Kenvue - Integrated Cost & Performance Dashboard

Overview

Kenvue’s Real Estate function needed a clearer way to monitor year-to-date costs, compare actuals against budget, and identify the main drivers behind portfolio performance across multiple regions.

To support this need, I designed a Power BI dashboard focused on cost visibility, variance analysis, and site-level performance tracking. The goal was to create a reporting tool that could help stakeholders move from fragmented data to a more structured, decision-ready view of the portfolio. This work is aligned with the Real Estate reporting experience described in my CV, where I supported end-to-end Power BI solutions, dashboards, and KPI monitoring for Kenvue’s Real Estate division.

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The Challenge

Real estate reporting often involves multiple dimensions at once: geography, site performance, cost categories, budgets, utilization metrics, and operational KPIs. In this context, the main challenge was not just visualizing data, but organizing it in a way that made complex information easy to read, compare, and act on.

Key reporting needs included:

• monitoring Cost YTD vs Budget YTD
• identifying variance by month
• understanding variance by cost category
• highlighting top sites over budget and under budget
• enabling a regional view across APAC, EMEA, LATAM, and North America

The dashboard had to balance executive clarity with enough analytical depth to support operational follow-up.

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My Role

I worked on the project as a Power BI / reporting specialist, with responsibilities covering both analytical structure and dashboard design.

My contribution included:

• defining the reporting logic and KPI structure
• organizing the analytical layout of the dashboard
• designing a clear and executive-friendly user experience
• structuring visuals to support variance analysis and site comparison
• translating business reporting needs into a usable, decision-oriented Power BI interface

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The Solution

The result was an Integrated Cost & Performance Dashboard designed to give stakeholders an immediate view of portfolio health and cost performance.

The dashboard combines:

• summary KPI cards for YTD monitoring
• regional filtering for comparative analysis
• monthly variance tracking
• cost category breakdown
• top sites over / under budget
• portfolio efficiency indicators, such as TCO per employee and TCO per sqm

This structure makes it possible to move quickly from a high-level overview to more specific operational questions:

• Which region is performing best against budget?
• Which cost categories are driving negative variance?
• Which sites require immediate attention?
• Where are there opportunities for optimization?

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Dashboard Structure

The dashboard is structured to give stakeholders a clear, decision-ready view of real estate portfolio performance. It starts with an executive KPI overview showing key year-to-date metrics such as cost, budget, variance, employees, and efficiency indicators. Regional filters allow users to switch between global and regional views, while variance is analyzed both over time and by cost category to highlight trends and key cost drivers. Finally, site-level rankings make it easy to identify the locations that are most over or under budget, helping teams prioritize attention and action.

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Analytical Value

From a business perspective, the dashboard supports several important decisions:

• monitoring budget adherence across regions
• identifying categories with the strongest impact on variance
• spotting high-risk or high-cost sites early
• comparing real estate efficiency indicators across the portfolio
• creating a shared performance view for finance, operations, and real estate stakeholders

Rather than functioning as a static report, the dashboard is designed as a decision-support tool.

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