Sri Lanka
I am a Business Analyst and Strategic Planning professional with 6+ years of experience driving analytics, planning, and operational excellence in multinational manufacturing organizations. Currently serving as Senior Business Analyst at MAS Holdings, I support leadership in transforming data into insights that power strategic decision-making. My expertise spans KPI management, business process improvement, profitability analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and dashboard automation. I am skilled in Power BI, PowerApps, SAP, and ERP systems, and I have successfully reduced reporting time by 40% through digitization initiatives. I am passionate about using data and strategy to improve performance, efficiency, and growth. With a background in both business management (MBA) and engineering (MEng, BEng – First Class), I bridge the gap between technical insight and strategic decision-making. I am open to global opportunities in business analytics, strategic planning, and operations management.
• Collaborate with Senior Leadership to formulate key performance indicators (KPIs) and ensure the overall development of the annual Hoshin (A3) thereby enabling a robust performance measuring mechanism to monitor the achievement of departmental objectives. • Monitor and analyze KPIs on a weekly basis and periodically present achievement of objectives to the General Manager during departmental performance reviews. • Diligently maintain General Manager’s daily business calendar and effectively coordinate and schedule business meetings as per required to ensure the optimization of the General Manager’s work routine. • Facilitate, monitor and reconcile the preparation of financial budgets / costing reports / profitability reports and analyze the same to ensure accurate management of information and achievement of budgeted targets on behalf of the General Manager. • Research and analyze customer/manufacturing trends in terms of product changes, seasonal/ market changes, be technically savvy within your respective areas and demonstrate ability to apply the information obtained to support the General Manager & top management in making decision. • Follow up on projects initiated by the General Manager by driving project tasks as per agreed timelines and provide timely updates to ensure successful project completion.
Supported Long Range Planning (LRP) and corporate strategy alignment. Built financial & operational performance reports for leadership and customer reviews. Facilitated Lean Enterprise initiatives and ERP-integrated reporting.
Managed daily production scheduling and ensured 100% DIFOT delivery. Led root cause analyses and implemented corrective actions for efficiency. Drove compliance with 5S, safety, and lean standards.