Akshat Chaturvedi

Executing the lean operational excellence strategy towards Hilti's vision 2030. ✅ Manage global lean program at Hilti, driving continuous improvement through change management ✅ Empower operational population through upskilling and digitalization initiatives ✅ Collaborate within cross-functional teams to implement lean strategies for operational excellence ✅ Facilitate A3, Kaizen workshops and CIPs ✅ Present to and get buy-in from senior leadership ✅ Train, Equip, Promote and Monitor usage of Lean Six Sigma tools and techniques in Operational Excellence projects globally ✅ Developed a transformation narrative and vision to engage cross-level stakeholders and drive cultural and mindset buy-in and change; built feedback channels to incorporate frontline input into initiatives and digital tool development ✅ Structure and launch lean training & mentorship roadmaps (self-provided 1000+ man hours) ✅ Furnished best practices for Shop floor daily meetings, leader standard work 🛠️📊 Also as a Product Manager, leading the design and development of a Web App for Lean KPI tracking, streamlining fragmented reporting and improving visibility to lean performance 📈 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀 • Achieved 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 € (𝟮𝘅 𝗬𝗼𝗬) 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 through massive scaling in operational excellence and continuous improvement projects • Developed and implement an innovative and integrated companywide lean assessment framework, ensuring cross functional standardization

Part of the Executive office of a top european home appliances manufacturer. Strategic projects on digital operating models, Generative AI. ✅ Structured and executed a project to establish an agile digital operating model based on a board directive – to launch faster, more consumer centric digital features worldwide ✅ Formulated value chain framework to organize a complex digital offering flow across multiple regions and product groups ✅ Conducted workshops with global V-suite executives to prioritize challenges and actionables for a target model ✅ Developed board recommendations on firm’s Generative AI pilot rollouts across Marketing and Customer Support functions after analysing competitive and tech landscape ✅ Supported Project Scoping, Planning, and Goal Setting: Developed structured schedules and project plans based on project goals, required resources, potential risks, time to market, and budget constraints ✅ Project Execution and Governance: Track deadlines, deliverables, resources, and timelines throughout the project process. Hold owners accountable for their commitments and conduct program team meetings to provide status updates and identify and resolve issues promptly ✅ C-Level Stakeholder Management: Collaborated in planning and production of PowerPoint slides for C-level stakeholders to secure their alignment with project objectives 📈 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀 • The agile digital operating model project lifted off capturing €600M of digital offering budget • The execution of the Generative AI pilot rollout pilots had a potential value add of €90M

Venture Advisor to 2 HEC Paris startups by students. Provided Mentorship on structure and direction. (Previously EPV circle)

Integrated project management involving highly multicultural teams and stakeholder management for oil well drilling projects (waterfall approach) of Saudi Aramco, the world's most profitable company. ✅ Provided Integrated solutions to deliver 7 oil wells generating $15M+ revenue in a matrix organization through excellent cross functional stakeholder management ✅ Co-Supervised 4 rigs with $20M assets and 100 multinational personnel; Led teams in high-pressure, critical situations ✅ Delivered state of the art engineering, data analysis using Excel, Power BI and in house software, safety management, supplier and logistics planning, P&L Accounting, client interactions to deliver performance across the entire spectrum of well operations ✅ Planned and Implemented a Performance Improvement project involving process and continuous improvement and change management in a high profile contract through Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and DMAIC, as part of Lean Six Sigma approach ✅ Analyzed to find missed opportunities and negative drivers and devised a system of monitoring and feedback to standardize, optimize, and sustainably deliver performance ✅ Coordinated with company segments and Data Teams in Saudi Arabia and US, creating Microsoft Power BI dashboards for tracking resource utilization for oil rigs ✅ Improving Completion speeds. ‘Completions’ is the final equipment intensive activity after drilling the well prior to handing over to client for production. Standardized Completions Running Operations by removing inefficiencies and enhancing processes 📈 Results • Delivered $1.25 M in annual cost savings through the performance improvement project • Enabled better visibility for Resource Utilization (manpower and drilling tools & equipment) through the Power BI digitalisation project • Delivered $200 K Incremental EBT from the "completions" project • Ranked in top 2 among 20+ engineers worldwide in Schlumberger’s training program at Melun, France in 2018

CCAR Loss Forecasting Model Development for a $85 B Credit Cards portfolio of a top 5 US bank. ✅ Development of Champion Model for CCAR 2017 submission to US Federal Reserve, forecasting customer default rates. Presented and defended model recommendations ✅ Forecasted portfolio losses in adverse macroeconomic scenarios ; incorporated time series and bi-variate analysis using SAS and R ✅ Worked on Loan Loss Reserve (LLR) Forecasting models for calculating expected losses to evaluate the bank’s LLR position and recommended reserve builds and releases to senior management

• 1 of 30 selected for the frontline Field Engineer Internship program from top 50+ colleges across India • Initiated a program and achieved 97% automation for equipment certificate tracking using excel VBA • Developed a regression model bringing 16% improvement in battery life forecasts for field teams

• Redesigned client factory with 18% reduction in fixtures through evaluation of alternative light sources