Savings Assessment
Identify cost reduction opportunities across vendor categories using structured diagnostics, procurement expertise, and AI-ready data layers that reveal addressable spend and practical savings pathways.
Colab91 helps private equity sponsors and portfolio leadership teams uncover, prioritize, and capture vendor savings through spend analytics, strategic sourcing, and AI-powered systems of intelligence. Built for mid-market operating realities, each program blends onshore guidance with India-based domain expertise to improve cost structures, strengthen procurement capability, and create measurable enterprise value across the hold period.
Targeted procurement and analytics capabilities designed to identify, execute, and sustain vendor cost savings.
Identify cost reduction opportunities across vendor categories using structured diagnostics, procurement expertise, and AI-ready data layers that reveal addressable spend and practical savings pathways.
Transform fragmented spend data into unified, durable intelligence that highlights supplier concentration, category trends, compliance gaps, and savings opportunities across portfolio company operations.
Build specialized sourcing and procurement teams that support negotiations, category strategy, supplier management, and execution for measurable savings and operational improvement.
Colab91 starts by reviewing vendor spend, category structures, supplier relationships, and procurement maturity to identify realistic savings pools that align with the portfolio company’s operating model and value creation plan.
Colab91 combines procurement domain expertise, offshore scale, and AI-ready intelligence for measurable savings outcomes.
Leadership has worked with Carlyle Group, TPG, Elliott, BC Partners, and PE portfolio companies.
Deep sourcing, procurement, spend analytics, and cost optimization experience guides every vendor savings program.
India-based capability centers help US-focused portfolio companies expand procurement capacity efficiently and strategically.
Unified data layers help leadership identify, prioritize, and sustain savings across complex vendor ecosystems.
Experienced operators in procurement, analytics, and value creation.
Managing Partner
Madhur Kabra serves as Managing Partner at Colab91, bringing over 16 years of experience in strategic sourcing, analytics, and process transformation. As the former Country Head of Impendi's India operations, later acquired by Accenture, Madhur played a pivotal role in designing, setting up, and scaling offshore delivery centers from the ground up. He has worked closely with private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, including marquee firms such as Carlyle Group and TPG, to deliver tangible business value at scale. At Colab91, Madhur leads the strategic vision for next-gen capability centers, helping mid-market and PE-backed companies unlock growth through smarter offshoring models and domain expertise.
Managing Partner
Vijender Kapoor is a Managing Partner at Colab91, with over 16 years of experience building and leading offshore organizations for global clients. As a former Principal at Impendi, acquired by Accenture, Vijender has a proven track record of scaling multifunctional teams and guiding complex transformation and value creation programs for Fortune 100 firms and private equity portfolio businesses. His expertise spans designing delivery models, driving operational efficiency, and optimizing cost structures. At Colab91, Vijender applies this deep operational knowledge to help mid-market and PE-backed companies establish high-performing India teams that serve as strategic hubs for global operations.
Director – USA Operations
Jeff Skiles serves as Director of USA Operations at Colab91, bringing seasoned expertise in strategic sourcing and spend analytics. With a strong background in building high-performance teams focused on third-party cost optimization, Jeff has held leadership roles at Impendi, which was subsequently acquired by Accenture. He has worked with clients across diverse industries, consistently delivering measurable business impact through practical, results-driven solutions. At Colab91, Jeff bridges onshore client relationships with offshore delivery excellence, ensuring that US-based clients receive the strategic guidance and operational support needed to accelerate growth and optimize their procurement and analytics functions.
Advisor
Erika Jung is an Advisor at Colab91 and a highly experienced Chief Procurement Officer with a distinguished career leading transformational procurement programs and global teams. She has worked with top healthcare providers, including Pediatric Associates (a TPG portfolio company), and has delivered enterprise-wide cost transformation initiatives for both Fortune 100 firms and Private Equity-owned businesses. Erika's advisory leadership at Colab91 brings deep domain expertise in procurement excellence, helping clients design and execute strategies that drive meaningful cost savings and operational improvement. Her real-world perspective as a senior procurement executive makes her a trusted guide for organizations navigating complex offshoring and transformation journeys.
A vendor savings program is a structured effort to reduce third-party spend across supplier categories while protecting service levels and operational continuity. For PE portfolio companies, it typically includes spend analysis, sourcing initiatives, supplier negotiations, compliance tracking, and savings governance tied to the sponsor’s value creation plan and hold-period priorities.
Talk with Colab91 about your portfolio company’s savings priorities.
Specialized sourcing and spend analytics leadership experience.
Experience supporting sponsors and portfolio businesses.
Unified data layers built for intelligence.
Share your procurement challenges, portfolio goals, and current data environment. Colab91 will help assess where savings opportunities and capability gaps may exist.
You can also send us a quick email at contact@colab91.com.
You can also send us a quick email at contact@colab91.com.