PERSONAL SUMMARY
A dynamic and career oriented professional with over 12+ years of rich indigenous & overseas experience in various industries and roles:
Comprehensive experience in handling complex activities pertaining to planning, scheduling, co-coordinating and progress monitoring for commercial and Industrial Procurement Projects in accordance with national / international quality standards.
Proficient in evolving systems / procedures for change management in Banking & Financial, Restaurant operations, Import & Export and Construction entailing mapping business processes and studying workflow to design solutions, ensuring business functionality adherence as well as enhancing competitive advantage.
ACHIEVEMENTS IN WORK
? Prudent Solutions FZE Group: Achieved Quarterly Sales Target of 1million within 2 months time and Saved AED100,000 thru local and international sourcing.
? Bequest Investments LLC: Introduced 200+ New Supplier for various materials and products for Building Construction Project with LONGER CREDIT PERIOD.
? Al Ansari Group: After Joined in Projects & Procurement Department Negotiated the Price of companies’ regular procurement items with New & Existing suppliers and SAVED Total DIRECT Cost Savings made continuously for the years (2011 / 2012 / 2013 / 2014 / 2015) = AED 40 Million. Handled the total company purchases of AED 50-100 Million on yearly budgeted financial report basis.
? MAF-JCB Finance: Generated leads thru Cold Calls & Networking and achieved monthly targets within 15days.
? Barclays Bank PLC: Successfully handled and migrated a Special Project from United Kingdom to India and Awarded Best Employee of the Month.
? Affinity Express India Pvt LTD (FEDEX-KINKOS): Accomplished the weekly working tasks within 3 working days and managed 3 members team as an Admin Assistant.
OVERSEAS ASSIGNMENT:
? Barclays Bank PLC (UK) & Intelenet Global Services (India)
Assigned for a Special Project in India (Chennai) and went to United Kingdom (London & Birmingham) for Training & Migration of Documentation, Trade Finance process.
? Oman (Muscat & Salalah) – New site referral and Market research (STEEPLE ANALYSIS.
WORK EXPERIENCE
February 2017 – Present
Prudent Solutions FZE Group, UAE Employee Strength 10 to 50+
Supply Chain & Business Development
(Freelancer on Temporary contract)
(Supply Chain, Import & Export, Logistics Domestic & International, Sourcing, Procurement, Sales & New Business Growth)
Duties: Handling the Sourcing, Procurement, Supply chain & New Business growth operations with New and Existing clients.
Specialties in Project: Client Management, Supplier Relationship, Marketing & Branding, Import & Export documentation, Domestic & International Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Team Management.
? Import & Export: Handling the Toner & Cartridges, IBC tanks, Jerry Cans Import & Export.
? Business Development & Sales: Developing and generating the Business thru my Procurement and Networking contacts and managing the sales with internal sales team.
? Documentation: Record keeping of files in Cloud storage and digital archiving.
? Budgeting: Monthly Budget is prepared as per the requirement of Project (At Site), Supply Chain.
? Logistics: Looking for entire logistics Operation.
? Warehouse: Responsible for entire warehouse & secondary manpower.
? Supply Chain: Handing independently entire supply chain process inbound & outbound.
October 2016 – January 2017
Bequest Investments LLC, UAE Employee Strength 10 to 30+
Procurement Officer
(IT Procurement, Logistics, International Sourcing, Material Management, Sales & New Business Growth)
Duties:
? Responsible for organizing and maintaining a central facility for the purchase of all goods, Products, Services and Contracts on a best price / best quality basis. Also ensuring the smooth supply of material, consumables and equipment to the company.
? Processed Purchase Orders thru fully Computerized & ERP Procurement SAGE300 Cloud based software.
? Screening of Requisitions Prior to Sourcing out the order from Local and International Markets.
? Managed Materials Management in Civil & Mechanical and Electrical.
