Nidhi Jha

• Lead and develop the procurement master data team, coaching employees, building capability, and promoting a high-performance, continuous-improvement culture across global operations.

• Govern supplier, price, lead-time, quantity, unit-of-measure, customer, and related item data, ensuring accurate purchasing decisions and compliance while supporting sustainable supply.

• Partner with Sourcing, Category Management, Planning, Operations, factories, suppliers, and global stakeholders to clarify ownership, align priorities, and resolve bottlenecks, enhancing reliable execution.

• Standardize roles, approval controls, data-quality checks, templates, and ways of working; drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions for recurring operational and master-data issues.

• Lead digital transformation initiatives including Power BI dashboards, automated data-quality controls, workflow solutions, and the Procurement IMD Request Portal/Power App, translating business processes into governed digital workflows.

• Expanded leadership scope to the Airports Planning domain, strengthening end-to-end understanding of material planning, supply execution, priorities, risks, and cross-functional delivery.

• Utilise KPI dashboards and operational reporting to enhance visibility of quality, exceptions, workload, and project readiness, facilitating informed stakeholder decisions.

• Coordinate resource needs, workload priorities, onboarding, training, and recruitment inputs while maintaining service quality and timely delivery across multiple regions and interfaces.

• Built and led Supply, Spare Parts and Supplier Master Data capabilities within VOICE, supporting APAC, North America and Europe as a global delivery team.
• Developed and mentored team members and emerging leaders, fostering ownership and stakeholder management while strengthening continuous improvement capabilities.
• Partnered with Project Engineering, Procurement and Suppliers early in the project lifecycle to assess lead-time feasibility, identify supply risks and prevent delivery delays.
• Created price and lead-time insights, including YoY price trends and supplier cost analysis, which empowered Category Managers to achieve savings and optimise sourcing decisions.
• Contributed to TIBP and item portfolio standardisation, enhancing item utilisation and minimising duplication, thereby facilitating more cost-effective procurement decisions.

• Validated demand forecasts and created orders for central warehouses.
• Collaborated with operations to maintain optimal inventory levels and streamline supply chain processes.
• Processed purchase orders, managed supplier onboarding, and conducted supplier performance reviews to enhance supplier relationships.
• Obtained timely approvals for purchase orders to reduce delays and differences.
• Participated in business review meetings with strategic suppliers to ensure alignment on expectations and deliverables.

• Led e-procurement for large quantity and contracted purchase orders.
• Used Oracle Agile PLM for engineering change management and integrated changes into ERP.
• Created product setups, BOM structures, and AVL/AML entries in Agile and Baan systems.
• Managed inventory control through excess material sharing and order rescheduling.
• Coordinated customer handling, planning, MRP, and master data updates to ensure seamless operations.
• Generated daily tracking reports, shortage reports, and weekly PR-to-PO reports.
• Processed return orders and credit memos to support accurate demand forecasting.
• Reviewed customer complaints and supported 8D report preparation.
• Mentored team members to ensure timely report generation and efficient function execution.