Rajagopalan Venugopalan

Career Highlights

 30+ years of Solid experience in Procurement, Inventory and Supply Chain Management
 Handled Procurement & Inventory of Manufacturing(Mechanical, Electronics) and Oil & Gas Industries.

System
• Implementation coordinator for ORACLE Purchase, Inventory and EAM modules and integrated them with Finance Module for Oil & Gas Service Company
• Coordinated with IT to develop approval of Pos and payments in system through workflow in line with Authority matrix provided by internal Audit.
• Implementation of Oracle in 3 new start up Oil field service Companies including data migration from parent company to new companies, Reports migration.
• Introducing the Oracle i-procurement Move order and Purchase requisition system with stock visibility to end user.
• Implementation of satellite warehouses and stock integration to enable end user to have the visibility of stock of any item to avoid excess procurement.
• Implementation coordinator for AVALON ERP package of TCS and Data migration from Legacy to ERP system for Manufacturing unit.
• Item Master Catalog implementation
• Microsoft access based programs to monitor Advance payment & LC requests and reconciliation through Oracle finance
• Integration of Vendors with Company’s ERP to enable online data entries of dispatches and invoices

Policy& Procedures
• Design & implementation of Policies & Procedure for Supply Chain Management
• Setting up of Purchase & warehouse Departments for a new Manufacturing industry and Oil Field Service Industry
• Setting up of Satellite warehouses at site levels and integration with main warehouse

Control

Procurement:
• Long term contracts for frequently purchased items to get cost advantage
• Budget control at Procurement and issue stages
• Vendor Managed Inventory system for Repair & Service operations
• Consignment Stock System for high volume high value items
• Vendor self-certifications which reduces / eliminates the Quality inspection time
• Indigenization and Sub contract vendor development
• Integration of Vendors with Company’s ERP to enable online data entries of dispatches and invoices


Inventory:
• Implemented Min-Max for spares and linked to auto triggering of Purchase orders
• Periodic /Cyclic counting
• Unit-wise spend control on material issues
• Min-Max policy
• Inventory aging Analysis
• Lot control for items having expiry period
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Logistics
• Freight consolidation of Imports
• Long term contracts for Rig moves
• Introduction of supply trucks concept to reduce the transportation cost related to delivery of materials to various operational units spread over the Oman.