Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Technical Services Leader in FMCG (The Coca-Cola Company and affiliates), providing technical governance, commercializing innovative product propositions from idea creation, R&D development through multi country launch execution by leading cross functional teams, realizing major business process improvements and team culture transformations. Instrumental in establishing supply chain and business solutions, including Quality, Environment, Safety & Health (QESH) risk based governance, technical operations and beverage production technology development. Broad exposure to the technical and supply chain challenges of delivering to all management levels with various multinational companies. A highly capable and experienced FMCG Industry Professional with rich end-to-end experience gained over a career spanning a broad range of Growth & Change Management, Technical, Innovation and Supply Chain management roles at international level. A resourceful and versatile individual with a passion for enabling businesses to do things differently, a recognized faculty for succeeding in new and challenging environments, strong People and Organization skills and a demonstrated aptitude for operating highly effectively in multicultural teams and across multiple locations. Experienced in managing product R&D, engineering, developing quality management systems.
Responsible for designing and maintaining risk based technical governance, managing innovation process, stretching our brands into new consumer categories. Supply base management including selection, authorization and development. Achievements: - Governance programs in place ensures compliance and transforms company culture. - Achieved key improvements in QESH, Operational Excellence and Sustainability programs. - Installed optimized supply models thus executing our lean supply chain strategies. - Incumbent for technical compliance of $100 MM capital investment program including design sign off, validation, commissioning of multiple sites. - Technology development that is new to the beverage industry - Supplier management; reduce purchased ingredients related risks through the supply base development, vulnerability assessments.
Accountable for providing guidance to Franchise Bottlers and toll packers of the Central Southern Europe Business Unit that includes 23 developed and emerging markets. Contribute to the supply chain strategy creation of the complex product portfolio that includes TCCC’s several billion $ valued sparkling and still beverage brands. Created TCCC franchise System alignment on supply chain capability expansion to accommodate the requirements of future propositions, to maximize portfolio profitability, reduce complexities thus increasing agility and responsiveness. Achievements: - Ensured that supply chain driven change management initiatives launched on time across territories involving bottlers, product commercialization and concentrate plant functions. - Supporting the bottler strategic initiative of supply chain transformation and successfully aligned franchise partners. - Achieved cost reduction throughout the supply chain optimization is $+0,5 MM savings by optimizing upstream supply chain in juice business, implementing operational improvement programs. - Managed all the technical aspects of an artwork promotion, Project Connect in CSE, including feasibility, validation of the network of 14 packing material suppliers, coordinating timely launches for +50 SKU’s across the CSE territories. The deployment of this complex promotion has won Marketing & Commercial Excellence Award.
Responsible for leading the New Product Development process for the Central Southern EU countries, managing the workload of +90 NPD projects, executed on-time, in-budget, in charge for new product and raw material availability and preventing/removing regulatory business barriers. Facilitating the realizations of bottlers’ business expansion related projects, contributing to the selection and validation of new technologies. Achievements: - In strong cooperation with local franchise partner, the stills portfolio has gone through significant growth that included the last global stronghold of TCCC–Nestle ice tea franchise, enabled by the required major production footprint expansion in place. Managed the consumer proposition launch of innovative product portfolios such as flavoured water, energy drinks, sport drinks besides the ice tea portfolio. - Realized swift launches of multi country major Sparkling Beverage propositions. - Reapplied a unique supply chain model for juice businesses that increased the competitiveness of our still businesses. - Created NPD effectiveness metrics to track the productivity of the BU project management.
NPD Manager for various East Central European countries, under various Business Unit formations. Responsible heading a department in charge for new product commercialization, product, technology and raw material change management programs.