I am an experienced Supply Chain professional with a PhD in Supply Chain Analytics and Operations Research. My area of expertise is enhanced via in depth knowledge of supply chain management from an academic as well as a business perspective, combined with solid analytical and technical skills Currently, I am leading the Operations team within the Advisory practice of PwC Greece. The team focuses on enhancing excellence across all facets of core business operations such as commercial activities, supply chain and logistics as well as procurement. The end-to-end operations focus is enhanced via structuring the value delivery roadmap across all horizons: from long-term strategic visioning of the operational blueprint, to the mid-term tactical organizational set-up of processes and the enabling systems footprint, all the way to short-term execution of scheduling activities. Our main value adding strength lies in the relentless deployment of advanced analytics use cases to drive operational effectiveness and efficiency. These use cases focus on delivering value by leveraging AI, machine learning and optimization algorithms across the entire operations domain such as trade promotions, pricing, demand/ supply balancing, production, network design, downstream logistics and strategic multi-sourcing optimization. Skills: • End-to-End Supply Chain Management: o Strategic Network Design o S&OP/ IBP o Statistical Forecasting, o Procurement and Inventory Management, o Production and Maintenance Planning and Scheduling, o Logistics and Warehousing o Cost Optimisation • Advanced Analytics: o Time series analysis via ARIMA models o Supervised machine, deep and cogntive learning o Unsupervised machine learning• Implementation of APS Systems• Robotic process automation• Multi-objective optimization via MILP, GA, TS• Strong leadership and people management skillsMain industries served: Shipping, Automotive, FMCG, Consumer Electronics, Retail, 3PL, Mobility Products, Technology, Semiconductor, Pharmaceuticals, Mining and Metals.