Mark Stefani

Background

About Mark Stefani

Transportation industry leader with 15+ years’ experience encompassing asset manager, change management, transport operations, manufacturing systems, project management & financial control. • Highly passionate senior manager with experience in leading technical and managerial teams • Experience in Projects, Engineering, Rolling Stock, Infrastructure, Operations, Production, Maintenance • Leading change and building self-sufficient high-performance teams and business units through the improvement and integration of people, process and tools • Able to navigate political and industrial landscapes that are inherent in rail businesses through meticulous stakeholder management Key personal attributes: Leadership and Management: demonstrated ability to deliver high value franchisee & State funded projects within set requirements (budget & time). Resilient to accommodate fluctuating business demands in a fast-paced operational environment, providing leadership & coaching to others to maximise individual contributions. Strong communication, negotiation & organisational skills have translated into a high level of rapport with clients. Excellent engagement with Unions which limits industrial influences. Alignment to deliver change according to best practice whilst improving compliance to standards & legislation. Strategic Planning & Execution: delivering optimised business performance through improvements in people, product & processes with focus on delivering improvement to safety profiles. Ability to strategically assess business opportunities & deliver improvements through value engineering/process review. Continue to review process for waste & refine to maximise outputs. Creative Thinking: thrive of challenging the ‘status -quo’ whilst coaching & educating others to drive business sustainability & productivity. Develop solutions for complex problems whilst critically reviewing processes to work smarter, with increased efficiency.