Technology Magazine February 2020 | Page 107

Fareen Mehrzai
EXECUTIVE PROFILE

Fareen Mehrzai

Fareen Mehrzai is Supply Chain leader who develops and executes integrated operations programs to expand her organisations ’ footprint while optimising all aspects of commercial operations . Mehrzai is a strong people leader with a proven track record of mentoring and developing top tier talent . In order to ensure cost reduction , she fosters an environment supportive of continuous network optimisation , maximizing vendor and co-manufacturing relationships and financial terms for mutual benefit , driving inefficiencies out of internal and external processes and challenging norms for step function cost improvements . A staunch proponent of continuous improvement , as a matter of routine Mehrzai instills a ‘ Zero Waste ’ mindset in individuals and teams around her .
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Examples of how she has optimised costs , streamlined process flows , and led large-scale initiatives include : Strategic planning : led the re-design and re-launch of a marketing procurement operational master plan , enabling 150 %+ of savings targets .
Process improvement : spearheaded the development of a framework to adopt business improvement tools and methodologies by leveraging extensive Six Sigma knowledge , leading to savings of $ 60M .
Global team engagement : enhanced efficiency , transparency , and resources while leading a diverse team of directors , managers , associates , and direct and indirect reports including finance , and sales . www . gigabitmagazine . com