Vikas Prasoon

Background

About Vikas Prasoon

A tenured Senior Expert (Associate Partner equivalent) in the area of Purchasing and Supply Management Expert with over 16 years of professional experience. Key highlights in current role at Mckinsey:+ Leads Mckinsey’s Procurement Centre of Competence - a team with diverse expertise on purchasing related topics across industries and geographies + Core faculty for procurement at Mckinsey’s Ops Academy in Asia: Conducted 100+ capability building sessions delivering 800+ hours training on procurement analytics & negotiations to more than 2500+ procurement executives across the globe + One of the core procurement expert in Asia helping clients on variety of topics within purchasing and supply management, like designing sourcing strategies, advanced negotiations techniques and leveraging procurement analytics for cost transformations.+ Deep knowledge of procurement within advanced industries (including automotive), but also carries a wide industry experience across industries like metals & mining, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, agriculture, entertainment, consumer products, energy, and banking Prior to joining Mckinsey Vikas was Procurement Tendering Manager at Alstom, a global leader in power generation and rail infrastructure. In his role, Vikas focused mainly upon developing sourcing strategies and estimating costs for large EPC power plant projects across Europe and Asia.