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Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Responsible for the deployment and adoption of a global enterprise wide Data & Analytics program, including data governance and enterprise performance managementCurrently Building an enterprise-grade global analytics program with strong business alignment, performance management, and robust support processesEstablished an Analytics Center of Excellence, driving enterprise-wide data literacy through extensive training and documentationImplemented a governed Business Intelligence platform, powered by Microsoft Power BI, with 3,000+ users, 1,000+ daily active usage, and $2M+ estimated annual savingsBuilt a modern strategic analytics platform supporting R and Python notebooks, allowing data scientists to reduce the time needed to support executive decision-making from 3 weeks to 2 daysStandardized business performance management with consistent metrics and reporting frameworks across functionsCollaborated on the design and implementation of a modern data platform in Microsoft Azure, ingesting 10 GB + daily with 99%+ reliability and cost-effective operationsImplemented a structured analytics solution deployment process using an established agile framework, ensuring solution adoption of 85%+Established global support systems to handle user issues and resolve incidentsCurrently Implementing a Data and BI governance program and deploying certification criteria for enterprise grade reporting Partnered with supply chain to drive 18% customer lead time and 12% supplier lead time improvements over 12 months, while boosting on-time delivery by 10%Enabled global inventory visibility, reducing divisional inventory by 10% and improving working capital by 5%Managed the Deployment of Celonis process mining across functions, identifying $6 M in P&L savings and $ 25 M in Free Cash Flow savings using Analytics

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Drove the implementation of organization wide operational excellence Led $1.6M/year global shop floor digitalization program, including vendor selection, deployment strategy, and early value realization. Achieved 40% WIP reduction and 20% manufacturing lead time improvement in pilotImplemented a new operational excellence strategy leveraging lean principles. Delivered 150+ kaizen events/year with $1.5M+ savings and 40-60% on-time delivery improvementImplemented enterprise-grade lean training and internal certification system with 20%+ workforce participation

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Acted as an internal senior consultant, supporting the implementation of operational excellence across multiple business units and divisions within the AmericasWorked with MD’s and business unit leadership teams to improve supply chain lead time performance by 20% Strategically reorganized the supply chain for 3 business units through facility consolidation and distribution network redesign, driving 20% inventory reduction

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Managed daily supply chain and manufacturing operations with oversight for 350 employees and $30 M operational costImproved facility OTD from 55% to 90% within 12 months through the rigorous redesign of the planning system and inventory strategyImplemented a digital shop floor manufacturing execution system that improved manufacturing efficiency by 15% over 18 monthsImplemented cellular manufacturing and reduced plant total cycle times from 15 days to less than 3 days within 6 months

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Managed the Continuous Improvement Program for Weir Minerals Africa to drive capital expansion and business growthSpearheaded organization-wide lean program, reducing customer lead times by 25% and creating 30% additional capacity with minimal capital investment during rapid growthLed the design and implementation of a $1 M assembly plant upgrade and $5 M manufacturing plant upgradeManaged the design and implementation of new service centers, adding 10% capacity to the business

Johannesburg Area, Gauteng, South Africa

Managed the safety, quality, cost, delivery and development of the CH Warman pump group Rubber plant manufacturing operations. The plant consisted of 34 operators and 2 supervisors.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

I completed my final year thesis on creating a Data Science capability within an organisation.

Msc.Eng, Mechanical

Although the Masters Degree was registered as Mechanical My dissertation was on and industrial topic. The topic was "The effectiveness.

Bsc.Eng, Mechanical