Sanjay Lamba is a senior global procurement executive and transformation leader with over 34 years of international experience across the automotive and industrial sectors. He has led large-scale global procurement organisations with annual spend exceeding $3 billion, delivering strategic sourcing, supplier innovation, and sustainable value creation across complex multinational supply chains.

Based in the Netherlands, Sanjay is the founder of LMA Consulting Associates, where he advises organisations on procurement excellence, leadership development, and AI-enabled sourcing transformation. His work focuses on helping companies move from traditional purchasing to digitally enabled, AI-driven procurement organisations that deliver measurable cost savings, resilience, and long-term supplier value.

During his career at Ford Motor Company and its global joint ventures, Sanjay held senior leadership roles including Passenger Vehicle Projects Procurement Director (Europe), South America Procurement Category Director, and Executive General Manager Procurement (Thailand). He has led procurement operations across Europe, Latin America and Asia, managing global product launches, building high-performing multicultural teams, and driving supplier sustainability initiatives aligned with Science-Based Targets (SBTs). CV Sanjay Oct2025v2

Sanjay has a strong track record of delivering double-digit cost savings, strengthening supplier partnerships, and integrating digitalisation and innovation into procurement strategy.

Through his teaching, Sanjay brings together real-world executive experience, practical frameworks and hands-on tools to help procurement and supply chain professionals immediately apply AI and modern sourcing techniques in their organisations.

His approach is practical, structured and results-focused, equipping professionals to deliver cost savings, improve supplier performance, and elevate procurement’s strategic role in business.