Description

My background is corporate, but my approach is founder-minded.

I've spent 20 years inside Honeywell, Deutsche Bank, British American Tobacco, and HP from operations floors to C-level boardrooms before launching 2yrs back my own consulting company ORAND Advisors (process improvement and digital transformation).

Work globally, remote or hybrid.

I can support you with:

Scan, analyse and simplify your daily operations. Eliminating bottlenecks that consumes your time and $ and isn't bringing any value add / or adds very little to your bottom line
Business strategy that is manageable by yourself so you can hit your objective and key results in the next 3 to 6 months
Figuring out where automation and AI actually create value and where they'd be expensive distractions
KPI framework to monitor the performance of your processes. Also I can help you to create standard ways of working and SOP's associated with it
Project & change management with end-to-end project delivery, stakeholder alignment, team workshops, training and capability transfer: 400+ people trained across USA, Mexico, South Korea, Europe and China

I don't jump directly to automate your business without clarity over the activities that bring value add vs waste. The most common automation and AI pitfall is automating the WASTE -> you will make it flow faster in your daily operations (instead of removing it). bull$hit in, bull$hit out.

First I want to understand how you run currently your business (AS IS) and to identify where are the gaps and create you a roadmap for a future state that you want to achieve (TO BE).

My toolkit (extract):

Strategy & Execution: Hoshin Kanri (X-Matrix), strategic deployment, target operating models, governance design

Process Improvement: Lean, Six Sigma, Value Stream Mapping, DMAIC, process mining, BPMN, Industrial Engineering

Digital & AI: AI readiness assessments, automation strategy, workflow design, digital transformation roadmaps

Industry field of expertise

Languages

Romanian
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Bucharest (up to 50km)

ORAND Advisors
Business Simplification & Digital Transformation
CONSULTING AND AUDITS
September 2024 - Today (1 year and 11 months)
Bucharest, Romania
▪ Advising organizations on operational excellence, process optimization, and AI & automation readiness across manufacturing, services, non-profit, and public sector
▪ Delivering transformation initiatives focused on workflow simplification, Lean management, and digital readiness
Process Optimization AI Readiness Lean management Digital Transformation BPMN
Deutsche Bank
Vice President Transformation, Global Procurement
January 2022 - October 2024 (2 years and 9 months)
▪ Led process design and improvement in an $8.6B business unit; designed the Target Operating Model for Global Procurement and standardized commercial processes from 20 variations to 1 unified workflow, delivering 111 business requirements
▪ Managed 650+ vendors; established governance framework removing cross-functional silos
▪ Won 3rd place in Global IT Innovation competition with a BPMN orchestration solution
▪ Scaled team from 4 to 12 members
Business Process Management Target Operating Model Design Procurement Transformation Change Management AI Automation
British American Tobacco
Operational Excellence Leader, Procurement & Finance
April 2021 - January 2022 (9 months)
▪ Directed operational excellence strategy across 3 shared service centres (1,200+ employees)
▪ Led a global team of 22 in process improvement for Quality, Cost, Delivery, and Lean training
▪ Identified £8M in productivity opportunities using Celonis process mining in under 10 months Deployed Alteryx and RPA automation, identifying 141 FTE opportunity Supply Chain, Manufacturing)
Operational Excellence Process mining Productivity Improvement Value Stream Mapping RPA