Patrick Schultz

• Management consultant and environmental engineer with deep knowledge of water resource management, water risk, water utility operations and climate change impact assessment
• Broad experience in restructuring and operational performance transformation as well as corporate sustainability strategy and resource efficiency from a wide range of projects with large private and public water utilities, in specialty chemicals manufacturing and oil & gas

• New York City Department of Environmental Protection - Operational Excellence

  • November 2011 to Present
  Team Members: Patrick Schultz

  • Support The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) - the City's Water Utility - reduce costs by $100 - $200 million out of their current $1.2 billion annual operating budget while enhancing services for their customers and continuing to deliver environmental benefits
  • Identify and implement improvement initiatives across DEP's entire operations from increasing productivity in operations and maintenance over improving asset management and reducing inventory to reducing energy and chemicals consumption and improving procurement practices to reduce external spend
  
  About DEP:
  DEP manages the city's water supply, providing more than one billion gallons of water each day to more than nine million residents, including eight million in New York City. The water is delivered from a watershed that extends more than 125 miles from the city, comprising 19 reservoirs and three controlled lakes. Approximately 7,000 miles of water mains, tunnels and aqueducts bring water to homes and businesses throughout the five boroughs, and 7,400 miles of sewer lines and 95 pump stations take wastewater to 14 in-city treatment plants. DEP employs nearly 6,000 employees, including almost 1,000 in the upstate watershed. DEP has a robust capital program, with a planned $8.9 billion in investments over the next five years.

• Business Unit of Global Chemicals Manufacturer - Marketing & Sales

  • April 2010 to October 2010
  Team Members: Patrick Schultz

  Lead client team from initial diagnostic to full implementation of innovative new go-to-market model to redirect sales effort towards most profitable customers
  • Introduce profit-based customer segmentation and tiered customer service
  • Set up low-cost inside sales channel
  • Provide coaching and implement performance management system for key account managers, sales force and customer service representatives

• Global Manufacturer of Specialty Chemicals - Restructuring

  • January 2009 to July 2009
  Team Members: Patrick Schultz

  Provide project management, problem-solving, and analytical support for a cash flow improvement program during the economic downturn
  • Rapidly adjust client's supply chain and order-to-cash processes to reduced demand
  • Review and improve demand and inventory planning process
  • Harmonize payment terms and dunning approach
  • Introduce company-wide cash performance management system

• Privately Owned Water Utility - Sourcing & Logistics

  • January 2011 to May 2011
  Team Members: Patrick Schultz

  Lead client team through review, redesign and implementation of sourcing and logistics strategies to reduce operating costs and downtime of critical assets
  • Introduce best-practice sourcing process based on total cost of ownership model
  • Design new strategic sourcing function and provide on-the-job training to new sourcing managers
  • Support pilot projects to implement new sourcing strategies, including full outsourcing of non-strategic assets
  • Drive identification of critical spare parts and assist implementation of new logistics concept to improve availability of parts

• Fifteen Large Water Utilities - Operational Performance Benchmark

  • October 2009 to March 2010
  Team Members: Patrick Schultz

  Develop and roll out global benchmark comparing productivity of water and sewage treatment works, network operations and maintenance, as well as customer service
  • Lead client teams through data gathering phase and support data analyses
  • Provide expert guidance on best-practice operations
  • Prepare client-specific reports with tailored proposals for operational performance improvements
  • Conduct interviews and workshops with top management of participating utilities to discuss benchmark results and improvement proposals

• Leading Global Player in the Petroleum Industry - Water Strategy

  • August 2009 to September 2009
  Team Members: Patrick Schultz

  Prepare board-level review of corporate water resource strategy
  • Assess water footprint of all upstream and downstream assets
  • Overlay global water footprint with regional scenarios of future water shortage
  • Develop long- and short-term recommendations for mitigating against the risk of limited water supply

1. Supply Chain Management
2. Operational Excellence
3. Strategic Sourcing
4. Restructuring
5. Data Analysis
6. Water
7. Program Management
8. Climate Change
9. Project Management
10. Sustainability
11. Business Process Improvement

• English

  (Native or bilingual proficiency)

• German

  (Native or bilingual proficiency)

• French

  (Professional working proficiency)

• Harold W. Dodds Honorific Fellowship

  Princeton University
  • September 2007

• Graduate First Year Fellowship

  Princeton University
  • September 2003

• Study Abroad Fellowship

  German-American Fulbright Commission
  • September 2001

• Dr. Peter Schäfer Fellowship for Research in Sustainable Development

  Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
  • September 2001

• Undergraduate Fellowship

  Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
  • October 1998

• Climate Change Special Initiative Fellowship

  McKinsey & Company, Inc.
  • July 2009

• Earth and Space Science Fellowship

  NASA
  • September 2005