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Partner at a Global Management Consultant with 18+ years experience

structured problem solving

business transformation

cost reduction

English

Australia (UTC +10)

USD 149 / h

Partner at a Global Management Consultant with 18+ years experience

structured problem solving

business transformation

cost reduction

USD 149 / h

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About Saad

Coaching Approach

Work Experience

With an INSEAD MBA and 18+ years across top-tier management consulting, tech, and investment banking, I’ve delivered over $400M in impact for 70+ businesses globally.

My journey includes senior consulting roles at dss+ (formerly DuPont Sustainable Solutions), Partners in Performance (part of Accenture) as well as building and exiting an AI startup ranked #1 globally by G2. Along the way, I’ve mentored 50+ professionals, helping them secure offers at McKinsey, BCG, Bain, and Tier-2 firms through structured, high-impact coaching.

Practical, punchy, and performance-driven. I tailor each session to your needs—whether you're just starting out or aiming for final-round finesse. My goal is simple: help you crack the case and feel confident doing it.

Work Experience

Principal and ANZ Operational Excellence Lead

dss+ (formerly DuPont Sustainable Solutions)

2023 - now

Business Development and Capability Development: Led business development across ANZ, driving growth in operational excellence services while building and strengthening team capabilities to deliver high-impact client outcomes

Oil and Gas, Business Transformation: Identified 5% EBITDA uplift by targeting improvements in maintenance, capital, labour, and organisational effectiveness. Recommended a 6-month change program supported by a joint PMO to drive aligned execution, cultural uplift, and sustainable operational performance

Manufacturing, Business Transformation: dentified 7%+ EBITDA uplift by improving maintenance and reliability—boosting production by 5% and reducing unplanned maintenance. Enabled sustained results through leadership development, updated safety standards, and a focused Management Operating System

Resources, Org Effectiveness: Designed and implemented a fit-for-purpose Management Operating System for a mining client, aligning daily operations with strategic priorities to enhance accountability, drive performance, and enable continuous improvement across site leadership and frontline teams

Food Processing, Lean Transformation: Led Lean transformation, eliminating non-value-added activities to reduce waste and cut operating costs by 8%, while improving production efficiency by 11%

Resources, Organisational Restructure: Identified inefficiencies in short-term planning activities, and spearheaded a strategic organisational restructure, facilitating the seamless transition of these activities from an offsite to an onsite location, resulting in a 10% reduction in planning overhead

Manufacturing, Operational Readiness: Conducted a readiness-to-operate assessment and identified critical path activities and closed operational gaps—enabled on-time start-up, de-risked commissioning, and accelerated ramp-up to steady-state production

Resources, Project Management Office: Successfully led a PMO for a resources project, delivering a 10% reduction in operational costs, completing the project 15% ahead of schedule, and achieving a 25% improvement in safety compliance

Resources, Post-Merger Integration: Directed a post-merger integration achieving a seamless transition with a 18% increase in operational efficiency and an 8% cost reduction, while maintaining high employee retention and customer satisfaction

CEO and Co-Founder

Eclipse AI

2021 - 2022

Fund Raising: Bootstrapped and secured pre-seed investment from a global VC fund, catalysing accelerated product development and facilitating rapid expansion across seven countries

AI Roll-out: Leveraged diverse AI technologies to create a user-friendly software platform, enabling SMEs to transform omnichannel voice-of-customer data into actionable insights

Coaching: Mentored 100+ client teams on optimal software platform usage, leading to a 30% enhancement in key business performance indicators

Product-Led-Growth: Instituted systems and processes that drove a consistent 25% monthly increase in product-driven revenue

Agile Delivery: Implemented Agile practices to enable rapid product enhancements. As a result, Eclipse AI was rated by G2 as the #1 proactive customer retention platform globally for SMEs

Founder and Partner

Upvantage Consulting

2019 - 2020

Resources, Contract Management Transformation: Devised and executed an enhancement strategy for managing over $100m in contractor spend across multiple sites. This initiative yielded an annualised savings of $9m (9% of the total spend) within just 60 days

