Curriculum Vitae
RAJENDRA POKHARNA
E-mail: rajendra_pokharna@hotmail.com
Mobile: +380676381032
Seeking Challenging assignments – to lead Business team
With the responsibility of P/L
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
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A competent Techno Commercial professional with about plus 29 years of experience in Commercial/Business Management, Purchasing & Supply chain management, Supplier/Sourcing, Capex for Open Pit/under ground mining, Ware
house management, Logistics, Inventory, Cost optimization with TCO, Bench
marking & best practices.
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Current Position: GM/CPO for Mining – Responsible for Commercial operation of 12 M
Conc. production of Iron Ore Mine of the largest integrated steel plant of ArcelorMittal at
Ukraine.
EXPERIENCE:
A. Ferrous Group ArcelorMittal:
From 01/09/2008 to present:
Working with ArcelorMittal for more than 4 years out of which two years at corporate office London as Global Capex Manager responsible for its global Mining Capex Purchasing/negotiation for expansion project like green field Liberia, Canada, CIS, Mexico
& Russia (coal mines), Major MRO bench marking & best practices.
From July 2010 working as GM/CPO for the Mines and steel plant operation. For one
year worked as Acting CPO of the integrated steel plant responsible for the SCM of
2.5B$ purchase including all raw material like coal/coke/Ferro alloys/Lime stone/Scrap,
MRO, Services etc.
B. Non Ferrous Metal Group – Zinc & Lead – Vedanta Group
From April 2002 to Aug 2008:
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Worked with Vedanta Resources for expansion of its Open cast & UG Mining operations located in India as AGM (Project Commercial) from 2007 to Aug. 2008. Responsible
for all the Capex Buying of Open Pit (+40 M MT of ore) & under ground mining (2 M MT
of ore).
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From 2002 to 2007 as Commercial Head for Smelting Plant & Major Mines of Vedanta
Resources (Zinc-Lead Smelter) in India.
C. Hindustan Zinc Limited – Mini Navratna PSU – from 1983 to April 2008
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Worked in various positions at its all location in Commercial Areas.
Rich Experience of 20 years in Open Cast & U/g mining with Beneficiation Operation and about 4 years in smelting plant as head commercial.
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Experience of five years of corporate working with M/s Hindustan Zinc Limited in India &
2 years at corporate office London in formulating procurement policies & business practices.
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Worked internationally in various mining segment as procurement head.
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS
1. BE (Mech.) with Honours
from MNIT INDIA – Premier Technical College.
2. MBA MARKETING - I div from MLSU University - India
LANGUAGES
1. English
2. Hindi
3. Russian (basic)
CORE COMPETENCIES:
Functional
 Sourcing Strategy: Extensive experience in development of sourcing strategies, encompassing vendor identification, development and analytical assessment to strengthen supply chain effectiveness.
 Material Planning/Sourcing: Preparing material requirement plan as per Business
Plan Target & production requirement. Handling sourcing through identification of
cost effective suppliers for procurement with an aim of improving quality & reliability.
Budgeting funds for procurement and sourcing of materials to ensure optimum utilization of materials & maximum cost savings. Efficiently managing the inventory levels, for ensuring ready availability of material to meet production and dispatch targets.
 Cost Conscious: Expertise in implementing cost saving measures to achieve substantial
reduction in terms of man days, production cost, raw materials, uses and energy consumption.
 Communication: An effective communicator with exceptional relationship management
skills with ability to relate peoples at any level of business. Experience in dealing with
customers and managing customer experience.
 Logistics: Has experience of supervising logistic operations viz., Sea freights & inland transportation up to factory warehousing. Coordinating with C&F Agents and
other external agencies for ensuring timely clearances and cost effective transport
solutions. Negotiating with transporters, shippers etc. to ensure seamless and costeffective movement of consignment.
 Team Building: Ensuring appropriate resource utilisation, resource availability and
initiating necessary interventions. Build a winning team by development of subordinates and succession & career planning.
Skills
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Team work & strong leadership, business acumen, communication and presentation
skills
Goal oriented and highly energetic. Ability to be highly effective in fast growing, entrepreneurial environment
Possess excellent technical & organizational – planning skills.
Highly analytical with flair for numbers
Strong ability in creating HR Centric Policies and procedures where people are the
most important capital.
Excellent negotiation skill using global market dynamics & TCO concept
Uses of improvement tools like Six Sigma, TPM, and Keizen etc. adoption of new
technology to remain globally competitive, open minded with innovative ideas & out
of box thinking.
Strategic
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Responsible for bench-marking best practices for all aspects of Business.
Global positioning of the Company across various segments.
Analyse Market trends, Business opportunities and the dynamics of the competitive
participants in the market segments and position the Technology division appropriately to maximize gains
PERSONAL VITAE
Alt Email : rajendra_ikuaks@yahoo.co.in
Date of Birth : April 9th, 1960
Address
: Rajendra Pokharna | General Manager Purchasing
ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih 1, Ordzhonikidze, 50095 Kryviy Rih, Ukraine
M+38067 6381032