Fewer dollars on the shelf. The same uptime on site.
Metrivance helps mines cut material spend and inventory holdings — without putting equipment availability or operational continuity at risk.
Start a conversation →Nicolas Bauer
EducationM.Sc. Corporate Environmental Mgmt
B.Sc. (Hons) Geography
LanguagesEnglish · German · FR / ES / PT
Nicolas is an operations and inventory specialist with over a decade optimizing material flow in remote, fly-in / fly-out mining environments.
As Senior Advisor, Inventory at Diavik Diamond Mine, he led the reduction of inventory by $50M in two years — while protecting equipment availability and operational continuity. His work spans procurement, warehousing, asset disposal, and diamond production facilities, pairing hands-on operational leadership with the analytical tooling and forecasting models that make reductions hold.
He is an ISO 9001 lead auditor and works fluently across English and German, with working knowledge of French, Spanish, and Portuguese — useful across the multinational teams that keep a mine running.
Four ways to get material spend under control.
Diagnostic & baseline
Two to three years of inventory and spend data, segmented and quantified. You get a clear picture of where cash is tied up — and a report of the savings opportunities worth chasing.
Inventory optimization
Reduction targets and the levers to hit them: order reviews, ROP / MAX and MRP parameter tuning, demand planning, and high-impact quick wins — implemented, not just recommended.
Asset disposal
A practical route for obsolete and surplus material: vendor returns, resale and auction channels, and internal redeployment, prioritized into an execution roadmap.
Reporting & KPIs
Monthly dashboards tracking savings realized, inventory reduction, and disposal outcomes — so progress stays visible long after the engagement ends.
A staged program, built to make the savings stick.
Diagnose
Analyze spend and inventory history; segment holdings and set a quantified baseline.
Optimize
Set reduction targets, tune parameters, and execute high-impact quick wins.
Dispose
Clear obsolete and surplus stock through the right return and resale channels.
Track
Stand up recurring reporting so results are measured and hold over time.
Engagements combine remote analysis with selective time on site — to validate processes, build stakeholder alignment, and see warehouse and operational realities first-hand.
Let's talk about your inventory.
Tell me about your operation and where material spend is heading. I'll tell you where the opportunities are.