AMITABH BYAPARI

27+ years’ experience in Construction & Manufacturing Sectors; skilled in Strategic Sourcing,
Contracting, Indirect Procurement, Negotiation, Process Excellence, Change & Leadership
Management, Business Strategy, Learning & Development and Mentoring
Projects Handled: EPC | Water | Road | High-rise Bldg | Airports | Factories | Green-field Projects

+91 75069 33927 | 99100 46927 amitabhbyapari@gmail.com Mumbai, India

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Core Competency Profile Summary

Strategic Sourcing | Strengthen
Procurement processes
Vendor Development & Evaluation
Supplier Relationship Management
Business Strategy
Mentoring & Training Initiatives
Negotiation
Contract Management
Performance Management
Innovation & Technology Aptitude
Category Management
Cost Management
Techno-Commercial Decision Making
A senior procurement leader with vision to stimulate excellence in
procurement processes. A champion in nurturing leadership and scientific |
innovative approach of buying within the Buyers. Created high performance
teams who are aligned and committed to achieving organizational goals of
profitability and smooth execution. Had a penchant for innovation and deeply
believed that learning is key to fostering a success environment.
Professional Qualification
B.Sc- Mechanical Engineering
From BCE Bhagalpur (Bihar) in 1990 (1st.Class with Distinction)
Key Soft Skills
Drive for Results Honesty, Integrity Clear Vision & Direction
Collaboration Adaptability Analytical & Presentation Skills
Communication Persuasion Skills Detail-oriented

Career Trajectory
Leadership Roles (2012-Till Date)
GM – Supply Chain in Tata Projects
GM – Strategic Sourcing in Vishvaraj
GM – Strategic Sourcing in Mahindra
DGM – Procurement in L&T (North)
Senior Roles (2003 – 2012)
GM – Procurement in Reliance
Industries
Engineering Roles (1991 – 2003)
Dy Mgr – Business in Bennett, Coleman
Engineer – Procurement in L&T,
Pithampur
Sr. Engineer – DLF Cement

