Hemant Agrahari

Director, Sourcing @ Walmart Sourcing

About

Chemical Engineer with over 13 years of experience in Supply Chain Management, primarily Sourcing and Procurement across industries mainly in Pharmaceutical, Life Sciences Industry. My core skills include - Strategic Sourcing of Direct Material, strong Analytical Skills and good communication skills. I am a versatile individual and like to take up new challenges, as it gives me the opportunity to learn more and make myself more competent for future endeavors. Apart from work, I am also very passionate about Sports and adventure activities - Badminton, Running, Tennis and Swimming in particular.

Country

United States

City

Bentonville

Industry

Retail

Skill

Chemical Engineering, Biopharmaceutics, Capsules, Supply Chain Management, Strategic Sourcing, Analytics, Procurement, Management

Experience

Director, Sourcing

Walmart Sourcing

2025-5 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

Sourcing Lead, Wellness - Vitamins & Supplements, Digestive and Nutrition India lead, Health & Wellness Sourcing (Win in India initiative)

Director, Sourcing

Walmart Sourcing

2023-10 - 2025-5 · 1 yr 8 mos

Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

Sourcing Lead, Private Brand Vitamins & Supplements, Walmart US and India lead, Health & Wellness Sourcing (Win in India initiative)

Director, Health & Wellness Sourcing

Walmart Sourcing

2023-1 - 2023-10 · 10 mos

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

India lead, Health & Wellness Sourcing and Sourcing Lead, Private Brand Vitamins & Supplements, Walmart US

India Lead, Senior Manager-II, Health & Wellness Sourcing

Walmart Sourcing

2021-7 - 2023-2 · 1 yr 8 mos

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

- Health & Wellness Sourcing India Lead - Sourcing of OTC pharmaceuticals, Nutraceuticals and wellness products for regulated markets

Senior Manager-I, Health & Wellness Sourcing

Walmart Sourcing

2019-1 - 2021-6 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Bengaluru Area, India

Manage Sourcing & Procurement for Health & Wellness division of Walmart and provide data driven insights, technical & regulatory support and collaborate with suppliers

Management Consulting Manager

Accenture

2018-12 - 2019-1 · 2 mos

Bangalore

Management Consulting Manager in Sourcing & Procurement at Accenture Strategy. Responsible for Procurement Digital Transformation, Category Strategy development and execution and Spend Analytics for clients to identify opportunities for cost optimization, process improvement and implementation of identified initiatives.

Management Consultant

Accenture

2015-12 - 2018-11 · 3 yrs

Bangalore

Management Consultant in Sourcing & Procurement at Accenture Strategy. Responsible for Analytics for client sourcing and procurement organizations to identify opportunities for cost optimization, process improvement and implementation of identified initiatives. Also worked on digitisation of procurement by implementing tools like SAP, Ivalua etc.

Sourcing & Procurement Analyst

Accenture

2014-8 - 2015-11 · 1 yr 4 mos

Bangalore

Supply Chain Analyst with expertise in Sourcing and procurement. Key activities include: - Analytics for client sourcing and procurement organizations to identify cost saving opportunities, develop sourcing strategy and implementation of identified initiatives - Procurement transformation initiatives including bench marking, process design - Sourcing Intelligence through Data Analytics

Associate Supply Chain Manager

Novartis

2013-7 - 2014-8 · 1 yr 2 mos

- Responsible for planning and managing Demand-Supply of Drug for Clinical trials of Innovator drugs - Planning for Drug Substance(API) and Drug Product(Formulation) manufacturing in line with Demand for Clinical trials

Dy. Manager in Strategic Sourcing

Hikal Ltd

2012-7 - 2013-6 · 1 yr

Bangalore Area, India

- Sourcing & Procurement of Raw Materials, KSMs and Intermediates for API manufacturing - Support R&D requirements for DMF filing for new projects & custom synthesis requirement - New Vendor development for KSMs and Intermediates - Lead a small team of 2 members

Jr. Manager

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories

2010-7 - 2012-7 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Hyderabad Area, India

Sourcing & Procurement of Raw Materials, KSMs, Intermediates and Specialty Chemicals for API manufacturing  New Vendor Qualification as per regulatory requirement  Management of sourcing database like Single Sourced items, Buying pattern, Savings Plan  Sources for 30 items developed (including Domestic, Chinese, European and US sources)  Market intelligence –import-export data analysis, product analysis etc.  Worked with leading consulting to achieve procurement efficiency in raw materials and intermediates by adopting various models  Thorough understanding and experience of SAP (Materials management).