layouts and shop drawings for lighting, power, fire alarm, low current systems etc using AutoCAD.
- Preliminary Estimation and take offs.
Electrical Site Engineer
Royal Constructions Ltd
02.2005 - 03.2006
- Project Realization and planning Intermediate mile stones.
- Preparation of project specifications and standards of practices
Sub Engineer Operations
Kerala State Electricity Board
10.2002 - 02.2005
- Operating Engineer of a 2 MW Hydro Electric Power Station.
- Operation and control of alternator, 11 KV switch gear systems including all auxiliary and ancillary systems like circuit breakers, CT, PT, Battery Systems, relays, cooling systems, transformers etc.
- Control of turbine and governor and updating of log books.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical And Electronics Engineering
The Indian Engineering College
India 06.1998 - 04.2002
Skills
Project Coordination
Strategic Procurement
Digitalization
Process Compliance
Data Analytics
Accomplishments
- ISO Certified Internal Auditor
- Managerial Development Program from XLRI
- Leadership Development Certification from IIT-M
- Completed Transformative Leadership development program
- Internal faculty for Supervisory Development program for junior executives at IIT KGP
Languages
ENGLISH
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
HINDI
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
D.O.B
17th March 1980
Timeline
Head - Supply Chain Management
Larsen & Toubro Limited
01.2024 - Current
Manager - Supply Chain Management
Larsen & Toubro Ltd
06.2017 - 12.2019
Manager - Supply Chain Management
Larsen & Toubro Ltd
08.2014 - 06.2017
Assistant Manager, Supply Chain Management
Larsen & Toubro Ltd
07.2008 - 07.2014
Electrical Design Engineer
MEC ARCAN Construction Company
04.2006 - 04.2008
Electrical Site Engineer
Royal Constructions Ltd
02.2005 - 03.2006
Sub Engineer Operations
Kerala State Electricity Board
10.2002 - 02.2005
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical And Electronics Engineering
The Indian Engineering College
06.1998 - 04.2002
Senior Manager - Supply Chain Management
Larsen & Toubro Ltd
1 2020 - 01.2024