Career Highlights
Tata Projects Limited | General Manager – Supply Chain Management Nov’18 – Feb’20
 Initiated all the procurement activities of the project layout of ₹ 11,7440 M at BDD Chawl, Worli, Mumbai
 Major orders finalized: Structural Steel Towers of 22 floors (₹ 408 M), Civil work for Steel Towers (₹ 248 M), MEP
Consultant (₹ 102 M), Piling Contract (₹ 49 M)
 Expedited sampling (approvals) of 65 building material/ finishing items with more than 450 OEMS; this included e-
procurement / reverse auctions and extensive negotiation; total value contributor: ₹14,000 M to the project
Vishvaraj Infrastructure Limited | General Manager – Strategic Sourcing Jan’17 – Aug’18
 Managed 15 buyers and 12 Stores personnel in Chikhli-Tarsod Road Project of ₹ 11,500 M, PCMC Water Project at
Pune of ₹ 7,000 M and a few allied water projects and handled an annual Order value of ₹2,750 M
Mahindra Lifespace Developers Limited | GM– Strategic Sourcing & Contracting Nov’14 – Dec’16
 Established SOPs for Sourcing | Contracting & Contract Closure | Pre-qualification of vendors | Scrap disposal
 Instrumental in the release of large value civil Contracting orders: Tata Projects (₹ 1,440 M) for 3 towers in Gurgaon,
Shapoorji Pallonji (₹ 1,620 M) for 4 towers in Bengaluru
Larsen & Toubro Limited, Bldg & Factories IC| DGM - Procurement & Contracts Apr’12 to Nov’14
 Spearheaded procurement in 44 project sites in North with an annual order value of ₹ 9,750 M with 26 Buyers in
Procurement and 8 Stores personnel; further negotiated and send ₹ 8,750 M Orders to Chennai for HPC
 Achieved Savings to ACE (Accepted Contract Estimate) of 8% in Materials and 19% in Contracting
 Instrumental in establishing Procurement processes in Norther region, with the help of McKinsey
 Releases 88 Rate Contracts & reduced pendency from 66 to 6 days & institutionalized faster decision making
Reliance Industries Limited | General Manager- Procurement & Contracts Mar’04 – Apr’12
 Lead project and steady-state procurement functions of 372 retail petroleum outlets & 2 Terminals in North
 Formulated 1,400 line-item rate contract for 44 Contractors in Retail outlets in North: eased 95% operations
 Imported items of ₹ 380 M from Canada, Machine parts worth ₹ 50 M from Germany and EPS/Raw Material from BASF,
Malaysia worth ₹ 120 M: establishes my exposure to International Buying
Bennett, Coleman & Co. Limited | Deputy Manager- Business & Commercial Oct’03 – Mar’04
 Saved ₹ 50 M/ Annum by introducing 5 New Vendors for Cold Offset printing (earlier only Hot Offset printing was done) and curtailed
the cost of printing by 38% from ₹ 0.42 → ₹ 0.26 per Broad sheet
Larsen & Toubro Limited | Engineer - Procurement & Contracts Dec’96 – Jun’03
 Devised Labour Rate Contracts that saved ₹ 1.4 M for in-house labour jobs; contract ran into more than 800 item rates
 Changed Scrap Sale procedure (Tender → Auctioning) & derived value by ₹ 0.65 M per Annum
 Major Capital Item Orders: Robotic welding, Laser cutting machine of plates, Powder coating plant, O2/ N2 Cryogenic
vessels
DLF Cement Limited | Senior Engineer - Procurement & Contracts Sept’92 – Dec’96
 Saved 67% of Budget by ₹ 60 M by introducing Aubema, Germany’s “Stone Crushers” against reputed “L&T Crushers”
 Negotiated the Main Mechanical package of ₹ 1100 M and handled 26 other utility packages, in the cement
manufacturing greenfield project of ₹ 3,850 M
 Employment Recital
Tata Projects Limited, Mumbai (TPL) Nov’18 – Feb’20
General Manager – Supply Chain Management (BDD Chawl Project, Worli, Mumbai)
Tata Projects, the fastest growing and most admired infrastructure companies in India. Has its presence in India, South East
Asia, Middle East and Africa. Presently, The second largest construction Company in India with a turnover of 150,000 M
Accountabilities:
 Operated all the procurement activities of the project layout of ₹117,440 M. The project constitutes of developing 54 acres
of land with 104 high-rise buildings constituting of 26 to 80 Slabs
 Introduced | finalized Consultants (Architects | Structural | MEP | Liaison)
 Orchestrated the strategy of contracting to finalizing rate agreements of all sourced material; concluded contractors for
various civil jobs (with/ without material) for the entire project and devised agreement with JSSL for three 22 storeyed steel
buildings of 1,600 MT each
 Expedited sampling of 65 building material items with more than 450 OEMS; this included e-procurement processes
 Advocated a complete responsibility from the downstream to upstream | e-to-e procurement for the entire project

