Head of Operations (COO)

Job Description:

The Purchase Manager will lead and oversee the procurement process for our real estate and construction projects. The ideal candidate should possess 8-15 years of procurement experience, with a strong focus on the construction and materials industry. We offer a competitive salary reflective of industry standards.

Responsibilities:

Procurement Planning:

·       Collaborate with project managers to comprehend procurement requirements.

·       Gain a thorough understanding of the requirements and technical requirements of the product or service.

·       Develop procurement plans for timely and cost-effective material, equipment, and service procurement.

·       Conduct market research to identify potential suppliers and maintain a robust supplier database.

Supplier Management:

·       Evaluate suppliers based on quality, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.

·       Negotiate and manage supplier contracts.

·       Monitor supplier performance, resolving any issues promptly.

·       Cultivate strong relationships with suppliers for material and service availability.

·       Updating of supplier database with the latest entrants and the evolving technologies relevant to the industry

Purchase Order Management:

·       Review and convert purchase requisitions into accurate and complete purchase orders.

·       Monitor and track purchase orders to ensure on-time delivery.

·       Coordinate with project teams and suppliers to resolve delivery or quality issues.

Cost Management:

·       Analyze market trends, prices, and supplier performance for cost-saving opportunities.

·       Implement cost control measures without compromising quality.

·       Conduct periodic audits for compliance with procurement policies.

·       Analyze every material or product to ensure the pricing is appropriate for the product procured.

Inventory Management:

·       Manage inventory levels for optimal stock availability.

·       Coordinate with warehouse and project teams to track and reconcile inventory.

·       Implement inventory control measures to minimize stock-outs and excess inventory.

Compliance and Documentation:

·       Ensure compliance with company policies, procurement regulations, and applicable laws.

·       Maintain accurate procurement records and documentation.

·       Prepare reports and provide updates on procurement activities to management.

Qualifications:

·       8 - 15 years of procurement experience in the real estate or construction industry.

·       Residential purchase experience is essential.

·       Strong Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word).

·       Experience in preparing MIS reports as per management requirements.

·       Strong knowledge of procurement processes, vendor management, and supply chain management.

·       Excellent negotiation and communication skills.

·       Proficient in procurement software (ERP) and other relevant tools.

·       BE, BTech or Master's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or a related field (preferred).

·       Good Analytical skills to review the quotations and understand the intricacies.

·       Financial acumen to grasp the impact of procurement decisions on the overall budget.

·       Strategic thinking to develop and implement cost-effective procurement plans that align with the organization's goals.

·       Maintaining ethical standards in procurement practices ensures transparency, fairness, and integrity, which is crucial for long-term success and cost management.

·       Being adaptable to changes in the market, industry regulations, or organizational priorities allows for agility in adjusting procurement strategies for optimal cost management.

·       Good understanding on National Building Code (NBC) of construction

Develops a purchasing strategy.

Reviews and processes purchase orders.

Manages other members of the purchasing team.

Maintains records of goods ordered and received.

Negotiates prices and contracts with suppliers.

Builds and maintains relationships with vendors.

Selects prospective vendors and negotiates contracts.

Evaluates vendors based on quality, timeliness, and price.

Schedules deliveries and ensures timely fulfillment of orders.

Researches and evaluates vendors to compare pricing and services.

Coordinates with fellow managers to monitor inventory and determine supply needs.

Ensures quality of procured items and addresses problems when they arise.

Keeps up with trends in procurement.

Travels to vendor locations.

Stays current with purchasing technology trends and oversees purchase and implementation, as necessary.

Role: Project Manager

Experience: 8-10 Years

Location: Mumbai

Company Profile:



Exponentia.ai is an AI tech organization with a presence across India, Singapore, the Middle East, and the UK. We are an innovative and disruptive organization, working on cutting-edge technology to help our clients transform into the enterprises of the future. We provide artificial intelligence-based products/platforms capable of automated cognitive decision-making to improve productivity, quality, and economics of the underlying business processes. Currently, we are rapidly expanding across machine learning, Data Engineering and Analytics functions. Exponentia.ai has developed long-term relationships with world-class clients such as PayPal, PayU, SBI Group, HDFC Life, Kotak Securities, Wockhardt and Adani Group amongst others.

