Supply Chain & Logistics Expert

• With over 20 years of experience, the consultant excels in supply chain management, logistics, and procurement, focusing on process optimization, cost reduction, and digital transformation

• Successfully led global restructuring projects in the pharmaceutical and medical device industry, managing P2P processes, outsourcing, and digitalization, while ensuring compliance with GDP and ISO-13485 standards

• Expertise in logistics outsourcing and supply chain reorganization has significantly improved operational efficiency and reduced costs for major corporations in various industries

• Proven track record in implementing 4PL solutions and enhancing delivery performance up to 98%

• We have recruited the consultant for projects in the past and received excellent customer feedback

• Led 9 workstreams including HR, IT, Supply Chain, Accounts Payable, Corporate Purchasing, Operational Excellence, Master Data Management, Shared Services, and local purchasing within the project

• Restructured and optimized purchasing processes in a pharmaceutical company at the plants

• Digitized purchasing processes such as ARIBA platform

• Cost reduction and collaboration with the works council and legal department

• Outsourced selected transactions and processes to shared services

• Developed and established shared services from scratch

• Captured processes in the plants (SAP processes, E2E processes, communication channels, statistical evaluations, KPIs)

• Developed improvement and restructuring proposals on the above topics

• Implemented with shared services

• Worked based on ISO-13485

• Project management of optimization and restructuring projects

• Shopfloor management, conversion, and realignment of the supply chain, logistics, production, and facility, process design including site closure

• Outsourcing, IT and digitization, strategic alignment

• Worked according to ISO-13485 and GDP

• Collaboration with the works council and HR

• Personnel responsibility: 20 employees

• Project: Identification of potentials in purchasing and SC processes

• Process optimization, cost reduction

• Result of the project: Proposals for structural changes and cost-saving concepts

• Project: Improvement of European transport & logistics performance of Control Tower (4PL/LLP) based in Southern Europe

• Operations, process design, IT, documentation, digitization, KPIs

• Result of the project: Improvement of processes, technical documentation, IT interfaces, KPIs, interaction of parties, and contracts, introduction of KPIs and methods, improvement of Control Tower performance

• Project: Review of transport and logistics strategy in Europe based on existing documents

• Result of the project: Complete neutral assessment of transport & logistics strategy and provision of improvement suggestions

• Management and optimization of global transport & 3PL warehouse logistics (B2C/B2B), replenishment, and B2C own warehouse, shopfloor management, operations, KPIs

• Management and restructuring of global purchasing in transport, 3PL warehouse, and indirect services with a total budget of 150 MEUR

• Development of strategies and concepts in transport, 3PL warehouse, outsourcing, 4PL. Network analysis, network design, digitization, cost, and process optimization

• Site closure, work with works council and HR

• Total personnel responsibility: 65 FTE

Results/Successes:

• Introduction of structural changes and concepts in transport and logistics with total savings of 15 MEUR

• New GDP distribution concepts were introduced with the aim of digitizing processes and improving delivery performance up to 98%. The B2C warehouse was also outsourced

• Establishment of the purchasing department P2P with complete tender management and digitization

• Management and optimization of European shared services in transport, warehouse, 3PL, 4PL outsourcing, and insurance/claims for business areas electronics, automotive, industry, air conditioning

• Management of factory logistics in CZ.

• Establishment and management of the European purchasing department in transport, 4PL, and indirect services with a value of 40 MEUR, tenders, negotiations, implementations

• Strategy, new positioning of logistics in Europe with the aim of cost and delivery performance optimization, operations

• Network design, digitization, TMS introduction

• Total personnel responsibility with 16 FTE with the department in Germany and Czech Republic

Results/Successes:

• Introduction of transport & logistics concepts with savings of 7 MEUR and improvement of delivery performance up to 98%; digitization of processes; introduction of TMS

• Introduction of 4PL / LLP within the framework of outsourcing concepts

• Establishment of purchasing organization