Kevin McPherson

Strategic and collaborative leader and executive advisor with C-suite and international experience in business transformation and operational excellence in asset intensive industries.  Proven track record of delivering organisation change through stakeholder engagement, driving simplification, and process innovation across complex, matrixed organisations. Skilled at aligning business and technology teams, embedding governance, and delivering measurable business value through motivated teams, digital enablement and continuous improvement.

Business Transformation:

• Defined and led ExxonMobil’s global S2P data strategy, enhancing transparency and knowledge management by advancing business process management, data governance, and enterprise architecture capabilities
• Developed a strategy-to-execution modelling framework adopted as ExxonMobil’s global standard, using BPMN, DMN, ArchiMate, and BMM methodologies
• Built the economic business case for a global Business Transformation Project, partnering with senior leadership to establish future operating targets and monetisation strategies
• Provided business transformation consulting services to ExxonMobil upstream joint ventures, facilitating strategy development, process discovery and requirement elicitation.

Operational Leadership & Team Development

• Introduced an Inbound Logistics Supply Chain Control Tower across West Africa, delivering end-to-end KPI visibility and increasing supply chain velocity by 30% while managing $1.3BN in inventory
• Built and led a high-performing accounts payable business support centre team provided services to Europe, Middle and Africa, achieving full operational performance within six months and reaching a one-year milestone with zero attrition
• Transformed team culture in European buying centre through customer-centric education, reducing attrition from 25% to 15% and improving purchase order cycle time from five days to under two

Commercial:

• Introduced NEC4 contracting to ExxonMobil, negotiating and implementing a Professional Services Contract and Engineering and Construction Contract for the design and build of fuel pipeline between London and Heathrow
• Negotiated an industrial gas supply agreement at Fawley refinery that resolved pre-existing disputes, ensured on-going supply during a major plant refurbishment and established a competitive and reliable supply for 15 years
• Negotiated multiple settlement agreements between ExxonMobil and third parties to remedy deficient works

Governance & Risk Management

• Advised senior executives on internal controls and led procurement fraud investigations, strengthening governance and risk management across global procurement operations
• A focus visible leadership significantly improved safety and procedural discipline across West Africa Supply Chain, earning the President’s Award for Safety Performance. By emphasizing execution of the basics well, we achieved record inventory accuracy
• Preparation of teams for multiple internal and SoX audits. Controls were always found satisfactory, including for operations previously identified as needing improvement   

• B.Eng (Hons) Engineering with Industrial Management – University of Surrey
• Advanced Leadership Program – Thunderbird, USA (2014)
• General Leadership Program – Thunderbird, France (2009)
• Enterprise Leadership Program – INSEAD, France (2003)