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Rajnish Rana , Head - Group Procurement, RCM
At a time when the Covid-19 pandemic is destroying economies, bleeding businesses and eroding their bottom lines, Rajnish Rana stands tall like Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the corporate world. Rajnish, who heads procurement for RCM (direct selling company) and helped Patanjali's turnaround into a global brand, emerged as a visionary leader and a strategic player who protects business interests with his razor sharp risk assessment. In a tense market that keeps you on the tenterhooks, like a T20 or World Cup final, he is Captain Cool who keeps the company's profit scoreboard moving and wins the game for stakeholders. A hardcore professional who never compromises on his ideals, Rajnish has proven competence in driving strategic initiatives like vendor performance management, derisking of materials, make build buy and global contracting in Pharma & FMCG industries. His trend setting interventions have led to cost optimization, process improvement and risk mitigation, saving billions of dollars in costs for companies.
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Top 10 Chief Purchase Officers - 2021
With organizations in public and private sectors focusing on business growth amidst maintaining cost of products and services, a Chief Purchasing Officer (CPO) is an upper management individual with the role of negotiating prices, contracts and vendors for the organization. With excellent skills in accounting, finance and business development, a CPO helps in government problems, corporate sectors and manufacturing units. He/she is responsible for procuring goods and services for the organization and leads sourcing effort for identifications of potential vendors and conducts negotiations with success for strategy development. In alignment with effective negotiation power, the skills needed to be an efficient CPO include strong leadership, extraordinary communication skills, and strong analytical mind.
Other major responsibilities of a CPO include purchasing functionalities &strategy management, budget balancing, improvement of systemic purchasing and supply chain. Key performance indicators help CPOs in leading global purchasing, from direct &indirect sourcing to delivery of final products and services.
With business development and strategic procurement, a CPO is the major personality in an organization's service & product standardization and innovation efforts. In new-gen business a chief purchasing officer is active in merging &acquisition of businesses. In this issue of CEO Insights, we bring to you a list of 'Top 10 Chief Purchase Officers - 2021'. Crafted by a team of CEOs, VCs, industry veterans and the CEO Insights editorial team, this archive provides information about individuals showing exceptional leadership skills in purchase, thus assisting the organisation in creating faster, better and more effective solutions.
Our subscribers play a decisive role in finalization of our annual list of "Top 10 Chief Purchase Officers - 2021" by nominating those which have served them with excellence and are praiseworthy. If you feel there is a company that deserves to be on our annual list, do write to us about them mentioning their value proposition.
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Amit Gupta,Head - Purchasing | Glance | Specialized in strateigic sourcing of auto components, vendor development, global sourcing and new product development |
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B P Singhal,Head - Purchase & Projects | India Glycols Ltd. | I spend more time on improving and analyzing to bring out best |
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Biplab Bharati,Sr. General Manager Purchase | Ambuja Neotia Group | Renowned for contributions in cost control, hospitality management and preopening with almost 30 years of experience in management |
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Hari Krishnan,National Procurement Manager | Ninjacart | For almost a decade, Hari contributes to the business development & procurement with topnotch skills in communication and team management |
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Manjunatha. M,Manager - Procurement | MyGate | Contributing to business management & procurement with well versed skills in operations management, financial advisory, and project planning |
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Rajnish Rana,Head - Group Procurement | Patanjali Ayurved | With 17+ years experience in materials management, vendor management, sourcing and total commercial operations in pharma & FMCG industry |
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Ramesh Babu, Procurement Manager | Meesho | Highly skilled and experienced in procurement, retail, retail buying & business strategy, with success in team management and sourcing |
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Ravinder Kumar,Purchase Manager | Unacademy | A successful entrepreneur with 7+ years of experience in sourcing and purchasing, with impeccable skills in procurement, new vendor development and team management |
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Sachin Yadav, Procurement Specialist | Bulk MRO | Expertized in purchasing negotiation, procurement, outsourcing, fulfillment, new vendor development, vendor management, and logistics management |
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Vivek Sharma,Procurement Specialist | Yulu Bikes | Within a few years of experience in procurement Vivek is contributing to business development with skills in quality assurance and strategic sourcing |
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