Heverlee, Flemish Region, Belgium
Experienced Supply Chain Professional with a demonstrated history of working in the railroad & process industry. Strong professional skilled in Business Process, Service Parts Management, Operations Management, Analytical Skills, Supply Chain Optimization, and Procurement.
Tactical Planning Supply Chain Control. Responsible for the overall periodic alignment of the demand and supply plan per train type and maintenance & service locations. - Responsible for forecasting demand, modelling and optimizing inventory investment and service levels; and source, deploy, replenish and manage parts inventories. - Implemented improved Multi Item Material Classification for 40000+ parts, enabling differentiated service level settings to optimize the overall network service level in relation to the operational costs and inventory investments. Resulting in a higher performance (97% to 98%); reduction in ordering costs by € 0,5 million as well as reducing inventory by more than a million over 3 years. - Introduced Assortment per train type, location type during the organizational transition from location oriented to equipment oriented. Collaboration with Fleet & Production using 5M’s (Man, Machine, Material, Method, and Measure). • Super user Service Parts Material Planning module (Xelus Parts – SAP). - Member of Maximo-SAP-Xelus Parts integration project team as business representative Supply Chain Operations. - Responsible for training new staff in Service Parts Management. • Supply Chain Planner LINT. - Member of project team reintroduction maintenance Alstom Coradia LINT 41/H. • Supply Chain Planner Project Route66. - Strategic project (yearly turnover € 1,2 million) with supplier Alstom to intensify collaboration, using Total Cost of Ownership model. By sharing forecast and stock levels reduced lead times by factor 10).
Sales & Operations Planning. Responsible for periodic alignment of the global demand and supply plan per business line. - Responsible for realisation of master production schedule. - Responsible for optimal production line occupation. - Responsible for managing and improving inventory turnover. • Business Planner Industrial Specialties. - Reduced outsourced production and coordinated line down times to manage through the 2008 demand crisis. - Introduced regular meetings with line scheduling, increased reaction time by cutting in half the short term fixed production plan period. • Business Planner Paper. - Integrated role with Industrial Specialties, thus reducing staff by one. • Key user SAP-APO SNP module. - Member of Advanced Planner Optimizer project team as part of the business process redesign at AVEBE. - After project roll out responsible for Supply Network Planning.
Project manager at Adtech Global Solutions. Responsible for the transition to the new organisational structure. • Integrated Operations with Finance. - Reorganised ‘purchasing’ and ‘integration lab’ and reduced staff by one. - Hired and trained new staff. • Changed focus of organisation to support. Emphasized reduction of stock due to obsolescence risk.
Purchasing & Operations Manager EMEA (direct supervision 6 people). Responsible for the European operation and leading the functional groups ‘purchasing’ and ‘integration lab’. • Coordinated global supply of legacy product within the Adtech Group. Managed End-of-Life items to optimise performance and meet SLA’s. • Derisked £ 1 million of inventory value through negotiation with the software partner. • Daily (re)scheduling ensured optimum work load balance and stock levels. • Streamlined returns process. - Warranty replacements were up by 200%. - Repairs prioritisation by criticality and value, cost savings of £ 100,000. • Restructured materials management to ensure correct costing. • Introduced controlled goods-in and goods-out process; resulting in increased efficiency and a 10% lead time reduction. Successfully initiated Key Performance Indicators.