Nidhin Alias
Piara Waters,Australia
Summary
Accomplished Senior Procurement Professional with over 15 years of experience across the mining, engineering, manufacturing and construction sectors. Proven track record in building relationships, cultivating partnerships, and growing profit channels to support Total Cost of Ownership. Solid background in Strategic sourcing, Contract management and Project procurement with exceptional analytical and process improvement skills.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
WAIO Procurement Principal (Acting) Plant, Processing and Labour
BHP
07.2024 - Current
- Management of contracts and categories across the WAIO portfolio including critical materials and on-site services for Fixed Plant Processing and Labour.
- BHP commercial representative for 12 Fixed Plant Processing Contracts valued 2.05 billion AUD
- Provide expertise in the development of commercial and category strategy to guide decision making within the Western Australian Iron Ore (WAIO) Plant Processing and Labour category.
- Support direct tendering, negotiation and implementation of complex and high value contracts to reduce the total cost to the business as required.
- Drafting of high-quality tender and contract documents to minimize ambiguity, thereby reducing opportunities for claims. Support the Project team on commercial decision-making involving vendors.
- Manages complex supplier relationships that target realization of value with a strategic mindset.
- Administration of contracts through the appropriate allocation of risks through the selection of the most effective commercial pricing models within the category. Resolution of commercial claims and disputes
- Build relationship on trust, respect and mutual benefit by partnering with major stakeholders in the category.
- Largest company in Australia, and the largest mining company in the world as measured by market capitalization.
- Achieved cost savings of over 4.1% from the contract extension negotiations within the Plant processing and Labour contracts valued 600M AUD
Specialist- Site Engineering /NPI & Logistics / Travel & Expenditure
BHP
11.2022 - 07.2024
- Provide technical expertise in the development of contract strategies, tendering and award of contracts, and drive improvement activities within the WAIO Port and Rail projects including marine projects.
- Drive world class sourcing and administration of Contracts for Site Engineering capital projects
- Work collaboratively across functions, regions, assets, and vendors to ensure stakeholder concerns are systematically addressed and resolved within the NPI and Travel category.
- Develop implementation and handover plan for contracts, to ensure that value is sustainably captured.
- Monitoring of contract performance and reporting (spend analytics, contract variations incl. claims management, and off-contract spend).
- Provide commercial contract management support throughout the project life cycle.
- Support the development and implementation of complex contracting and category management strategies and Identification of risks and appropriate commercial controls.
- Achieved cost savings of AU$3.1M from 3 construction contracts awarded for WAIO SE through negotiations.
- Successfully completed global vehicle hire (short/long term, commercial/passenger) sourcing valued 60M.
- Awarded BHP’s first Indigenous vehicle hire contract with a Pilbara based vendor.
- Served as the Data Steward & Data Owner for Enterprise procurement category.
- Procurement Supply Representative for five major contracts with combined contract value of 1.9 billion AUD
Procurement and Contracts Specialist
THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS (tkIS-Australia- BU MINING)
04.2021 - 11.2022
- Lead the end-to-end project procurement process, which includes data gathering, conducting market research, benchmarking, identifying potential suppliers and recommending the optimal sourcing approach.
- Perform the role of Buyer’s representative in supporting the management of subcontracted projects.
- Support procurement operations across the performance of cradle to grave contract management and administration on assigned contracts which includes relevant KPI monitoring and reporting.
- Identify and mitigate business and legal risks in prospective and existing contracts in compliance with company policies, controls and procedures. Report any outstanding issues or concerns to management.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders in relation to technical and commercial evaluation of bids ensuring Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and specifications would be achieved as per schedules and plans.
- Manage a range of procurement sourcing activities including but not limited to RFB, RFI, RFP, RFQ and RFT.
- Assess and manage cost reduction and waste elimination policies to support business processes on categories
- End to end design, fabrication, procurement and construction of mining machinery, industrial plants and systems.
- Successfully completed the sourcing of the most critical and high-risk packages for BHP’s PDP1 project.
- Managed procurement of various critical engineering packages for BHP’s flagship South Flank project.
