Mandeep Tuli

About Mandeep Tuli

Head of Procurement for Nutrition and Icecream business in South Asia, leading the procurement function for a 2 billion Euro+ business with a team of 50+ procurement professionals • In the previous role in Europe, led the Global Procurement/Sourcing for Commodities- Liquid Oils, Animal Proteins, Animal Fats and Starches in Unilever with a spend of 1.3b Euro and managing a diverse team of around 30 procurement professionals across various markets - Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia and Middle East I( in the last role ) • Also led the Global Resilience Program for Procurement - building risk mitigation strategies for all materials ( in the last role ) • Key Areas of Specialisation - Procurement and Sourcing Strategies, Supplier Partnerships, Value Creation, Resilience, Transformation Projects, Inflation Management, Risk Management, Sustainability, Business Divestments • Senior Procurement and Supply Chain Management Leader with 25 years of experience ( including 12 years of director level experience) in delivering strategic procurement and sourcing management in the Consumer Goods industry with Unilever across an international platform from Europe, Middle East, Singapore and India. • Excellent Business and Commercial Acumen with an outstanding track record in strategic sourcing, Global Procurement, transformation projects and value creation as well as proven abilities to lead and work with large, cross-functional and multicultural global teams • An effective communicator who is capable of translating complex ideas into actionable outcomes while being able to engage customers, suppliers, business users and stakeholders at all levels to achieve key business results and organisational KPIs • Exceptional ability to collaborate with suppliers and jointly create business value through end to end value chain analysis • Experience in Commodities, Food Ingredients, Chemicals and Co-Packing Procurement and Vertical Integration Projects

Experience

1. Procurement Head, Nutrition and Icecream, South Asia

   Unilever

   Aug 2022 — Present

   Heading the Procurement function for the Nutrition and Icecream business of South Asia (2 billion Euro+ turnover). • Leading the development of Partnership agenda to drive sustainable sourcing transformation • Developing and implementing commodities and ingredients sourcing strategies • Creating competitive advantage for business through sourcing decisions

Education

• Delhi Technological University (Formerly DCE)

  Bachelor of Engineering (BEng)

  1991 — 1995

• Delhi University, Department of Financial Studies

  MBA Finance

  1995 — 1997

• Maastricht University

  Masters in Leading Next Generation Procurement

  2013 — 2013