Gaurav Gupta

About Gaurav Gupta

Senior Procurement Leader at Archroma (world\'s leading textiles chemicals manufacturer), have worked at Unilever (world\'s leading consumer goods company) with more than 18 years of global Procurement and Supply Chain expertise; working with diverse global teams, dynamic global environment and driving large-scale business transformation through innovative and disruptive thinking and path breaking strategies. With almost 2 decades of overall industry experience in Procurement, Supply Chain and P&L management at Unilever, I am a transformative leader with a purpose to inspire impactful performance and build future-fit teams and organizations. My role transcends mere transactions, fostering robust partner relationships, overseeing transformational projects from conceptualisation to execution, consistently delivering instrumental top-line growth and bottom-line savings through several initiatives, empowering and leading diverse and cross functional teams towards continuous innovation and growth. Excellent strategic thinking and analytical skills, deep understanding of value chains, cracking high value negotiation through innovative approaches, ability to create should cost models and \"connecting the dots\". Thrive in diverse and cross functional teams. Strong leadership competencies, inspiring and empowering teams to grow and deliver their best.With deeper experience in Chemicals and Packaging procurement, my overall procurement acumen is best in class in the consumer goods industry.My proven track record includes delivering significant cost savings (Double digit %of spend, more than 200 bps improvement in margin), forging strategic external partnerships, leading and developing future fit teams and organization, conceptualising & implementing backward/forward integration opportunities while delivering the climate agenda. I also take pride in calling myself a talent champion by identifying and nurturing high performing procurement/supply chain teams through various discussions and development programs. Culturally diverse background having worked in Asia and travelled extensively across Asia, North America, South America, Europe and South East Asia. Love meeting new people and experiencing new cultures. Passionate about maintaining good health through regular exercise.

Experience

1. Senior Procurement Director

   Archroma

   Oct 2025 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Spearheads the procurement strategy for S.Asia, overseeing both direct and indirect procurement processes. • Driving the transformational journey for procurement, enhancing supply chain resilience across a complex network of chemicals and suppliers. • Identification and capitalisation on optimization opportunities within the procurement network to improve efficiency.

Education

• SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)

  Post Grad Diploma, Supply Chain Management

  2015 — 2016

• Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

  B. Tech, Chemical Engineering

  2003 — 2007

Skills

• Team Management
• Manufacturing Operations Management
• Kaizen
• Process Enhancement
• Business Strategy
• Negotiation
• Plannning
• Quality Assurance
• Competition Benchmarking
• Supplier Management
• Supply Chain Strategies
• Problem Solving Tools
• 5s
• Manufacturing
• Project Management
• · Projects Conceptualization
• Production Planning
• Production and Maintenance
• Supply Chain Consulting (End to End)
• Cost Optimization Consulting by Doing Internal & Industry Benchmarking
• Iso
• Management
• Procurement
• Procurement Consulting
• Should Cost Modelling Expertise
• Lean Manufacturing
• Process Optimization
• Supply Chain Management
• Planning and Implementation