Ralph Scholtes Email & Phone Number

Veldhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands

Eindhoven Area, Netherlands

Responsibilities:• The European logistics organization, organized in a central control tower (with 45 experts): * 8 warehouses (1 ‘’own’’, 7 outsourced): ~130.000 M², a yearly budget of € 51Mio. * Transport via ~45 road-carriers towards customers in Europa, a yearly budget of € 41Mio. • Headed the distribution network study for Europe and implemented the future network under complex logistics circumstances during Covid19 and the war in Ukraine.• Continuous improvement (LEAN), standardization and development of logistics processes, resulting in improved customer service and optimized distribution cost management. My Footprint: • Optimizing the distribution network in Europe and setting up a European logistics control tower that acts decisive, efficient, and continuously improves customer service.

Eindhoven Area, Netherlands

Responsibilities:Managing warehousing and transport services (focus on safety, service and cost) of Philips Lighting distribution centres in Europe. My Footprint:Optimizing the distribution network in Europe and setting up a European logistics control tower that acts decisive, efficient, and continuously improves customer service.

Eindhoven And Roosendaal

Responsibilities:• Warehouse organization (4 locations, ~60.000 M², 250 employees) with a yearly budget of € 22Mio.• Transport to customers in the BeNeLux and Export Globally with a yearly budget of € 18Mio. My Footprint:• Centralizing the distribution-network in the BNLX by integrating 4 warehouses into 1 warehouse (2013-2015), with improved customer service and a yearly saving on distribution cost up to 20%.

Responsibilities:• Transition of the commercial supply chain team from Poland (Piła) to Russia (Moscow).• Setting up commercial supply chain processes for the ‘Emerging Europe’ region, consisting of countries Russia, Belarus, Ukraine & Kazakhstan.My Footprint:• Implemented the Supply chain transition/change program from ‘off-shore’ to ‘on-shore’ in Moscow.

Responsibilities:• Implementing complex projects (Greenfield warehouse, Warehouse Management system) with multi-disciplinary teams, 100+ team members.• Implementing a part of the European distribution network for Philips Lighting in Poland by moving goods flows from Western Europe to Eastern Europe.My Footprint:• Moving successfully the Western-European warehouse activities (including a WMS implementation) towards a ‘Greenfield location’ in Poland.

Responsibilities:• Logistics Supplier management / Operational procurement with team; procurement and inventory management of electronics components in close cooperation with multiple suppliers. • Optimized production planning (with team of production planners) of Lighting Electronics factories in Poland (Pila) and the Netherlands (Oss), based on customer requirements and availability of components.My Footprint:• Established in Procurement ‘improved Supplier rating system’ and in Production Planning ‘reduced order-cycle times’ and with both enabling growth of Lighting Electronics production with 15-20% yearly.