Vishvaraj Infrastructure Limited, Mumbai (VIL) Jan’17 – Aug’18

Head & General Manager – Strategic Sourcing (Pan-India)
VIL is a proponent of PPP model, has firmed a track record in Road and Highways sector. With Urban Infrastructure foray in
drinking Water distribution as well as Waste water treatment and Reuse.
Accountabilities:
 Championed the strategic sourcing & contracting functions on pan-India basis: (1) Handled an annual order value of ₹2,750
M, (2) Organized procurement activities of 9 ‘live’ project sites pan-India , and (3) Administered a team of 15 buyers & 12
Logistics/ Warehousing professionals, (3) Over-viewed a capital outlay of ₹ 600Mr for Road Equipment buying
 Managed buyers in Chikhli-Tarsod Road Project of ₹ 11,500 M | PMC Water Project of ₹ 7,000 M
 International Exposure: Imported Screen Grids from Huber, Germany and EMO belt pressure filters, Germany worth ₹60
M, Fiber Disc Filters from C-Tech’s partrner Yucheon, South Korea worth ₹ 100 M, Blowers from Turbo Max, South Korea
worth ₹ 35 M for Bhandewari Water Treatment Plant, Nagpur and Baylan Water Meters from Turkey worth ₹ 50 M for
PCMC Pune Water pipeline project in Pune; negotiated the ₹ 28 M Hydrocone Cone Crushers from Sandvik, Germany
 Covered a large scale purchase of Direct and Indirect category such as Fuel (Diesel), bulk raw materials (Steel, Cement,
Bitumen), capital equipment (aggregate crushers, DG Sets, Batching Plant, HM Plant, WMM Plant, TMs, Backhoe
Loaders, Excavators, Trucks, Tippers, Rollers, Weigh Bridges), engineered products (HDPE/MS/MDPE/DI pipes, valves,
pumps, SCADA Packages, lab equipment, electrical items, etc), MRO spares, structural steel, Services procurement (civil
contracts, transportation, CHA ,freight forwarding , IT, professional services, contract manpower etc).
Mahindra Lifespace Developers Limited, Mumbai (MLDL) Nov’14 – Dec’16
Head & General Manager– Strategic Sourcing & Contracting (Pan-India)
MLDL is an associate company of Mahindra & Mahindra (17.8 Billion USD revenue). MLDL undertakes Engineering,
Procurement and Construction (EPC) in building and owns 3 large format SEZs in Chennai (2) & Jaipur (1).
Accountabilities:
 Planned strategic sourcing & contracting functions on pan-India basis and handled an annual order value of ₹6,600 M,
 Organized procurement activities of 13 ‘live’ project sites pan-India, and drove a team of 24 buyers/ contract engineers
 International Exposure: Imported aluminium formwork worth ₹ 45 M from Kumkang Kind, South Korea
 Expanded the yardsticks for the procurement processes & crafted SOPs for sourcing & contracting to make our
department a world class organization in MLDL
 Explored a large-scale purchase of Direct and Indirect category such as bulk raw materials (steel & cement), capital
equipment (DG Sets, Al Formwork, ACs, Elevators, Gym. Eqpt, Waste Management System), other engineered products
(Finishing items: Tiles, stones; block-work: AAC Blocks, clay/ fly-ash bricks; Aluminium / uPVC windows/ doors, cables &
panels, fire-fighting Eqpt., etc), services procurement (civil contracts, Plumbing & Electrical services, Painting, Water-
proofing, Anti-termite treatment, Transportation, IT, professional services, etc).
Highlights:
 Savings: Saved ₹ 181 M in sourcing & ₹ 34 M in contracting… achieve almost 8% savings year-on-year
 Established: (1) Framework of costs for creating a calculator for construction cost on per Sq Ft basis (this included 5
category costings for 4 cities… associated with 3 renowned Cost Consultants, (2) Central data repository of purchase data
| suppliers | contractors, (3) SOPs for sourcing | contracting | contract management | pre-qualification of vendors
 Mentored Buyers at 13 locations | conducted training sessions on VC | Coordinated with them to clear all doubts & made
them understand the new SOPs | Audit processes

