Praveen Pothu
Head Procurement at Mehta Group
- Role
- Head of Procurement at Mehta Realty
- Location
- Mumbai, MH, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Praveen Pothu
24 + years of experience in procurement of Construction Materials (Civil, Finishes & MEP)…
Experience
Head of Procurement
Jan 2022 — Present · Thane, IN
Planning, Organizing, Formulation and implementation of SOP for Procurement.• Finalization of Brands/Makes for Finishing Material as per projects requirements.• Vendor identification, evaluation & selection.• Maintaining Database of pre-qualified Vendors.• Floating enquires, Inviting quotations and getting competitive offers.• Commercial evaluation of quotations & seeking technical evaluation from Project Team/Engineering.• Negotiations & Rate Finalization.• Preparing Comparative Statement for Management Approvals.• Taking Rate Approvals from Managements.• Awarding Purchase Orders to the Vendors.• Keeping follow up for timely deliveries of materials.• Closely Co- coordinating with all user departments & stores on all relevant issues such as quality of goods, delivery time etc.• Coordinating with the Accounts team for processing of the vendor’s bill / payments• Coordinating with Architects for approval of samples.• Cost control by means of Vendor development & suggesting other alternative Material available in the market.• Identifying and developing a dedicated and alternate vendor source for, achieving cost effective purchases of raw materials and reduction in delivery times.• Ensuring alternative sources of supply that are built up over a period to prevent risk on the critical materials.• Preparing Outstanding Statement of vendors.• Managing Creditors/Suppliers for delayed payments.• Provide structured information periodically on suppliers, materials & purchasing activities.• Developing, leading & motivating the Purchase Subordinates.• To review the performance of suppliers & take corrective action to give feed back to the Management• Develop and implement of purchase policy.• Visiting Exhibitions to get information about new products & vendors.• To Suggest / introduce Innovative ideas and methods in procurement of materials.
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