Stephen Sands
- Role
- Director Business Transformation at Rio Tinto
- Location
- Salt Lake City, UT, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Stephen Sands
Offering 25 years of experience across a broad range of technical, strategic, leadership,…
Experience
Director Business Transformation
Jul 2015 — Present
Accountable for achieving productivity metrics to deliver positive free cash flow and sustainable operating cost improvement across all operating areas and functions. • Worked in partnership with finance, procurement, marketing, functional, and operational leaders to identify and implement sustainable cost and productivity improvements and efficiencies. • Exceeded stretch free cash flow metrics in 2018, and target performance in 2017. • Led cross-functional team to deliver $500m in sustainable cash improvement in the initial 18 months of the transformation program [2016 actual cost vs 2014 baseline actual cost]. • Awarded 2015 Global Business Solution \'proud to achieve\' award for continuously achieving. • Awarded Global Business Solution \'continuous achievement\' award for identification of $365m in initial cost reductions identified during the RTKC Surge Project.
Education
Brigham Young University
Master's degree, Civil Engineering
1997 — 1999
University of Utah
Bachelor's degree, Chemical Engineering
1990 — 1994
University of Phoenix
Master's degree, Business Administration and Management, General
1997 — 1999
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