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Colin Hepburn

Strategy & Planning Manager
Glenview,IL

Summary

Forward-thinking Manager with 8 years of project management experience in various industries. Familiar and comfortable in fast-paced M&A lifecycle. Substantial knowledge in operational improvement and cost-saving strategies. Collaborative leader with dedication to partnering with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering work culture. Documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships with diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced settings.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Underworld Actor

Dungeons Of Doom
Zion, IL
09.2022 - 11.2022
  • Pursued passion project to step outside comfort zone to express myself artistically and continue wholistic development - selected amongst 200 + Candidates
  • Learned best practices to understand characters' relationships and role in "Underworld" to maximize performance in high paced challenging environment
  • Completed extensive research on role, to understand safety and dynamics to maximize fear in Chicago/Milwaukee's top rated Haunted House - visited by thousands of people weekly

Global Strategy & Design Program Manager

Uber
Chicago, IL
06.2021 - 09.2022
  • Crafted quality deliverables for senior leadership that pioneered automated review efforts to tackle important CO objective to reduce number of 1-Emojis received in support
  • Organized and stood up, strike program effort to rapidly review and improve customer experience in automated support pathways on eater and earner side - average inflow of workflows over 1.5 million sessions monthly
  • Delivered over 30 recommendations for each workflow that were ingested in upcoming workflow releases - reviewed over 10 workflows/support issue categories to date
  • Achieved on average over 300 bps reduction on %1-Emoji rating in reviewed workflows
  • Used and teamed with data partners to make precise estimations that aided in development of regional targets and prioritizing improvements - key improvement in yearly planning process
  • Successfully managed regional stakeholders and CommOps leadership to gain alignment on initiatives - received outstanding feedback from leadership and stakeholders on quality of work and professionalism
  • Enhanced analytical capabilities with adoption of Celonis as well as building out queries to provide data backed solutions
  • Completed thorough review of strike processes and automation intake forms to enhance capabilities to launch items rapidly - achieved over 50% reduction in SLAs
  • Demonstrated substantial growth in ability to tackle ambiguity, identify appropriate stakeholders, and build narratives behind work - identifying root causes as opposed to symptoms
  • Reviewed 1000's of customer responses to re-design how Uber captures support feedback and can make customer feedback actionable
  • Built out and executed XPs to implement broader changes and monitored impact this had on key business targets
  • Fought tenaciously to do right by customer and implement re-order future for missing items and orders for deliveries

Management Trainee

McMaster-Carr
Elmhurst, IL
10.2019 - 06.2021
  • Drove remarkable revitalizations of tax and commercial invoice operations to bring about exceptional operational improvement
  • Removed over 500 interrupt notes by using business knowledge to expedite representative handle times
  • Analyzed carrier performance to guide remediation strategies for peak holiday volume - ensuring more items were delivered on time (50% improvement) and reduced need for shipping credits ($100k + Save)
  • Teamed with leadership to challenge common business processes like PO validation and customer categorization
  • Delivered over 4 transactionals to top leadership to straighten their decision making and to highlight branch priorities
  • Worked on employee scheduling and performance reviews to become better team leader

Strategy & Planning Manager

Fannie May Chocolates
North Canton, OH
08.2017 - 05.2019
  • Managed integration of $110M company into top global confectionery; surpassed FY18 operating result budget
  • Led key projects including: SKU rationalization, inventory reduction, shrink management: reduced active SKUs to 1000, inventory reduced by over 25 million, realized $600k in shrink savings
  • Implemented key business processes and operations: demand planning, new product introduction, project management framework, business cycle management, retail routine management
  • Prepared and presented key business updates to NA regional board and global strategy committee (included Global CEO and Ferrero Owner)
  • Assisted in execution of organization and operational alignment with Ferrero; reducing fixed overhead and streamlining reporting lines

Strategy & Operations Consultant

Deloitte Consulting
Chicago, IL
12.2014 - 08.2017
  • Served as consultant for over 5 clients across various industries and led numerous internal efforts to increase Deloitte sales and improve practitioner skills
  • Gained significant experience in project management, M&A lifecycle, business model transformations, and cost reduction strategy