Larsen & Toubro Limited, Building & Factories IC, New Delhi (L&T) Apr’12 to Nov’14
Deputy General Manager- Procurement & Contracts (Delhi & Gurgaon Cluster)
The Buildings & Factories Independent Company is equipped with the domain knowledge, expertise & wide-ranging
experience to undertake Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) of all types of building and factory structures.
Accountabilities:
 Commandeered procurement functions in the Northern region: (1) Taken care of an annual order value of ₹ 9,750 M, (2)
Revitalized procurement activities of 44 project sites in Northern India, (3) Achieved Savings to ACE (Accepted Contract
Estimate) of 8% in Materials and 19% in Contracting, and (4) Inspired a team of 26 buyers/ engineers
 International Exposure: Imported Tuned Mass Damper for ATC Tower, Delhi worth ₹ 10 M from Gerb, Germany
 Transformed my team by evolving entrepreneurial skills within them, and galvanized our department to becoming
a world class organization in Building & Factory Division
 Managed a large scale purchase of Direct | Indirect category such as bulk raw materials (Fly-Ash, sand & aggregates;
steel & cement thru Central team), capital equipment (DG Sets, Al Formwork, ACs, Elevators, Waste Management
System), other engineered products (Tiles, stones; block-work: AAC Blocks, clay/ fly-ash bricks; Aluminium / uPVC
windows/ doors, cables & panels, fire-fighting Eqpt., glass facade, Water Proofing material, etc), services procurement
(civil contracts, Plumbing & Electrical services, Painting, Water-proofing, Transportation, IT, professional services, etc).
Highlights:
 Savings : (1) Saved >3% year-to-year at ₹ 330 M in comparison to ACE (Accepted Contract Estimate) value within the
last financial year , (2) Negotiated | implemented a single bulk material supplier that shall give Savings of ₹ 22.5 M in 13-
14 Yr (eliminated sand sourcing problems | unified rate for Delhi/ NCR | price stability with quality benefits), (3) Finalized
transportation contract for North that shall bring in more transparency in this neglected area | saved almost ₹ 5 M in this
process
 Paved the way for Rate Contracts & formulation of Schedule of Rates for Fast Moving Low Value (FMLV) Items
 Enhanced the qualitative aptitude of the buyers by inculcating a habit of reading | planning | strategizing | evaluating
| thru lecture sessions | thru sending weekly snippets on motivation | technical | commercial aspects in
procurement

Reliance Industries Limited, New Delhi (RIL) Mar’04 – Apr’12

General Manager- Procurement & Contracts

Project: EPS Manufacturing Plant, Faridabad

In Reliance Innovative Building Solutions Pvt Ltd, established EPS Manufacturing project at Faridabad in a JV with Nova
Chemicals, USA.
Accountabilities:
 Pioneered procurement functions (project stage) involving International experience of importing items worth ₹ 380 M
from NOVA Chem, Canada and Machine parts worth ₹ 50 M from HIRSCH Maschinenbau, Germany. and Indian utility
items worth ₹ 200 M. In steady state, procured raw material/ services/ commodities worth ₹ 400 M per annum (including
import of EPS worth ₹ 120 M from BASF, Malaysia)
Highlights:
 Savings: (1) ₹ 6.2 M (replaced fire insulation bricks with red bricks & eliminated mezzanine floor in Boiler area), (2) ₹4.3
M in capital procurement, (3) ₹ 0.5 M in raw material, etc. … in tune to >4% savings year-on-year
 Single handily founded the procurement department | Initiated project monitoring from Oct’08 onwards | handled the
technical issues with DEC, Jacobs Engg | got SAP incorporated for the new JV Company
Project: Petroleum Retail, Northern Region

Reliance Industries Ltd. (Petroleum Business) is India’s second largest petroleum business group with a total annual revenue
of US $9 billion having other business interest in Petro-Chemicals, Textiles, Retail, etc.

Accountabilities:
 Championed the function (with a Team of 5 personnel) of Retail Petroleum business in North | Outlay: ₹ 2,950 M/ Annum
 Guided procurement functions of 372 retail petroleum outlets and other support businesses: Plazas | R- Care | TCC |
Aviation Fuel Stations | Oil Terminals of the Northern region

Highlights:
 Savings: (1) ₹ 5.9 M in uniforms & other outlet consumables, (2) ₹ 3.2 M in project civil work at various locations, (3) ₹1.7
M in Marketing items worth ₹ 7.5 M … in tune to >9% savings year-on-year

