Dear Sir / Madam,

I am a seasoned Procurement / SCM professional with over 30 years of work experience across diverse industries. I have been heading Procurement / Sourcing / SCM functions in a complex business environment for 2 ½   decades in leadership roles. I have also assumed Business Head responsibility with the bottom-line accountability for 10 years

The initial 10 years of my career, I have spent in the manufacturing sector, the next 10 years were in the Retail & Services sector and for the last over 10 years I am working in the Real Estate sector.

I am a versatile procurement professional by the virtue of the experience of working across diverse industries in leadership roles. My profile, therefore, is suitable for consulting assignments for any of the following industry/business verticals: Construction, Real Estate, Infrastructure, Metals, Steel, Power, Plastics, Petrochemicals, Textiles, Pharmaceuticals / Bulk Drugs, Retail, Food, BFSI, FMCG, Hospitality, Any Service or Manufacturing Industry, Trading etc.

I have expertise and core competence in the following areas with a proven track record:

1.         large-scale Procurement / Sourcing / SCM of Equipment or materials across various industries

2.         establishing start-up operations

3.         Negotiations, strategic sourcing, vendor development, continuous cost reduction, 

4.         cold chain logistics

5.         India entry strategy for any company that wishes to enter India

6.         contract Farming,  capacity buying, contract manufacturing

7.         implementing systems & processes for Procurement/ Sourcing / SCM functions

I am commercially astute with extremely sharp business acumen and have an entrepreneurial mindset. I regularly participate as an industry speaker in seminars/webinars.

I enclose my Resume` for your perusal.

Thanking you,

Ashish Joshi