Shafiulla Khan

With over 10+ years committed to achieve business transformation and continuous improvements by leveraging continuous improvement framework of lean six sigma, data insights, innovation, digitalization, and drive integrated technology solutions.

• Reducing Obsolete Invoices, Led a Green Belt project using the DMAIC approach to decrease the percentage of obsolete invoices from 13% to 2%.
• Defects Reduction in P2P, Applied Lean methodology to identify transformation opportunities within the P2P tower. Implementation of an OCR tool to reduce defects and enhance processing accuracy.
• Invoice Processing Transformation, Creation of integrated solution for data extraction from email attachments, segregation of attachments using AI/ML and Azure DI services. Objective is to achieve process efficiency by 50%
• Travel and Expense (T&E) Optimization, Standardized the T&E process using Lean and eSOAR methodologies, resulting in a significant reduction in overall processing time.
• Duplicates Identification Project, Transformed the manual process of identifying duplicate payments into a tool-based approach by deploying the Inspect tool. This transformation reduced manual effort and eliminated duplicate payments, saving approximately $800 million in duplicate payments
• Procurement - Indirect Material Process, Identified the repetitive and rule-based process in PR to PO process, and successfully deployed RPA
• Procurement - Maintenance, repair and Operations (MRO) Process, RFQ sending, Ticket assigning and order confirmation feasible for RPA automation
• Invoice Data Extraction, Developed a solution using Power Query to extract invoice details from various formats, addressing a critical client issue. This innovation provided a permanent solution, earning positive feedback and accolades from the client.

• Leading a team from multiple engagements to drive business transformation, cost reduction initiatives, process efficiency improvements.
• Mentored 30 plus Lean Six Sigma projects.
• Delivered ~250 hours of Lean Six Sigma trainings.
• Embedding Lean Six Sigma DNA in the organization through initiatives like ideation campaigns, Weekly upskilling sessions, pop up quizzes.
• Assess Automation and Robotics Scope and Strategize Initiatives using combination of technologies like robotics, AI/ML.