David Thoren Email & Phone Number

Falkenberg, Hallands Län, Sverige

• Leading the local finance team and support function in Poland to deliver accurate management reports, budgets, estimates and monthly closing.
• Tracking €300 Million of Material and Non-Material cost including personnel of ~400 employees.
• Product costing for new products, investment planning and approvals, tracking of wastes and losses as well as inventories and scrap.
• Tight cooperation with procurement and the commercial colleagues to ensure transparency and delivery of service & quality at the right cost.

Göteborg, Västra Götaland, Sverige

• Responsible to develop models/tools for supply chain simulations and footprint reviews
• Responsible to monitor Service market logistics supply chain from a cost to serve as well as service perspective and simulate how it will change in the future, working close with logistics and business control.
• Drive footprint reviews
• Coordinate all commissions and activities related to footprint design

Göteborg, Västra Götaland, Sverige

• Globally responsible to lead & develop the process, people, tools and instructions of service market inventory control in Logistics Services Material Management.
• Secure that financial considerations appropriately influenced decisions related to service market inventory.
• Focus to reduce inventory and find improvements in the area of scrap and obsolescence as well as inbound rush freight cost.
• Drive and support all regions and functions in cross functional activities to achieve targets, aiming at an overall reduction in cost.
• Participate and contribute to the forums related to inventory like the Controller Network within Group Truck Operations, Supply Chain Optimization Governance with purchasing, to name a few.

Göteborg, Västra Götaland, Sverige

• Head of Inventory Controlling, HQ Sweden (Jan 2013 – August 2016)
• Globally responsible to lead & develop the process, people, tools and instructions of finished goods inventory controlling in Logistics Services.
• Work with all global and operational functions to achieve Manufacturing inventory-related targets and objectives.
• Responsible for setting targets & develop plans. Drive and support activities to achieve targets.
• Participate and contribute to the forums related to inventory. Mainly the Inventory Controller Network within Group Truck Operation.
• Secure that financial considerations appropriately influenced decisions related to inventory.

Singapore, Singapore

• Responsible for regional budget, focusing on operational costs, inventories tied up, personnel recruitment, projects and strategic development.
• Driver of important projects in the region ranging from business integrations, logistic flow changes and construction of new warehouses. Involved in all project from a financial perspective.
• Responsible for rolling out and adjusting NRV (Net Realizable value) to fit the APAC region business in order to keep track of accruals and minimize scrapping.
• Evaluator and gate-keeper of investment requests in the region.
• Main interface towards the finance team as well as management within commercial service market.
• Counterpart for internal and external auditors.

Göteborg, Västra Götaland, Sverige

Proudly, my first job, I was actively looking to reduce cost and speed up the logistics at the central warehouse located in Gent, Belgium. - Negotiations with first and second tier material suppliers, as well as packaging and label suppliers- Collaborating with Procurement/Purchase department- Investigating rust/corrosion together with certified partners.