Om Prakash Pandey has over 25 years of experience in procurement and project management roles for large steel and aluminum companies in India and abroad. His most recent role is as Chief Procurement Officer for ArcelorMittal Temirtau in Kazakhstan, where he leads procurement of $1.1 billion annually and has delivered over $200 million in savings. He holds an engineering degree from IIT Kharagpur and an MBA and has a proven track record of successfully delivering large capital projects on time and on budget.

1. Om Prakash Pandey
B. Sc Engg, (REC, Rourkela) & MBM (IIT, Kharagpur)
D14/15 FF, Ardee City, Mobile No : +91-9971907082
Gurgaon, Haryana email ID : oppandey67@yahoo.co.in
India – 122011
Linkedin : https://kz.linkedin.com/in/om-pandey-2507b72a
Carrier Objective
To work in a challenging business environment and deliver targeted results, by applying skills acquired over 25
years of working as a key management professional with leading companies in India and abroad.
Work Experience
ArcelorMittal Temirtau, Kazakhstan Feb 2012 to till date
Current Position : Chief Procurement officer, ArcelorMittal Temirtau ( AMT)
Member of Management committee and Core committee. of AMT.
AMT is part of ArcelorMittal which is the largest steel producer in the world with operations in 60 countries and
industrial presence in 20 countries.
Key task is to provide leadership and direction to the purchasing team responsible for annual procurement
spend of 1.1Bln $ by setting challenging targets.
Ensuring continuous availability of all necessary raw materials, services, spares and consumables to ensure
reliable operations.
AMT operations consists of following annual capacities.
• 4.5 Million T crude steel capacity Integrated steel Mill comprising of Flats, Longs and value added
products like Galva, PPGI and Tin plates.
• 12 Million tons of Coal concentrate (8 underground gaseous mines)
• 5.5 Million ton of Iron ore concentrate ( 3 open cast and 1 underground mine)
Key Achievements
Reduced annual spend of $ 200 Million on yoy basis in aftermath of geopolitical crisis in 2014.
Delivered purchase management gain of $ 54 Million in 2015
Developed key suppliers and alliances to ensure uninterrupted supply of key raw materials like Iron ore, Mazut
and Lime stone.
Restructured and integrated the purchasing teams of mines and steel division and achieved FTE reduction of
20% and spend synergies
Developed purchasing policy, detailed procedures and ensured compliance.
ArcelorMittal Mexico July 2006 to Feb 2012
Sub Director – Procurement, ArcelorMittal Mexico (AMM)
AMM operations are spread over 5 locations with installed capacity of 5.8 Million Tons per year in Flat and long
products.
• Key responsibility included developing procurement strategy, conducting negotiations and finalization of
long term strategic contracts for major project items and services, land agreements with local

2. communities, negotiations with transport unions, setting and monitoring individual and team
performance, networking with group companies, sharing best practices, management reporting, setting
savings targets and ensuring timely availability of materials and resources to sustain the operation /
growth plans.
• Deputed to Jubail, Saudi Arabia as Procurement and Contracts Head for setting up 600,000 TPY
seamless tube mill project in 2011.
Key Achievements:
Completed equipment and services procurement for setting up Greenfield project of 2MTPA Concentration
plant including mine development and vessel loading facilities in state of Sonora in Mexico. The project had a
total outlay of USD 156 Million.
• Major tasks accomplished included purchase or land, getting into agreement with Government of
Sonora and many individual and social groups for right to use existing public road for transport of
mineral, negotiation and finalization of a stable agreement involving principal contractor and local
transport unions for transportation of Pre-concentrate from mines, outsourcing Mines operation, port
and railway operations to ensure uninterrupted supply of concentrated iron ore for steel making.
• The project from land acquisition to commissioning and handover to operations was successfully
implemented in a period of 2.5 years as per initial schedule within the project cost.
In July 2007 Blast Furnace at Mexico plant suffered a sudden hearth failure. Received mandate from
ArcelorMittal CEO to organize all the material and services required to ensure restart of Blast Furnace within the
shortest timeline.
• More than 2500 MT of material was airlifted from different supplier locations worldwide and all
resources were job-sited as per the critical path rebuild requirement.
• The furnace was rebuild and restarted in record 75 days.
Completed contracting for main installation contract and all the construction material within a period of 6
months of deputation at Saudi Arabia to ensure timely completion of Jubail project.
Jindal Stainless Limited (JSL) June 2004 to June 2006
Sr Manager (Procurement)
JSL is a Group Company of O.P.Jindal Group and the largest manufacture of Stainless Steel in India.
Worked as procurement head reporting to Executive Director (Projects) responsible for purchases to set up
Greenfield project of 1.6 Mmtpa stainless steel plant in Jajpur, Orissa and capital expansion projects of JSL Cold
Rolling Division at Hissar.
• Key responsibilities included order finalization by negotiating best prices and terms with use of tools like
Fact Based negotiation, evaluation of input costs, generation of market, reverse auction etc.
• Contract preparation and administration, arranging for Issue of EPCG Licenses for concessional duty,
coordination of custom clearance, issue of Letter of credit, Bank Guarantees, logistics arrangement,
project coordination and job sighting of material.
Hindalco Industries Limited(Hindalco) May 1990 to June 2004
Dy. Manager (Purchase) - Hindalco April 2001 to June 2004
Hindalco is Flagship Company of Aditya Birla Group with integrated installed capacity to produce 3.42 Lakh TPY
of Aluminum and 6.5 Lakh TPY of Alumina

3. Key responsibilities handled were:
• Group Leader for capital and spares purchases worth INR 400 crores annually.
• Order finalization, ensuring timely delivery, vendor development, inventory control of key inputs, import
clearance, liaison with government agencies like DGFT and Ministry of Mines.
• Successfully Implemented Oracle ERP Purchasing module and BPR under effective guidance of Anderson
consulting
Asst Supdt.( Project Execution and contracting) from April 1994 to March 2001. Highlights are:
• Responsible for Brownfield Capex comprising of Potline # 7, 8 and Alumina Plant expansion for increase
of capacity from 2.75 Lakhs TPY to 4.5 Lakhs TPY
• Major jobs included Contract Preparation and Implementation, Project Progress Review and exceptions
reporting to senior management, Preparation of project budgets and presentation to management,
resource planning, and coordination with different agencies to meet the project schedule. Fabrication,
erection and commissioning of steel structure, equipments etc.
Design Engineer from May1990 to April 1994. Responsibilities included:
• Capacity planning, design of structures, preparation of specification, drawing, bill of material and Indent
for procurement.
• Preparation of specification, tenders and participation in negotiations and procurement meetings.
Key Skills & Strengths
• Strategic thinking and people management
• Energetic and result oriented
• Management of procurement and uncertainties.
• Good communication and Interpersonal skills
• Strong commercial acumen, excellent sourcing and negotiation skills
• Able to embrace change and undertake diverse functions
Hobbies
• Reading
• Listening to Light Music