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Demand Planning Process Architect

MGH Consulting

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Demand & Supply Planning Specialist (ad interim)

Clarus

* Stock management: define the correct stock level of raw materials and finish goods to support the business, ensure accuracy between physical inventory and system inventory
* Vendor management: order raw materials to the suppliers, building the relationship with them
* Logistics management: negotiate SLA and price with the preferred freight forwarders, operational trucks ordering for delivery within Europe and Asia
* Vendor sourcing: find potential new suppliers while developing new products ensuring the raw material will meet both quality and affordable cost

Responsibilities:
•	Stock accuracy and availability
•	Suppliers Management
•	Logistics Management

Supply Chain Manager

ESCO Corporation

* Defining the new forecast process for the whole European region
* Meeting and training both customers and dealers all around Europe to introduce the new process
* Alignment between sales forecast and budget 
* Sales forecast analysis and improvement

Responsibilities:
•	Forecast Value Add (FVA) improvement
•	Sales and budget forecast reconciliation

Demand Planner 

Feb '18 - Mar '18: Project Support @ Baxter

* Analysis of the as is Baxter Warehouse processes
* Defining bottlenecks and whishes for the local software upgrade in regards to the following areas and processes: receiving, picking, loading, replenishment & distribution planning, inventory control, quality, relabeling, return, and master data

Responsibilities:
•	Review and assist in the process mapping creation and the final ppt preparation

Business Consultant

Experis/Manpower Group

April '17 - September '17 : Operations Project Manager @ Nespresso Belgium: 

* Implementing the Same Day delivery service for BeLux region
* 2 warehouses contract and SLA negotiations
* 3 freight forwarders contract and SLA negotiations
* Sales to employee’s project (damaged stock with a discount)
* Bike delivery service expansion in Belgium (SLA negotiation), from 5 to 12 cities
* Management of the local impact of the SAP introduction at the headquarters in Switzerland
* Dutch  invoice  layout  change  (coordination  between the  printing  company,  the  accounting  department and the warehouse IT systems)

Responsibilities:
•	Completion of the main project (Same Day  delivery)
•	Taking over additional projects
•	Support to the local Supply Chain Team on daily work

Supply Chain Consultant & Project Manager

Fresenius Kabi

* Trade Goods suppliers Management for the Medical Device division (> 40M € per year spread over +/- 20 suppliers)
* Contracts negotiation & Project Management leading to 4M € yearly cost savings
* Make or buy / in sourcing or outsourcing decision
* RFQ management

Responsibilities:
•	Review trade goods suppliers’ contract to define what should be discussed in order to reduce costs
•	Take make or buy decision between suppliers and internal plants

Strategic Purchasing Director

* Team leader (2 people)
* KPI’s Management: Production Unit Service Level, Scrap Reduction, Inventory Value, Back Order Value,…
* Inventory optimization: Safety Stock revision per market
* European flow management (1.000 SKU’s - Countries combinations)
* Conversion management: branding change, manufacturing location change… through phase-in / phase-out process
* Production planning toward external & internal suppliers
* Disposable Operational Purchasing
* SAP & APO integration projects in the factories: strong collaboration with the plants in France, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico

Responsibilities:
•	Manage the product flow from plants & suppliers to the main warehouse in Germany
•	Supervise the product distribution from the main warehouse toward the local warehouses in EU & Asia
•	Facilitate the portfolio conversion from Fenwal to Fresenius product
•	Facilitate the plant ERP conversion from Fenwal to Fresenius model
•	Operational purchasing of all the trade goods
•	People Management
•	Handover and knowledge transfer to another Supply Chain Team

Supply Chain Manager HUB Friedberg

Fenwal, Inc.

* Sales forecast analysis and improvement (from 30 to 80%) for the EMEA Region
* KPI’s Management (back orders reduction down to almost nothing)
* Inventory optimization (stock reduction from 10M € down to 6M €)
* Value Stream Mapping: reduce New Product Introduction lead time from 2 years down to 4 months
* Data consolidation from several departments (Sales, Supply Chain, Marketing, Quality, Tech Service) that might have an impact on products availability

Responsibilities:
•	Make the sales & marketing teams more accountable for their forecast
•	Improve turnover
•	Reduce customer back orders
•	Lead & implement VSM for NPI time reduction
•	KPI's Management
•	Improve forecast accuracy for the EMEA region
•	Redefine and reach inventory targets

EMEA Demand Senior Planner

* Demand Analysis for Spare Parts, Hardware, and disposables (> 3.000 SKU’s in total)
* Order Management toward +/- 30 suppliers
* Flow Management toward Process improvement
* Inventory optimization (stock reduction from 15M € down to 10M €)

Responsibilities:
•	Redefine & reach new inventory targets in order to optimize it
•	Reduce customer back orders, and increase organization trust in supply chain

3rd Party Finish Goods Senior Planner

* Analysis of Spare Parts needs (between 2.000 and 3.000 SKU’s)
* Suppliers Orders Management
* Ordering Process design for the Technical Service

Responsibilities:
•	Redesign the Technical Service Spare Parts ordering process
•	Inventory optimization for the spare parts
•	Reduce machine down time

Spare Parts Supply Chain Analyst

Supply Chain Business Process Expert. Crypto & blockchain enthusiast

I am dynamic, motivated, enthusiastic, and my international experience, both in mid-size companies and huge multinational ones, so as my people and project management skills, my different certifications (APICS, 6-Sigma, SAFe Scrum Master), and my negotiation capabilities are my best assets. Fluent in English and French, I am also proficient in SAP, APO, and MS Office. 

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