Abhishek Haritwal

About Abhishek Haritwal

As a seasoned and results-driven Procurement professional, I bring a wealth of experience in optimizing supply chain processes, driving cost efficiencies, and fostering strategic supplier partnerships. Throughout my career, I have consistently delivered measurable outcomes by implementing innovative procurement strategies that align with organizational goals.I am passionate about procurement and persistent in delivering bottom line savings for 14+ years with key expertise/experience in-Negotiation and Relationship building with suppliers & partners and leverage them to maximize stakeholder return-Development and deployment of sourcing strategy for Key categories-Advising senior management on taking the right procurement decisions through deep dive analysis and forecasting-Taking up differentiated roles for new launches, product developments, team building, mentoring and cost savings.In my current role, apart from the job fundamentals, I am driving the agendas on Digital Future, Supplier Relationship Framework & Smarter Contracting for Unilever South Asia

Experience

1. Senior Procurement Manager, Beauty & Wellbeing

   Unilever

   Apr 2024 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Leading the end to end Procurement for Beauty & Wellbeing, South Asia responsible for Business PnL and managing spend of over 400 M USD. I enjoy the complexity and challenge that this portfolio offers in terms of scale, complexity, innovations and market competition.

Education

• National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

  BTECH, Production Engineering

  2005 — 2009

Skills

• Procurement
• Market Research
• Leadership
• Market Analysis
• Supply Chain Management
• Strategic Sourcing
• Business Development
• Competitive Analysis
• Market Intelligence
• Business Strategy
• Strategy
• Teamwork
• Engineering
• Team Management
• Management
• Business Analysis
• Product Development
• Lean Manufacturing