Organizational & Supply Chain Consultant

Build the infrastructure your teams actually use

I help mid-size companies with supply chain and manufacturing operations design their processes, governance, and ways of working — so the right decisions happen at the right level, at the right time.

Sawdah Amode facilitating a process mapping workshop
What I Do

Where strategy meets execution

I work at the intersection of process design, organizational design, change management, and capability building — surfacing what's really happening and building structures that stick.

01

Process Mapping & Design

Intensive sessions that trace work from start to finish — surfacing gaps, handoffs, and inefficiencies that teams have learned to live with.

02

Governance & Ways of Working

Frameworks that ensure information flows to the right people at the right level — enabling faster, better decisions without meeting overload.

03

Workshops & Cross-Functional Alignment

Facilitated sessions that build shared understanding, assign ownership, and turn recurring friction into resolved process.

Client Results

Real outcomes, real organizations

Three engagements from a San Francisco-based biotech company — each one started with a room full of friction and ended with a team that knew how to move.

Case Study 01 — Cytokinetics

Catching a Multi-Million Dollar Forecasting Error

Commercial & Supply Chain
S&OP Process Design

Challenge

Commercial and supply chain teams operated in silos — no shared forum, no S&OP process, each fluent in their own metrics but disconnected from the other's reality.

Approach

Facilitated a cross-functional workshop and established the company's first Demand Review meeting as a structured, recurring part of the S&OP cycle.

Outcomes

  • First Demand Review meeting established, creating a shared alignment forum
  • Critical forecasting error caught — wrong pack size had inflated volume significantly
  • Millions in unnecessary inventory avoided
Case Study 02 — Cytokinetics

Preventing Clinical Trial Delays Through Process Clarity

Clinical Trials & Clinical Supply Chain
End-to-End Process Mapping

Challenge

Recurring tension between clinical trials and clinical supply chain around ownership and accountability — with neither team having full visibility into the other's reality.

Approach

End-to-end process mapping session from study protocol to study close — both teams in the room together, making invisible gaps visible in real time.

Outcomes

  • Long-standing handoff gaps surfaced and resolved during the session itself
  • Clinical trial supply delivered on time and to the right location
  • Study delays prevented, accelerating the path to patients
Case Study 03 — Cytokinetics

Transforming CMC Operations Through Strategic Clarity

CMC / Tech Ops & Supply Chain
Change Management + Operating Model Design

Challenge

Post-launch role ambiguity, territorial friction over commercialization handoffs, and Phase I/II development gaps that had created Phase III bottlenecks.

Approach

2-day workshop using strengths-based facilitation, retrospective analysis, and iterative framework development to enable honest dialogue without defensiveness.

Outcomes

  • Post-PPQ handoff defined, eliminating role ambiguity
  • Define → Develop → Control → Deliver framework co-created and adopted
  • Approved for enterprise-wide implementation by leadership
My Approach

What makes this work

Three principles that run through every engagement — and why the frameworks last after I leave.

Frameworks feel native

Terminology and structure land as the client's own — not consultant-imported. Adoption happens because people recognize themselves in the work.

Safety before change

People can't solve problems they haven't admitted exist. My sessions are designed to surface the truth without making anyone the villain.

Process designed for people

Every framework I build is designed for adoption — not just documentation. Change sticks when it's built with the team, not handed to them.

Get in Touch

Ready to build the operating infrastructure your team needs?

Let's start with a 30-minute discovery call. You'll leave with clarity on where you're stuck and what it would take to fix it.

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