Kevin R.

Latin America's foremost automotive marketplace, recognised as Mexico's first tech unicorn. Kavak is remarkable for its extensive operations, high-transaction volumes and global expansion ambition. Experience Summary

- Lead a team of 5 automotive and data experts.

- Orchestrated both long-term and immediate strategic planning, establishing and executing KPIs to align with company objectives which contributed to achieving record sales.

- Formulated and executed data empowerment strategies, integrating realtime alerts with OpenAI ChatGPT to expedite insights.

- Pioneered implementation of pricing roadmap, enhancing pricing accuracy and volume, thereby fueling meaningful shift in profitability. This results in zero loss making cars purchased 6 months post implementation.

- Devised strategies for risk weighted portfolio optimisation, leveraging indicators of profitable sales and maintenance risk. Integrated model used to identify which teams need to buy selected cars and when.

- Influenced daily pricing and inventory concentration decisions with analytical expertise. Weekly pricing optimised from 1 day to 2 hours with 100% coverage of repricing opportunities.

- Lead pivotal transformation projects, including commercial due diligence, competitive positioning analysis and customer expectations definition. This enabled the formulation of value proposition strategies.

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China's preeminent ride-hailing service, globally recognised as a tech titan. DiDi is notable for its wide-reaching operations, over 550 million user base, and aspirations for international expansion. Experience Summary

- Spearheaded successful launch of DiDi's mobility service in four major cities in South Africa, Steering a team of 8 during critical transition from platform launch to stabilisation.

- Built robust organisational structure and processes: encompassing training, engagement, cultural integration and organisational design.

- Directed strategic planning by coordinating analysis and stakeholder meetings, defining 'where to play' and 'how to win' aspects of platform.

- Crafted strategic blueprint processes such as driver acquisition, market intelligence, and incentive design to optimise platform performance