After 15 years in diverse global leadership roles across Supply Chain, Procurement, and Operations in aerospace, mining equipment, and power sectors, Luke joined AlixPartners to help businesses tackle their most formidable operational challenges. He focuses on transforming end-to-end operations for automotive and industrial companies, optimizing supply chains, reducing procurement costs, and enhancing operational efficiency.
Luke brings comprehensive experience across sales & operations planning, inventory management, procurement transformation, logistics, warehousing and distribution, and manufacturing operations. His leadership background encompasses both publicly listed and private-equity-backed companies, where he led large, globally dispersed teams. He combines data analytics, strategic planning, and process improvement to deliver measurable results for clients across automotive OEMs and their Tier 1 suppliers, industrial manufacturers, as well as other sectors such as consumer products and aerospace & defense. At AlixPartners, Luke helps lead our focus on industrial products in the UK.
His global perspective is shaped by living in the UK, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Norway, and Singapore, with deep operational experience in automotive and industrial markets with on the ground experience in more than 40 countries across Asia, the US, and Europe. Luke holds a Global Executive MBA from IE Business School, where he graduated at the top of his class.
Recent Engagements:
- Delivered global procurement savings for a Big 3 automotive manufacturer with significant time spent in Detroit
- Implemented S&OP processes for a NYSE-listed consumer products company
- Developed a comprehensive procurement cost reduction plan for a FTSE 250 defense company
Career Highlights:
- Led a $12.5 million (24.7%) reduction in net inventory across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia for a private-equity-backed industrial equipment business through advanced analytics and process transformation
- Improved aftermarket on-time delivery from 70% to 95% by transforming the end-to-end supply chain at a North American industrial pump and valve manufacturer
- Executed restructuring of a divisional supply chain function with $500 million in revenue for an automotive supplier, transitioning from decentralized to centralized operations with 27% headcount reduction whilst improving service levels
- Implemented facility optimization strategy for a US industrial mining equipment supplier, including production outsourcing to China and Mexico
- Led multiple sourcing transfer programs for automotive and industrial clients, shifting supply from Europe and the United States to Asia, Eastern Europe, and Mexico
