Sanchaita Pal has over 15 years of experience in commercial operations, materials management, and supply chain management. She has expertise in procurement, vendor management, import/export regulations, and implementing cost saving strategies. Her experience includes managing procurement budgets of over $50 million for large power and aluminum plants. She holds an MBA in materials management and has worked for companies such as Tata Consulting Engineers and Vedanta Aluminium.

1. Resume of SANCHAITA PAL
Name: Sanchaita Pal E mail:
sanchaita56@yahoo.co.in
MBA (Material Management) Contact: +91 9937058788
Material Management, Import Export management, Vendor Management Procurement/ Sourcing
Service Contract Management
 A competent professional with over 7.3 years of experience in Commercial, Materials
Management, Supply Chain Management encompassing vendor management, sourcing.
 ThoroughunderstandingofCustoms,Excise rules & regulations, CST,VAT,Excise Duty,
SEZ taxes, Service Tax, Service tax Abatement, Work contract Tax, Work Contract
Services, ARE 1 Form, Form I, Form 616, benefits in SEZ, procedure & documentation of
procurement in SEZ, procedure for despatch of finished goods from SEZ, Import
procedure in SEZ, Revolving Letter of credit (LC), back to back LC, countervailing duty,
anti-dumping duty, safeguard duty, Deemed Export.
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 Expertise in implementing cost saving measures to achieve substantial reduction.
 Acquaintance in e-Procurement,Shared Service Center, Reverse Auction Tool like ARIBA &
Wipro portal, e-RFQ and e-NFA , SAP, SAP SRM, Vendor Registration in SRM, Vendor
Evaluation in SRM.
 Experience in Import clearance procedure in Letter of Credit payment, CAD Payment
conditions. Import clearance of material in case of Incoterms Ex-works, CIF, CIP, FCA,
FOB, and High Sea Sales.
 Understanding and experience in Focus market Scheme, EPCG scheme, Duty
drawback scheme, DEPB scheme, MEIS scheme, Foreign Trade Policy, Freight
Forwarder, C & F agents, Liner & Tramp Operation of ships, Bill of lading, Airway bill,
Master airway bill, House Air way bill, Bill of Exchange, various types of invoices used
in International Trade: Proforma Invoice, Consular Invoice, Customs Invoice,
Inspection certificate, Certificate of Origin, shipping Bill, Bill of Entry, Import General
manifest, Import License, Export Trading House.
Nov 2008- April 2012:
 Primarily involved in handling purchase of electrical, instrumentation, automation for
Power plants.
 Handling the entire Operation plant start-up with latest techniques like Dynamic MRP,
Reverse Auction Tool, e-RFQ, e-NFA, SRM. Knowledge of different taxes like Excise
Duty, CST, VAT, Custom Duty, Special Economic Zone (SEZ) taxes, E1 transaction, Form
I, Form F, Duty drawback, DEPB, EPCG license, Energy efficient purchase, Import

2. substitution, High Sea Sale Agreement, House & Master Air way bill, CITA, HSN number,
CVD, Capital goods, Coastal goods, ARE Form, Bill of Entry, penultimate sale.
 Handling the commercial function for (spend base of INR.350 Crore ) Raw materials, high
value and special purpose metals used for alloying Silicon, magnesium, iron, steel, Ferro
alloys.
 Supervising the purchase function of Spares & Consumables of Indigenous & Imported
Goods for Al- Smelter which comprised of detailed analysis and costing in case of
Allowing elements and consumables. Market analysis to gather information related to raw
materials available along with the substitutes and their costs.
 Identifying and developing potential vendors / suppliers for achieving cost effective
purchases of materials, achieving reduction in prices and timely delivery.
 Awarded purchase order for procurement of motors, bearings, Electrical & Instrumentation
items. Planning, Procurement and inventory management of various raw materials and
continuous high volume consumables, metals and chemicals.
 Evaluating and implementing VMI (vendor managed inventory) at site.
Costing, Evaluating, Planning and innovating various sourcing methodologies that includes
identifying suitable suppliers worldwide & implementation in definite timelines. Drive &
Collaborate cross functional efforts to standardize materials, adapt new supplier
technologies & reduce cost.
 Evaluate Total Cost of Ownership, Target v/s Actual, Historical Trend Analysis, Cost of
Production, Business Plan, Raw Material budgeting, Cost Estimates. Benchmarking with
Best-in-Industry (Business Intelligence), analysis on the world commodity Demand/
Supply scenario, LME price fluctuations, evolving market trends in the Metal Industry.
April 2012 to April 2014(Senior Associate Manager)
 Worked in department of Services and CAPEX’s and handled all the major contracts of 1.7
MTPA Aluminium Plant of spend base INR. 600 Crore.
 Actively single handed participated in contract finalization with diverse knowledge in
service taxes, contract manpower management system, Minimum wages & Statutory
Benefits, Costing of Manpower, Costing of Equipment’s, Costing of machineries, service
tax Abatement norms, PSARA License, Works Contract Tax, Works contract services,
TDS rules.
 Actively coordinated with various departments like technical user, finance, taxation
for Service Contract discussion, negotiation & finalisation for annual service contracts.
 Major Service Contracts /Orders Finalized:

