Bangkok, Thailand, 2012-10-4 — /travelprnews.com/ — GBTA is thrilled to announce that Mr. Indriyajit Sethi vice president, Group Strategic Sourcing for the TATA Group has accepted a position on GBTA’s Asia Advisory Board. Mr. Sethi manages a TATA group aggregated buying shared services unit, reporting to Mr Ishaat Hussain (Director TATA Sons and member Group Corporate Center, TATA Group) TATA Group is the conglomerate that has diverse business interests including the Taj Group. As part of his strategic objectives he initiated group networking among the procurement teams and achieved wins in the areas of Insurance, IT, Oil based products, Air travel and MRO. He and his team manage around $600 million USD of indirect spend annually and through building long term strategic relationships have helped the TATA group to save over half a billion USD cumulatively in the last ten years.
Previous to the TATA group he held senior positions in brand management, product management and sales and worked in the FMCG and Retail banking sectors.
Mr. Sethi holds a PGDM (a full time MBA) from the Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata, India.
Talking about the appointment, Welf Ebeling, GBTA regional director – Asia said: “We have been looking for the right person to continue GBTA Asia’s development into India and I am very pleased that Indriyajit has agreed to join our board. He is a professional of the highest caliber whose expertise as a strategist and buyer will be of great benefit to GBTA’s rapidly expanding Asia membership as a whole.”
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