Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
I am Senior professional in Production Planning and Supply Planning. During my 22 years of experience in the tire industry, I have performed different roles in Manufacturing (Business Unit Leader and Production Planning Manager) Supply Chain (Sales Forecast, Strategic Capacity Planning and Supply Chain Manager). I have experience in 3 different companies and 2 different countries. I am a results-driven, solution-oriented professional with significant leadership expertise in bringing strategy to execution and driving operational excellence. Highlights: 👉 Accomplished Supply Chain & Production Planning professional with over 20 years of global experience in the manufacturing domain, ten years of which were in Lean/Operational Excellence leadership roles. 👉 Expert at executing automated manufacturing systems and operational excellence initiatives; while enhancing performance, multiplying productivity, improving quality, reducing costs, and generating sustainable EBITDA gains. 👉 Adroit in establishing, leading, and developing Continuous Improvement teams in Industry 4.0 framework. 👉 Efficiently managed annual Capex budgets up to €4 million. 👉 Have led multi-cultural teams of 25 direct reports. 👉 Active Professional Certification of Supply Chain Management in University of Cape Town Areas of Expertise: 🎯 Production Planning 🎯 Supply Chain Planning and S&OP 🎯 Demand Planning 🎯 Continuous Improvement 🎯 Operational Modelling & Analytics 🎯 Creative Problem Solving 🎯 Persuasion and Negotiation 🎯 Budget Control and Cost Reduction 🎯 Manufacturing Operations Management 🎯 Systems Thinking 🎯 Change Management 🎯 Team Leadership, Training, and Development
- I am responsible to manage and develop the Supply Chain functions in Material Planning, Production Planning, Inventory Control and Outbound (Replenishment of LDC’s) - Lead the production planning process in the 2 plants in Europe, adjusting the requirements based on the Sales Forecast. - Optimize MRP planning in inbound and outbound planning. - Assure the Supply Chain processes are setup and controlled in alignment with Global SCM - Responsible to drive (internal) prioritization and customer fulfillment together with key stakeholders - 7 direct reports with multicultural background - Responsible for the budget of concerned equipment's (7 million euros) and reporting to the Director of SCM.
I'm responsible to create annual Capex mold budget at SKU level for EU region and categories PCR, OHT, TBR, TWT and 2WScooter/motor; Coordinate and execute transfer of vulcanization equipment between regions and plants; Liaise with all stakeholders in order to execute transfer allowing uninterrupted sales of products based on S&OP planning. Work in the strategical plan ensuring the capacities in mid / long-term I'm also responsible to ensure the best practices in the Scheduling for Europe Plants, developing the team creating KPI's to achieve the company results
Global responsible for Factory Physics that is the definition of Work in Process across the plants in Europe and India. Implementation of a new methodology to calculate Material Handling inside of facilities. I work with the PPC of all Apollo plants to define the best way to do the scheduling
Responsible for planning and production control of the passenger and truck tire factories in Camaçari. Also responsible for the plant's Shift Managers, I had 25 direct employees and developed the plant planning modernization project, targeting the bottlenecks and thereby improving the production flow at the plant. Drive shop floor’s efforts to focus on the company’s goals, such as: Volume, Size Achievement, Quality, Safety, Cost Reduction, Efficiency SAP-PP key user: provide solution/consultancy for all SAP-PP related issues and topics Responsible for ensuring fulfillment of the production plan as requested by the market
- Responsible for S&OP cycle in South America - Import and Export Responsibility - 8 employees (Supply Planners, Inventory Manager, Data analysts)
- Responsible for forecasting cargo tire sales in South America and Central America. With direct participation in sales plans and annual budget definition. - With an accuracy of over 85% in the Brazilian market and 60% in the South American market. With this accuracy, we were able to reduce the company's inventory policy in 2 days. - Responsible for the forecast process & monthly presentation of Demand Review meeting for the Directors and the President of Michelin South America.
- Strategic planner of industrial capacity. Transcription of the production requirement to the factory based on sales forecasts, stocks targets and expected regulations. Always respecting the S&OP cycle. - Responsible for the mold purchasing strategy for the factory and installed capacity by size. - Responsible to animate Supply Review Meeting. - Responsible to animate Sourcing Committee Meeting with Marketing, Technical, Financial and Industry teams.