Varun Rai

Email: varunrai.1992@gmail.com | Mobile: +91 8826913168 | LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/varun-rai-1992y

Career Summary
Over 9 years of international experience in Shipping involving Operations Strategy & Asset Management Consulting with expertise in process
improvement, lean implementation, supply chain operations, inventory, risk management, and project management while leading large
multinational/cross-functional teams in complex global operations. Managed all aspects of Shipboard functions on a 100 million Dollar
enterprise including; Human Resources, Compliance, Operations, Inspections, and Logistics.
Role Summary 9 Years +
Operations and Navigation Manager (2nd Officer) Anglo-Eastern Ship Management, Hong Kong Feb 2021-Present
Operations and Safety – Team Lead (3rd Officer) Anglo-Eastern Ship Management, Hong Kong Jan 2017-Feb 2021
Operations – Deputy Team Lead (Deck Cadet) Anglo-Eastern Ship Management, Hong Kong Feb 2013-Jan 2017
Operations Strategy and Stakeholder Management
 Route planning and profitability management for over 20 voyages for international shippers in liaison with the head office. Savings of ~30000
USD annually realized in fuel costs.
 Carried out a Dry dock at Hyundai shipyard, South Korea and Supervised extensive ship repair and external workforce management handling
teams of up to 150 people.

Business Excellence, Project and Change Management

 Assisted a team for an $80 Mn acquisition deal from international stakeholder and led strategic, operational and process integration
 Developed evaluation metric to measure process safety awareness level; achieved 18% growth in the crew’s safety performance
 Reduced planning time by 70% by leading digitization project of navigation charts, developed a streamline process to order
charts for all fleet ships

Strategic innovation and Revenue Generation

 Increased annual ship’s revenue of $200K by achieving zero operational deficiencies in ship audits over more than 20 surveys

Supply Chain Management

 Achieved 0% accident rate while leading a team of 6 multinationals onboard ships to complete 200+ end to end Oil-Gas supply chain
operations, each valued at $100 million
 Saved $10,000 in 6 months by optimizing the re-order point for medical and stationary stores on fleet ships
 Raised inventory fill rate from 55% to 82% by aligning ship’s requirement with supplier’s constraints
o Reduced inventory level by 12% by implementing ERP solution to map spares requirement with suppliers’ delivery location
o Segregated critical spares from slow-moving spares, thereby speeding rotation & increasing turnover to the level of demand
Leadership, Crisis and People Management
 Saved over 60 man-hours per month by improving on-job training programs on contingencies and critical shipboard operations
 Oversaw training and safety familiarization for 60+ new ship joiners within 48 hours of joining ship; streamlined training process- 10%
improvement in overall performance
 Aligned the training needs of the sailing staff by planning the annual training calendar in liaison with the Senior Management.
 Mentored close to 10 cadets for taking up roles of higher responsibility onboard Ships trading worldwide.
 Saved 7 lives and prevented damages worth $300 Mn by averting a major collision in South China Sea as navigating officer
 Implemented the Drug and Alcohol policy onboard and ensured strict regulatory compliance (Limits of 0.04% BAC@ all times)

Risk Management
 Facilitated scenario planning and concept identification process, encompassing Risk and Uncertainty management for Oil/Gas ships
 Achieved 100% safety record on 6 ships by developing Risk Assessment Matrix (RAM) for 15 critical operations
 Developed Ship’s Security plans for Piracy, Terrorist attack and Bomb Threat as part of a process transformation in line with new protocols
after the 9/11 incident.

Education
 Indian Maritime University Chennai, India
Bachelor of Science, Nautical Sciences -71.27% 2011-2016
 Intermediate – 75% New Delhi, India 2009
 Matriculation – 82% New Delhi, India 2009
Achievements
 One of the 25 team member, selected from a pool of 6000+ employees globally to take over the management change of a ship in China
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Certification/ Extra-Curricular
 DG Shipping, Govt. Of India/ Operations and Navigation License for Deck Officer - The Certificate of Competency for sailing as an
Operations and Navigating Officer on Merchant Ships
 Ministry of Communications, Govt. Of India/GMDSS Radio Communications - The Certificate of Competency for carrying out Radio
Communications during Search and Rescue Operations
 Develop strong deliverables oriented teams leveraging my skills of working under pressure with limited resources.