{"id":12868,"date":"2026-08-04T15:41:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T13:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/?post_type=speaker&#038;p=12868"},"modified":"2026-08-19T17:46:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T15:46:02","slug":"yashodh-singh","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/speaker\/yashodh-singh\/","title":{"rendered":"Yashodh Singh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yash is a Sourcing and Procurement Executive with 20 years of international experience. He has worked in Procurement leadership roles at companies like Maersk, Tiger Brands and Multichoice, and also has Procurement Management consulting experience with Accenture and Deloitte.&nbsp;<\/p>    <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is currently a Senior Principle at Coupa Software, focussing on using technology to enable Procurement&#8217;s role as Margin Multipliers.&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":4339,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"speaker_year":[293],"speakers_category":[296,297],"class_list":["post-12868","speaker","type-speaker","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","speaker_year-293","speakers_category-leaders-forum","speakers_category-plenary"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Yashodh Singh - Indaba<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Yash is a Sourcing and Procurement Executive with 20 years of international experience. He has worked in Procurement leadership roles at...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/speaker\/yashodh-singh\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yashodh Singh - Indaba\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yash is a Sourcing and Procurement Executive with 20 years of international experience. He has worked in Procurement leadership roles at...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/speaker\/yashodh-singh\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Indaba\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Smart-Procurement-World-164477640233584\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-19T15:46:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Yashodh-Singh-photo-cropped.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"476\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"476\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@SmartProcure\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartprocurementworld.com\\\/indaba\\\/speaker\\\/yashodh-singh\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartprocurementworld.com\\\/indaba\\\/speaker\\\/yashodh-singh\\\/\",\"name\":\"Yashodh Singh - Indaba\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartprocurementworld.com\\\/indaba\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartprocurementworld.com\\\/indaba\\\/speaker\\\/yashodh-singh\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartprocurementworld.com\\\/indaba\\\/speaker\\\/yashodh-singh\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartprocurementworld.com\\\/indaba\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/08\\\/Yashodh-Singh-photo-cropped.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-04T13:41:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-19T15:46:02+00:00\",\"description\":\"Yash is a Sourcing and Procurement Executive with 20 years of international experience. He has worked in Procurement leadership roles at...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartprocurementworld.com\\\/indaba\\\/speaker\\\/yashodh-singh\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/smartprocurementworld.com\\\/indaba\\\/speaker\\\/yashodh-singh\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartprocurementworld.com\\\/indaba\\\/speaker\\\/yashodh-singh\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartprocurementworld.com\\\/indaba\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/08\\\/Yashodh-Singh-photo-cropped.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartprocurementworld.com\\\/indaba\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/08\\\/Yashodh-Singh-photo-cropped.jpg\",\"width\":476,\"height\":476,\"caption\":\"Yashodh Singh\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartprocurementworld.com\\\/indaba\\\/speaker\\\/yashodh-singh\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartprocurementworld.com\\\/indaba\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Speakers\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartprocurementworld.com\\\/indaba\\\/speaker\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Yashodh Singh\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartprocurementworld.com\\\/indaba\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartprocurementworld.com\\\/indaba\\\/\",\"name\":\"Smart Procurement World Indaba\",\"description\":\"SA\u2019s largest Procurement &amp; Inbound Supply Chain Event\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartprocurementworld.com\\\/indaba\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartprocurementworld.com\\\/indaba\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartprocurementworld.com\\\/indaba\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Smart Procurement World\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartprocurementworld.com\\\/indaba\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartprocurementworld.com\\\/indaba\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartprocurementworld.com\\\/indaba\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/SPW-Indaba-Logo-debranded-04.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartprocurementworld.com\\\/indaba\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/SPW-Indaba-Logo-debranded-04.png\",\"width\":920,\"height\":454,\"caption\":\"Smart Procurement World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartprocurementworld.com\\\/indaba\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/Smart-Procurement-World-164477640233584\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/SmartProcure\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/smartprocurement\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/smartprocurementworld\\\/?hl=en\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Yashodh Singh - Indaba","description":"Yash is a Sourcing and Procurement Executive with 20 years of international experience. He has worked in Procurement leadership roles at...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/speaker\/yashodh-singh\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Yashodh Singh - Indaba","og_description":"Yash is a Sourcing and Procurement Executive with 20 years of international experience. He has worked in Procurement leadership roles at...","og_url":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/speaker\/yashodh-singh\/","og_site_name":"Indaba","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Smart-Procurement-World-164477640233584\/","article_modified_time":"2026-08-19T15:46:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":476,"height":476,"url":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Yashodh-Singh-photo-cropped.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@SmartProcure","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/speaker\/yashodh-singh\/","url":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/speaker\/yashodh-singh\/","name":"Yashodh Singh - Indaba","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/speaker\/yashodh-singh\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/speaker\/yashodh-singh\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Yashodh-Singh-photo-cropped.jpg","datePublished":"2026-08-04T13:41:20+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-19T15:46:02+00:00","description":"Yash is a Sourcing and Procurement Executive with 20 years of international experience. He has worked in Procurement leadership roles at...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/speaker\/yashodh-singh\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-ZA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/speaker\/yashodh-singh\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/speaker\/yashodh-singh\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Yashodh-Singh-photo-cropped.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Yashodh-Singh-photo-cropped.jpg","width":476,"height":476,"caption":"Yashodh Singh"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/speaker\/yashodh-singh\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Speakers","item":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/speaker\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Yashodh Singh"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/#website","url":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/","name":"Smart Procurement World Indaba","description":"SA\u2019s largest Procurement &amp; Inbound Supply Chain Event","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-ZA"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/#organization","name":"Smart Procurement World","url":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SPW-Indaba-Logo-debranded-04.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SPW-Indaba-Logo-debranded-04.png","width":920,"height":454,"caption":"Smart Procurement World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Smart-Procurement-World-164477640233584\/","https:\/\/x.com\/SmartProcure","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/smartprocurement\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/smartprocurementworld\/?hl=en"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker\/12868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/speaker"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"speaker_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker_year?post=12868"},{"taxonomy":"speakers_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers_category?post=12868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}