Shailesh Bhadauria is a Senior Manager at The Smart Cube. He is responsible for conducting strategic and procurement research, including market entry strategies, market opportunity assessment, commercial due diligence, supply market analysis, supply chain analysis, procurement best practices, competitive intelligence, supplier due diligence, dashboard reporting and supplier identification. He also has extensive experience in commodity analysis (price analysis, cost and demand drivers, and supply–demand) in direct materials (commodities). Shailesh, an ISM’s certified professional in supply management, joined The Smart Cube in 2011 and prior to that he was a Senior Research Analyst at Pipal Research.