One of the top partners of Data bricks, Azure, Cloudera (leading analytics player) and Qlik (leader in BI technologies), Exponentia.ai has recently been awarded the ‘Innovation Partner Award’ by Qlik and "Excellence in Business Process Automation Award" (IMEA) by Automation Anywhere.

Get to know more about us at http://www.exponentia.ai and https://in.linkedin.com/company/exponentiaai 

Role Overview:

·        Project manager shall be responsible to oversee and take responsibility for the successful delivery of a range of projects in Business Intelligence, Data warehousing, and Analytics/AI-ML.

·        Project manager is expected to manage the project and lead the teams of BI engineers, data engineers, data scientists and application developers.

Job Responsibilities:

·        Efforts estimation, creating a project plan, planning milestones, activities and tracking the progress.

·        Identify risks and issues. Come up with a mitigation plan.

·        Status reporting to both internal and external stakeholders.

·        Communicate with all stakeholders.

·        Manage end-to-end project lifecycle - requirements gathering, design, development, testing and go-live.

·        Manage end-to-end BI or data warehouse projects.

·        Must have experience in running Agile-based project development.

Technical skills

·        Experience in Business Intelligence Data warehousing or Analytics projects.

·        Understand data lake and data warehouse solutions including ETL pipelines.

·        Good to have - Knowledge of Azure blob storage, azure data factory and Synapse analytics.

·        Good to have - Knowledge of Qlik Sense or Power BI

·        Good to have - Certified in PMP/Prince 2 / Agile Project management.

·        Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

 Education:

MBA, B.E. or B. Tech. or MCA degree

Responsibilities:

Craft polished written communications and deliver oral communications of findings and recommendations in an effective and efficient manner

Collaborate positively with project stakeholders to secure support and implement recommendations in a fast-paced environment

• Drive discussions with product owner and/or business partners to understand the process, the problem, and then brainstorm solution scenarios
• Actively engage product owner or business SME to translate solution needs into actionable user stories
• Facilitate and support product backlog management
• Partner with product owners/SMEs to define & refine acceptance criteria
• Partner with developers on reviewing user stories for understanding and scoring
• Negotiate with product owners/business experts on alternative solutions
• Write test cases for user stories
• Perform/coordinate user acceptance testing to ensure functionality meets business needs before each product release
• Secure approval & change management activities with senior product manager or product owner before release

Skills

Excellent verbal/written communication and data presentation skills, including an ability to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams

Experience gathering and consolidating requirements from cross-functional groups

Strong attention to detail and excellent problem-solving skills

Experience

Overall exp required 5+ Years (1-2 years of experience in business analysis or project management)

• Job Title:- Project Engineer/Project Manager
• of days:- 5 days working hours.
• Timing:- 10 a.m to 6 p.m
• Notice Period:- 1 month
• Qualification:- B.E. ELECTRICAL (MOST PREFERABLE) OR B.E. MECHANICAL
• Experience:- MIN 2YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN GROUND MOUNTED AND ROOFTOP OR MIN 5mw OF EXPERIENCE.

Job Description:-

• Having experience of solar project execution
• Site visit, material forecasting
• BOM preparation
• Solar plant drawing preparation
• Experience on AutoCAD for various drawing i.e. Plant layout, electrical SLD, earthing design, structure design planning.
• Project costing forecast, costing Estimation and cost evaluation of project as per market.
• Vendor management.
• Vendors follow-up.
• Vendors payment update and working follow-up.
• Readiness to visit any site and experienced enough to prepare the project planning.
• Responsible for on-site project issue.

• Contributing to design and planning of Physical infrastructure
• Performing installation of applications.
• Providing Application Operations
• Performing day-to-day Application administrations tasks
• Providing support for the transition of applications in operations
• Performing monitoring of the IT infrastructure services /application
• Contributing to onboarding of Supported Applications onto Monitoring Platform · Performing batch management & scheduling
• Operations of Application Platforms and applications
• Provision of a Provider System Responsible as a Point of contact for the Application Owner for all Operational topics.
• Operations Management
• Continuity Critical Applications across Production Lines
• Detailed project planning by participating in System Design of Applications
• Consulting for Technical Architecture on application design for the operating environment and plant ecosystem
• Design security concepts, monitoring checks, interfacing requirements, etc.
• Proposals in Definition & Provision of Tools, Performance Management, Application Robustness, Alerting, and Configuration · Perform application tests with business partners or application owners
• Providing Application Operations, Change Management, Problem Management
• Providing support for the transition of applications in operations