Kunal Gupta
Strategy & Supply Chain Leader | Head of Strategy at Safco (Silal Group) | Enabling Sustainable Growth in GCC F&B | Start-ups | FMCG | Sustainability | Global Procurement | E-commerce
The move
MoveKitopi → SAFCO International, Dubai, U.A.E.
TitleSenior Director - Global Supply Chain → Head of Strategy
LocationUnited Arab Emirates → Dubai
Career arcRooted in UAE★
Cross-border moveNo — same country
Years in UAE19.2
Total experience23.3 years
Career arc
- Head of StrategySep 2025 — PresentSSAFCO International, Dubai, U.A.E.· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Senior Director - Global Supply ChainOct 2022 — Sep 2025
Kitopi· United Arab Emirates· Full-time - Director - Global Supply ChainOct 2022 — Jan 2023Kitopi· United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Director - Supply Chain and ProcurementFeb 2017 — Sep 2022
Bateel International· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time - Regional Supply Chain Manager - Middle East, North Africa, TurkeyMay 2016 — Feb 2017
Godiva Chocolatier· Dubai· Full-time
- Senior Supply Chain Manager - Head of Supply Chain and Procurement for GCCAug 2012 — Apr 2016
Tim Hortons· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Business Development Manager (Middle East)Jun 2010 — Aug 2012GGulftainer Company Limited (Momentum Logistics)· United Arab Emirates
- Senior Supply Chain ConsultantNov 2007 — Jul 2010
BDP International· United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- InternApr 2007 — Oct 2007
KPMG· United Arab Emirates, Singapore - Senior Technical AssociateSep 2003 — Dec 2006
Tech Mahindra - Quality Assurance EngineerMay 2002 — Aug 2003
TPV· India, China
Education
- Vishwakarma Institute Of TechnologyBachelor of Engineering · Electronics1997 — 2001
- S P Jain School of Global ManagementMBA · Marketing2006 — 2007
- Harvard Business School OnlineCertificate in Leadership Principles2020 — 2020
- Hans Raj Model School1984 — 1997
Languages
- Hindi
- English