KEY CLIENT SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS

  • Designed 8 different reporting tools for clients to use in crucial technology cutovers and special projects
  • Actively led multiple workstream handling direct communication with executive leadership
  • Analyzed opportunities for cost reduction - able to identify over $30 million in savings that client moved forward to execute upon
  • Built out and managed 4 different SharePoint sites as collaboration tools to be used on large engagements
  • Led client interviews as part of business synergy assessment - summarized findings in leadership reports

KEY INTERNAL HIGHLIGHTS

  • Developed detailed content and integrated research as part of rapid pursuit team – part of 4 sold pursuit teams resulting in $5million+ work for Deloitte
  • Launched ‘Certified to Serve' campaign nationally to increase practitioner fluency in Digital + Analytics + Cloud – to date over 500 practitioners are certified

Intern President

United States Senate
Washington, D.C.
06.2013 - 09.2013
  • Assisted staff with research and reporting on national legislative issues; became one of the most requested intern assistants by staff due to thorough and timely presentation of information

Wealth Management Intern

Morgan Stanley
Chicago, IL
05.2012 - 09.2012
  • Managed key client service projects, responded to client concerns and handled FDIC requirements

Education

MBA - Strategic Management

University of Chicago Booth
Chicago
09.2020 - Current

Bachelor of Arts - International Relations

Stanford University
Stanford, CA
09.2010 - 06.2014

Skills

Business planning

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Interests

Politics, Physical Fitness, Roman History, Poetry, Spoken Word, Creative Writing, Sports, video games, e-Sports and International Travel

Timeline

Underworld Actor

Dungeons Of Doom
09.2022 - 11.2022

Global Strategy & Design Program Manager

Uber
06.2021 - 09.2022

MBA - Strategic Management

University of Chicago Booth
09.2020 - Current

Management Trainee

McMaster-Carr
10.2019 - 06.2021

Strategy & Planning Manager

Fannie May Chocolates
08.2017 - 05.2019

Strategy & Operations Consultant

Deloitte Consulting
12.2014 - 08.2017

Intern President

United States Senate
06.2013 - 09.2013

Wealth Management Intern

Morgan Stanley
05.2012 - 09.2012

Bachelor of Arts - International Relations

Stanford University
09.2010 - 06.2014

Leadership & Service Experience

DELOITTE – JULIE MICHAEL TRACY FAMILY FOUNDATION PARTNERSHIP

  • Constructed proof of concept outlining partnership idea and presented to Deloitte leadership for approval
  • Events and partnership publicized in Chicago area distributions read by local CEOs and entrepreneurs

STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP ATHLETE, STANFORD TRACK AND FIELD

  • Successful team leader in a highly competitive environment. Excelled under demanding academic and athletic schedule, developed excellent time management, supervisory and leadership skills
  • Represented USA in IAAF World Youth Championships; broke world record and won gold in Medley Relay

Leadership & Service Experience

DELOITTE – JULIE MICHAEL TRACY FAMILY FOUNDATION PARTNERSHIP

  • Constructed proof of concept outlining partnership idea and presented to Deloitte leadership for approval
  • Events and partnership publicized in Chicago area distributions read by local CEOs and entrepreneurs

STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP ATHLETE, STANFORD TRACK AND FIELD

  • Successful team leader in a highly competitive environment. Excelled under demanding academic and athletic schedule, developed excellent time management, supervisory and leadership skills
  • Represented USA in IAAF World Youth Championships; broke world record and won gold in Medley Relay

Leadership & Service Experience

DELOITTE – JULIE MICHAEL TRACY FAMILY FOUNDATION PARTNERSHIP

  • Constructed proof of concept outlining partnership idea and presented to Deloitte leadership for approval
  • Events and partnership publicized in Chicago area distributions read by local CEOs and entrepreneurs

STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP ATHLETE, STANFORD TRACK AND FIELD

  • Successful team leader in a highly competitive environment. Excelled under demanding academic and athletic schedule, developed excellent time management, supervisory and leadership skills
  • Represented USA in IAAF World Youth Championships; broke world record and won gold in Medley Relay
Colin HepburnStrategy & Planning Manager