Ieke Le Blanc Email & Phone Number

Eindhoven, Nb, Nl

Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands

Responsible for the products and services we offer to our clients.This contains the business process outsourcing service of EyeOn and our stand-alone product offering.I am P&L responsible, manage the team and drive sales and business development.Most of all, I am a supply chain "geek" myself, that loves to help companies improving their supply chains. I am acting on all levels in the organization (from executive level to work floor) with strong focus on making a lasting change in the organization.

Eindhoven Area

Lead for the business team process within EyeOn, where we service clients in the chemical and food ingredients industry. Our team provided services for large multinationals like AkzoNobel, Arlanxeo, Bunge, Cargill, Corbion and DSM. My key areas of responsibilities are:- Account management and commercial acquisition- Business development- Development of industry knowledge to improve proposition- Leading a diverse team of consultantsWe realized an average top-line growth in the last 8 years of over 30% per year.

Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands

Senior consultant acting on all levels in the organization (from executive level to work floor) with strong focus on making a lasting change in the organization. I have worked in myriad of companies in chemical, food ingredients and the consumer industry.My typical roles in consultancy assignments were:- Sparring partner on strategic topics for senior leadership.- Delivering master classes in companies in-house and in universities on demand planning, forecasting and inventory optimization.- Offering subject matter expertise on S&OP, IBP, demand forecasting and inventory optimization.- Connecting business and data science in complex projects planning optimization projects.- Driving the change management stream in large transformation programs.- Managing programs / project like supply chain redesign, transformations and digitalization programs.

Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands

Ad interim managing the EyeOn competence team of 6 specialists in inventory optimization, because of subject matter expertise and earlier experience, I was requested to temporary lead the team. My key areas of responsibilities were:- Knowledge management- Commercial support in acquisition of inventory projects- Project / Approach standardization- Manage and drive the innovation roadmap- Coaching of team members

Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands

Teaching supply chain management in the Executive Master of Operations and Supply Chain Management (MOS).My lecture covers topics like customer order decoupling points, supply chain frameworks & typologies and inventory management varying from optimal safety stock settings and lot sizing to the MEIO.

Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands

Responsible for the data science of industry professional education program at EAISI Academy. Tthis consists of two tracks:- Data Science for Business Managers ('Analytics Translators') - Data Science for ExpertsNext to mentoring students, I deliver lectures on:- forecasting and inventory management - change management for data scientistsas part of the curriculum Data Science for Industry.

'S-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, Netherlands

Responsible for the data science of industry professional education program; this consists of two tracks:- Data Science for Business Managers ('Analytics Translators') - Data Science for ExpertsI deliver lectures myself on forecasting and inventory management as part of the curriculum Data Science for Industry.

'S-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, Netherlands

Teaching forecasting and inventory management as part of the curriculum Data Science for Industry

Eindhoven Area, Netherlands

Worldwide responsible for the supply chain improvement workstream of BG Lamps. This includes amongst others end-to-end lean, cycle time reduction and inventory reduction programs.Managing a team of 6 Black Belt and coaching various others in the successful execution of their project.

Antwerp Area, Belgium

Responsible for implementation of a culture of continuous improvement. At the end of my assignment, I left behind an organization with 6 Black Belt (partly vacancies) , several green belts and a yearly business improvement competition (QIC).The defined improvement roadmap focused on end-to-end supply chain improvements and on-time reliability of the new product creation process. All elementary steps to make the change to become a global leader in consumer LED lighting.

Eindhoven Area, Netherlands

Department: Supply Chain Competence Centre, Philips Lighting EuropeTasks: Managing break through project in supply chain management

Arnhem Area, Netherlands

Responsibilities:- Involved in optimization projects in linehaul scheduling and planning in express networks in Europe (a.o. domestic in Italy, Germany, Spain and international road network).- Guiding the development and deployment of an optimization toolbox in a number of express networks in Europe.- Managing a community of practice on linehaul scheduling and planning.

Tilburg Area, Netherlands

Researcher involved in industry consultancy projects:- Strategic analysis of the Factory Gate Pricing concept for a conglomerate of retailers in The Netherlands in cooperation with Involvation Consultants.- Redesign of the recycling system for LPG-tanks for Auto Recycling Nederland.- Development of a proactive planning methodology using telemetry for the collection of waste oils and fuels for Auto Recycling Nederland.- Analysis of advanced planning concepts in the routing of containers for Auto Recycling Nederland.- Development of a decision support system for judging transportation tariffs and selecting carriers for Auto Recycling Nederland.

Bochum Area, Germany

Demand supply planning optimisation. Developing decision rules for multi-site planning for mobile phone production

Phd, Operations Research

Activities and Societies:Academic research based on industry consulting in the area of: - Reverse Logistics - (Reverse / Closed-Loop).

Philips Inspire Program

Leadership program for Philips High Potentials

Master (Cum Laude), Econometrics And Operations Research

Master thesis “Demand Supply Planning at Nokia Mobile Phones” awarded with the 2002 thesis award of the Dutch Society for Statistics.

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