Achal Gupta

About Achal Gupta

1) Total 26 years of rich International & Domestic experience in Power / T&D / Lighting / Data Centre business on “Leadership position” in domain of Supply Chain, Procurement, Negotiation, Vendor Development, Expediting supplies, Logistics, Inventory Mgt, Demand Planning, Vendor Performance Monitoring, Project Management, ISO / IMS Quality Management, Theory of Constraint, Operations & Strategy, Export / Import.(2) TOC based Replenishment Model for MTA items to ensure availability, Inventory control through BPR (Buffer Penetration Report).(3) Commodity Hedging for Aluminum / Copper.(4) Handled more than 1500SKUs, 700 suppliers and annual purchase volume of 300Mn USD / Annum.(5) Handled projects of various International clients like Saudi Electric Company / ARAMCO till 380kv, African Markets (Togo, Kenya, Zambia) and Domestic Clients like PGCIL / NTPC / GETCO / MPPTCL / UPPTCL / HVPNL / MSETCL / KPTCL / CSEB etc till 765kv.(6) Responsible for procurement of complete Power Distribution, Sub-stations, Transmission Line items like Transformers, GIS, Switchgear CT / PT / LA / CB, CRP / SAS, Insulators, Isolators, Battery & Charger, HDG Tower Structures, Earthing, Hardwares, Conductors, Steel, Cement, Pipes, Electronics items like Drivers / LEDs, IT Hardware like Servers / Storage / Network Switches / Router / Firewall / DDoS / Load Balancer, IT Software like ITSM / Monitoring Tools / SIEM / EDR, Network Bandwidth etc.(7) Responsible for deployment of effective Purchasing Strategies, savings from budgeted cost, coordination with different deptt & Suppliers, Techno-Commercial discussions, Negotiations, logistics, On-time deliveries, supplier performance monitoring, managing vendor database, maintaining price database, strategic sourcing, cash management & people management.(8) Worked of “MM Module” in SAP for Procurement, SAP Ariba for E-Auction Japanese Auction / Dutch Auction / Traffic Light Auction for Negotiation.(9) Provide Tender support in terms of price, pre-tender tie-up, identification and selection of suppliers, rate contracts etc.(10) Ensuring compliances by internal & external stakeholders for procurement policies & procedures as laid by corporate.(11) Supply Chain Analytics on vendor data base, commodity management, price evolution & benchmarking, buying patterns, budgets and expenditure variance.(12) A good team leader, motivator, an effective communicator, strong analytical & problem solving skills, professionally committed and maintaining harmony in the team.(13) ISO Lead Auditor of IMS (ISO9001 / ISO14001 / OHSAS 18001) by BVQI.

Experience

1. Head - Procurement, Data Centre & Cloud Services

   Larsen & Toubro

   Apr 2022 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Handling procurement for Data Centre business pertaining to Infrastructure (Building, Power, Cooling etc.), Non-IT (Fibre Connectivity, ISP Carrier, Passive Cabling, Rack Deployment etc.) & IT (Hardware & Software), Managed Services (Facility Management, Security Management etc.).• Handling items like IT Hardware (Servers / Storage / Network Switches / Router / Firewall / DDoS / Load Balancer etc.), IT Software (ITSM / Monitoring Tools / SIEM / EDR / Vulnerability Management etc.), Hypervisor (Nutanix / VMware/Hyper-V), Network Bandwidth etc.• Supplier On-boarding.• Capex v/s Opex evaluation.• Rate Contracts for Data Center operations like Facility Management, Security Operations, Annual Maintenance Contracts for various equipment etc.• Contract formulation & preparation of SLA for various major critical items.• Capex & budgetary planning.• Sourcing of Renewable Power (Solar & Wind) on Long Term PPA on Open Access (Group Captive / Third Party) & on Energy Exchange like IEX.

Education

• Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

  B.E, Mechanical

  1993 — 1997

• Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

  Post Graduate Diploma in Management, Strategy & Operations

  2010 — 2013

• Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

  M. Tech, Construction Technology & Management

  1997 — 1999

Skills

• Strategic Analysis
• Linear Regression
• Team Management
• Sap R/3
• Global Sourcing
• Procurement
• Supplier Evaluation
• Supply Chain Management
• Supplier Selection
• Strategic Sourcing
• Materials Management
• Leadership
• Project Planning
• Supply Chain
• Supplier Development
• Negotiation
• Purchasing Strategy
• Six Sigma
• Spss
• Contract Management