Procurement Specialist
KENTAN ENGINEERING
02.2012 - 04.2021
- Lead strategic sourcing of goods & services to identify opportunities for cost saving and service improvement.
- Leveraged current and emerging industry trends, analyzed competitive market, and discovered competitive best practices to develop business strategies and product assortments. Completed competitor analysis.
- Established longtime production schedules and inventory analysis reports to assist with longtime capacity planning. Contributed to 5S program in work areas and worked with stakeholders on improvement projects.
- Managed milestone and schedule payment activities of Contracts. Expedited delivery of goods, equipment, QC and commercial documentation. Coordinated freight and logistics activities.
- Specialist in the design, manufacture, and marketing of electrical devices for major Infrastructure projects
- Successfully led a cost saving initiative for the retrofit/Installation of the ACB category. As a result, reported annual procurement cost reduction by 12%, with supplier base optimisation and supply chain risk mitigation.
- Spearheaded the sourcing for the R&D projects on Remote Racking Devices to benchmark time and cost through Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) and Value Engineering (VE).
Team Leader | Procurement
TOYOTA KIRLOSKAR AUTO PARTS (SUBSIDIARY OF TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION)
03.2011 - 01.2012
- Led, managed, trained, coached, and mentored procurement team members on the Toyota Production System and Lean Manufacturing procurement policies. Provided on the job support and assistance as needed.
- Oversaw the effective procurement of imported parts for the Toyota vehicle transmission assembly plant with 220,000 units/year. Assisted with ongoing budget obligations with respect to contract expenditure.
- Maintained Just In Time (JIT) inventory of around 200 imported parts from worldwide Toyota plants.
- Manufacturer of motor vehicle parts and accessories.
- Successfully led and implemented Parts Management System (PAMS) for parts ordering after being trained at Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan. Trained the end users and completed project ahead of schedule.
- Actively used continuous improvement tools to improve HS&E, quality, delivery, financial performance, employee engagement and customer satisfaction.
Assistant Engineer | Strategic Sourcing & Supply Chain Management
WIPRO LTD
07.2005 - 03.2011
- Assessed current or prospective suppliers to minimise vendor risk, manage material costs, and maximise supplier relationships. Managed performance of suppliers and addressed performance issues.
- Provided technical expertise in planning, development and implementation of systems, tools, analytics and reporting to facilitate the delivery of best practice procurement outcomes.
- Multinational Corporation that provides information technology, consulting and business process services.
- Managed supplier capacity enhancement for critical parts for Wipro to become world’s number 1 producer of hydraulic cylinder in terms of numbers in 2010.
Education
Master's degree - Supply Chain Management
Curtin University
Perth, WA01.2022
Graduate Certificate - Supply Chain & Logistics Management
Edith Cowan University
Perth, WA01.2019
Diploma - Tool & Die Engineering
NTTF
Bangalore, India01.2005
Skills
- End to end Contract Management
- Procurement Leadership
- Stakeholder Management
- Engineering Procurement Construction & Mgmt
- Strategic Sourcing, Benchmarking & TCO
- Fixed Plant Procurement
- SAP
- MS Office Suite
Timeline
WAIO Procurement Principal (Acting) Plant, Processing and Labour
BHP
07.2024 - Current
Specialist- Site Engineering /NPI & Logistics / Travel & Expenditure
BHP
11.2022 - 07.2024
Procurement and Contracts Specialist
THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS (tkIS-Australia- BU MINING)
04.2021 - 11.2022
Procurement Specialist
KENTAN ENGINEERING
02.2012 - 04.2021
Team Leader | Procurement
TOYOTA KIRLOSKAR AUTO PARTS (SUBSIDIARY OF TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION)
03.2011 - 01.2012
Assistant Engineer | Strategic Sourcing & Supply Chain Management
WIPRO LTD
07.2005 - 03.2011
Graduate Certificate - Supply Chain & Logistics Management
Edith Cowan University
Diploma - Tool & Die Engineering
NTTF
Master's degree - Supply Chain Management
Curtin University