Ashish Khorana
Sourcing & Procurement Excellence | Digital Sourcing | GCC | Outsourcing & Delivery Center Operations | IT Program Manager
- Role
- Global Procurement Excellence Manager at AkzoNobel
- Location
- Pune, MH, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ashish Khorana
Over 25 years of global experience in building technology solutions, leading service delivery & operations across the sourcing & procurement domain.1/ Delivering digital initiatives to build best in class sourcing capabilities and managing source to pay operations for global businesses2/ Building category strategies & executing strategic sourcing initiatives 3/ Contract & supplier management4/ Implementing sourcing transformation programs - improve user experience, harmonize processes & reduce operational costs for the organization5/ Provide oversight for data analytics, category insights, KPI monitoring by collaborating with finance & sourcing leadership teams6/ Executing multi-year shared services strategies - consolidating & delivering source to pay operations for global organizations from off shore delivery centers7/ Leading outsourcing transitions & managing delivery center operations (across technology platforms and business domains)8/ Designing & delivering software solutions, managing product deployments, leading complex multi year system upgrade & migration projects across technology platforms.# Sourcing Excellence / Digital Sourcing # Digital Transformation # CXO Reporting, Data Governance and Analytics # RFX\'s, Auctions, Negotiation, Contract creation # Compliance and Controls # Global Operations & Service Delivery # Outsourcing Strategy & Execution # Change Management # IT Program Management
Experience
Global Procurement Excellence Manager
May 2020 — Present · Pune, IN
Leading a centralized team to deliver strategic & operational support for the Indirect sourcing organization (addressable spend of ~ €1.6B annually)- Support category managers in defining and driving category strategies through data analytics, providing category insights and market intelligence- Facilitate Contract & Supplier Mgmt. Activities – RFX\'s, auctions, tendering, supplier evaluations, negotiations, contracting and monitoring contract compliance- Drive automation and technology initiatives for the organization across the Source To Pay processes- Monitor and Report on KPI’s – cost savings, payment days, spend under contract, supplier reduction, compliance scorecards and other operational metrics- Drive process efficiency, control and governance across the sourcing & procurement processes for Indirect Spend
Education
Delhi University
B.A (Hons), Mathematics
1998
Symbiosis Centre For Management and Human Resource Development
PGDBM, Systems and Finance
1998 — 2000
Skills
- Vendor Management
- Team Management
- Business Analysis
- Outsourcing
- Management
- Business Process Improvement
- Program Management
- Requirements Analysis
- Project Management
- Business Development
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