Ankur Gupta

Led procurement and strategic sourcing across 8 India sites, managing a ₹160–₹180 crore portfolio and building a structured procurement operating model to improve reliability and sourcing efficiency. Delivered up to 20% category savings through strategic negotiation and spend consolidation, strengthened supplier governance across ~1,500 vendors, and piloted GenAI tools for spend analysis, RFQ/RFP

Managed a ₹160 crore procurement portfolio for 4 manufacturing units and drove structured RFQs/CSQ evaluation, benchmarking, and long-term contract finalization. Delivered 15% annual procurement savings, negotiated a ₹20 crore long-term contract (5% savings), and reduced overall procurement cost by ~12% via low-cost-country sourcing and localization.

Owned centralized procurement across 6 manufacturing plants, managing a ₹300 crore portfolio across raw materials, MRO, capital goods, spare parts, and engineering items. Delivered 7% procurement savings through optimized import and domestic strategic sourcing, and built alternate sourcing and backup vendors to reduce single-source dependency and improve continuity.

Directed plant procurement operations at Bawal, managing ~₹60 crore annual spend across MRO, consumables, capital goods, spares, tools, engineering items, and services. Owned the quotation-to-invoice cycle, strengthened local sourcing and long-term supplier agreements, and improved SAP MM-driven transaction discipline and budget adherence.

Served as the core procurement representative for SAP MM during SAP R/3 ECC 5.0 implementation, converting purchasing operations into SAP-ready processes (PR-to-PO cycle, release strategy, document types, and procurement control points). Created user manuals, trained procurement users, coordinated testing, and supported automotive components purchasing and material coordination.

Built foundational procurement capability in automotive manufacturing by managing production materials, spares, consumables, and vendor coordination to support material availability. Supported supplier negotiation, material planning, purchasing documentation, delivery follow-up, and supply continuity in collaboration with stores, production, maintenance, finance, and vendors.

Completed an MBA with a focus on Marketing from Jamia Millia Islamia University.

Completed a Bachelor of Commerce from Allahabad University.

Completed a specialized diploma in Materials Management at I.E.R.T. in Allahabad.

Completed a diploma in computer programming at Pioneer Computers in Allahabad.