ARUN SOMAN V

Senior procurement officer cum sales.

DUBAI, U.A.E.
Mobile: +971504689585.
Email: arunsomanv@gmail.com

Certified Purchasing Professional – APS, USA

March 2014

CAREER OBJECTIVE

To build flourishing professional career in the field of purchasing with strong negotiating and
supplier sourcing ability to meet organizational objective, by sourcing right material in right
price and right time.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Procurement/Purchase/Buying of materials, Sourcing & development - Global and strategic,

Planning and coordination, Expertise in ERP system, Negotiating/Information skills, Vendor
sourcing & development, Analytical-problem solving skills, Team player, Time & priority
management.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ROYAL UNITED METAL & GLASS L.L.C ,DUBAI ,UAE

Sr. Procurement Officer cum sales.
18th Sep 2016 to Present

 Sales, Supervision, coordination, sourcing and procurement of materials.

 Liaising with the suppliers in order to make sure that existing orders increase.
 Include the procurements of materials, products and suppliers.
 Ensuring on-time delivery of materials.
 Purchase of materials from local/overseas sources as per given specifications.
 Research for sourcing new and improved channels of procuring products and
services.
 Develop and maintain approved vendor list for supplier selection.
 Evaluation and analysis of supplier performance and dispute resolution.
 Manage RFQ’s, Quotations and commercial bid evaluations.
 Floating enquiries, carrying out effective negotiation on prices, terms of payments
and delivery.
 Source equivalent materials are less expensive but confirm to the specifications and
are acceptable to the end-user.
 Analyze comparison sheets and negotiate with suppliers.
 Issuing purchase orders with selected suppliers.
 Follow-up and expedite deliveries as per schedule with local/overseas vendors.
 Tracking, updating and distributing PO status, Inspection status to end-users.
MABGROUP
Sr. Procurement Specialist & sales
1st Aug 2011 TO 8th Sep 2016
 Manage and handle customer inquiries and feedback in a positive and pleasant manner.
 Analyse customer requirements and present company product business opportunities to
potential customers.
 Involved local and international material sourcing as per the requirement of local clients,
Military contractors, Oil & gas field companies.
 Meeting with Suppliers to facilitate standardization and economical Procurement.
 Ensuring the procurement of all items are within the approved budget thru comparison
sheets in terms of best price, payment terms and quality.
 Taking care of internal and external issues involved in Procurement of Materials by
coordinating with various Departments.
 Prepared and submitted quotations online and in the form on documents.
 Issuing purchase orders with preferred suppliers.
 Follow-up and expedite deliveries as per schedule.
 Approving Invoices as per PO payment terms and close-out of PO.

RAK Ceramics P.J.S.C. U.A.E

Purchase Executive.
28th Aug 2007 to 20th March 2011

 Handling local and import Purchases for RAK CERAMICS & POWER PLANT materials
 Handling Purchases of Electrical, Hardware, Safety items, Machinery & spare parts,
job works for RAK CERAMICS & POWER PLANTS.
 Coordinating with customs clearance staff for release of materials by providing
documents on time and avoiding demurrage & storage charges
 Negotiating with the suppliers for price discount and early delivery
 Pricing the best available alternative
 Issuing the Purchase Orders (P.O’s) to the best available supplier
 Follow up with the suppliers for the delivery as per agreed delivery terms.
 Follow up with accounts for the payment release of the supplier as agreed payment
terms.

Sales Officer
ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited
14th AUG 2006 to 31st MAR 2007
 Selling of General Insurance policies.
 Maintaining relationship with the bank employees
 Handling of customers
 Ensure the policy standards are followed
 Daily reporting to manager.
Achievements:
Achieved Pan India No. 1 Sales Officer for a period of January 2007
Maintained top performance during my entire service with ICICI Lombard GIC LTD.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

YEAR OF
EXAM / DEGREE UNIVERSITY / BOARD
PASSING
Masters of Business Administration
Bangalore University, India July,2006
[SPL: Finance & Marketing]
Madurai Kamaraj University,
Bachelor of Computer Application April,2004
India

IT SKILLS

REALSOFT, FACT, ERP (ORION 10.5, ORACLE BASED ERP EYSTEM), MS-Office (Word, Excel &
PowerPoint), Internet and e-mail applications.

PERSONEL DETAILS

Nationality : Indian
Date of Birth : 26-12-1983
Marital Status : Married
Languages Known : English, Hindi, Malayalam, and Tamil.
Driving License : U.A.E driving license with validity up to July 2023
Hobbies : Listening Music, Cricket (All Rounder + Wicket keeper).

PASSPORT DETAILS

Passport No : N4580146
Date of Issue : 21-02-2016
Place of Issue : DUBAI
Date of Expiry : 20-02-2026
Visa : Employment visa

DECLARATION

I hereby declare that all information furnished above is true

ARUN SOMAN V