I help senior procurement, operations, and leadership clients cut decision time without cutting quality. Today I run two practices. Enterprise retainers for procurement and operations teams that want their function to predict, not just record. And one to one coaching for senior leaders facing the decisions that come with the role. I also host Shelly Thoughts, a podcast for women in leadership at the wisdom decade. Recent guests. Pooja Marwah on 743 rejections and the boy from a Jhopadpatti who DMed her. CEO Naved Iqbal on why no industry can live without AI in 2026. The work below is where the numbers come from. Fourteen years across Air Liquide India, Baker Hughes, and GE. Read what is relevant to you. Air Liquide India • Architected and operationalized strategic sourcing across industrial gases , equipment & indirects—embedding sustainability and scale. • Negotiated multi-million-dollar frameworks with top-tier suppliers, securing resilience and cost-efficiency that delivered ₹500 M (US $59 M) cost-out, driving ₹8.9 M operating-income upside via category reset on compressors and localization of 30 % of imported SKUs. . Own P&L for ₹15 bn (175M $) portfolio; grew gross margin 180 bps in first 12 months through renegotiated gas tanker contracts and demand-driven inventory planning. . Localization spends up to INR 10 Billion (116M $) . Spearheaded the establishment of AL GCC/GVP centre at Pune leads to cost cutting by 40% across IT,Finance,HR and procurement. • Deployed category playbooks that slashed cycle times by 32% and elevated supplier diversity. Baker Hughes (GE legacy) – 11+ years • Advanced from graduate engineer to Project & Installation Leader for $1000M+ O&G projects . Upscaled the Customer margin by 20% across the projects. • Applied Lean Six Sigma rigor to achieve zero-defect execution with a safety-first culture. • Cultivated bias-for-business-opportunity and a talent-first mindset with boots-on-the-ground leadership. Why I Do What I Do People-first leadership: As a DEI Ambassador, I mentor emerging women in operations and technology, believing that inclusivity drives smarter, faster decisions. Tech-forward sourcing and project Operations: Plugging AI and data analytics into procurement creates smarter, more agile supply chains. Value creation through contracts: Smart, risk-sharing contracts align incentives and magnify ROI. Let’s Connect If You… Are exploring business scaling, growth, strategic sourcing, digital procurement, or smart contract models ,ready to scale P&L and drive margins. Open to full-time or consulting roles. Want to scale supply-chain resilience or embed supplier diversity with measurable returns? Care about building high-trust, high-impact teams with DEI at their core. I share insights via #ShellyThoughts and have spoken at events including NXTGEN ProcureConnect Confex 2025 (“Transforming Procurement’s Potential”). I am naturally curious and like to explore different functions and operating methodologies that impact the P&L and grow business into positive cash flows.