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Akriti Sahai

Strategy & Operations | Ex-NTT DATA, GEP | ESADE MBA’26 | Procurement & GTM.

Barcelona

4+ years of work experience

NTT DATA, Inc.
Jun 20253 mosAug 2025

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

• Led end-to-end competitive analysis across 50+ players for a global sustainability-focused agribusiness client, synthesising findings into a board-ready go-to-market strategy that directly secured a €220K follow-on consulting mandate for the firm. • Built a full market entry business case for one of the world's leading agri-science companies expanding into regenerative agriculture in Brazil, modelled farmer adoption economics, pricing sensitivity, and risk-return scenarios to project $100/acre/year upside and frame a board-level investment decision.
Corner Office Advisors
Jan 20231 yr 7 mosJul 2024

Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Designed and executed a commercial partnership strategy across 150+ organisations, converting 30+ into active revenue-generating relationships. • Advised C-suite leaders across strategy consulting, Big Four and PE-backed firms on succession planning and leadership assessment mandates. • Led end-to-end executive search mandates (role scoping, market mapping, longlist, shortlist, assessment, placement) for Partner and MD-level roles at global consulting and PE-backed firms. • Developed and executed positioning and outreach for leadership programs
GEP Worldwide
Jul 20226 mosDec 2022

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Overhauled the performance management infrastructure, redesigned KPI frameworks and built executive dashboards that unlocked €300K+ in annualised savings and sharpened leadership decision-making. • Worked with a team of 2 analysts to standardise reporting frameworks and automate visualisation workflows, cutting client reporting time by 45% and reclaiming 320+ analyst hours annually for higher-value delivery work. • Analysed €35M+ in annual spend across 10,000+ suppliers, identified structural cost leakage and built a sourcing roadmap that delivered ~18% cost reduction and ~22% improvement in procurement cycle efficiency. • Consolidated a fragmented vendor base by 95% through data-driven spend analysis and supplier benchmarking, delivering €192K in projected annual savings and significantly reducing commercial risk exposure.
GEP Worldwide
Aug 20202 yrsJul 2022

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Airblack
Jun 20192 mosJul 2019

Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Worked closely with the Co-Founders to prepare a variety of different written communications, such as reports and documents, and created, managed, and manipulated extensive databases regarding pricing and quality.
YES FOUNDATION (India)
May 20182 mosJun 2018

New Delhi, Delhi, India

Worked for The Toy Bank NGO, providing toys to underprivileged children for cognitive and intellectual development; Contributed to mock-ups, email campaigns and social media content and Undertook research on child development.

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Education

Esade

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Esade

20242 yrs2026
Lady Shri Ram College For Women

Bachelor's degree, Mathematics

Lady Shri Ram College For Women

20173 yrs2020

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Headline

Strategy & Operations | Ex-NTT DATA, GEP | ESADE MBA’26 | Procurement & GTM.

About

Four years across procurement and supply chain consulting, executive search, and strategy; most recently as a consultant at NTT Data, where I led market strategy for a global agribusiness client and built a full market entry business case for regenerative agriculture in Brazil. Before my ESADE MBA, I spent two and a half years at GEP Worldwide (procurement consulting, FTSE 250 clients) and one and a half years at Corner Office Advisors, where I was a leadership advisory consultant working with clients across Private Equity, Big 4, and strategy consulting firms. My background spans go-to-market strategy, market entry, competitive analysis, procurement consulting, strategic sourcing, spend analysis, supplier rationalisation, executive search, and C-suite advisory. BSc in Mathematics from Lady Shri Ram College (top 10% of class). VP of ESADE's Consulting Club. Winner - NTT Data and Roland Berger case competitions. Open to: strategy consulting · management consulting · procurement consulting · supply chain consulting · founder's office · CEO office · strategy and operations — India, UAE/Gulf, and Europe.

Location

Barcelona

AI stack

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Work experience

Consultant — Strategy & Business Advisory at NTT DATA, Inc., Jun 2025 - Aug 2025 · 3 mos, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, • Led end-to-end competitive analysis across 50+ players for a global sustainability-focused agribusiness client, synthesising findings into a board-ready go-to-market strategy that directly secured a €220K follow-on consulting mandate for the firm. • Built a full market entry business case for one of the world's leading agri-science companies expanding into regenerative agriculture in Brazil, modelled farmer adoption economics, pricing sensitivity, and risk-return scenarios to project $100/acre/year upside and frame a board-level investment decision.

Consultant — Executive Search & Leadership Advisory at Corner Office Advisors, Jan 2023 - Jul 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, • Designed and executed a commercial partnership strategy across 150+ organisations, converting 30+ into active revenue-generating relationships. • Advised C-suite leaders across strategy consulting, Big Four and PE-backed firms on succession planning and leadership assessment mandates. • Led end-to-end executive search mandates (role scoping, market mapping, longlist, shortlist, assessment, placement) for Partner and MD-level roles at global consulting and PE-backed firms. • Developed and executed positioning and outreach for leadership programs

Consultant at GEP Worldwide, Jul 2022 - Dec 2022 · 6 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, • Overhauled the performance management infrastructure, redesigned KPI frameworks and built executive dashboards that unlocked €300K+ in annualised savings and sharpened leadership decision-making. • Worked with a team of 2 analysts to standardise reporting frameworks and automate visualisation workflows, cutting client reporting time by 45% and reclaiming 320+ analyst hours annually for higher-value delivery work. • Analysed €35M+ in annual spend across 10,000+ suppliers, identified structural cost leakage and built a sourcing roadmap that delivered ~18% cost reduction and ~22% improvement in procurement cycle efficiency. • Consolidated a fragmented vendor base by 95% through data-driven spend analysis and supplier benchmarking, delivering €192K in projected annual savings and significantly reducing commercial risk exposure.

Sr. Analyst- Consulting at GEP Worldwide, Aug 2020 - Jul 2022 · 2 yrs, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Associate Intern at Airblack, Jun 2019 - Jul 2019 · 2 mos, Gurgaon, Haryana, India, Worked closely with the Co-Founders to prepare a variety of different written communications, such as reports and documents, and created, managed, and manipulated extensive databases regarding pricing and quality.

Social Change fellow at YES FOUNDATION (India), May 2018 - Jun 2018 · 2 mos, New Delhi, Delhi, India, Worked for The Toy Bank NGO, providing toys to underprivileged children for cognitive and intellectual development; Contributed to mock-ups, email campaigns and social media content and Undertook research on child development.

Education

Master of Business Administration - MBA, Esade

Bachelor's degree, Mathematics, Lady Shri Ram College For Women