Strategy & Transactions - Supply Chain

Orchestrated integrated workplans, led creative problem-solving for impactful client outcomes, managed diverse consultant teams of up to 6 industry/functional experts and generalist consultants, ensured deliverables sustain impact, and managed senior stakeholders. Sample engagements include:• Automotive OEM: Delivered procurement cost reduction transformation; developed a 3-year strategic roadmap for the transformation; identified and drove insourcing and outsourcing programs, coached the client to recognize substantial cash impact in the first 6 months• Solid and liquid chemicals manufacturing plant: Managed 6-week diagnostic, design and plan phases of a capacity uplift program leading to production capacity increase and revenue uplift, presented findings to steering committee and facilitated executive committee walkthroughs• Petrochemicals organization: Led supply chain and procurement transformation through diligence and planning phases, conducted cleansheet capability trainings and facilitated organization design workshops• Lighting manufacturer: Delivered an improvement in On Time in Full (OTIF) Key Performance Indicator (KPI) through sales/operations planning and shop floor execution diagnostic, conducted site visits and interviewed experts • Automotive OEM: Delivered a manufacturing diagnostic, implemented improvement actions across infrastructure and operating systems, implemented a line balancing system recognized by CFO• Oil and Gas Company: Managed procurement cost transformation leading to reduction in external spend, owned diligence, proofpoint analysis, and future state organization design contributing to successful value capture post merger

Led workstreams across manufacturing and procurement cost transformations, created robust financial models and synthesized insights into written/verbal communications to influence stakeholders. Sample engagements include:• Healthcare company: Identified and executed a reduction in Maintenance Repair and Operations (MRO) spending. Led joint cost reduction program, steering end-to-end sourcing sprints that included developing a spend fact base, identifying value at stake, initiating communication with suppliers, and coaching sourcing leadership through all stages of the RFX process; achieved impactful collaboration with suppliers to identify areas for joint cost reduction• Appliance manufacturer: Delivered cost reduction of external spend on die cast metal, stamped metal, and electrical assemblies through price harmonization, teardown, and should cost analysis of materials

Contributed to workstreams across engineering productivity, manufacturing/procurement transformation, and organization design topics; conducted analyses, developed executive communications and recommendations. Sample engagements include:• Building equipment multinational conglomerate: Led identification and implementation of improvements in productivity of new product introductions by conducting internal/external interviews, surveys, and project postmortems to identify drivers of extended engineering project cost and time to market; outlined recommendation actions and presented findings • Chemicals company: Led Americas cost transformation reducing direct and indirect material spend; managed relationship with VP of Americas procurement and SVP of transformation through touchpoints and transformation readouts; led negotiation factory to contract cost savings by developing a fact base and strategy for negotiations, coaching sourcing team to leverage e-sourcing tools, and performing bid analysis