Praveen Kalra

About Praveen Kalra

Supply Chain - Digital Procurement, Strategic Sourcing and Cost Reduction, Procure. ai solutions Lead at EYGDS. With over 15 years of expeirence leading Digital Transformation, Procurement Operating Model, Contract Management and Cost Savings and Category Initatives across client from diverse sectors such as Oil & Gas, Industrial Goods, Technology, Consumer Products and Retails.

Experience

1. Senior Manager Supply Chain & Operations Ey Consulting

   EY

   Oct 2024 — Present · IN

   Senior Manager with Supply Chain Consulting Team, Working closely with clients in areas of Supply Chain & Operations, Contract Lifecycle Management Solutions, Strategic Sourcing and Cost Reduction, Digital transformation, Source to Pay implementation + AI, Procurement Operating Model, Cost Reduction initiatives, ESG and Tariffs. Working across clients from various sector in CPG, Industrials Energy, OIl & gas and Technology.Lead build for AI solutions across Supply Chain and Procurement areas. Involved GTM and Sales across regions across Europe, Americas, Apac and Oceania. Leading as integration role for Nordics Supply Chain Integrations.Directly involved in roles for sales and delivery of EY Supply Chain Ops Platform build on MS Fabric with AI capabilities for Swedish Manufacturing clientDevelopment and Implementation for Future State S2P Roadmap and Implementation for Norwegian Oil & Gas Client Key solutions areas and market focus: Procurement TransformationProcurement Op Model, Digital Implementation- Source to Pay solutions ( Ariba, Coupa, Zycus, Service Now) Digital Supply Chain and AI solutions Sustainability Supply ChainEnd to End Supply Chain StrategyManaged Services

Education

• World Bank Group

  Certificate Program in Public Procurement (CPPP), Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management

  2014 — 2015

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

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management

• O.P Jindal Modern School

  10+2, Non- Medical

• World Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Information Technology

• IRCA

  ISO 9001:2008 Lead Auditor, Quality management system

  2013 — 2014

• World Bank Group

  Certificate Program in Contract Management (CPCM), Supply Chain Management

  2014 — 2015

• Harvard Business School Executive Education

  Change Management, Management

Skills

• E-Procurement
• Esourcing
• Strategic Sourcing
• Lead Generation
• Spend Analysis
• Procure-to-Pay
• Ariba
• Safety Auditing
• Market Research
• Supply Chain Management
• Sap
• Pre-Sales
• Business Process Improvement
• Vendor Audit
• Responsible Sourcing Audit
• Procurement
• Outsourcing
• Vendor Management
• Supply Chain Consulting
• Global Sourcing
• Logistics Management
• Data Classification
• Ariba Discovery for Buyers
• Iso 9000
• Rapid Automation
• Automation Anywhere
• Management
• Business Analysis
• Sourcing
• Team Management
• Supply Chain
• Six Sigma
• Category Management
• Benchmarking
• Consulting
• Coupa
• Invoice Validation
• Contract Governance Services
• Contract Management
• Contract Governance