Highlights:

Skills:Tender Management, Substation Engineering, HV Substations, Estimation

Bid Manager 12/2021 - current
Siemens, Karachi, Sindh Pakistan
Industry: Energy
Responsible for preparing compliant and cost effective high quality bids/proposals for High Voltage Substation Projects
• Spearheading the formulation of bid-winning strategies aligned with overall business targets to ensure successful project conversions and customer orders. • Delivering competitive solutions with value-added propositions for industries, utilities, and independent power producers, catering to voltage levels up to 765kV. • Thoroughly reviewing project requirements, design, technical work-scopes, and contract terms and conditions, ensuring precision and adherence to project specifications. • Representing the company in customer clarification meetings and presentations, visiting project sites to ensure a clear understanding of project scope and requirements. • Collaborating with the sourcing team to establish an effective tender sourcing strategy, facilitating the comprehensive enquiry documentation & engaging with suppliers to receive compliant offers. • Identifying, evaluating, and advising the management team on commercial, financial, and technical risks associated with bids or opportunities, enabling informed decision-making. • Developing precise cost analysis and crafting winning pricing strategies to enhance the company's competitive edge in the market. • Facilitating seamless coordination between stakeholders to optimize project solutions in terms of effectiveness and cost-efficiency. • Conducting thorough risk assessments, devising mitigation plans, and obtaining necessary approvals from the management to ensure risk management compliance. • Ensuring strict adherence to Siemens's standards and processes for project costing, promoting consistency and accuracy in financial assessments. • Collaborating closely with the Sales team to align project pipelines, develop budgetary offers, and identify potential spec-in opportunities for enhanced market presence. • Ensuring a smooth handover of won projects to the execution team, providing critical project insights, and ensuring a seamless transition from bidding to execution phase--
Project / Proposal Engineer 03/2015 - 11/2021
GE Renewable, Karachi, Pakistan
Industry: Energy
Responsible for proposal management of HV Substations and execution of 500kV Substation Projects
Project Engineer • Owning and tracking of complete project procurement and fulfillment of substation projects • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Engineering and Sourcing, to ensure timely delivery of necessary documentation from suppliers. • Coordinate offsite and on-site procurement activities for the project. • Interface with project manager, commodity leaders, and suppliers as required for effective coordination. • Facilitate and ensure on-time issuance of purchase requisitions in the respective system to enable timely placement of purchase orders. • Participate in and initiate periodic project meetings involving quality, lead engineering, planning, logistics etc., and generate record notes/action lists for follow-up. • Regularly review suppliers' fulfillment of contractual requirements, including approvals, FATs and invoicing. • Oversee claim management with suppliers in coordination with Commodity Leader/Buyer. • Report monthly progress, supplier claims, and project cost summaries to management • Update suppliers' cash out and project milestone recognition for the project. • Monitor and report project progress periodically to higher management. Proposal Specialist • Prepare comprehensive proposals and ensure timely submission for winning 500kV, 220kV, and 132kV Substations projects. • Formulate GO/No-Go Statements to make strategic decisions on project pursuits. • Attend Pre-bid meetings with Customers and respond to pre/post bid clarifications alongside the sales team. • Coordinate with cross-functional teams (Design, Project, and Sourcing) to gather inputs and meet project timelines. • Develop technically and commercially compliant solutions for E-BOP along with Control, Protection, Automation, and Telecommunication systems. • Identify risks and opportunities and devise effective mitigation plans. • Manage Supplier offers, analyze deviations, and prepare necessary documentation. • Optimize target prices and benchmark costs for competitive pricing strategies. • Collaborate with Sales, Legal, Sourcing, Operations, and Compliance for streamlined bid compilation. • Prepare and obtain approvals for all bidding documents. • Ensure smooth handover of won projects to Operations for timely execution and delivery. • Maintain records and track Prepared Budgetary and Firm offers for effective project management.--
Project / Proposal Engineer 03/2015 - 11/2021
GE Renewable, Karachi, Pakistan
Industry: Energy
Responsible for proposal management of HV Substations and execution of 500kV Substation Projects
Project Engineer • Owning and tracking of complete project procurement and fulfillment of substation projects • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Engineering and Sourcing, to ensure timely delivery of necessary documentation from suppliers. • Coordinate offsite and on-site procurement activities for the project. • Interface with project manager, commodity leaders, and suppliers as required for effective coordination. • Facilitate and ensure on-time issuance of purchase requisitions in the respective system to enable timely placement of purchase orders. • Participate in and initiate periodic project meetings involving quality, lead engineering, planning, logistics etc., and generate record notes/action lists for follow-up. • Regularly review suppliers' fulfillment of contractual requirements, including approvals, FATs and invoicing. • Oversee claim management with suppliers in coordination with Commodity Leader/Buyer. • Report monthly progress, supplier claims, and project cost summaries to management • Update suppliers' cash out and project milestone recognition for the project. • Monitor and report project progress periodically to higher management. Proposal Specialist • Prepare comprehensive proposals and ensure timely submission for winning 500kV, 220kV, and 132kV Substations projects. • Formulate GO/No-Go Statements to make strategic decisions on project pursuits. • Attend Pre-bid meetings with Customers and respond to pre/post bid clarifications alongside the sales team. • Coordinate with cross-functional teams (Design, Project, and Sourcing) to gather inputs and meet project timelines. • Develop technically and commercially compliant solutions for E-BOP along with Control, Protection, Automation, and Telecommunication systems. • Identify risks and opportunities and devise effective mitigation plans. • Manage Supplier offers, analyze deviations, and prepare necessary documentation. • Optimize target prices and benchmark costs for competitive pricing strategies. • Collaborate with Sales, Legal, Sourcing, Operations, and Compliance for streamlined bid compilation. • Prepare and obtain approvals for all bidding documents. • Ensure smooth handover of won projects to Operations for timely execution and delivery. • Maintain records and track Prepared Budgetary and Firm offers for effective project management.--

NED University of Engineering & Technology 01/2011 - 12/2014
, , Pakistan
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:Electrical Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering with Majors in Electrical

Resume Tender, Bid, Proposal, Substation