Dimitris Danesis Email & Phone Number

Athens, Attiki, Greece

Owner of 4 AB Vassilopoulos Shop & Go convenience stores in Athens.

London, United Kingdom

Held the accountability for developing an end-to-end (E2E) two-years optimised supply chain plan across all internal and external assets from raw material requisition through to point of sale, ensuring timely delivery of service, cash and cost targets, while managing and resolving key supply chain issues and risks.Key Achievements- Managed E2E global supply chain for multiple brands including internal manufacturing sites, external vendors and 20 supply chain planning professionals, ensuring product availability to the global consumers. The supply chain comprised of 500+ SKUs, had an annual turnover of £600M+ and a service level target of 98%.- Maintained service level (>98%), minimised revenue and profit impact to below 5% against the budget despite an extended period of significant supply constraints.- Optimised working capital expenditure by £3M and achieved a 10% overall YoY supply chain cost reduction.- Coordinated the negotiations of GSK's supply chain contractual commitments for the next four years with External Distributor to minimise brand and financial exposure. - Facilitated effective crisis management and communication with external regulatory bodies, including FDA.

London, United Kingdom

Participated in the development of the business case, global process and architecture across the GSK’s supply chain which covered the Pharma, Consumer and Vaccines segments, reducing meetings by 75%, leading to faster and improved decision making.Key Achievements- Formulated and executed new Global supply chain SOPs which included all aspect of redesigning the supply chain processes, organisation structure and ERP standardisation. - Developed and implemented the global GSK strategy on capability building for the supply chain community of approximately 900 professionals.- Ensured alignment and synergies were achieved via representation at internal and external teams up to the SVP level.- Designed, rolled out and provided continuous support in all aspect relating to the Global Rough Cut Capacity tool across Pharma sites, comprising of 60 sites and 150 planning professionals.

London, United Kingdom

Supported efficient global S&OP and issue management processes across circa 60 sites, 120 markets, 12K SKUs, while standardising effective process, structure and communication at senior stakeholders’ level.Key Achievements- Spearheaded all standards continuous improvement and sustainability initiatives and ensured 100% compliance across sites and markets.- Trained and coached the supply chain within GSK's central function which comprised of approximately 50 professionals. Liaised with internal and external parties to support sharing of supply chain best practices within the business.

London, United Kingdom

Contributed in the transition to a new Demand Planning ERP tool which included transfer from Infor to JDA system. Led the design and testing of the new and existing system interfaces to facilitate business continuity.Key Achievements- Guided the improvements and the standardisation of the EU processes, through efficient execution of change, to promote sharing of regional best practices.- Delivered the European regional requirements on the Global supply chain project with a focus on resolving conflicting priorities between the EU and US into the Global supply chain template.- Oversaw successful finalisation of the first stages of project implementation and phased launch of the system across Europe covering three hubs, 18 countries, and 40 supply chain professionals.

London, United Kingdom

Oversaw regular improvement and maintenance of system and procedures, including new functionality launch and issue resolution. Also, ensured the business was informed and implemented the latest, high-end supply chain planning practices.Key Achievements- Created and launched a best practice user training programme on various system and process improvements for circa 40 planners, 18 countries, 15K SKUs and had a budget of $3.2Bn.- Achieved data accuracy and resilience improvement of 99% in reporting and integration errors reduction.- Standardised KPI metrics and enhanced visibility across the supply chain network and also supported pan-European initiatives, including SKU rationalisation and safety cases reduction.- Spearheaded the implementation of system and interface improvements and minimised errors and transactional turn-around-times (TAT) by more than 30%.Key Responsibilities- Guided the scoping, development and maintenance of various system interfaces, in addition to training and supporting the Demand Planning team, to promote S&OP best-practice.- Defined the data structures and ensured the Demand Planning team was compliant in executing routine exception reports in line with instituted guidelines.

London, United Kingdom

Swindon, United Kingdom

Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

Birmingham, United Kingdom