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A curated collection of procurement certifications, BK's published articles, industry tools, AI platforms, and professional networks — all vetted from 19+ years of procurement leadership.

Professional Profiles

Connect with BK across all platforms

LinkedIn Profile

Connect, endorse & see full recommendations

Substack Newsletter

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Procurement insights & industry commentary

Updates & personal moments

Connect & follow updates

Conversations & commentary

BK's Published Work

Articles, white papers & newsletters

Indirect Procurement & P2P Transformation

Why It's the Most Underrated Function in Business — Substack

Revolutionising Retail Marketing with Automation

The Path to Operational Excellence — Substack

AI & The Human Workforce — Issue 01

The Cost-Saving That Isn't — Substack

Visual Merchandising: Strategic Imperative — White Paper 2026

Global & India Analysis — Notion

Procurement Certifications

Recommended credentials for procurement professionals

Rutgers Global Procurement & Sourcing

BK's lead credential — world-class procurement certification

CIPS — Chartered Institute of Procurement

Gold standard global procurement qualification

ISM — Institute for Supply Management

US-based procurement & supply management body, CPSM certification

APICS / ASCM — Supply Chain Certification

CPIM, CSCP — supply chain management credentials

IIM Kozhikode — Executive Programmes

Business Analytics and management programmes — IIM K

Great Manager Institute

National great people manager recognition programme

Coursera — Procurement Courses

Online procurement, supply chain, and analytics courses

LinkedIn Learning — Procurement

Procurement leadership and SAP/Ariba courses

Digital Procurement Platforms

Key technology in the procurement ecosystem

Leading cloud-based e-procurement and P2P platform — BK's primary tool

SAP Procurement

Full SAP procurement suite: MM, SRM, Ariba

Spend management and BSM platform

E-sourcing and procurement solutions

AI-powered procurement platform

Procurement cloud platform

Procurement intelligence platform

AI Tools for Procurement

Tools BK uses in consulting engagements

Claude by Anthropic

Procurement SOPs, governance frameworks, RFP templates, analysis

Microsoft Copilot

Excel spend analysis, PowerPoint governance reports, contract summaries

Market intelligence, supplier research, commodity trend analysis

ChatGPT — OpenAI

Category strategy, stakeholder comms, e-auction playbooks

Procurement knowledge bases, SOP libraries, project documentation

Supplier due diligence, regulatory compliance, industry benchmarks

Industry Knowledge

Stay current in procurement

Procurement Leaders

Senior procurement community, research & insights

Procurement technology analysis and news

ISM — Supply Management Magazine

ISM's official publication on procurement trends

Deloitte CPO Survey

Annual global CPO and procurement leadership survey

McKinsey Operations Insights

Procurement and supply chain thought leadership

KPMG Procurement Advisory

Consulting perspectives on procurement transformation

GeM — Government e-Marketplace

India's official government procurement portal

CII — Procurement Network

Confederation of Indian Industry procurement resources

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