Andrew Galak

Experience

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  ANZ

  Feb 2004 - Mar 2007

  Working Capital-Customer Transaction Advisory

  •Provided transaction and financial advisory support to ANZ’s Institutional clients from the Automotive, Retail and Energy industries. •Responsible for liaising with clients on a daily basis, to ensure their banking products and services were effectively utilised, whilst providing solutions and opportunities for current and future banking requirements.

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  PSA BDP

  Jul 2008 - Aug 2008

  Summer Intern

  •Conducted logistics transactions for manufacturing suppliers throughout China, EMEA and North America•Conducted transactions in Mandarin and proficiently interned in a Non-English speaking office•Responsible for the financial analysis and modelling of freight costs and supply chain/distribution requirements.

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  Deloitte

  Mar 2009 - Oct 2013

  Management Consultant (Manager)

  Management Consultant at a top-tier ‘Big 4’ professional services firm. Specialising in operational excellence, operating model delivery and cost reduction strategies. Successfully delivered projects in Australia, North America, Ukraine, Mexico, Philippines, Indonesia, Estonia and Papua New Guinea.

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  BHP

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2012

  Consultant (Secondment)

  Category lead for Enterprise Contractor Strategy initiative, successfully delivering over $35m in bottom-line savings and long-term supply agreements ($400m).

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  BT Group

  Jul 2015 - Jul 2016

  Senior Programme Manager- Group Cost Transformation

  The BT transformation team is a best in class, in-house consultancy that reports directly into the Group CFO. Part of the team that Working closely with the business unit CEO’s and MD’s to deliver large-scale transformation initiatives, with significant bottom- line and customer experience impact, delivering £500M+ of savings and operational improvements on an annual basis.

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  Ascential

  Jul 2016 - Dec 2019

  Global Transformation Director

  Ascential specialise in information, analytics and ecommerce optimisation for the world's leading consumer/retail brands and their ecosystems.In 2016, I was appointed to establish global transformation capability and to lead delivery of the organisation’s strategic initiatives. Leader of a core team of five, reporting to the Group COO, working directly with brand executives (CEO/MD level) in the Ascential portfolio.

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  Levant Consulting

  Jan 2020 - Feb 2021

  Director- Transformation Delivery

  Levant Consulting is a boutique Management Consultancy (ex-Deloitte) located in Melbourne and Sydney, specialising in end-to-end business transformation. I was responsible for leading the Transformation Delivery solution to enable large-scale transformational change. This includes: - Implementation of business and digital delivery models that optimise ways of working (either agile or waterfall, tailored to client requirements)- Facilitating the planning and prioritisation of initiatives required to realise business transformation.- Support investment decisions through business case development- Deliver process improvement and cost reduction projects - Stakeholder engagement based on a clear, coordinated, and consultative approach to complex program and change delivery Show less

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  BAR Studio

  Feb 2021 - Feb 2022

  General Manager of Business & Strategy

  - Responsible for the Studio PnL, overseeing budgeting and planning, reporting and governance - Owner of the development and execution of the Studio’s 3 Year Strategic Initiatives Roadmap, to enable the next stage of growth for the studio and international expansion into Europe - Owner and facilitator of studio wide OKRs, KPIs and performance management processes - Leading the restructure of our ways of working to improve productivity, enable succession planning and platform regional growth globally- Owner of operational improvement, through ongoing revision of tools, systems, and processes Show less

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  Startupbootcamp

  Sept 2021 - Dec 2021

  Mentor
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  Pezo

  Mar 2022 - now

  VP Strategy and Operations