Meet the Speaker:

Aashima Jain

Director, Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Management, United Airlines

Aashima Jain is a Director in Global Procurement leading the Office of procurement strategy and analytics. In this role, she is responsible for overall procurement processes, systems, offshore strategy and spend analytics. In addition, Aashima is leading the set-up of the Supplier Diversity and Strategic Supplier Management functions for United. Prior to this role, Aashima has served in a variety of roles in Procurement and FP&A. Prior to United, she has been a strategy and procurement consultant with KPMG and Kearney Solutions. Aashima has a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi), India and an MBA from Krannert School of Management, Purdue University.