Procurement and Supply Chain

SOUGATA DASGUPTA

Plainsboro, NJ *****

www.linkedin.com/in/sougata-dasgupta • *******.**@*****.*** • 201-***-****

GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN & PROCUREMENT EXECUTIVE

Passionate and data-driven global leader with proven expertise in directing transformation programs for Operations and Procurement. Specialize in leading highly technical and global cross-functional teams (5 continents) composed of category managers, sourcing specialists, project managers, analysts, and data engineers.

Strategic Transformation Expertise: Championed, developed and implemented transformation initiatives (budgets, PNLs) for Procurement, Talent Acquisition, T&E, and Hardware Manufacturing and Planning.

Global People Leadership: Led people and managed budgets and resources in global organizations ranging from 15 to 450 employees across 30 countries, including organizational structure, talent management and retention, diversity and inclusion.

Applications and Systems Focus: Presented business cases, gained approval, and directed implementation of SAP SCM, APO, MM, SD, BW, Ariba, Concur Travel and Expense, GetThere Travel, and other internal systems.

Global Leadership P&L Executive Stakeholder

Management Supply Chain Procurement Suppler Relationship Management Talent Management

Process, Data and Systems Champion Program Design and Management Business Transformation

EXPERIENCE

Photon, New York, NY 2022-Present

Senior Vice President, Business Operations, 2022-Present

Scale and develop Business Operations for Photon in North America, leading our effort to articulate, build and deliver operational consistency, across client verticals and candidate skill sets.

Implemented the first ever RPO (recruitment process outsourcing) for the company, partnering with industry led experts – increase net new hires by 2.5 times, per resource, per month to match demand.

Re-wrote 3rd party service contracts and annexures and established a tiered supplier management process for the company, resulting in meeting targets for enumerated cost savings for services.

Dasgupta Ventures, Inc., Plainsboro, NJ 2019-2022

President, 2019-Present

Grow acquired small business by developing processes and scale. Drive a complete “mindset change” and “visibility” for the acquired company and increase market share and repeat-and-referral business. Oversee full P&L, investment decisions, and oversight of sales and operations.

Increased revenues by 400% with a 3-pronged approach: deploy structured marketing campaigns in both digital and print media; develop a robust operations and customer service function to supplement sales focus; increase repertoire of product offerings and styles and added lines of business.

Bloomberg LP, New York, NY 2002-2019

SVP, Supply Chain Transformation, 2017-2019

Directed a strategic transformational initiative for a new regional distribution center in the Netherlands.

Handled 40% of the total volume in EMEA and reduced delivery time by more than 50%. Managed the transformation by using a collaborative matrixed approach with functional leaders from each region to globally redefine systems, processes, and procedures.

Developed a formal voice-of-customer program, and piloted customer service initiative for top 1% of NA / EMEA customer base with resounding acceptance; launched systems development for scaling efforts to 33% of customers globally.

Chief Procurement Officer, 2016-2017

Owned Global Procurement, a global organization of 70 employees (6 direct reports – Heads of Strategic Sourcing, Global Head of T&E, and Head of Purchasing Operations) to strategically source products and services for Bloomberg’s multi-billion-dollar spend portfolio. Reported Quarterly Business Results for the department to the Chairman, CEO, and COO of Bloomberg.

Delivered multi-million dollars in savings across all spend categories and businesses, using various sourcing strategies and demand category management. Achieved mid-year Op-Ex reduction target of 5% by collaborating with Facilities Operations.

Recommended, gained approval and delivered an end-to-end T&E Business transformation powered by Concur (NPV asset of multi-million dollars).

Sponsored Procurement e-commerce transformation and implementation SAP Ariba (PO Collaboration, Cross Catalog Search/Spot Buy), reducing transactions by 25K (20%) annually.

COO, Supply Chain Operations, 2013-2016

Oversaw Global Distribution teams consisting of 450 employees and CWs, with 8 direct reports – Regional Heads of Warehousing, Global Heads of Inventory Management, Logistics and Trade Compliance, Print Operations, and Hardware Quality to manage distribution, manufacturing, materials, and logistics for Bloomberg’s distribution network in 160 countries. Reported department’s Quarterly Business Results to the Chairman, CEO, and COO.

Championed a new source-to-pay cycle yielding $100 M savings in 3 years, including implementation of SAP systems and tools, re-developing the team and function from tactical buying to strategic category management and optimized purchasing execution.

Established a formal enterprise wide Vendor Risk Management program which laid out code of conduct, policies, procedures and guidelines for engaging and tracking SLA’s for vendors across the firm.

Used data modeling in Microsoft Excel to create complex analytical tracking methods, delivering Capital and Op-Ex budgets (multi-million dollars) with a variance of less than 3%.

Launched a new talent development process in conjunction with diversity and inclusion efforts across the firm, gaining a reputation as the best department for employee engagement.

Program Director, Demand, Supply and Inventory Management, 2002-2013

Ran Global Planning and Inventory Management (40 employees) for Desktop Hardware Manufacturing and Reverse Logistics functions for customer hardware and networking equipment globally.

Developed strategy and implemented NPI process transition from boutique contract manufacturers, driving the supplier selection process to vertically integrated manufacturing units, reducing lead time by 300%, and optimizing subsequent production.

Launched the Sales and Operations planning process and governed the implementation of SAP SCM 5.1 by using a mix of standard and custom functionality. Reduced inventory by 6% and increased global visibility of forecasts from ad-hoc to 24 months.

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Master of Science, Manufacturing Systems Engineering The University of Texas at Austin, Texas

Bachelor of Engineering, Naval Architecture Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India

Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM)

Member CSCMP, APICS

COMMUNITY

Innovative Partnership Award Recipient Partner (NY), PENCIL

President and Board Member Cranbury Plainsboro Little League

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