Stephan Mang Email & Phone Number

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Argon & Co is a global management consultancy with over 500 consultants in 16 offices that specialises in strategy and transformation of operations in manufacturing, supply chain, warehouse automation, logistics and distribution network optimisation.Argon & Co Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) has operated for over a decade in the local market with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Auckland and Hamilton. Our people are engaging to work with and trusted by our clients to get the job done.email 💻 stephan.mang@argonandco.com

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

At Pollen Consulting Group, we are straight talkers who work collaboratively to find the best possible solution to your greatest challenge; our credentials cover every element of a COO’s remit.Established in 2016 with the vision of ‘a consultancy with a difference’ (heard that one before...?) our aim is to drive bottom-line performance by creating value throughout manufacturing and supply chains.Since our inception, in our 80+ projects we pride ourselves that we delivered value to our clients and benefits to the bottom-line performance (average 4.6:1 ROI). This stems from our passion for solving problems and implementing sustainable continuous improvements.To learn more about how you could improve business profitability and trouble shoot your pain points; get in touch:email 💻 Stephan@pollenconsultinggroup.com

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Are you looking for clarity in your life ?10 years ago, I had a wake-up call and started to challenge the way I was living my life. I resigned from my well-paid role without having a job to go-to. The drive to make a lasting change in my life was bigger than financial security. In hind-sight, I would have benefited from a coach if I had one then. This was the trigger for me to become a coach and help others achieve their goals, because it is easier to change with the help of a clarity providing coach.I subsequently became an internal corporate coach and mentor to senior managers, which I found very satisfying. I saw people change to their better versions and to this date my former clients refer to the principles we established back then.I enhanced my coaching skills further to provide the best coaching experience for my clients by embracing and mastering new methods and techniques. I use a powerful coaching method with carefully selected educational components to expand the mind and increase choice in the achievement of vision and goals.The structured coaching I provide now integrates a number of disciplines such as NLP, with the purpose of aligning all your internal and external resources towards a particular goal or outcome, enabling you to tap into your full potential.When we work together, we will first clarify your goal in life and unconsciously connect with it. I will guide you through the process and enable you to get the results you want and create a sustainable change.I am proud of my coaching track record and receiving feedback from individuals having breakthrough moments and consequently achieved their personal goals and realised their visions.Are you ready to explore your FULL potential ? If yes, get in touch to learn more about coaching or to book a complimentary 30 min Clarity Session (limited spaces available).To clarify your vision book here: https://calendly.com/stephan16/30min

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Leading end-to-end Global Supply Chain Operations serving ANZ, Asia, UK and USA markets for all brands. Accountabilities include contract manufacturing, demand and supply planning, logistics including warehouse and 3PL management and customer service interface. Overseeing the budget for manufacturing and logistics and accountable for meeting DIFOT performance, cost, quality and cost reduction targets. Manage a complex product supply network through co-manufactured supply points in Australia and Europe. Embed and optimise a simplified supply chain to reduce inventory holdings and lead times across key SKU’s to unlock value. Key Brands are Nad’s, Nitwits, Australian Native Botanicals and WYLD

Sydney, Australia

Responsible for the development of Coriolis Australia consultancy business across the existing client base to achieve operational business plan. Key areas of functional responsibility focused on growing Coriolis consultant team’s capability across the full range of LEANSIGMA and operational excellence, to better meet clients’ needs and subsequently improve their business. Key areas of capability development were: • Operational Excellence to drive manufacturing efficiencies and reduce operational expense• E2E Supply Chain cost optimisation• Capability build in core manufacturing areas including coaching and mentoring

Sydney

Provide verification of successful delivery of CIP projects at manufacturing facility and work with leadership team to ensure successful integration of CIP process improvements in quality, safety and people are fully adopted into the functions and there is demonstrated evidence to ensure their sustained practices. • Work with relevant project teams in particular the remediation leads to develop comprehensive evidence on the improvements undertaken. •Guide the business leadership team to identify with future improvement areas post the compliance improvement project to embed new practices and behaviours across all business units. Where embedded change is not fully demonstrated, consult with the relevant team and functions to align and develop plans to address the deficiency. Provide advice and recommendation of necessary actions. •Be a coaching and consulting resource to work through obstacles to achieve desired outcomes and provide support to the project team during the tense implementation and execution stage.

Syndey, Australia

Led the delivery of targets and deliverables within the business plans, to improve performance across Quality, Safety, Service and Cost with supply network. Part of the regional E2E supply chain team supporting to continue developing and transforming the regional E2E supply chain.Managed contract manufacturers supporting commercial sales and growth plans of fast moving consumer healthcare (FMCH) goods for Asia Pacific & ANZ regions.Responsibilities included raw and packaging procurement, cost control and delivering savings.Accountable for the induction of strategic new sites and value streams, capacity management of existing suppliers, supply performance monitoring and improvement, risk management and business continuity plans. Responsible for a team of direct reports based within the Asia Pacific region.