Resources, Strategic Sourcing: Formulated and implemented a tailored strategy for blue-collar labour contracts valued at $250m. This revamped approach enhanced safety, performance, compliance, and mobilisation KPIs, resulting in a 10% cost reduction

Resources, Commercial due-diligence: Transformed a conceptual resource technology idea into a robust business case, integrating a dynamic go-to-market strategy, detailed market potential assessments, precise financial forecasts, rigorous risk evaluations, and an in-depth competitive landscape analysis

Resources, Technology Implementation: Led the scoping requirements phase to identify operational needs, conducted a comprehensive 'buy vs. build' analysis, and successfully executed the implementation of a contractor labour planning and scheduling system, resulting in a 15% increase in project on-time completion

Financial Services, Digital Transformation: Employed Agile and LEAN approaches to ensure timely deployment of machine learning and cognitive OCR technologies, supporting the market launch of a venture-backed software product

Retail, Digital Transformation: Spearheaded the end-to-end digital transformation initiative, implementing innovative e-commerce solutions, optimising supply chain operations, and enhancing customer experience, resulting in a 9% revenue uptick, 7% cost reduction and a 15% boost in overall customer satisfaction

Construction, CX Transformation: Led the successful customer experience (CX) transformation of a global business, achieving a 25% increase in customer satisfaction scores and streamlining processes that reduced customer response time by 48 hours

Manufacturing, Transformation Strategy: Pinpointed primary drivers to enhance Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) by curbing unplanned downtime by 15% and elevating quality standards by 10%

Retail, Growth Strategy: Crafted a comprehensive business value driver tree and pinpointed key growth levers using predictive analytics on customer behaviors, focusing on recency, frequency, and monetary value

Senior Associate, Manager

Partners in Performance, part of Accenture

2013 - 2018

Government, Digital Transformation: Realised 20-30% cost reduction by deploying machine learning, system-enhanced automation, process optimisation, and productivity enhancements

Financial Services, Digital Transformation: Streamlined online account maintenance and quality verification processes through process automation. Formulated a holistic business-wide automation strategy and cultivated an in-house team skilled in its ongoing implementation

Retail, Digital Transformation Diagnostic: Within a concise 5-day analysis, pinpointed opportunities for approximately 15-20% FTE savings in select back-office functions (finance, commercial) through process automation, workflow optimisation, and system enhancements

Resources, Capital Optimisation: Identified 100+ capital improvement ideas with a total value of ~$300M (35% of base case)

Food Processing, Commercial Due-Diligence: Led an in-depth analysis of a major seafood processor, evaluating revenue patterns, market dynamics, competitive factors, customer trends, operational strengths, and potential risks

Resources, Construction Productivity Diagnostic: Identified opportunities via improved project “wiring”, contractor efficiency, and financial incentives to potentially bring the project in 50 days ahead of baseline and save $100M in opportunity costs

Manufacturing, Supply Chain Diagnostic: Identified $12-17M p.a. in benefits through strategic and rapid sourcing, and process improvements in category management, procure to pay, and warehouse

Energy, Cost Reduction and Organisational Process Change: Identified initiatives with a total annual value of $100M+ in operating and capital expenditure benefits and $400M+ in additional gas production value 

Manufacturing, Transformation: Identified and executed cost-saving and throughput enhancement initiatives worth approximately $10M across various manufacturing sites. Simultaneously rolled out a robust operational management system, fostering sustained high performance and consistent benefit realisation

Energy, Strategy review: Identified ~$110m in savings opportunities on external spend through optimising strategic supplier relationships, leveraging scale on key goods and services, and driving continuous improvement through supplier relationship management

Manufacturing, Transformation Diagnostic: Identified ~$30M (~10%) in improvement opportunities in sales, maintenance, overheads, and sourcing in 5 days

Energy, Strategic Sourcing: Delivered 10% strategic sourcing savings on an addressable spend base of ~$40M in engineering consulting in 13 weeks

