Shipra Chopra, MCIPS

Strategic Growth: Orchestrated regional procurement strategy across 10+ high-growth markets, aligning supply chain resilience with long-term objectives. Cost Optimization: Delivered sustained savings through strategic sourcing, supplier collaboration, and the implementation of a regional governance framework. Governance: Reduced maverick spend by 30% within six months by embedding full spend transparency across diverse emerging markets. Leadership: Built and mentored a cross-functional regional team, utilizing a coaching-led approach to drive engagement and professional development.

Responsible for Compliance and KPIs for 3 Management units across Africa & Middle East - MENA, CEWA and South Africa. Face of procurement in the local business and first point of contact and escalation for local managers. Responsible for supporting growth and profitability of the local business (excl. Directs - Raw/Pack/3PP) through On Time in Full (OTIF) procurement of goods and services against clear business requirements. Responsible for defining the local procurement strategy. Managing the spend handling in the local unit against the overall target to maximize the Proc value contribution (e.g. cost development, supply security, improved services, agility, innovation) leveraging the full range of options available in the market in close collaboration with respective experts in regional and global procurement. Safeguarding compliance with Procurement standards, methods, and processes.

- Internal Stakeholder Relationship Management - Industry, Market and Supplier Strategy - Relationships & Collaboration - Negotiation & Partnership - Contractual Framework Promotion - Sourcing Plan • Collect and consolidate affiliate spend data and products’ specifications for the assigned categories. Liaise with local / cluster functions to understand their business priorities and plans. Identify and propose opportunities for synergizing the supply base, and harmonize products / services portfolio to drive economies of scale; subsequently translate the agreed opportunities into sourcing plans. - Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) • Strengthen business relationship with the suppliers by performing regular reviews and, in collaboration with the internal stakeholders, monitor periodically critical suppliers' performance on the basis of agreed KPI's (quality, process improvements and commercial relations). Organize regular meetings to agree and follow up on objectives. - Procurement model & Compliance • Have a good understanding of the sourcing process and its interactions with other functional processes. Adhere to Global Procurement Policy and Regional Sourcing Practices & Tools ensuring Compliance at cluster level. • Ensure that sourcing plan and RFx initiatives are well tracked and documented in the regional system. Optimize assigned KPI targets.

Specialized in Indirect Materials Marketing Materials & Services Categories such as Premiums, BTL, POSM & Print - Developing hierarchies of categories for indirect expenditures that make use of category trees for category management and strategic procurement - Evaluating and applying an appropriate methodology to achieve improved category management that standardizes processes and the use of systems across the organisation - Evaluating historical and forecasted data on categories of spend to help formulate options and make recommendations to achieve value for money outcomes - Developing a sourcing plan for the category and ensuring its implementation - Creating competitive advantage such as reduced costs, improved quality, me to market and product and service differentiation through global sourcing and low cost country sourcing - Identifying value added activities and the value chain in global sourcing through: o Reducing costs o Improved quality o Delivery reliability o Innovation o Sustainability - Create and implement plans to achieve any applicable requirements between local, regional and global sourcing taking into account stakeholder feedback - Sources of competitive advantage such as low cost, sources of differential advantage such as innovation, product/service range, brand image and customer care - To add value to organisation by: • Reducing prices and total costs • Improving quality • Reducing time to market and achieving deliveries to required time scales • Encouraging innovation • Reducing risk • Promoting sustainable procurement - Develop appropriate strategies and plans with stakeholders and promote their use - Work with stakeholders to mitigate or manage risks that can impact business requirements - Monitor compliance with ethical practices and standards that apply to global Procurement - The development of P2P systems & use of ERP systems in procurement including o E‐requisitioning o E‐sourcing & E-Catalogue

• Review and/or define together with internal customers their business requirements (Project Scope Document) in terms of products/services needs and related standards of quality in order to establish the appropriate sourcing strategy (ies) for the assigned category (ies). • Based on the Project Scope, prepare RFQs to suppliers, perform and evaluate the bidding and recommend supplier selection. • Ensure all projects start with Purchase Orders which have all the necessary documents attached, i.e. contract, SSJ, Bid-Evaluations, etc. • Conduct market intelligence activities (including RFI) to improve knowledge of available products, services and suppliers in the regional market. • Improve business relationship with internal customers and suppliers by conducting regular reviews to ensure customer requirements are communicated to suppliers and expected targets in terms of performance and products/services quality are met. Monitor & report on a monthly basis ‘Exceptions’ and Air-Freight in the region. • Support Purchasing Supervisor/Manager by providing data on purchasing activities including Total Spend, Premiums-Types, Key Suppliers-Spend, etc. • Process Implementation & Management • Procurement Technology Utilization • Procurement & Process Compliance

General Management 1.Monitor the outsourced facility management services (i.e.receptionists, cleaning staff, Kitchen staff ) to provide a clean and supportive working environment for staff and visitors. Liaise with Office facility for timely delivery of service. Ensure high quality in all tasks related to General Services are delivered in a timely manner to employees in order to maintain a clean and functionally effective working environment. 2.Anticipate and evaluateexpenses requirements related to visas, supplies of stationeries and maintain petty cash ensuring that its use is well justified and purchases documented with receipts. initiate purchases related to expenditure to make timely availability of goods and services. Monitor and report any considerable increase on recurring expenses Records Management 1.Supervise and assist in the implementation of Records & Information Management Program in the specified affiliate. 2.Supervise, coordinate, and develop procedures associated with Annual Records Review at each specified affiliate 3.Develop and maintain websites for communicating Records & Information Management policy and procedure at the specified affiliate. 4.Provide training for all new employees on RM policies and programs and procedures. 5.Provide advice to affiliate employees at all levels on policies and procedures and the use of Primary Records Master Lists. 6.Communicate any changes in the Global RIM policy and standards to the affiliate. 7.Train other local coordinators as necessary. 8.Keep current with, and implement as necessary, changes to, or improvements in, Records & Information Management practices, technologies and methodologies. 9.Coordinate with local legal counsel in updating and communicating business, legal, and regulatory record-keeping requirements in the specified affiliate.