Bennett, Coleman & Co. Limited, New Delhi (TOI) Oct’03 – Mar’04
Deputy Manager- Business & Commercial
A Media giant handling Times Of India, Economic Times, Navbharat Times, Femina, etc.
Accountabilities:
 Shepherded the Outside Printing jobs for North | took care of all in-house contracts | capital | spare purchases
Highlights:
 Savings: ₹ 50 M/ Annum by proposing 5 New Vendors for Cold Offset printing (earlier only Hot Offset printing was done)
and curtailed the cost of printing by 38% from ₹ 0.42 → ₹ 0.26 per Broad sheet
 International Exposure: Importing newspaper rolls (in bales/large format rolls) from Indonesia worth ₹ 950 M/ Annum
Larsen & Toubro Limited, Pithampur, near Indore (L&T) Dec’96 – Jun’03
Engineer - Procurement & Contracts
This plant was Part of Heavy Earth-moving equipment Division of L&T, the largest Engineering Company of India.
Accountabilities:
 Presided the Non-Stock area with 4 personnel; responsible for all capital purchase, entire logistics, and revenue
expenditure.
Highlights:
 Savings: (1) ₹ 1.4M by formalized Contracts for various in-house labour jobs, (2) ₹ 0.8 M by suggesting import substitutes,
(3) ₹ 0.8 M by introducing LPG bullet … in tune to >18% savings year-on-year
 International Exposure: imported Welding Robot worth ₹ 35 M from ABB, Germany, Plate Laser Cutting machine worth
₹ 80 M and Cryogenic Vessel worth ₹ 10 M from PraxAir, USA
 Changed scrap sale procedure (Tender → Auctioning) & derived value by ₹ 0.65 M per Annum

DLF Cement Limited, New Delhi (DLF) Sept’92 – Dec’96

Senior Engineer - Procurement & Contracts
DLF Cement had undertaken a grass-root project of setting up a 1.4 MTPA Cement Plant in Rajasthan with a cost layout of ₹
3,850 M in Rajasthan. I was part of the ‘core team’ of Project Purchase
Accountabilities:
 Negotiated the Main Mechanical package of ₹ 1,100 M and handled 26 other utility packages like Belt Conveyors, Pumps,
Compressors, civil contracts (₹ 360 M), Packing Plant (₹ 90 M)
Highlights:
 Savings: By 67%: ₹ 60 M / International Exposure of importing Primary Stone Crusher from Abuma, Germany worth
₹30 M with the help of their Indian counterpart Kitty Steels, Hyderabad

Academics
Class - 12 Central School, Jamalpur (Bihar) 1986 (76%)
Class - 10 Notre Dame Academy, Jamalpur (Bihar) 1984 (81%)
Secured First Division with Distinction (in both the above)

IT Skills & Languages Known

 Well versed with MS Office, Internet Applications and ERP Systems like SAP (MM module)
 Proficient in English, Hindi & Bengali (only speaking) languages

Personal Dossier
 Date of Birth : 10-August-1969
 My Family : Wife : skilled Painter-n-Home-maker; Son : 18 Years bright kid; aspires to become an Architect

Hobby
 Solving ‘Sudoku’ puzzles and daily playing mental ability enhancement games
 Sharing knowledge - a pursuit towards achieving immortality
 Mentoring young minds; meeting and leaving people in a better state
 Encouraging others to achieve ‘more’ in life and to stay happy

Strength Analysis – By Gallup Organization

 Significance – a craving for recognized excellence, independent & want to be recognized
 Competition – measure their progress against others, strive to win & revel in contests
 Activator – a desire for action, turns thoughts into action & often impatient
 Ideation – fascinated by ideas, find connections between seemingly disparate phenomena
 Strategic – create alternative ways to proceed

My Leadership Behaviours
 Solving problems effectively
 Operating with a strong results orientation
 Seeking different perspectives
 Supporting others

I hereby state that the above facts are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Amitabh Byapari

PS: Please note that “M” stands for “Million” above