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Kista, Stockholm, Se

Leading a matrixed team of analytics consultants to create a great employee experience focusing on being the best place to work and top 100 ethical company. Responsible for people analytics, strategy execution, and workforce planning.➪ Transformed Ericsson’s North America People Analytics team working solely with Excel reports to a completely automated Power BI services infrastructure with an app for self-service. The team created over 30 reporting suites across all areas—People Operations, Talent, Diversity & Inclusion, Learning & Development, and Total Rewards leveraging data wrangling tools (Alteryx and SQL).➪ Converted HR operating model to systemic by implementing Agile for People, a lightweight version of the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe) that helps People Teams generate value through an iterative process to create adaptive products for complex problems.➪ Innovated strategy execution for the people function by combining Employee Experience and Design Thinking. with the OKR goal management system. Started with mapping the employee journey and identifying moments that matter by interviewing 20+ employees across multiple personas. Completed 8 out of 11 Key Results focused on attracting top talent, creating a feeling of belonging, and empowering employees to learn and grow.

Kista, Stockholm, Se

Directed a team of consultants and data scientists in executive-sponsored strategic initiatives, I facilitated strategy execution and optimized the operating model, customer experience, and business intelligence through transformation. ➪ Strengthening the value to customers, I created a culture of customer obsession across North America, which sped the order management cycle 90%+ and quote turnaround time 75%. I won executive buy-in and drove a 3-year program that included automating 100+ customer experience metrics, producing 150+ data visualizations, and orchestrating 25+ initiatives.➪ Impacting the customer experience on a global scale, I built a customer experience management framework and pipeline of 50 solutions that resolved key customer issues and paved the way for digital transformation. I also partnered with top customers in execution and facilitated design thinking workshops in 6 countries.➪ I played a key role in a global culture transformation by sharing 130+ widely adopted experiments and publishing 26 blogs. ➪ Recognition included the prestigious CEO Impact Award, selected from among 100K employees, and the President’s Pinnacle Award for customer obsession.

Kista, Stockholm, Se

Recruited to transform the Strategic Sourcing organization, I quickly brought structure to the organization and tackled pain points to boost capabilities, operational efficiency, and savings. I oversaw 3 managers and a total reporting line of 25 personnel.➪ I saved millions of dollars and catapulted the ROI up 12x in the first year by organizing the team into 4 core functions. I also established the company’s first Operations Excellence team focused on advanced analytics and visualization, performance improvement, and strategy execution.➪ To advance employee consulting and negotiation skills, I founded the Consultative Negotiations Program of workshops, case studies, and value creation tools, including financial models and comprehensive playbooks. The program provided 3,400+ hours of training to 80 people and certified 8 professionals.➪ I received the President’s Eagle Award for innovation and leadership.

➪ Drove non-profit’s operations strategy, managing communications, marketing, website, and scholarships.➪ Generated $80K and awarded 100+ post-secondary scholarships to rehabilitated youth. 100% of donations went to recipients.

Irving, Tx, Us

Novation (now Vizient Inc.) provides solutions to its member base of 5K+ healthcare organizations to accelerate performance and ensure quality, cost-effective healthcare. I was hired to pioneer analytics, advance competence, and enhance the member experience. ➪ Driving value and savings for members, I steered a task force in analyzing the spend, 1,200 contracts, and ~600 suppliers and implemented improvements, using price band feedback, best price pattern recognition, and advanced cost modeling for members.➪ I established a Competence Development Institute to educate the company’s largest members on market and business intelligence, strategy development, e-sourcing, proposal design, negotiation, and value creation.➪ Upskilling all 60+ portfolio executives, I presented "Turning Strategy into Results," including chessboards with ~90 sourcing strategies and 40+ pricing strategies.➪ I received awards for excellence in managerial leadership, process improvement, initiatives, programs, and service.

New York, Ny, Us

Alvarez & Marsal is a global professional services firm. I led operations transformation engagements with mid-sized to large companies across 8 industries, including 6 private equity owned companies. Programs optimized profitability and efficiency across procurement, strategic sourcing, supplier relationship management, distribution networks, transportation, and inventory management. I also conducted private equity due diligence.➪ I grew a distribution client’s gross margin 3.4% through price optimization, strategic sourcing, and a transportation management program.➪ To seize $19.7M in pricing synergies and move branches from cost-plus pricing to market-based pricing, I co-created a pricing and margin optimization program spanning pricing analytics, optimization, administration, and sales execution.➪ Paving the way for $20M+ in cost reductions, I co-built a category management program for visibility into supplier net costs and margins for use in negotiations.➪ I saved millions in annual inbound freight transportation by implementing a cloud-based transportation management technology solution across 60 branches.

Austin, Texas, Us

Driving transformation by harnessing the power of data analytics for leadership decision-making, I built and managed the global intelligence team for procurement and external manufacturing.➪ I was chosen by the private equity firm, TPG Capital, and the interim EVP of Supply Chain to pilot data mining and leveraged business intelligence to eliminate millions in costs.➪ I directed teams during the Freescale spinoff from Motorola. Related global projects included SAP catalog management and SAP SRM deployment, guiding a cross-functional team in 23 countries and 36 sites.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

My key contribution at Motorola, besides leadership during the Freescale spinoff, was pioneering the Market Intelligence program with a competitive cost index and knowledge center.

Bs-Idis, Engineering Technology - Industrial Distribution

Emba, Business Administration