3.  Operation and Maintenance of BTAP (Bulk Tainer Alumina powder) rakes for
period of 2 years at a cost of 7Cr.
 Refractory maintenance for a period of 1 year at a cost of 0.7 Crore.
 Pot Redressing and operational assistance for Pot room for 1 year at a cost
of Rs.2 Crore, Pot Start up contract.
 Hiring of material handling Equipment contract & Material handling
Contract, Horticulture contract.
 Maintenance of Technological vehicle (TPS), Hencon & TPS vehicle
maintenance contract, Forklift maintenance of Rs.10 Crore.
 Civil contracts, Fabrication contract, Manpower for fire services contract,
Hiring of light vehicle, Industrial housekeeping contract.
 Actively accomplished the CAPEX contracts of Smelter Plant & Power Plants with
vast knowledge in umbrella contract, advance bank guarantee, reduced bank
guarantee.
April 2014- Till date (Senior Associate ManagerCommercial)
 Responsible for Annual rate contract for Electrical items, Instrumentation Items,
Mechanical items like bearings, Hoses, Allen Bradley Spares, Pressure Gauges, Cables,
Motors.
 Handling Import clearance of Import PO through coordination of Custom Housing
Agent, Freight Forwarder, and Finance.
 Practice Import Substitution & Reverse Engineering to reduce cost of production,
Strategic procurement through locating potential vendor, finalization of ARC / long-term
contract with manufacturers
 Finalization of Annual Rate contract (ARC) for spares and consumables for 2400 MW
IPP, 1215 MW CPP & 1.25 MTPA Smelter.
 Responsible for releasing the Contracts & Purchase orders for First level after detailed
review.
PREVIOUS EMPLOYER: TATA CONSULTING ENGINEERS LTD (From July 2005 to
Nov 2008):
3 Years of experience of Techno Commercial in various power plants of CESC, Nuclear Power
Plant, TATA Power.
 Evaluating the Technical and Commercial offer from the vendors.

4.  Responsible for capturing requirement and assist in technical evaluation of proposals in
consultation with end users and other stakeholders. Discussion with supplier partners to
clarify technical points; syndication with end users to arrive at technical recommendation;
documentation and sign-off on technical recommendations; inputs for Supplier negotiations
& provide analytical inputs.
 Annual category strategy review; provide legal recommendations; inputs for contract
management (technical compliances); capture future plan and support vendor
development team & drive vendor development initiatives.
 Annual planning, MIS reporting, performance reviews, daily management, seek directions
To build Relationship management with supplier partners, contract management &
technical discussions to enhance knowledge on technical developments.
EDUCATIONALQUALIFICATION
Passed 10th : From Tripura Board of Secondary Education in 1996 with 76% marks.
Passed 12th: From Tripura Board Of Secondary Education in 1998 with 72 %.
Professional Qualifications & Achievements:
Achievement: Recognized As Star Performer on 2013 In Vedanta Aluminium Group.
B.E. ELECTRICAL: From NIT, Agartala in 2002 with 75% marks.
GATE score of 87 percentile in 2003.
M.TECH in Industrial System: From National Institute of Technology, Durgapur in 2005 with
71%.
Executive MBA in Material Management & Import Export management from IIBM,
Meerut.
PERSONALDETAILS:
Date of Birth : 21st November, 1980
Marital Status : Married