With insight and innovation, i3 advantage has been able to provide tremendous positive impact to organizations in multiple industries and sectors. Below are just a few examples:
- In multiple organizations as the senior executive or consultant spearheaded the introduction of leading-edge technology/digitalization, including B2B/B2C, eProcurement, interactive dashboarding, spend analytics, etc.
- Spearheaded the complete redevelopment of an eCommerce system, developed a targeted marketing strategy and resulting in revenue growth from $60M to $100M revenue in 3 years.
- For several organizations developed a robust number of metrics and advanced data analytics, changing data into information benchmarking and measuring impact/outcomes, including mapping impact to the SDGs.
- Worked with clients to advise on alternative approaches to aspects of reporting/financial management, married with robust use of analytics, ensuring risk mitigation.
- For multiple clients provided insight and implementation roadmaps on transforming organizational constructs for greater effectiveness and efficiency, including BPO and shared services (HR/Finance/IT/Procurement), and ensured that anticipated savings were realized.
Sustainability (ESG), Diversity and Inclusion
- Developed a sustainability strategy for a large organization, that incorporated social, economic and environmental aspects. Included implementable policies and processes across the supply chain (including procurement), mapping to SDGs and GRIs, and HR options to enhance diversity and inclusion
- Working with a 3PL, provided a sustainability assessment, which included a view into the competitive and client landscape, identified gaps and provided implementable recommendations — short, medium, long term — that embraced social, economic, and environmental considerations to ensure that the organization met client expectations as well as ensuring a competitive advantage.
- Developed a sustainable procurement framework and operationalized sustainability in all procurement activities in 95 countries globally, to become the default for over a $1B dollars of spend. Drove organization to be the most highly recognized organization globally for sustainable procurement by a certifying body.
- Developed a thought leadership report/approach for a government client on how to engage with small/medium enterprises, particularly with indigenous, minority and women-owned businesses; for another Created a unique global approach for supplier diversity and inclusion in developing countries focused on SMEs – women/youth owned, which won global recognition for supplier diversity and inclusion.
- Initiated, developed and implemented a supply chain risk protocol/programme to ensure that human rights abuses, SEA, poor working conditions, modern day slavery etc. are identified and eradicated.
- Developed innovative approaches to sustainability, altering delivery methods, packaging, demand management and warehousing retrofit resulting in reduced waste and GHG emissions which could be reported directly to the clients. Resulted in:
- a) reduced costs
- b) being a key differentiator with clients therefore achieving greater retention of existing clients and increasing new client growth.
- Developed a Gender Mainstreaming in procurement policy/approach, and training program to support Gender in Procurement.
- Created a unique award-winning global approach to supplier diversity and inclusion of innovative products/services in support of micro, small/medium enterprises (MSMEs) including forums in country to advance capacity building for MSMEs, with a particular focus on economic empowerment of women.