SAJU SKARIA

• Control and coordinate all aspects of transportation of equipment within Canada and Internationally - both internal and client/project driven
• Ensure equipment dispatch documents are prepared and collated in accordance with company procedures and client requirements
• Coordinate with CBSA, Customs Brokers, Freight Forwarders and Trucking & Courier companies for the smooth delivery of shipments
• Arrange & Coordinate Travel, Accommodations, Vehicle Hire & Training, as required, to support project needs – attend internal project meetings to assist with identifying requirements
• Ensure all delivery notes, field job packs & safety packs have been issued for site activities
• Assist with Inventory/Asset Management – Maintain new build traceability and document packages (MRB)
• Arrange and keep track of sub hire equipment and/or 3rd party rentals ensuring purchase orders are kept up to date to allow for accurate invoicing/cost tracking
• Support Workshop/Fab shop with procurement of equipment/ supplies as required
• Assist with putting together internal job packs &/or work instructions to shop – attend internal project meetings to assist with identifying requirements
• Ensure job close out steps are performed after successful completion – log completed job files for archive
• Accomplishments:
• Saved Tens of Thousands of dollars annually on Logistics via negotiations and RFQs
• Brought in many competitive carriers on board
• Negotiated and implemented Annual Volume Discounts with carriers

• Procuring Industrial, MRO and Janitorial products on time
• Negotiating prices and product returns with vendors
• Maintaining inventory and product lines in the system
• Expediting and monitoring products deliveries and past-due shipments
• Setting up new products in the system
• Accomplishments:
• Resolved longstanding invoicing issues
• Resolved PST issues with vendors from other provinces
• Unified Product UPC #s of vendors with that of Vallen’s ERP
• Made financial savings through negotiations with vendors
• Negotiated with vendors for vendor prepaid shipments.

• Track the process flow of over 400 WIP Orders and update status in the Daily/Weekly Meetings
• Baby-sitting Critical Orders throughout its processes to make sure delivery date is met
• Gather and analyze information, identify and develop alternative solutions and resolve problems
• Monitor WIP materials and notify planning and scheduling coordinators of any significant issues and make sure it is resolved
• Coordinate with Production, Shop Floor, QA/QC, Shipping & Receiving, Planning & Scheduling and Purchasing personnel on day to day basis to make sure the targeted completion is met for each work order
• Accomplishments:
• Cleared the backlogged critical and regular work orders and streamlined on-time shipments by baby-sitting WIP work orders in each phase of the processes
• Brought in the MPI vendor in-house thereby saved 3-days in the lead time of materials.

• Perform procurement of materials for Land/Offshore Rigs, Drawworks and Spares from local, international and inter-company facilities in accordance with NOV’s policies & procedures
• Purchase of materials, parts, services and supplies on Oracle generated requisitions and manually created requisitions, using at least 3 bids from vendors
• Investigate and resolve GR/IR, NCR and other issues with internal and external customers
• Take up CAR with vendors, when necessary
• Attend weekly Operations Meeting to communicate status and issues of products and services
• Assist in annual physical inventory
• Assist supplier to manage VMIs (Vendor Managed Inventories)
• Closely work with QA Department and Third Party Inspectors (ABS/DNV/Lloyds) to make on-site testing and inspection possible
• Weekly review of PPV, Open Order Report and Past Due POs and manage workflow to meet KPIs
• Collaborate with departments to resolve problems relating to requirements, deviations, substitutions, priorities, delays, damages, inferior quality or other conditions that deviate from established procedures
• Accomplishments:
• Saved hundreds of thousands of dollars thru cost-effective spot-quote processes with multiple vendors and dividing the POs to the best quoted suppliers
• Eliminated sole-source vendors by bringing in new and alternative vendors for gaskets & consumable items
• Resolved backlogged GR/IR issues with Air Liquide, ABS and DNV.

• Attend Project Kick Off Meetings and provide input on lead time on materials
• Create Requisitions on MRP for long-lead items and monitor PO processes
• Local and International sourcing and purchase of long lead oilfield materials that require specialty testing
• Expediting materials on POs to meet the Production, ATP and Ship Dates
• Coordinating material tests (charpy, tensile, elongation, yield strength, ferrite content, etchant 98, G 48 corrosion, NDE, etc.,) at testing facilities and arrange third party witness/inspection of these tests
• Schedule and monitor Work Order / manufacturing progress to maintain credible job completion dates
• Promptly provide updates to Production, Sales and Projects Manager of any delays to the order plan
• Manage suppliers by monitoring and addressing NCR issues, on-time delivery, supplier concerns, etc
• Present part substitutions to Engineering to optimize inventory and minimize or reduce delivery time
• Review customer orders to identify and plan manufacturing process which complies with agreed upon ITP, contracts, and policies and procedures
• Coordination with Sales, Parts, Quality, Receiving and Production departments to meet delivery deadline
• Coordinate with Engineering and Vendors on Material Deviation Requests received
• Convene and Coordinate Recovery Meetings to make Recovery Plans when vendors fail to deliver on time
• Coordinate with master scheduler to prioritize work orders according to scheduled assembly/delivery dates
• Create work orders to send materials for Heat Treating, Welding and Non-Destructive Examinations
• Accomplishments:
• Saved thousands of dollars by way of finding alternative vendor from UK to supply SS Flanges, which was bought from a US single-source vendor
• Introduced a vendor from my previous employer to manufacture Valve Stems who has supplied it at low cost and free delivery
• Successfully dealt with the forging supplier in BC to rework and supply forgings that have already delayed the committed delivery to the end-user, by way of creating a manufacturing schedule and having weekly status update, and communicated with the outside sales team
• Paid visit to vendors’ work locations to make sure they are able to meet the committed delivery date
• Successfully met the delivery date of Tapis C project by way of learning lessons from the Tapis A project and demanding forging manufacturer to provide manufacturing schedule and weekly status update
• Cleared up backlog from the Indian manufacturer of C1, P1 and P2 valves by way of frequent follow up and weekly status update.

 Local and International purchase of various oilfield materials (Motor, Jars, MLT, DDT, Geo Mechanical, Geo Pilot, etc.,) utilizing SAP and Halliburton Supply Network (HSN).
 Expediting / de-expediting purchase orders to suit system requirements.

 Negotiation on scale pricings, discounts, and freight charges and Inco-Terms prior to generating and processing purchase orders.

 Regional & International Shipping of Oilfield equipment.

 Conducting monthly Performance Review and Open Order Review meetings with vendors.

 Comparison of pricing and cost reduction exercises for substitute materials in discussion with Engineering.