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Advisory Support to Grow your Business. Study Management, Due Diligence, Business Development,
Spare Bullet Advisory
Advisory Support to Grow your Business. Study Management, Due Diligence, Business Development,
About Spare Bullet Advisory
Who Is Spare Bullet Advisory?
Spare Bullet Advisory is a specialty advisory firm created to provide Owners and Consultancies in the mining and heavy industry markets with instant access to expert support. Process Optimization, Study Management, and Business Development. Is your business suffering? Have a full team already? You need a SPARE bullet!
What Does Spare Bullet Do?
Spare Bullet services are geared towards improving your performance and profitability. For Owners, I manage the studies you need to advance your operation. I can also represent you to external consultants to ensure of their success. For Consulting Firms, I boost your revenue by optimizing Business Development performance.
Why Spare Bullet is Unique
At Spare Bullet Advisory, I combine technical understanding with business strategy to deliver value. I work with Owners and Consultancies to define their business goals and then co-develop a strategy and action plan that takes your business from today to tomorrow. All within the context of your culture and your values. My approach is collaborative, transparent, and results-driven.
Why my Services are in Demand
Operations Experience
Capital Projects Experience
Commissioning Experience
I spent over 10 years working as a metallurgist at the Pasminco Rosebery Mine, BHP Olympic Dam Mine, and Pasminco's Port Pirie and Cockle Creek smelters in Australia. In that time I completed 50+ Brownfield improvement projects that supported the continuous production of Pb, Zn, Cu, and Ag.
Commissioning Experience
Capital Projects Experience
Commissioning Experience
I was the commissioning manager for the smelter area of the Anglo Platinum ACP Project in South Africa. I managed construction handover, commissioning management, and production ramp up activities for the $700M nickel/platinum smelter located in Rustenburg, South Africa.
Capital Projects Experience
Capital Projects Experience
Business Development and Marketing Experience
I spent almost 13 years at three of the largest engineering firms delivering capital projects ranging from $90M to $460M. I provided Metallurgical Design, Engineering Management, and Project Management for projects located in Serbia (pictured), Turkey, Russia, Finland, Indonesia, and Morocco.
Business Development and Marketing Experience
Business Development and Marketing Experience
Business Development and Marketing Experience
I spent 7 years in dedicated business development roles in the mining and minerals sector with Jacobs, DRA, PwC and Allnorth. In that time, I closed a variety of contracts of various sizes for Study Services, Capital Projects Delivery, and Contracting Engagements.
Due Diligence Consulting Experience
Business Development and Marketing Experience
Due Diligence Consulting Experience
I provided various support services to mining clients related to debottlenecking of their materials handling and concentrator processes. I also helped the BHP Jansen Operation select digital twin technologies in order to improve their operational NPV.
Business Growth Experience
Business Development and Marketing Experience
Due Diligence Consulting Experience
I worked with a blossoming Canadian Engineering Firm to define its 1 year, 2 year, 5 year and 10 year business goals. I then selected an appropriate growth strategy and created a detailed action plan to deliver the financial, operational, and regional expansion goals over the short, medium, and long term.
Business Improvement with Spare Bullet Advisory
Why Consultants are a Part of Running a Modern Business
I understand hiring consultants is not a typical practice. However, in modern times, consultants offer some amazing benefits:
- Expertise - you get instant access to expert knowledge, skills, and influence, including access to innovation and new knowledge in the industry
- Cost Savings - hiring a consultant means you pay only for the services you need, when you need them,
- Time Savings - consultants move quickly and can generally see opportunities almost immediately,
- Objectivity - consultants provide a useful distance from business challenges. They are not emotionally invested, are outside of any politics, and can identify challenges without fear of reprisals.
- Customization - a consultants value comes from learning about each client’s unique business challenges and tailoring advice and strategy. Customized solutions are much more effective than generic advisory services.
What to Expect
Your experience is my most important Key Performance Indicator.
My Engagement Process:
- Reach out to me,
- We can meet virtually or in-person,
- We discuss your goals, challenges, and your specific needs,
- I will provide you with a proposal based on your request. Based on your request, the proposal will be written to a (1) Simple, (2) Deep Dive, or (3) Detailed level of complexity,
- Give me the green light, we agree on a Kick Off date, and let's get going!
Spare Bullet Consulting Services
Business Development Consulting
Do you have a Business Development strategy with defined actions in place? Does it match your 5 year goals? Your 2 year goals? Or only for 2024? I believe a business development plan should provide short term and long term actions that ensure sustainable growth. I will work with you to tailor a business development strategy and plan that will deliver your short term and long term goals.
Marketing Consulting
Is your marketing strategy generating revenue on its own? It should be. I support your businesses develop activities by creating a marketing plan that establishes your Brand value and increases revenue opportunities. I will work with you to identify your target audience, and execute an effective marketing strategy and action plan.
Sales Impact Consulting
Is your Sales Team failing? Is revenue generation sporadic and difficult to predict? I offer "Sales Impact Consulting" services that help your sales team reach its goals. I will tailor a sales training and mentoring program that aligns with your business goals and helps build a strong and productive salesforce, all within a culture of support and acceptance. I provide personal and team mentoring services and also motivational speaking.
Operational Improvement Consulting
Is your facility operating at nameplate capacity? It is reliable? It is cost effective? Is the quality of your product consistent? Are your teams performing to their potential? If the answer is "no" to any of these, then I want to help. I will help you to define "value", prioritize your goals, and create a strategy and action plan to deliver the performance you need to be profitable.