Supply chain mnager

- Reports directly to the Shareholders of the company;
- Responsible to develop and implement the commercial strategies accordingto company goals and objectives aiming to accelerate growth;
- Conducts market research and analysis to create detailed business plans oncommercial opportunities (expansion, business development etc.);
- Responsible to analyze and understand the requirements of existing andfuture customers to ensure their needs are being fulfilled setting short-and long-term commercial objectives, defining prices and settling relevantapproaches in straight relationship with Shareholder’s goals;
- Actively participates in the continuous improvement of processes both in theplanning and implementation of better procedures for the department
- Adds value to the company growth activities by identifying new commercialopportunities and managing marketing efforts, designs and implementsstrategies for dealing with different market segment;
- Keep abreast of trends and market conditions to provide strategic advice toShareholders.
- Have an entrepreneurial mindset and great leadership skills. 
- To be a creative strategist with excellent organizational abilities.
- Performs trimestral data analysis, reports and presentations of relevant salesand commercial information achieved by the department;
- Applies Marketing Mix (MM) to new products in alignment with the QD(quality department?) and the EFQ (Financial Department) 
- Actively promotes improvement measures to the Quality ManagementDepartment and is responsible for implementing the actions towards achievingbetter outcomes;

• Overall responsibility of the Company, including service fulfillment in ourMarket and our Site, delivering to contractual commitments according to therelevant contracts scope of service, service level agreements and qualitystandards.
• Deliver the above service with ‘Best Practice Operations’ and at an optimalcost.
• Drive continuous improvement programs for operational excellence.
• Attract new business/clients whilst managing existing accounts to maximiseadditional business opportunities developing the Sales and Operations teams
• Accountability for planning, forecasting and budget delivery.
• Control and manage operation utilising business review data, regularreporting and commercial analysis.
• Define and develop the site organizational structure.• Have exemplary leadership skills, actively work to manage and motivate ourpeople.

- In charge of the purchasing department of a company producing 700,000tons per year of Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA), with the factory representingan investment of 450 million Euros
- Utilising excellent budget management skills to handle a budget of 50 millionEuros

- Oversaw the supply chain and purchasing operations of 5 Group companies

- Successfully achieved reductions of more than €500,000 overall, in terms ofannual costs; demonstrating excellence 
in effective supply chain management,finance and problem solving

- Effectively developing all service areas of the Brazilian Dealerships Networkfor this European leader in office furniture

- Applied excellent analytical skills and business acumen to devise a ServiceBusiness Plan for the Brazilian market, enabling dealerships to implement theplan

- Assumed responsibility for all aspects of dealer development, throughoutmost of Europe, with duties reflecting previous position 

- Managed all content, editorial and future developments for the Group’swebsite, WANDA

- Focused on creating a department focused on ensuring the efficiency ofthe dealership network, ensuring the profitability of existing dealers through
automation and best practice

Key Achievements:

- Achieved 9.2% to 11.3% in terms of market penetration, increased salesthrough the Dealership Network from 57.7% to 76.2% 
and ensured a dealerinvestment of over 2 Million French Francs on information systems

- Helped establish quality plans and effective organization practices fordealers, whilst establishing the highly successful Dealership Council

- Secured a Dealer Development of the Year Award

- Created and implemented a new department, dedicated to the rationalizationof the Group’s General Costs (Non Industrial Purchasing), 
managing a budget of 300 Million French Francs with an economy of 25 Million French Francs at aconstant quality

- Successfully designed the Make or Buy process and methodology, as well asdeveloping a functional description of new products

- Led International Purchasing Marketing and the entire purchasing processfrom conception to implementationKey Achievements:

- Secured a 30% reduction on investments, 25% cost reduction and 30%increase in productivity

- Optimised all aspects of global quality

- Responsible for a budget of 250 millions French francs and the managementof a team of 35 persons.

- Significant improvement of the major efficiency indicators with thereorganisation of the different services.

- Transfer to Strasbourg, the group’s headquarters, in order to facilitate theintegration of the logistics & purchasing activities of the group’s variousEuropean subsidiaries.

- Involved in the definition of the Industrial, Logistics and Purchasing Group’sstrategy.

- European Leader in office furniture in Europe (4.200 people and a turn over of 4,2 billions of FRF in Europe) 
and today wholly-owned subsidiary of Steelcase,world leader in office furniture.

- Global responsibilities for all the added value logistics chain withresponsibilities of integration of the production management system PRODSTAR.

Taken on at the start-up / set-up of this company to put in place the technicalstructure covering the production management, investments, quality and all thetechnical relations with the different partners. 

The company at the top of its growth had 100 employees, produced 50.000office chairs and had 80% of market share.

In 1987 the company was acquired by the Steelcase Strafor Group.

Introduction to activities / workings of an International Broker andunderstanding of the dynamics of the naval transport.

OND National Diploma, Engineering · (1977 - 1981)