Prashant

Vice President @GEP Worldwide

London, GB

I am responsible for managing a portfolio of clients and growing GEP’s consulting business in Europe and the Middle East. I am part of GEP’s European Leadership Team and play a key people leadership role in Europe; I have in the past played leadership roles for GEP and led client engagements in India and the US.Delivery: Manage a diverse portfolio of client engagements (~£6M annual managed revenue) ranging from Procurement Transformations and Savings Delivery programs to longer term Managed Services engagements. My client base and experience spans a range of industries (BFSI, Life Sciences, Retail, CPG & Manufacturing) and geographies (UK & Europe, the Middle East, North America and Asia) Sales & Business Development: Jointly responsible for growing GEP’s business in the UK, Europe and the Middle East – includes growing existing client engagements and bringing in new logosPeople Leadership: Recognised as one of GEP’s top people leaders, I am responsible for our ‘people strategy’ across GEP’s European operations, which is measured through a series of KPIs including ESAT scores and overall retention numbers. I manage our mentorship program, staffing, employee engagement, campus recruitment & internship programsThought Leadership: Passionate about procurement - regularly publish thought provoking white papers, host webinars and roundtable meetings on a range of topics including Third Party Risk Management and Digital Procurement TransformationsKey Projects include- Leading a multi-year Procurement Transformation initiative & delivering over £40M in savings for a UK based Financial Services firm - Digital Procurement Transformation and Process Redesign for a Cypriot Bank- Supply optimisation projects for a $1.5B Canadian frozen foods company- Leading a multi-year cost reduction program for a French manufacturing company- Delivering over $200M in post-acquisition synergies for a $7B American clothing retailer

University of Madras

Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Mechanical Engineering

Indian School of Business

MBA, Strategy & Marketing

University of Wisconsin-Madison

MS, Human Factors/Industrial Engineering