January 2010 – September 2016
Al Ansari Group Employee Strength 1000 to 3000+
Senior, Projects & Procurement Officer
(Centralized Procurement Unit)
Specialties in Project: Project Management, Tendering, Turnkey Fit-Out, Project Schedule, Joinery, MEP, BOQ, Project Coordination, Negotiation, Contract Management, Shop Fittings, Leadership, Team player, Retail Delivery, Electrical, Advanced MS Excel.
Duties:
? Handling the projects procurement of new branches/outlets from concept to completion within the given parameters in preparation for handover to operations.
Managed a team of 10 Professional Buyers, Logistic officers, Drivers & Technician’s.
? Reported to Head of Projects & Procurement / CFO / General Manager.
May 2009 – November 2009
MAF JCB Finance- Dubai, UAE Employee Strength 100 to 1500+
Business Development Officer
Duties:
? Generated leads through referral sources inside and outside of the company and holding the big data for contacts.
July 2007 – March 2009
Barclays Bank PLC & Intelenet Global Employee Strength 10,000 to 20,000+
Senior Customer Service Executive
Duties:
? Processing the Letter of credits & Amendments according to UCP600.
? Having knowledge in UCP600 & in Incoterms 2000.
August 2006 – June 2007.
Affinity Express India (FEDEX Kinkos) Employee Strength 200 to 1,000+
Admin Assistant
Duties:
? Specializing in MIS EXCEL Report creation and Daily work flow creation for Office Administration work.
? Checking whether the Work is properly allocated to my Agents and managing those Reports in MS Excel & MS word.
ADVANCED TRAINING & SEMINAR PROGRAMMES
? Continuously attending International Conference, Meeting and Orientation for Networking, Knowledge Sharing and Sourcing purposes.
? Strategic Leadership Program attended @ Al Ansari Exchange LLC (Dubai).
? Anti-Money laundering awareness Program attended @ FERG (Dubai).
? Strategic Procurement Process attended @ Blue Ocean Academy (Dubai).
? The Evolving role of Women in Procurement attended @ CIPS UK (Dubai).
? An Audience with CIPS President, Mr. Craig Lardner @ CIPS UK (Dubai).
? CPO-Connect with Group Head - Procurement & Realty Services - Emirates NBD Mr. Abdullatif Albastaki, @ Atlantis (Dubai).
KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
? Understanding of internet marketing: SEO (Search Engine Optimization), etc.
? Ability to identify and implement new procedures and processes.
? Have strong oral and written communication skills.
? Vast experience of working with a range of external suppliers.
? Excellent judgment and decision making.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
BCA (Bachelor of Computer Applications)
Madras University 2002-2005
Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS)UK – Level 4
Diploma in Purchasing and supply
(Member)
Diploma in Logistics & Supply Chain from American Institute of Business Management (USA)
CERTIFICATION
Certified International Commercial Contracts Manager
(International Purchasing & Supply Chain Management Institute)
USA
Certified Purchasing Professional Manager (CPPM) / (CPP)
American Purchasing Society (USA)
Six Sigma YELLOW BELT
International Quality Federation (USA)
Expert in Microsoft Excel 2013
ExecuTrain (USA)
PERSONAL DETAILS
D.Chandrasekaran Dharshan
Al Reef Tower 2, Flat: 1011
Al Nahda, Sharjah, UAE.
PO BOX: 19625
T Home: +971 6 552 3278
M: +97156-2263715 /
+97155-3198665
E: dcdharshan@yahoo.co.uk
Holding Valid UAE Driving License & CAR
DOB: 21/04/1985
Nationality: Indian
Passport number: M7543971
Issue Date: 09/04/2015 –
Exp Date: 08/04/2025
Visa Status: UAE Resident
with NOC
REFERENCES
Available upon request.
&
Also Available in LinkedIn:
http://ae.linkedin.com/pub/d-c-dharshan/26/143/196
DECLARATION: I hereby, declare that the above mentioned details of my personal bio-data are true to the best of my knowledge.
Yours’ faithfully, Name : Dharshan DC PLACE : DUBAI, UAE.