Mar 2023 – Oct 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• As part of Shell’s global Contracting & Procurement function, I support category management, strategic sourcing, and supplier negotiations across multi-million and billion-dollar portfolios, driving measurable value and supply chain resilience.
• Key achievements:
• Managed HSE & Inspection Services and Environmental Services categories, delivering 15% savings on a Technical Safety Engineering contract and designing a 5-year, multi million dollar remediation strategy covering scope, risks, and supplier base.
• Spearheaded contracting model transitions (lump sum → hybrid), mitigating high supplier risk and improving transparency.
• Automated Business Performance Reviews and Spend Cube Analysis via Power BI & ENFOS, saving over 3 months of manual work annually.
• Implemented Gap-to-Potential projects across Qatar, UK, Brunei, and Gulf of Mexico, unlocking 4–28% annual savings in contracts covering vehicle leasing, inspection, marine vessels, tank repairs, and maintenance.
• Developed Should-Cost Models for manpower, scaffolding, marine vessels, and cross-country benchmarking, challenging supplier cost structures and identifying millions in efficiencies.
• Engineered a Supply Chain Resiliency framework to mitigate risks from evolving tariffs and geopolitical shifts.
• Trained Shell stakeholders in Spend Cube Analysis, Purchasing Chessboard, and Cost Modeling, with in-person sessions delivered in Qatar Shell GTL and Brunei Shell.
• Recognized with VP and Special Awards, I combine analytics, strategy, and global collaboration to create sustainable value, strengthen supplier partnerships, and future-proof Shell’s supply chain.

May 2021 – Feb 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Supply Chain Transformation Project - Control Tower Design & Implementation, Ecommerce Pickup & Delivery, Digital PMO —
• Set up Control Tower to monitor end to end Network including KPI development, RCA and CAPA
• Worked on First Mile & Last Mile Pickup-Delivery process design, time & motion study, financial modeling
• Conducted Zero-based Costing for Middle mile Line-Haul vehicles to enable data backed cost negotiations
• Spearheaded digitisation initiatives such as Paperless Delivery Run Sheet, Demand dashboard with auto-resource allocation, Automated & optimised tech enabled combined list of pickup and delivery
• Set up Program Management office (PMO) with customised JIRA as PMO tool and Tableau as dashboard
• Integrated Business Planning (IBP)
• Inventory Segmentation framework (ABC-XYZ)
• Developed ESG (sustainability) carbon emissions calculator tool with a Power BI Dashboard for logistical decarbonisation and manufacturing emissions optimisation
• EBITDA (Cost) Improvement Project —
• Conducted Sea freight vs Air Freight analysis & brought 15% savings in overall freight cost
• Conceptualised Buyer Power Tool, Should-costing tool for rate negotiations for third party machining vendors Conducted Spend Analysis & rationalised total suppliers for two categories wrt capacity mapping & ratings
• Completed a Cost Saving project for a fortune 500 grid company by conceptualising cost optimisation levers Employee
• Developed Employee transportation strategy for a global technology leader to cater to expected 3x growth & incorporated carbon emission reduction levers

Sep 2020 – May 2021 · 8 mos · Pune Division, Maharashtra, India

• Supplier rationalization strategy for electronic component category sourcing
• Procurement Cost Benchmarking using Import Export Data
• Should Costing Tool – Organization’s need to buy the tool
• Operations’ Dashboard for leadership
• Automation & New SOP creation for Scheduling Activity - Demand Plan from customers to distributors

Apr 2019 – May 2019 · 1 mo · Mumbai Area, India

• Project - Global strategy for Low Cost Country sourcing for non-agricultural raw materials
• Mapped As-Is structure of end to end raw material sourcing process by data analytics for 785 SKUs across 5 countries
• Modeled Global Cost Cascade tool by collaborating with international teams, freight forwarders, logistics providers
• Conceptualised statistical Country Risk Analysis model for analysing any country on ease vs cost of doing business
• Mapped category specific potential low-cost countries & suppliers for all RMs by analysing import data
• Created Global RM Dashboard for improving visibility and ease in problem identification across all countries
• Initiated strategy implementation with one RM by onboarding LCC supplier saving Rs. 27 lakhs (18%) annually
• Designed dashboard, enabled leadership to have centralised & improved control across 5 countries for all RMs
• Initiated negotiations with 7 local suppliers for buying prices of 17 RMs for unjustified mark-up by data analytics

Aug 2016 – Apr 2018 · 1 yr 8 mos · Pune Division, Maharashtra, India · On-site

• Projects:
• Bandra-Versova Sealink, Mumbai (Extension of Bandra-Worli Sea link)
• Coca-Cola Stadium, Dubai
• Mohammed Bin Rashid Stadium, Dubai