United States
- Accountable for USD 10+ billion annual Procurement spending across all categories - Leading the Procurement organization of 150+ professionals, including Vice Presidents and Senior Directors - Driving value creation in Nestlé Group’s largest market through cost optimization, supply risk management, strategic supplier partnerships, digital transformation and sustainability
- Leading Procurement yearly spending >3 billion USD across all categories - Scope of 10+ Business Units and Joint-Venture Companies, across 3 Geographies and 20+ factories - Managing team of of 100+ Procurement professionals, through 16 heads/leaders - Part of Nestle Global Procurement Leadership Team
- Heading the Procurement department in Indonesia as Vice-President, accountable for yearly expenditures of >800 million USD - Strategic & Operational Buying of Raw Materials, Packaging, Logistics, Equipment, Co-Manufacturing, Marketing, Corporate Services for all Factories and Head Offices - Expatriation from Headquarters to Nestle Indonesia, as one of the fastest-growing Nestle market worldwide
- Managed supplier relationships to ensure operational excellence up to Amazon standards through 10.000+ SKUs - Built, monitored and optimized strategic & operational KPIs for all UK suppliers under drop-shipping model and UK heavy-bulk 3PL distribution center: service, quality, lead times, cost, capacity, forecast - Led performance and communication improvement projects for existing and integrated suppliers with retail and transportation
- Coordinated subcontracting project implementation: 2nd-tier supplier management ► Savings analysis, business models definition, pilots launch, global RFQ, negotiations, contracts, reporting tool and process set-up - Strategic purchasing for Co-manufacturing categories, including raw and packaging materials: Managed transfers and new products launches with Marketing/Logistics/Plants ► Conducted call for tenders, value analysis, production & supply optimization, negotiations, contracts
- "Market Supply Logistics" = Regional Demand & Supply Planner: Consolidated and Analyzed Asian countries supply plan (12 months) to manage their international logistics, plants production plan and distribution centers stock, Managed catalogue logistic parameters, Coordinated new launches with Marketing - Project Coordinator/Key-User: ERP Implementation ► Organized and Supervised workshops for Unit Tests, Process definition, Flow Tests, Data analysis, User Guides, Training, Issues Follow-up, Improvement Requests, System Dry-Run: Led a team of 3 managers, Representative for meetings with consultants and other departments - Asian-scope Project Leader: Supply Chain Sharepoint Portal implementation, Forecast analysis improvement, Subcontracting logistics process amelioration via Excel macros
- Managed VMI (Vendor-Managed Inventory) operations for customer portfolio: directly supplied 6 customer warehouses from P&G DCs ► KPIs above target (>99% service level, <20 days inventory level), Managed new launches and communication with customer account managers - Established monthly and weekly demand forecasts, Analyzed products availability, promotional & seasonal sales - Defined optimized processes for SAP Go-Live implementation to track shipments and coverage efficiently, Developed Excel reporting tools from SAP via VBA macros, Trained all the department