Ekjyot Chahal
Associate Vice President @Air India Limited
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WORK HISTORY
Associate Vice President @Air India Limited
Gurugram, IN
Leading procurement excellence and SRM initiatives to align suppliers with ESG and compliance objectives.• Driving operational efficiency and digitization across sourcing functions using SAP, Ariba, and Icertis platforms.• Advisor to cross-functional category teams ensuring business alignment and long-term value creation.Key Projects: Rolled out integrated Ariba frameworks across multi-location teams. Implemented Third-Party Risk Management Pioneered ESG-aligned procurement practices for aviation compliance.
EDUCATION
Punjabi University
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Marketing/Marketing Management, General
Govt Mohindra College
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)- Honours, Economics
SKILLS
ABOUT EKJYOT CHAHAL
Enterprise performance rarely breaks suddenly.It drifts.Drift begins upstream — in unclear decision rights, hidden commitments, supplier concentration, fragmented governance, and capital allocated without discipline.Most organisations treat procurement as cost control.Risk as compliance.Governance as documentation.I believe control is architectural.For 32+ years, I’ve advised enterprise leaders on designing upstream control across procurement, third-party risk, supply chain, and financial governance.Not through more reports.Through better decision design.I write about:• Procurement as financial architecture• Risk as exposure discipline• Capital allocation as a real strategy• Governance as scalable decision clarityMy focus is simple:Fewer surprises.Stronger resilience.Clearer accountability.If you’re a CFO, finance leader, CPO, or board member thinking about how decisions scale without chaos, you’ll find practical frameworks here.Control starts upstream.
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