Transport, Transformation Diagnostic: Identified $10-13M in maintenance cost savings opportunities in 10-days

Manufacturing, Transformation: Achieved 60% increase in compliance to 16 newly negotiated contracts (with 30 suppliers across 12 engineering and plant services categories and 200 sites) in 8 weeks

Manufacturing, Strategic Sourcing: Achieved 15% strategic sourcing savings (vs. 8% target) on an addressable spend base of ~$40M across 14 global engineering plant & services categories including MRO’s, equipment hire, and drilling services

Transport, Commercial Due-Diligence: Conducted an in-depth evaluation encompassing market dynamics, competitive landscape, and operational capabilities for a $1bn PE-owned mining logistics/services entity

Resources, Strategic Sourcing Diagnostic: Identified $4-5M (~10%) per annum savings by renegotiating a production drilling contract and bolstering contract management

Telecom, Business Transformation: Introduced regional design management tools, doubling the design pipeline velocity. Furthermore, mentored 20+ designers and leaders on effective action board and situation room meetings

Manufacturing, Diagnostic: Identified $10M (7%) annual material cost saving opportunity through waste reduction and renegotiating key supplier pricing terms

Management Consultant

Acumen Fund

2009 - 2011

Manufacturing, Operational Restructuring: Spearheaded a strategic overhaul for a portfolio company, achieving a 30% reduction in operating expenses and attaining cash flow break-even a year ahead of projections

Agriculture, Performance Management: Pinpointed and leveraged high-value growth drivers, introducing performance metrics that boosted sales, minimised operational costs, and curtailed weekly cash expenditures

Real estate, Investment Structuring: Conducted a thorough market evaluation and due diligence, crafting a compelling investment thesis for a low-income housing enterprise 

Real estate, Transformation: Orchestrated the roll-out of streamlined operating protocols, performance metrics, and audit mechanisms. Initiated board and investor communication frameworks, with a financial management revamp that surged customer payments by 40% 

Renewable Energy, Investment Structuring: Performed commercial and financial due-diligence and structured a preferred equity investment generating 30% IRR in an on-grid biomass power plant  Real Estate Financial Restructuring: Successfully brokered an advantageous fixed-term infrastructure financing agreement with Deutsche Bank

Investment Banker, M&A and Restructuring

Houlihan Lokey

2005 - 2009

Financial Services, Bankruptcy Liquidation: Orchestrated a robust Chapter 11 Bankruptcy liquidation process, successfully divesting 600 retail branches and coordinating the auctioned placement of over $2bn in mixed mortgage portfolios to institutional investors, culminating in a $5bn liquidation

Financial Services, Financial Recapitalisation: Performed a $400M financial recapitalisation of a major mortgage company with a $20bn hedge fund

Financial Services, Restructuring and Sale: Collaborated with C-suite executives to realise $200M in cost efficiencies during a restructuring phase, amplifying the company's market valuation at the point of sale

Financial Services, Acquisition: Played an instrumental role in the $500M acquisition of a commercial bank by a $10bn hedge fund. Led the identification and vetting of potential acquisitions, ensured meticulous financial and operational due diligence, and oversaw the seamless financial and legal transition

Financial Technology, Strategic Sale: Conducted thorough due diligence and crafted a comprehensive valuation model and offering memorandum. Identified and engaged with potential strategic and financial buyers, culminating in a lucrative $300M+ sale at a valuation of 10x earnings

Financial Services, Debt Financing Strategy: Devised both short-term and long-term secured debt financing strategies with variable interest rates in collaboration with a leading bank for an asset-backed financing venture worth $100M

Education

Other

International Six Sigma Institute

2024 - 2024

Six Sigma Black Belt

Other

Harvard University

2021 - 2021

Data Science for Businesses

Other

University of Pennsylvania

2019 - 2019

Business Analytics

MBA student

INSEAD

2012 - 2012

Economics, business administration,Finance

Bachelor student

University of Virginia

2000 - 2004

Economics, business administration,Systems and Information Engineering

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