Sydney

Assisted the Regional SC Head for AsiaPacific & Latin America to develop and deliver the business strategy through sustainable improvement in end-end supply chain performance resulting from deployment of Lean Sigma improvement solutions and Lean Sigma capability. Accountable for Operational Excellence (OE) being the way to improve capability and business performance in the region. This includes incorporation of OE approach, targets and deliverables within business plans, and coaching and developing the senior supply region leadership team in “Gemba with a purpose” capability.• Led and managed turnaround events, i.e. led Operational Review and capability gap analysis at production site covering HR capabilities & culture, Technical service, Operations, Engineering and EHS. Findings and recommendation formed part of site improvement plan.• Drove continuous improvement initiatives in AsiaPacific region through problem solving approach: - OEE performance - Liaise with global waste lead to prioritise and drive waste reduction initiatives in the region - Ensure delivery of productivity benefits.• Asia Pacific Middle East & Africa regional lead for Value Engineering initiative to ensure delivery of annual financial targets• Support sites with recruitment of key Operational Excellence resources in AsiaPacific & Latin America and China.• Establish OE network in AP & China region through best practice sharing sessions and build capability by encouraging local OE resources to attend improvement events in region (change over event, productivity diagnostic, maintenance diagnostic etc)• Coach and mentor to number of key talents across regions and businesses.

Applying Lean and/or Six Sigma solutions within Pharmaceutical Operations and Consumer Healthcare OperationsLeading change initiatives and execution of projects, resulting in direct financial benefit and behavioural changeIdentification of opportunities for business benefit from applying LeanSigma process and practicesApplying proven ability to drive rapid business performance improvement through technical capability, project management skills and change management skillsCreate, maintain, continuously improve and propagate the standards associated with the LeanSigma deployment specifically: Strategy Deployment, Performance Management, LeanSigma tools and application thereof and Lean Leadership coaching• Lead and support specific (LeanSigma) high value interventions to deliver cash benefit to the business, specifically leading productivity diagnostic within the supply chain at sites in China, MEA and Europe.

Leading EBITDA improvement and cost reduction activities with clients on projects in; including designing and optimising business processes.Increased performance warranty team efficiency by applying Lean methods and implementing standard working processes in renewable energy sector in India. Defined resourcing process, methods for service teams and led failure mode analysis of critical component in Denmark and Germany.Responsible for achieving full potential of personnel cost reduction measures.Conducting feasibility study by developing and analysing operational and financial models.

Leading operations and process capability improvement workpackages with client on projects in automotive (Germany, Sweden), chemicals (UK, Austria, Netherlands), biotechnology (UK), FMCG (Denmark) and telecoms (Call centre UK). Accountable for the delivery of specific time, cost, and quality targets to achieve project objectives within a structured milestone review process. SIX-SIGMA mentor and LEAN practitioner. Responsible for improving overall equipment efficiency of assembly lines at automotive site in Sweden, resulting in volume increase and improved labour efficiency with a benefit of €3m.Identified improvement opportunities at manufacturing site with a benefit of €1.2m.Implemented equipment efficiency improvements for packaging lines in the food industry.

Led research initiatives to achieve step change in Nylon fibre product quality to maximise the competitive advantage for the global technical Performance Materials business. Coordinated projects from development through to implementation within a structured milestone review process. Focused on the bottom line business impact of decisions in all activities.Established high quality alternative supplier for a critical production component.Recommended and supported cost optimisation and efficiency improvement programmes working with colleagues from other functions including operations, procurement, engineering and HSE.

Coordinated product development projects from pilot plant to production scale of Nylon fibre yarns for Apparel end-use with customer defined product characteristics. Led projects to optimise production, improve materials, reduce costs and upgrade existing products. Improved capability of manufacturing processes using statistical process control tools, SIX-SIGMA and Minitab. Responsible for one Development Engineer. Managed process transfers between assets for products worth approx. US$6.5m in revenue, to improve efficiency and profitability during Site footprint optimisation project within a six months time scale including product quality and process safety.

Solved problems of a more intractable nature utilising in-depth understanding of SIX-SIGMA coupled with lateral thinking processes in multiple cross-functional projects. Proven track record of quickly identifying operational deficiencies and implementing sustainable process improvements in the UK and Germany. Comfortable with all aspects of DMAIC methodology. Expertise in statistical and numerical analysis. Responsible for improving product quality at our manufacturing site in Germany, resulting in volume regain, growth and better customer relationships with a validated benefit.Developed and implemented new specification of critical component.

Led research initiatives to maximise the value to the Apparel business from the local asset centres. Applied fundamental scientific principles and evaluation processes to develop novel Nylon Apparel fibre products.Instituted quality critical testing equipment to improve product uniformity reducing quality complaint costs as part of SIX-SIGMA Green Belt trainings project.

Thesis titled "Polymerisations in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide". Awarded a Cambridge European Trust Scholar, Trinity College.Patent. Several publications.

Supervised and trained two undergraduate students and managed their projects. Mentored and assisted undergraduates in teaching laboratories and coached revision groups.

Master thesis in polymer chemistry titled “Synthesis and Characterisation of Polymers by Chemical Vapour Deposition”. Supervised one research student. Teaching Assistant (Part-time). Supervised and trained a group of twelve undergraduates in teaching laboratories and classes.

Phd, Chemistry

Certified Nlp Practitioner

Msc, Chemistry

Vordiplom, Chemistry

Certified Life Coach