Harish's CV
Harish Patil
Project Procurement & Contracts | EPC and Offshore Supply
Profile summary
Strategic Project Procurement and Contracts Leader with 31 years shaping EPC and offshore supply outcomes across international markets including GCC experience. Known for expertise in category management, strategic sourcing, and contract negotiation. Committed to optimizing supply chain operations, driving cost reductions, and reinforcing procurement governance.
Career highlights
Contract Negotiation and Cost Reduction: Negotiated an environmental consultancy and services contract from AED 341M to AED 322M and A$143M to A$135M, securing AED 19.1M and A$8M in savings through cost analysis.
Offshore Subcontract Sourcing: Lowered the preliminary transport and installation estimate from EUR 94M to EUR 85M, achieving a reduction of about 9.6 percent at the concept stage for the 2GW wind programme.
Supply Chain Management and Supplier Delivery: Improved supplier on-time delivery from 82 per cent to 97 per cent across three months by reinforcing performance reviews, purchase order approvals, and delegated authority.
Procurement and Project Cost Performance: Delivered procurement for Singapore dry-dockings at 14 per cent below budget with work completed on schedule.
Key skills
Professional experience
Shaped the procurement and category strategy for oil and gas sourcing, steering operations across valves, piping, rotating and static equipment, MRO, and technical services. Aligned purchasing activities directly with maintenance schedules and shutdown requirements while collaborating alongside engineering, operations, finance, HSE, and legal departments.
- Negotiated an environmental consultancy and services contract from AED 341M to AED 322M and A$143M to A$135M, securing AED 19.1M and A$8M in savings through cost analysis.
- Qualified alternate equipment sources alongside site engineering, identifying AED 119K and A$50K in additional savings.
- Strengthened procurement governance through SAP approval workflows and catalogue controls while administering service-contract obligations.
- Sourced HVAC, generators, compressors, uninterruptible power supplies, and switchgear for oil and gas operational requirements.
Guided subcontractor sourcing and commercial evaluation for jacket fabrication, transport and installation, and heavy-lift packages within an offshore EPC wind programme. Prepared subcontractor prequalification, technical bid evaluation, and award recommendations incorporating FIDIC-based risk allocation, guarantees, and retention.
- Lowered the preliminary transport and installation estimate from EUR 94M to EUR 85M, achieving a reduction of about 9.6 percent at the concept stage for the 2GW wind programme.
- Managed early subcontract sourcing for heavy-lift packages at Drydocks World.
Steered manufacturing supply chain operations and the buying and planning team, shaping category strategy for steel fabrication, mechanical parts, and electrical components while coordinating supply directly with production workflows.
- Qualified suppliers in India, Thailand, and Malaysia to replace single-source dependence on China, reducing cost by 12 per cent without disrupting production.
- Improved supplier on-time delivery from 82 per cent to 97 per cent across three months by reinforcing performance reviews, purchase order approvals, and delegated authority.
- Resolved galvanising finish issues through controlled trials to meet customer expectations and AS/NZS 4680 compliance standards.
Managed site-services procurement and contracts across renewable energy assets, encompassing crane and heavy-lift services, civil works, and balance-of-plant packages for construction and maintenance operations.
- Renegotiated installation, construction, and maintenance-parts contracts for eight per cent savings while holding rates through COVID-related escalation.
- Coordinated WMS-supported materials movements with site managers, service crews, and forwarders, planning deliveries around wind-farm access, maintenance schedules, and work health and safety requirements.
- Built transformer repair kits as an alternative to replacement by sourcing electrical components to Australian standards and arranging supplier scrap recovery.
- Managed WMS and SAP demand-planning processes for spares and consumables, reviewing replenishment, safety stock, and reorder levels against maintenance needs.
- Delivered procurement for Singapore dry-dockings at 14 per cent below budget with work completed on schedule.
- Sourced a HIAB vessel-crane retrofit addressing replacement needs on an ageing fleet, managing engineering compatibility, structural evaluation, and class approval.
- Delivered a 22 percent blended landed-cost reduction worth more than 4.5M in currency value, translating to 1.9M in alternate currency, through local development of 35 components using engineering drawings, trials, and quality testing.
- Reduced supplier non-conformance by 35 percent through quality audits and supplier development while sourcing structural steel, machined and cast parts, and electrical and electronic components against drawings and specifications.
Education
Mechanical