Change management and integration of a university spin-off with a focus on R&D into a process-oriented part of the mid-sized company. Implemenation of processes and integration into the system landscape of the parent company.
Lead growth- and optimization projects for head non-production material with 800 MM€ annual spend. e.g. reorganisation department, new purchasing strategy R&D spend, streamline operational processes.
Developped new purchasing strategy for $ 150 annual R&D services. Provided transperancy in past spending pattern and worked out with R&D and procurement new opportunities to increase externalization, streamline supplier landscape and optimize internal procurement processes.
Managed operational troubleshooting to cope with major material shortages due to global supply chain interruptions. Optimized processes and IT tools, trained employees and worked out new organisational structure. Lead team of 70 employees.
Overall responsibility to set-up two new sites at subcontractors for 70MM doses. Achieved ramp-up of commercial production and regulatory approval within 5 months. Lead cross functional team of 50 employees. Go to person for senior management for all aspects to the projects. Responsible for quality, timing & product availability
Coordination of Supply Chain, Finance, Regulatory, Quality, Commercial with buyer. Mapping current and working wout future process for 800 items.
External evaluation of already started project for Vice President Category Management. Identified areas for improvement and recommendation for next steps. Interviews and workshops with key stakeholders in Supply Chain, IT, finance, external software provider, key users on local and group level.
Responsible for supply chain controlling of German market leader in segment with 1,5 bio revenue and 12 plants. Budgeting, Forecasting and Reporting. Optimization of product costs and the Supply Chain footprint. Prozessowner for during conception phase of SAP-Hana implementation. Lead team of 8 employees.
Operational planing and controlling, Month end close. Optimized controlling systems and processes to increase cost visibility and cope with strong strong growth and international expansion (e.g. cost center structur, planning templates)
Lead project for setting up supply chain for new product launch with $100 MM sales and $20 MM investment. Coordinated interfaces between production, logistics, purchasing R&D and marketing. Go to person for senior European management. Responsible for quality, timing, investment and product costs.
Created visibility in status of batch release by creating interface from quality system to SAP and a daily report. Coordinated release of short term priority batches between sales, quality management and supply chain. Conceptualized and implemented improved administrative and logistic processes of batch release. Increased efficiency and to reduce backlog in batch releases in 6 months by 50%.
Financially evaluated potential launch scenarios. Worked out business plan in cooperation with product management, sales and supply chain. Provided business decision support during launch phase.
Worked out and quantified saving potentials. Defined, coordinated and tested software implementation of revised algorithm. Reduced number of items for daily inventory and workload by 75% while maintaining stock accuracy.
Integrated previous various independend reporting tools by functions, initiatives and locations. Set-up flexible data base and standardised consolidation to avoid double counting issues and ensure data consistency. Significantly increased in data transparency, data availability and quality while reducing workload.
Streamlined reporting by creating IT interfaces with source data and flexible database structure. Optimized KPI’s and standardized of reporting requirements. Moved from email to intranet based distribution following pull instead of push concept. Increased transparence, data availability and quality while reducing workload by 80%. Rolled out concept as best practice to the other European subsidiaries.
Provided business decision support to marketing and product managers. Worked out financial implications on potential scenarios, conducted risk assessment and post launch variance analysis. Project examples: New shipping price model, gift certificates, web analytics, rebates, cross selling, mailings.
Conducted financial analyses to define new production European footprint involving major production transfers and a factory closure. Set-up financial processes in new acquired factory and coached local finance team.
Provided financial leadership during restructuring and reorganization after a management change. Set up operational controlling, accounting and human resources. Prepared month and year end close. Cooperated with auditors, tax consultant and investors.
Increased transparence in product costs by creating new planning and reporting environment. Automated operational processes (e.g. reduction of workload for closing activities by 30%). Conducted month- and quarter end close, budgeting and reporting
Provided business decision support for marketing und product management. Preparation of month-end close in US-GAAP, conducted reporting and variance analyses.
Optimized daily prognoses and automated disposition in 7000 stores. Lead concept, implementation and roll-out. Coordinated IT projects with logistics, sales and software developers. Ensured timing, costs and functionality. Project include e.g. daily inventory, master data clean up, capacity utilization increase, out of stock reduction.
Coordinated set-up von packaging lines, qualification, supply & demand planing. Aligned interfaces between production, logistics, purchasing, co-packer and sales. Ensured timing, product availability and cost controlling
Identified and implemented of process improvements in handling deviations and complaints. Created automated reporting with direct system interface to reduce workload. Trained and coached quality managers in methodology to conduct GMP compliant investigations (e.g. 5W, Ishikawa)
Increased delivery frequency without further shipments by leveraging underutilized fleet of fresh supplies from same warehouse location. Defined and implemented software adjustments with warehouse, supply chain, sales and developers.
Conceptualized and implemented reminder process for returned debits. Set up of access database with automated interface to bank. Dismantled a € 1 MM backlog within three months.
Conceptualised and implemented Visual Basic based software program for monitoring of containers by automation the administration and printing of delivery notes. Reduction of administrative workload by 70%.
Defined algorithm, worked out overall concept and lead IT implementation. Automated correction of master data ensuring correct stock maintenance for composite items. Coordinated sales, master data management, customer service and software developers.
Analyzed weekly distribution of supply quantities for food chain with 2000 stores. Elaborated and quantified saving potential for scenarios with optimized utilization of warehouse, transport fleet and workforce in stores.
Conducted financial evaluation of launch scenarios. Worked out business plan in cooperation with product management, sales and supply chain. Provided business decision support during launch phase.
Lead implementation of stock inventory valuation systematic to maximize write-offs within tax regulations in cooperation with IT and external tax consultants.
