BlueKite Advisors, LLC

With over 20 years of global leadership experience in Information Technology and Supply Chain, we assist organizations and teams with their business transformation initiatives by facilitating the convergence of people, process, products and innovation.

Let’s connect and explore opportunities to amplify your business vision, strategy and growth.

John H. Postik
President, BlueKite Advisors, LLC

📞 (310) 691-6764
✉️ info@bluekiteadvisors.com

Executive Leadership

Provide full time or interim CIO, CTO, CPO coverage to help during organizational transitions, mergers & restructures

Develop IT organization vision and strategic imperatives

Participate in business strategy reviews and evaluate technology fit, level of investment, and required skills and competencies

Assist in candidate screening, interviewing and selection process for key technology, supply chain and e-commerce roles

Join executive steering committee meetings and provide unbiased and constructive feedback on the health of mission-critical projects

Process Transformation

Develop enterprise process model to support business value drivers

Provide education and coaching on how to achieve results through process transformation with emphasis on process design, ownership, metrics, performers and automation

Identify and implement “quick-win” process improvements to create an early and positive momentum in the organization

Evaluate process maturity levels, understand current performance gaps, and redesign end-to-end processes to drive improvements in service, quality, cycle time and cost-to-serve

Develop, track and improve key performance indicators (KPIs)

Technology & Innovation

Conduct workshops to explore future technologies and the art of the possible

Evaluate, rationalize and transform technology landscape to focus development efforts on high impact areas

Develop product roadmaps for rapid solution delivery to enable end-user productivity and operational efficiencies

Lead technical teams through the software development lifecycle utilizing waterfall, rapid and agile methodologies

Evaluate enterprise software vendors and products for business fit, form and functionality

Develop fiscal operating and capital budgets

Project & Change Management

Develop business case for capital expenditures to help align and prioritize key company initiatives

Co-lead project teams to deliver solutions on time, on budget, while meeting quality and critical business requirements

Develop change and organizational readiness plans to ensure higher rate of technology adoption

Implement project review, approval and governance process

Evaluate project portfolio risks and develop mitigation / avoidance plans

Conduct project post implementation reviews and capture and communicate lessons learned

Supply Chain Operations

Develop partner on-boarding guidelines, policies and technology standards

Negotiate supplier contracts, establish review cadence and process, track and improve service level performance

Assess and optimize order-to-cash and procure-to-pay processes working with process performers, key customers and suppliers

Implement advanced supplier and distribution network models to enable operational agility for retail and direct-to-consumer channels

Develop business continuity plans to mitigate supplier, product and inventory risks

Retail & E-Commerce Solutions

Integrate e-commerce technology components and full stack with creative, production, inventory, financial and other back office solutions

Expand e-commerce capabilities into new product categories, markets and channels

Evaluate and design data models to support complex metadata and product lifecycle management

Assess and optimize store and product set-up, inventory planning, forecasting and procurement processes to improve conversion rates

Collaborate with distribution partners to enable omni-channel order routing and fulfillment