SHASHI MANDAPATY TITLE : CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER
LIFETIME OF ACHIEVEMENT IN PROCUREMENT
During his career , Shashi Mandapaty moved from India , where he studied at Indian Institute of Management ( IIM ) Mumbai , to working around Asia and relocating to Moscow to look after Procter & Gamble Eastern Europe division , before moving to the US .
“ The skills needed to make a mark outside your home country are ; we have to have this insatiable curiosity , it has to come with humility , genuine keenness to understand the country ’ s culture and history , or its difficult to connect not only with your team but also with the business that you ’ re dealing with ,” he said , speaking at a NITIE ALUM TALKS event at IIM back in 2021 .
“ If I ’ m in the procurement space , I need to work with suppliers , I need to know the history of that country for me to be able to engage effectively with those stakeholders ,” he adds .
It was not all procurement for Mandapaty , starting his career as a senior engineer for Thermax , he was designing instrumentation for oil and gas fired boilers and thermic fluid heaters . But in 1997 , his path to becoming a leader in the field of procurement started , when he began working for Procter & Gamble .
His climb in procurement originated from a starting role as Purchasing Manager for the India Femcare business , where he was responsible for all direct material purchases , as well as for various plant and DC expansions .
Over the next 16 years , he became the group manager of India MDO , helped charter a formal purchasing organisation for P & G Eastern Europe , managed US $ 1bn of spend across all categories , became Associate Director of P & G ’ s global IT purchases , responsible for sourcing P & G ' s IT spends of more than US $ 1bn , and became Director of Global Procurement in 2011 .
After three years , he joined Johnson and Johnson in 2013 , as Vice President , Enterprise Functional Transformation , before again climbing the ranks to become the Chief Procurement Officer in February 2023 .
SHASHI MANDAPATY TITLE : CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER
COMPANY : JOHNSON & JOHNSON
INDUSTRY : HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CARE
LOCATION : UNITED STATES
Shashi Mandapaty is Chief Procurement Officer for Johnson & Johnson , where he guides the company ’ s strategy for delivering value , quality and innovation through responsible sourcing . He has deep experience leading procurement organisations and brings a global perspective to his role , having lived and worked across Asia , Europe and North America .
24 May 2024