Arindam Sengupta , VP Strategic Sourcing & Procurement
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Arindam Sengupta , VP Strategic Sourcing & Procurement
Sengupta joined Dole in 2018 with a mandate to lead and transform its global procurement organisation and make it ‘ Fit for the future ”. He is responsible for leading procurement across four factories and multiple co-packer locations globally and leading a team of 100 procurement professionals with a multi billion dollar spend . His previous background has been at Royal Dutch Shell , where he demonstrated extensive Procurement leadership and business impact over the past 13 years with a proven track record of performance . His previous leadership role at Shell was as Global Procurement leader for their Multibillion annual procurement of Materials , Equipment , Fabrication and EPC services businesses . Sengupta worked with diverse teams and over 30 significant suppliers globally to lead strategic transformation initiatives , manage procurement strategy development , innovation , benchmarking , procurement implementation and maintain market beating pricing for the categories in scope . Prior to working at Shell , Sengupta had extensive International Leadership experience across multiple organ-isations at a regional and global level , and has lived in seven countries across three continents . Sengupta holds a MBA degree in Finance & Strategy with Distinction from University of Oxford , an MBA degree in Marketing from the Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad , and a Bachelor Degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur .
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