Lucas Zafalon
Auckland
Summary
I am passionate about using data to tell a story, turning complexity into something insightful and meaningful that any stakeholder can understand, gain insights from, and take actions for improvement. My years of experience across different countries, departments, and economic climates have taught me how to adapt to different realities, learn from them, and ultimately turn adversity into opportunity.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Analytics Developer
Auckland Transport
01.2023 - Current
- Worked on various projects and roles, ranging from engaging with senior stakeholders to identify project opportunities, prioritising backlogs, gathering requirements, developing PowerBI solutions, conducting testing, and providing user training.
- Also assisting the Analytics Manager with leadership responsibilities, enhancing team capabilities, leading team delivery roadmap, and involvement in recruitment and coaching.
- Led planning and delivery of workshops to built the Analytics Initiatives roadmap. From strategy definition, workstreams, initiatives prioritisation and delivery roadmap.
- Analyzed AT parking and customer survey data, generated insights, and formulated recommendations that led to optimization of car park capacity.
- Gathered stakeholder requirements, developed and operationalized a BI solution to monitor performance and KPIs of rail services.
- Co-led the project with a consultancy, managing the relationship and ensuring accountability.
- Collected requirements, optimized existing datasets, and enhanced or redeveloped reports to measure financial performance for the organization's Capex projects.
Senior Consultant
Deloitte
04.2021 - 01.2023
- Responsible to mentor and career coach a few members of the analyst and consultant teams
- Led development and implementation of Ministerial reporting and dashboards, having Ministers and Cabinet members as the main audience.
- Led the reporting team being the bridge between technical teams, senior stakeholders and operational leads - translating business requirements into meaningful dashboards and KPIs.
- Led the data analysis, implementation and delivery of the Primary Care Onboarding Dashboard that enabled the Ministry of Health to monitor and achieve targets to scale up the vaccination programme.
- Worked alongside with the client to run workshops to identify pain points, and build strategy from vision, mission, value streams, capability model and initiatives roadmap.
Procurement Specialist
Southern Cross Insurance
09.2019 - 04.2021
- Led and managed projects to improve the procurement system (SAP), processes, operations and governance practices of the procurement department.
- Responsible for extracting and analysing the data generated by the Procurement department to provide insights for senior management decisions.
- Use of business intelligence tools (Cost Drivers) to give recommendations to buyers on the approach of their Strategic Sourcing processes for tyres, fuel, agrochemicals, fertilizers and machine parts (aprox. NZ$ 250 million).
- Responsible for quarterly freight data audit to identify potential surcharges.
- Responsible to manage and negotiate procurement accounts for car and equipment rentals, with an approximate annual spend of NZ$ 7 million.
Regulatory Office Support
Auckland Council
05.2019 - 09.2019
- Responsible for analysing and processing the data generated by the Auckland Council dog registration.
- Developed and improved the 2019 dog registration project reporting dashboard.
- Responsible for daily reporting and updates of the dashboard for upper management.
- Develop the contract renewal dashboard calendar in Power BI that supported the lift of the procurement contract management capability.
- Responsible to implement processes and improvements to lift the Procurement maturity across the business and train stakeholders.
- Responsible to gather business requirements, configure and develop the Procurement system (ProcessUnity) - self taught.
- Responsible to manage, analyse and report on KPIs using the data generated by the Procurement function.
- Led project to implement e-signature solution reducing the signing process lead time from 10 days to approx. 1 day (10 minutes in some instances).
General Manager
Posto São Paulo - Petrol Station & Cafe (family business)
11.2017 - 03.2019
- Responsible to lead a team of 11 direct and 20 indirect employees.
- Responsible to manage transition from a franchise business to create a new brand and business concept (Software change, uniforms, logo, menu etc).
Procurement, Logistics and Supply Chain Analyst
São Martinho Group - Large Brazilian Sugar Producer
03.2014 - 02.2017
- Led and managed projects to improve the procurement system (SAP), processes, operations and governance practices of the procurement department.
- Responsible for extracting and analysing the data generated by the Procurement department to provide insights for senior management decisions
- Use of business intelligence tools (Cost Drivers) to give recommendations to buyers on the approach of their Strategic Sourcing processes for tyres, fuel, agrochemicals, fertilizers and machine parts (aprox. NZ$ 250 million)
- Responsible for quarterly freight data audit to identify potential surcharges. (SAP)
- Responsible to manage and negotiate procurement accounts for car and equipment rentals, with an approximate annual spend of NZ$ 7 million.
Supply Chain Intern (Grad program)
São Martinho Group - Large Brazilian Sugar Producer
06.2012 - 03.2014
- Responsible to analise the material stock data from SAP and use insights to set stock level targets
- Coordinated and presented monthly stock KPI meetings to senior management.
Education
MBA - Business Management
Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV)
Brazil01.2017
Bachelor of Business Administration And Management -
University of Sao Paulo
Brasil02-2013
Bachelor of Business -
Mondragon University (Exchange)
Spain02-2011
Skills
- SLQ Server (Vertica and SSMS)
- PowerBI (Advanced)
- Microsoft PowerApps
- MS365 and GIThub Copilot
- Azure Devops
- Miro
- SAP (MM module)
- ProcessUnity (risk management SaaS)
- Salesforce
- Qlik
- MS excel (Advanced)
- MS Visio
- JIRA
Expertise
- Data analysis, dashboarding and reporting
- PowerBI development
- Strategy development
- Stakeholder management
- Agile methodology
- Problem solving
- Project management
- Self-driven and delivery focused
- Process mapping and improvement
- Flexible and adaptable to fast paced, changing environments
Languages
English
Portuguese
Spanish
Italian
Certification
- Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300)
Timeline
Senior Analytics Developer
Auckland Transport
01.2023 - Current
Senior Consultant
Deloitte
04.2021 - 01.2023
Procurement Specialist
Southern Cross Insurance
09.2019 - 04.2021
Regulatory Office Support
Auckland Council
05.2019 - 09.2019
General Manager
Posto São Paulo - Petrol Station & Cafe (family business)
11.2017 - 03.2019
Procurement, Logistics and Supply Chain Analyst
São Martinho Group - Large Brazilian Sugar Producer
03.2014 - 02.2017
Supply Chain Intern (Grad program)
São Martinho Group - Large Brazilian Sugar Producer
06.2012 - 03.2014
MBA - Business Management
Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV)
Bachelor of Business Administration And Management -
University of Sao Paulo
Bachelor of Business -
Mondragon University (Exchange)
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