Lydia brings analytical rigor and global supply chain expertise to clients’ high-stakes operational challenges.
She has advised retail, automotive, consumer, and technology clients on supply chain network strategy, logistics cost reduction, and manufacturing footprint decisions, across engagement types spanning diligence, cost baselining, implementation, and supplier management.
Lydia has guided clients through international regulatory upheavals and the launches of operations in emerging geographies, thereby protecting hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.
Career highlights:
- Quantified supply chain cost baseline of $560M in diligence for a fashion retailer and identified opportunities representing $35M to $55M in savings across inbound, warehousing, and final-mile logistics costs.
- Designed rollout and began implementation of an ocean freight cost reduction program that increased container utilization 12% at a tier one auto supplier through freight visibility, a new load-review process, and pallet stacking services to cut more than $2M in annual freight spend.
- Managed a transportation management system (TMS) partner request for proposal for a multibillion-dollar quick-service restaurant to drive a 15% reduction in inbound logistics cost baseline of $40M amid fuel cost headwinds.
- Identified and mitigated exposure to new technology regulations, which protected $300M in annual revenue otherwise at risk of losing market access.
- Built a product pipeline for entry into a second Southeast Asian country as an alternative production source, which led to 15% revenue growth and reduced single-country manufacturing exposure for a global electronics manufacturer.
- Managed network strategy for six complex supply chains representing more than a third of a major technology company’s global hardware revenue, thereby balancing cost, risk, and lead time in a highly dynamic environment.