Christian Keck

Head of Process & Knowledge Management @ Swarovski Supply Chain Center of Business Excellence

Germany

About

MY MISSION: Experienced supply chain expert, with mission to give purpose and add value by creating an environment, which enables the organization and each individual person to outperform. Capabilities: Supply Chain Management Leadership & Change Management Process & Project Management Performance Management & High Performance Organization Lean Six Sigma & CIP

Experience

  • Board Member at Nexxiot
    Aug 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Vice President Global Supply Chain at Knorr-Bremse
    Jul 2019 - Present · 7 yrs

    Leading the transformation and optimization of Knorr Bremse CVS global supply chain. Driving integrated supply chain strategy and digitalization, implementing advanced technologies, driving Executive Sales and Operations Planning (SIOP) to achieve optimized costs and inventory structure YoY. Ensuring efficient operations through strategic process standardization, leading Intercompany Operations Management to balance out global vs regional optimum, effective crisis management including global (semiconductor) allocation. Supply chain scope: - Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning (demand/supply/production planning on local, regional, global level; supplier and production capacity incl. constraint management; global financial Inventory (Cash) planning - purchase to pay & order to cash incl customer service - Warehousing & packaging - Transport management (incl 4PL approach and logistics network management) - Customs incl Export Control Digital programs: - SAP IBP (IBP for Demand, IBP S&OP) - SAP S/4 HANA - Sourcing Platform Jaggaer - Transport Management System iTMS - Celonis (using for demand driven Inventory Management embedded to SAP and data mining) Main enabling programs: - Organizational development (e.g. defined and implemented a global target operating model: the DEVELOPER, the INTEGRATOR, the OPERATOR; harmonization of organizational structures from global down to local, expert teams in regions and central introduced, roles and responsibilities streamlined) - Integrated business process management (e.g digital learning platforms for process excellence, value cost management)

  • Director Lean Logistics & Global Transportmanagement at Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Jan 2018 - Jun 2019 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • SWAROVSKI (Triesen)
    • Head of Process & Knowledgemanagement Supply Chain Operations
      Jul 2014 - Dec 2017 · 3 yrs 6 mos

      Lead and integrate transport, customs, warehousing and order fulfillment functionalities within an end-to-end Supply Chain responsibility: starting from ramp of production to door of POS and reverse, based on developing best in class processes. • Develop a global logistics strategy to transform the processes from a wholesale to a retail structure, from a decentral (PULL) to a center led (PUSH) organization with measures to increase service levels and at the same time to reduce the global logistics costs of min. 10% annually. • Define scenarios of global organizational structures with communication models (based on PACE, RACI and APQC principles). • Define a strategic roadmap to transform today’s organization into a scalable and efficient logistics structure. • Establish Process Management as key success factor to transform sustainably business structures. • Support the Downstream Program implementation by performing Stakeholder Management and coaching the involved key players.

    • Head of Logistics Service Center Triesen
      Jan 2012 - Jul 2014 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      Lead, develop and manage the operational logistics to ensure on time deliveries while meeting quality, legal and cost targets. • Develop and implement a new organizational setup with the aim to reduce decision-making levels with a clear structure, in order to shorten decision-making time within a settled empowerment framework. • Introduction of a flexible shift model in order to create flexible capacities matching the workload with the success increasing OTIF from 63% to 98%. • Develop a competence and personnel development model incl. a specific training and onboarding process. • Develop and implement a strategy for logistics postponement for Swarovski Tourism Services as a role model with the successful reduction of the order lead-time by 50%. • Build-up and implement a masterplan, which handles the various logistics service segments in order to utilize resources at an optimal level, balanced with costs. • Develop and implement a hierarchy of metric to measure the performance of various functions of the overall LSC.

    • ad interim Management Logistics Service Center Triesen & Order Fulfillment
      Aug 2011 - Dec 2011 · 5 mos

      Responsible for the daily operations of the global Warehouse Triesen and the Order Fulfillment/Customer Service (Order income - Order book - Deliver - Invoicing).