Nehal Desai (She/Her/Hers)

Procurement strategy to implementation
Across diverse industries & countries

As a long-time practitioner with extensive knowledge in procurement, supply chain management, and outsourcing, I’m ready to augment your in-house resources as needed to meet your important goals, on your timescales.

Having worked for a broad spectrum of industries as an expert consultant and industry transformation leader, I’ll bring to you the practical knowledge, strong leadership, influential mentorship, and operational discipline to drive the success of your procurement initiatives.

Bringing you expertise
from a proven track record

— Procurement Consultation —
McKinsey | Motorola | Lenovo | Verifone

20+ years of successful implementation

Having worked across product engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, and service/warranty support, leading large-scale global transformations, I’ve accumulated over 20 years of execution expertise to contribute to your company. Because strategy uncovers potential value for your procurement initiatives—but it takes implementation to preserve and fully realize that value.

Global experience, across diverse industries

From completing major procurement transformations across North America, Asia, Europe including the Eastern Europe corridor, and Latin America, I have extensive global experience that has given me a nuanced understanding of different cultures—a trait critical to effective supplier negotiations and collaboration. Adding to that: cross-industry experience (from Telecommunication to banking and oil-gas) has given me an understanding of diverse approaches and technologies.

Negotiations based on facts, not emotions

The failure to achieve desired results from negotiation often stems from people and processes. And leading supplier negotiation for over two decades, I’ve seen how imperative experience and strategies rooted in thorough analysis and data-driven insights are key to a successful outcome—and I can assist you in fostering positive relationships while overcoming related complexities and challenges.

Bringing a focus and care for relationships

As a procurement leader, I've successfully built and maintained long-term partnerships with strategic suppliers and internal stakeholders to drive transformational outcomes. I am committed to bringing the same level of dedication and care when working with you, your organization, and your suppliers to achieve your business goals.

Strategic Sourcing

Get the end-to-end support you need with sourcing—from identifying opportunities for improvement to executing the plan developed

  • Category strategy development
  • Should Cost/Bottoms-up Cost Model development
  • Supplier selection through competitive RFX processes
  • Total Cost of Ownership Assessment
  • Risk and Resilience Assessment

Contract Assessment and Optimization

Unlock your potential for the best deals with our comprehensive Contract Assessment service—targeting commercial, partnership, and performance improvements

  • Comprehensive Evaluation against best-practice
  • Contracting Strategy
  • Optimization and Risk Mitigation recommendation
  • Template contract creation
  • Scope of Work development
Contract Assesment

Negotiation Support

Working hand in hand with your team to create a comprehensive negotiation strategy and execute it seamlessly to drive the best possible outcome

  • Proven framework for all stages of Negotiation
  • Mock negotiation and Feedback
  • Representatives on behalf of clients during negotiations
  • Price and Contract Negotiation

Outsourcing and Offshoring (O&O)

Connecting you with strategic outsourcing partners to help lower costs and improve efficiency—all while protecting you from associated risks.

  • Procurement and Back-office O&O
  • Call Center/Sales Center O&O
  • First-time O&O assessment
  • Optimizing current BPO arrangement
  • Vendor Management Assessment
Outsourcing and off Sourcing

Capability Building

Get guidance and mentorship to develop the skills, knowledge, and capabilities that accelerate you to your objectives.

  • Skills Assessment and Gap Analysis
  • Change management support
  • Continues improvement

Beyond Procurement

When I’m not wrapped up in all-things procurement, you can find me on adventures, exploring delicious food from around the world, and meeting new friends along the way! At home, I’m either keeping up with pet drama (my dog, Ace, gets to all sorts of antics until our mischievous cat, Luke, decides to take him for a spin) or the interests of my two daughters (each born precisely at 19:02, five years apart—the inspiration behind the name of my consultancy)