I'm a business analyst with a background in Supply Chain planning and Procurement. I've worked in Materials planning (MRP), inventory planning, deployment and replenishment at AB InBev and in procurement at Access Bank. I also hold a Master's (MRes) in Computing from the University of Bolton, where I built a machine-learning decision support framework for inventory replenishment planning.
I connect how a business works with what its data and systems need to do, turning operational problems into clear requirements, KPIs and data-backed decisions.
Based in: Greater Manchester, UK · Looking for: Business Analyst, Data Analyst, Supply Chain Analyst and Supply Chain Planning roles
| Project | What it shows |
|---|---|
| BA portfolio | Case studies in process improvement, requirements (user stories, RACI), dashboard design and ML decision support |
| Supplier & inventory dashboard · live demo | Stakeholder questions turned into a KPI dictionary, star schema, SQL, DAX and a working dashboard that links supplier OTIF to stockouts |
| Procure-to-pay requirements | A full requirements pack: BRD, BPMN as-is/to-be maps, user stories with acceptance criteria, RACI, traceability matrix and UAT test cases |
| Inventory deployment planner | Business rules for deploying stock to depots, built into a rule-based Excel planner with BPMN maps and automated checks |
| ML demand shock prediction | My MRes dissertation: Random Forest vs. XGBoost vs. LightGBM predicting demand shocks, driving an adaptive replenishment policy that cut stockouts by 18.5% |
| Sustainable supplier selection | Explainable ML for procurement: a Random Forest that classifies suppliers on sustainability (89.7% accuracy) and shows which factors drive the decision |
| SQL: Data analyst job market | PostgreSQL analysis of 2023 job postings, with my own comparison of UK data vs. business analyst skills |
- Business analysis: requirements elicitation, user stories and acceptance criteria, as-is/to-be process mapping (BPMN), stakeholder analysis, RACI, traceability and UAT
- Data: SQL (PostgreSQL), Power BI, Excel, Python (pandas, scikit-learn)
- Systems and domain: SAP S/4HANA, MRP, inventory policy, procure-to-pay, vendor management
- Currently studying: CIPS Level 4 Diploma in Procurement and Supply
Email: chiamakaikpo@gmail.com · LinkedIn: chiamaka-ikpo · Portfolio: chiamakaikpo.github.io