Nathaniel R. Ashford

Senior Management Consultant

Contact

nathaniel.ashford@email.com

+1 555 0147

Chicago, IL

linkedin.com/in/nathanielashford

Skills

Post-Merger Integration (PMI)

Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB)

Process Reengineering & Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt)

Financial Modeling & Scenario Analysis

SAP S/4HANA

Tableau & Power BI

Python (pandas, NumPy)

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Stakeholder Management & Executive Presentations

Links

LinkedIn

Portfolio

Profile

Senior management consultant with 9 years advising Fortune 500 clients across financial services, healthcare, and retail on operational transformation and cost reduction. Specializes in post-merger integration and process reengineering, with a track record of delivering $40M+ in documented client savings. PMP-certified with an MBA from Kellogg; fluent in both C-suite strategy and ground-level execution.

Work Experience

Senior Management ConsultantMar 2019 - Present
Meridian Strategy Group, Chicago, IL
  • Led a 6-person engagement team restructuring procurement operations for a $2.1B regional bank, identifying $18M in annualized savings within 14 weeks.
  • Designed and implemented a zero-based budgeting framework across 4 business units for a national pharmacy chain, reducing SG&A spend by 22% over two fiscal years.
  • Managed client relationships across 11 concurrent accounts, maintaining a 94% client satisfaction score and generating $3.2M in expansion revenue through upsell engagements.
Management ConsultantJun 2016 - Feb 2019
Vantage Point Consulting, Detroit, MI
  • Spearheaded post-merger integration for a $600M automotive parts distributor, consolidating 3 ERP systems into one SAP S/4HANA instance and cutting IT overhead by 31%.
  • Built workforce optimization models using Python and Tableau that reduced labor costs by $4.7M annually for a 2,400-employee logistics client.
  • Delivered a market-entry feasibility study for a European specialty insurer entering the US market, informing a $90M capital deployment decision approved by the board.
Business AnalystAug 2014 - May 2016
Clearwater Advisory Partners, Columbus, OH
  • Conducted competitive benchmarking across 14 peer institutions for a top-20 US credit union, surfacing 6 product gaps that informed a strategic roadmap adopted by the executive committee.
  • Modeled three-year P&L scenarios for a hospital network's proposed service-line expansion, reducing decision timeline from 6 months to 11 weeks.
  • Supported due diligence on 4 M&A targets in the specialty retail sector, producing financial models that contributed to a successful $210M acquisition.

Education

MBA, Strategy & Finance2012 - 2014
Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, Evanston, IL
Dean's List; Consulting Club President
B.S., Industrial Engineering2008 - 2012
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Graduated magna cum laude; Minor in Statistics