Yaroslav Taranenko Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

• A start-up subsidiary developing functional beverages and wellbeing products. Joined at inception, set and implemented product supply strategies and analysed the supply network identifying global savings opportunities.
• Evaluated competitors’ supply networks and portfolios, illustrated key strategic considerations to Senior Management Team ensuring global strategic direction was sustainable and cost effective.
• Conducted desktop analytical study involving 8 scenarios and 10 logistic routes for key materials and finished goods, recommending best sustainable sourcing options leading to a manufacturing location change, a 20%.
• Identified regulatory synergies within 2 global trade blocks, enabling Free Trade Agreement benefits of between 5-10% in cost savings from first delivery in country.
• Assessed global category logistics requirements across 15 routes, 5 vendors and proposed solutions for implementation.
• Piloted a successful reverse coaching programme for senior management.

London, United Kingdom

• Globally leading FTSE 100 FMCG company with 50,000 employees across 180 countries. Directed teams in the identification, assessment, and planning of new supply chain capability and capacity to enable successful.
• Global supply chain functional lead, member of the global New Product Introduction (NPI) leadership team.
• Led a key workstream of global IT platform implementation, hit the Go Live date, delivered under the budget and successfully migrated 1600 projects and 2000 users.
• Introduced new level of project segmentation which improved speed to market by 40%, significantly decreased factory and supplier trials, reduced waste and optimised cost.
• Launched global Fast Track initiative accelerating innovation delivery. Tailored a new process and achieved 50% packaging materials lead time reduction.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Promoted and relocated to Malaysia, responsible for innovations across 20 countries.
• Led complex 20 innovation programmes (new technologies, high investment) and consumer research with 162 prototypes tested across 5 markets.
• Delivered 200 successful product transitions during Malaysia factory closure without “out of stock” in any of the 20 markets.

Moscow, Russian Federation

• Promoted and moved to Eastern Europe Regional Office in Russia.
• Built, managed and developed a team of 5 direct reports covering 10 countries.
• Successfully delivered on time in full 11 innovation programmes for key Eastern European markets.

Kyiv, Kyiv City, Ukraine

• Set up localised innovations project management framework for Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia.
• Trained and mentored project management executives.

Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany

Prilucky, Ukraine

Excelled at Quality Assurance (QA) so selected for R&D secondment to Bayreuth R&D hub (Germany).