Professional with more than 20 years of experience in General Management, Global Supply Chain Management, Sales & Operations Planning, Procurement, Operations & Logistics. Dynamic expert with a proven record in designing, implementing & executing strategies. Skilled business consultant with experience in generating & building relationships & managing projects from concept to completion. Adaptable & transformational leader with an ability to creating & developing opportunities that further establish organisational goals, resulting in greater customer confidence & strengthened business results.

Business Drivers is an international management consultancy that specialises in unlocking a competitive advantage within your organisation through the intelligent focus on growth, profit and operational resilience.Business Drivers was founded in 2006 with a deep understanding of how to create wealth through strategic growth, profit and operational resilience while using a holistic and enterprise-wide approach.Based on delivering successful outcomes for organisations since our inception, we have now taken our capability to organisations across the world including Asia Pacific Region, USA and into Europe.

Responsibilities:- Supply Chain Management (Planning, Procurement, Distribution)- Manufacturing- Logistics

ACT NoWaste's role is to implement the ACT Government's Waste Strategy through effective programs that engage the community & encourage sustainable waste minimisation & management practices. After a temporary shutdown of the Material Recovery Facility in Hume, I was hired as a consultant to optimise the existing business processes and recommend practical changes for operational and business performance improvements.Key Responsibilities :• Plan & execute an assessment of the Hume Material Recovery Facility• Deliver a report outlining my findings and recommendations• Consulting with ACT NoWaste in: Supply Chain Management (Material Planning, Procurement, Logistics & Distribution), Manufacturing (Operations & Maintenance), Finance (Reporting) & Sales (Market analysis).

As part of a global food manufacturing company (HACO Group), HACO AG employs 450 people to develop, produce (out of 4 sites) & distribute globally (retail, B2B, food industry & foodservice) products in the categories of coffee, savoury, cereal bars, breakfast drinks & desserts. Reporting to the Managing Director, I was responsible for the end to end supply chain Key Responsibilities:• People Management: I had five direct reports including the Head of Sales & Operations Planning, Procurement, Distribution (Warehousing & Transport), IT & Customs Affairs with a total of 50 staff• Financial Budget: Procurement: $150M, investments: $2.5M, transport $3.5M, cost centre $1.5M• End to End Supply Chain Management: including IT• Supply Chain Project Management: Supply chain excellence, continuous improvement program, Sales & Operations planning excellence, digital transformation, supplier development program, IT infrastructure renewal, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Program• Global Function (HACO Group): Chairman of the European Supply Chain Management Collaboration Room, Leader of the European Procurement Collaboration Room, Gross Planning coffee site Malaysia.

Reporting to the Director Supply Chain Management I was responsible for the Planning & Distribution department, coordinating multiple sites.Key Responsibilities:• People Management: I had three direct reports including the Head of Gross Planning, Order Management & Distribution (Warehousing & Transport) with a total of 30 staff• Financial Budget: Investments $1M, Transportation $3.5M, Cost Centre $1M• Gross Planning: Lead & develop the gross planning process for four plants in Switzerland (coffee, savoury, breakfast drinks / desserts & cereal bars) & one plant in Malaysia (coffee)• Order Management: Lead the order management process from entering customer orders into the ERP system (SAP), coordinating delivery dates with the production planning team & warehouse, organising worldwide transports & being accountable for the invoicing process• Warehouse Management: Coordinate & optimise in-house material flow (inbound, production supply of raw & packaging material, packing, transport scheduling, outbound). Manage a fully automated warehouse with a pallet storage space of 10 500 & a block pallet storage space of 5000.

Quadrant Plastic Composites (QPC) is a successful developer & manufacturer of glass-reinforced plastics & thermoplastic composites, such as GMT, GMTex, SymaLITE & MultiQ. The materials are mainly used in the automotive & building / construction industries. Reporting to the Managing Director I was responsible for the Customer Service & Logistics department for one site in Switzerland & two sites in Germany.Key Responsibilities:• People Management: I had five direct reports including the Head of Production Planning & Scheduling Lenzburg (Switzerland), Lotte (Germany) & Lambrecht (Germany), Head of Order Management & the Head of Logistics) with a total of 20 staff• Order Management: Lead the order management process including entering customer orders into the ERP system (Movex), coordinating delivery dates with the production planning team & warehouse, organising worldwide transport & being accountable for the invoicing process.• Inventory Management: Secure an efficient inventory management process• Tender Management Transport: Sea freight, land freight, air freight, KEP & train freight tendering• Incoterms 2010: Internal consultant to ensure the right choice of Incoterms 2010 for new customer projects.

Intersport Schweiz AG is a franchisor for 150 independent sport retail shops in Switzerland. The company is part of Intersport International, the world's leading sporting goods retailer - present in more than 40 countries with 5 500 stores. In addition to their partnerships with internationally recognized brands such as Nike, Adidas etc., Intersport produces & distributes their own private label collection in both textile & sports equipment. Reporting to the CFO I was responsible for the Customer Service & Logistics departments.Key Responsibilities:• People Management: I had 10 direct reports & a total of 10 staff• Product Import: Manage the import of sporting goods from Asia, USA & all over Europe• Warehouse Management / Transport: Coordinate & optimise in-house material flow (inbound, picking, packing, transport scheduling, outbound) & national distribution including managing 3PL Logistics Provider.

Key Responsibilities:- Manage Customer Service department- People management: team of 4- Coordinate all distribution processes within Switzerland- Control all orders and order confirmations- Manage warehouse reordering processes- Optimise customer service processes

I was working as an assistant product Management for the following product categories:- textil- Hardware (ski, cross country ski, outdoor)