Sichak Advisory Partners

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Accelerating Business Growth & Profitability

Sichak Advisory Partners provides solutions that are tailored to the specific needs of our partners. We improve performance by clarifying strategic direction and better aligning operational performance and execution. Focus areas include: Manufacturing and Supply Chain operations, Information Technology, functional transformations, and investment opportunity assessment. Value is delivered by leveraging our experience in implementing major strategic initiatives, assessing organizational alignment, appropriate resourcing and realistic schedules in order to ensure a successful outcome.

 

Stephen Sichak, Jr

President of Global Divisions |Operational Leader |BOARD MEMBER | CIO

Mr. Sichak is a former public company Executive Officer with a demonstrable track record of adding value enterprise-wide and delivering results though strong leadership, strategic alignment and execution in: Operations, Marketing, Information Technology, and Functional Transformations.  His expertise is in improving financial performance by developing strategies and monitoring systems that ensure that results are delivered over the long run.  His experience includes leadership of a global business with more than US$1 billion in annual revenues, global procurement, manufacturing and supply chain organizations with more than 31,000 people, and Information Technology and Business Process at at Fortune 250 company.  He has a record of confident leadership and sound judgment. 

Since forming Sichak Advisory Partners Mr. Sichak has advised investors on a range of projects including the development of strategies and operating systems to improve performance, guiding an ERP implementation, evaluating potential acquisitions including completing diligence and developing operating strategies, and developing functional strategies.  He has also provided strategic direction to establish and optimize the performance of an Enterprise Portfolio Management Office.  

As Executive Vice President and Chief Integrated Supply Chain Officer, Mr. Sichak improved financial performance through continuous improvement projects, more than doubling annual savings, and successfully integrated the CareFusion operations into BD.  He expanded gross margins by reducing operating expenses, improving G&A performance through strong procurement performance and reduced indirect spending.  He also led the successful implementation of two global ERP systems. Finally, he developed capability and people enterprise-wide and fostered innovation, by enabling corporate functions to have a unified voice, improving management’s decision making regarding functional investments.

He has a Master of Management (MBA) from Northwestern’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management and an MS and BS in Chemistry from DePaul University, Chicago.