David Heitzer Email & Phone Number

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

1-2-2023 - present (via Eiffel) Process Specialist-Coordinating and overseeing the activities of material managers and purchasers for various projects within the organization.-Facilitating meetings with team members to conduct a cause-and-effect analysis and identify the root cause of a problem.-Developing and constructing various Supply Chain dashboards in PowerBI to gain insights and control over material availability, inventory levels, supplier performance, and production planning.-Establishing multidisciplinary production planning meetings for projects and ensuring their execution.-Conducting various risk analyses on production planning and material flows for different projects.-Mapping and documenting internal processes and specifying responsibilities for each.-Detecting inaccurate and outdated data in ERP systems and taking necessary actions, as well as following up to clean up the system.1-7-2022 - 1-12-2023A.S. Watson (via Eiffel) / Supply Chain Specialist -Forecasting and replenishment for 1200 branches of standard assortment items.-Optimizing inventory in stores and reducing out-of-stock situations.-Phasing in and out of old/new assortments.-Developed a dashboard for long-term planning for Distribution Center (DC) planners.1-7-2021 - 30-6-2022Accell Western Europe (via Eiffel) / Process Analist.-Creating long-term planning analyses and identifying potential risks in the planning regarding material availability and over/under production capacity in the factory.-Developing possible scenarios in the planning and implementing necessary measures to mitigate risks.-Providing advice to the data intelligence team for building and developing a planning dashboard in Power BI.

Woerden, Provincie Utrecht, Nederland

-Managing the Supply Chain Import team consisting of 9 FTE.-Implementation of A3 and PDCA improvement structures within the department.-Creating long and mid-term planning for operational and project activities within the department.-Negotiating annual contracts with logistics service providers and monitoring Service Level Agreements (SLAs).-Planning and implementing the import portal project.-Creating project plans and leading the execution for various trade fairs.Project: Supply Chain Import Department Restructuring.As the project leader, I was responsible for implementing a restructuring of tasks within the department to streamline operations and focus more on the Supply Chain. This ultimately resulted in reducing the department's staff from 9 FTE to 4 FTE.Project: Outsourcing Warehousing to a 3PLAs the Supply Chain Import Manager, I was responsible in the project team for establishing and monitoring process agreements with the third-party logistics provider (3PL) regarding container delivery, available capacity, and EDI information provision.

Amsterdam En Omgeving, Nederland

-Coordinating the import container flow FOB Far East, approximately 4000 TEU.-Monitoring and follow-up of promotional items to ensure availability in stores.-Daily meetings with the logistics service provider regarding prioritization and monitoring of SLA agreements.-Planning with the Distribution Center (DC) for container placement at the inland terminal to prevent Demurrage and Detention (D&D) costs.Project: Purchase of a New Import SystemEngaged in a project team for the acquisition of a new import system. In this project team, I played an advisory role regarding user requirements for the new system.

Rotterdam En Omgeving, Nederland

-Handling operational processes from A to Z for various logistical transport modalities, including both import and export.-Providing leadership and guidance to an export team of 3 FTE.-Procurement and negotiation of logistical activities such as sea/air freight, warehousing activities, and road transport.-Sales work involves selling logistical services to new clients and/or expanding logistical activities with existing clients.-Participating in and working on tender requests.Project: Establishing a Chilled LCL Service to New YorkIn this project, I sought service providers offering chilled container transport and refrigerated storage. Subsequently, I negotiated rate and process agreements with selected suppliers and calculated the cost and selling prices for LCL shipments.

Alphen A/D Rijn

-Planning FTL and LTL transports in Europe in collaboration with agencies.-Processing purchase orders for customers and overseeing order picking and distribution processes in the warehouse.-Identifying and resolving inventory discrepancies.-Conducting cycle count audits.Project: Outsourcing Transport for More Frequent ServicesIn this project I researched and determined that, through the procurement of partial load charters, a more frequent service to North England could be provided instead of scheduling an FTL truck. The result was that all shipments could be delivered within 48/72 hours instead of 72/96 hours.

Logistiek Management

Middle Management, 9,1

Prince 2 Foundation

Green Belt

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