Procurement and Supply Chain Director

NIKHIL PARVA San Francisco Bay Area LinkedIn 972-***-**** ***********@*****.***

PROCUREMENT TRANSFORMATION CONTINGENT WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT SRM Recognized thought leader in Procurement transformation, Supplier Relationship and Third Party Risk Management. Proven success leading complex programs, managing global teams, and delivering multi-million dollar savings on billion-dollar spends. Adept at building high-performance teams, fostering strong stakeholder relationships, and driving innovative thought leadership. Skilled in executive vendor relationships, strategic stakeholder engagement, and driving innovation across global operations. Received over 65 recommendations globally across senior leadership, suppliers, business stakeholders and team members. WORK EXPERIENCE

Meta (Reality Labs), Procurement & Supply Chain, Senior Advisor July 2024 to date Meta (Vendor Management Office), Head of Strategy & Operations Sept 2020 to July 2024 Designed and implemented 3-5-year end-to-end Supply Chain strategy for Metaverse and Meta/EssilorLuxottica

(Ray-Ban Meta) partnership, balancing geo-diversification, tariff mitigation, and cost optimization. Directed strategic planning, GenAI, risk, and compliance programs across content moderation vendor partner ecosystem with an annual spend of $2B.

● Architected a 3-5-year supply chain strategy and led geo-diversification efforts for tariff mitigation across Metaverse and wearables products with annual investments exceeding $10B.

● Drove GenAI use case design and implementation with over $10M in process-based savings.

● Drove $30M in cost savings through a strategic portfolio, including third-party spend reduction with PwC, optimized payment terms with content moderation vendors like Accenture, and workforce efficiency initiatives.

● Drove organization cost reduction of over 15% for $300M in annual budget across FTE, flexible workforce, and OPEX.

● Built a high-performance 40+ member organization, including FTEs, contractors, and professional services.

KPMG, Procurement Advisory, Engagement Manager June 2016 to Sept 2020 Led 20+ high-impact management consulting engagements in Procurement with an annual spend exceeding $50B. Acted as a trusted advisor for the internal procurement leadership team.

● Third Party Risk Management and Strategic Supplier Relationship Management Clients: Mastercard, Continental Assurance Company Scope: SSRM framework development (including the creation of VMO), supplier segmentation (tiering), policy and procedures (involving transition between Strategic Sourcing and VMO), RACI and creation of roles and responsibilities (R&R)

● Procurement Transformation

Clients: Santa Clara County (SCC), California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA), MasterCard, Capital Group, Continental Assurance Company

Scope: Gap assessment, Target Operating Model (TOM) & governance design, procurement policy, standard and procedure design (including Category Management, Strategic Sourcing, Contract Management, Supplier Management), Source to Pay (S2P), buying channel optimization

● Strategic Sourcing & Contract Management

Clients: Santa Clara County (SCC), Trinity Industries, Bonduelle, PG&E Scope: Spend modeling (COI), Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and Should Cost Modelling, RF(X), Negotiation Strategy design for multiple indirect sourcing categories. Contract Management governance framework design, compliance assessment, the business case & roadmap design.

● Contingent Workforce Management (CWM)

Clients: Salesforce, General Motors (GM), Molson Coors Brewing Company (MCBC) Scope: Gap assessment, spend modeling, process and contract review against leading practices, mark-up analysis, business case, and roadmap Design

● Intelligent Automation

Clients: KPMG Internal, Georgia-Pacific

Scope: Design and development of Procurement Automation strategy. Development of use cases across Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Cognitive area. Design and implementation of go-to-market strategy, Buy Desk process redesign, and automation.

● Joint Buying Group (JGB) Opportunity Assessment and Target Operating Model Design Clients: DSW, American Eagle Outfitter (AEO), American Signature, Warner Bros., Turner, HBO, Otter Media

Scope: Design and develop a JBG for companies under a common joint group. Implementation of an operational and legal framework for running joint sourcing engagement. 1

GAP, Procurement COE, Senior Manager Sept 2012 to May 2014 GAP, IT Professional Services, Senior Manager June 2012 to June 2016 Drove procurement transformation and department-wide initiatives across $3B in indirect sourcing spend including strategic supplier relationship management, category management, strategic sourcing, and procurement value management. Drove category strategy for Contingent Workforce, Application Support & Development & Infrastructure.

● Led a $3B procurement transformation, delivering $130M in annual value tracking and achieving an ROI of 6X per procurement resource. Managed procurement strategy and supplier negotiations for hardware, application support, and development categories, optimizing cost efficiency and vendor performance.

● Spearheaded the design and rollout of a Vendor Management Office (VMO) focused on managing Tier 1 strategic suppliers and developed essential tools for effective supplier management.

● Reduced annual application support & development spending from $41M to $27M through category strategy implementation for contingent workforce and IT. NOKIA, Vendor Management Office, Regional Supplier Manager Dec 2007 to Sept 2012 Defined and implemented Nokia’s global IT supply-side SRM activities for multiple geographies for HCL, Xerox, and HP.

● Conceptualized, designed, and implemented a Global Governance framework for multiple outsourced suppliers, strengthening compliance, cost controls, and risk management as part of an enterprise-wide Vendor Management Organization (VMO).

● Drove 40% annual cost reduction in the infrastructure support and services category using Lean Six Sigma.

● Recognized as part of Exceptional Talent pool (SAT – Significantly Above Target), a distinction awarded to

<5% of global employees for three consecutive years at Nokia. NOBLE GROUP, IT Infrastructure, Assistant Manager Aug 2003 to Nov 2007 Managed end-to-end Global IT infrastructure (servers, satellite equipment, telecom, network) on ships and across offices.

● Conceptualized, designed & implemented an award-winning product, TOLAS (Training On Land & Sea). Won six international awards for innovative business impact. SKILLS

● GenAI, cost reduction, process optimization, strategic sourcing, category management, contingent workforce management, supplier relationship management, IT professional services AWARDS

● KPMG: 6 Encore Award for excellence in delivering 20+ high-impact consulting engagements for Fortune 100 clients.

● International: Recipient of multiple global honors, including InfoWorld 100, CIO 100 (Singapore), Lloyd’s List (2006–2007), Network World Asia “Asian All Stars,” Dubai Maritime, and Sea Trade International Awards.

PROCUREMENT & SUPPLY CHAIN TECHNOLOGIES

● Coupa, Ariba, Scout RFP, Thoughtspot (NLP integration), Seal (Metadata tagging), Spend 360 EDUCATION

● MBA (Systems) – SP Jain Institute of Management & Research (India)

● Bachelor’s in computer engineering – Mumbai University (India) CERTIFICATIONS

● Six Sigma Green Belt

● ITIL V2 Foundations, Practitioners, Masters, and ITIL V3 Master bridge

● Project Management Professional (PMP)

● Change Management (Prosci)

● Coupa & Automation Anywhere

ACADEMIC CONTRIBUTIONS

● Recognized thought leader with 25+ whitepapers and articles in Forbes, KPMG Press, Institute of Supplier Management, CXO Today, Business Standard and Future of Sourcing.

● Procurement & Supply Chain guest speaker at MIT and MSU. 2

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