Senior supply chain and manufacturing professional

• Castolin Eutectic Holding GmbH is a private equity owned company with HQ located in Germany having a portfolio consisting of premium products and services in the welding, coating, brazing business segments.
• As MD P&L responsibility for a global business of 300 million Euro topline sales consisting of 3 portfolios – machines, consumables and service and about 45 entities and sales in 145 countries, 10 Manufacturing locations, 21 service locations and approx. 2000 FTE. Segments consist of OEM, defense, paper, aerospace, cement, oil and gas, automotive, infrastructure, steel, wood and chipboard etc. Business channel mix – Tendering, Retail, Distribution, OEM, Online
• Core aim to double EBITDA within 3 years through various measures ranging from commercial excellence, industry service growth to grow sales, M&A, manufacturing footprint consolidation, portfolio streamlining and consolidation, New product development, go to market strategy and deployment, SC network design and strategy, activating power of global sourcing with delivered performance of 25% overall company EBITDA improvement YOY 2021, 2022 primarily driven by operations turnarounds.
• Managing Director of Ireland, Germany, UK covering end to end business activity – sales, sales administration, R&D, engineering, product management, supply chain, manufacturing, sourcing, logistics, change management and transformation etc
• As COO Global responsibility for e2e operations consisting of manufacturing, service operations, logistics, sourcing, supply chain incl planning, HSE, Quality, compliance, people systems and processes and global strategy.
• Global Operations IT strategy – CRM, ERP M365, Advanced planning system Kinaxis, Data warehouses from scratch due to unavailability of such systems in the company. Demand, S&OP, Supply planning and distribution.
• Conceptualization, preparation and implementation of Online sales model.
• Global responsibility for ESG, safety and quality.
• Industry service growth and pricing, industry based end to end sales models
• Leadership, transformation and change management, people management, development, enablement and training.

• End to End strategic and operational supply chain, purchasing, Quality responsibility globally (Asia, Pacific, North America and Europe). 400MM Euro Revenue, 2 Business Units, 9 manufacturing locations delivering customers globally. Main focus on improving service, quality, cost and cash flow.
• Responsible for standard products, made to order and spare parts for High speed door business.
• Full sourcing responsibility for Direct (Categories: Steel, Aluminum, machined parts, rubber and plastic, electrical, electronics, curtains (trailer materials), sensors, gear boxes), Indirect materials (Full sale and marketing spend, production related spend MRO, Travel, IT, HR, Utilities, Fleet management, capital goods) and CAPEX for Operations.
• Supply chain P&L responsibility including but not limited to acquisitions, restructuring, process integration, project management, medium and long term strategy, yearly target setting, corporate governance and people management.
• Manage Supply Chain and purchasing Strategy and Global Manufacturing footprint projects. Make, buy and deliver strategy owner, Greenfield and brownfield capex and purchasing
• Product innovation and factory optimization in cooperation with Operations and R&D.
• Transformation office and change management
• Functional responsibility for people and processes within supply chain and purchasing org globally. 14 Direct reports (Supply chain country heads, Procurement country heads, dotted line Plant managers).
• 3PL and Logistics ownership for delivery to customers
• Lead S&OP, supply chain network design and point of contact for global strategy deployment.
• Supply chain operational excellence, people development and KPI Management.
• P2P and digitalization.
• Supply chain and purchasing integration of acquisitions globally within AAES

• Led a team managing the supply chain for $ 250 million, 5 plants, 5 3PL's, , 300 raw & pack material suppliers material portfolio supporting tactical and strategic planning, Artwork, Master data Management and New product introductions
• Full sourcing responsibility for Direct (Categories: Aluminum, Steel, Glass, Plastics, Corrugated, Printed packaging labels etc., dispensing, contract manufacturing Indirect materials (production related spend MRO, Travel, capital goods) and CAPEX for Operations. RFQ/RFP
• Led S&OP/RCCP process for Salon, Retail and fabric and home care BU's.
• Led e2e planning transition of 5 sites in 4 countries into central planning hub located in Warsaw, Poland and delivered targeted productivity targets.
• Project management of long term strategic saving projects (cost, MOQ's, inventory, lead times, technical improvements), qualification of new suppliers and management of existing suppliers and daily materials planning
• Strategic supply chain design to enable customer service, cost, inventory and productivity targets. Fiscal year target setting and strategy
• Supplier relationship and change management, contract negotiation
• Operational excellence – supply network operations KPI development and management, kaizen, supply chain design, supply chain business intelligence tool development, value stream mapping, employee development tools and trainings, leadership training, new product introduction optimization.
• Budget ownership, employee development & training, employee hiring.
• Transformation and change management

• Led supplier development and auditing for all 17 P&G sites in EMEA and 600 Suppliers
• Process and tools development and deployment to P&G sites and suppliers
• Supplier regulatory compliance and auditor training within P&G
• Supply chain consulting and auditing at supplier sites as per GMP, ICHQ7, ISO
• Operations excellence - Change management tool development, leadership trainings for suppliers, production system excellence trainings for suppliers (continuous improvement, autonomous maintenance, preventive maintenance, focussed improvement, work process improvement, management KPI infrastructure, quality tools, production training step up systems, in process control, IQ/OQ/PQ).

Various roles in India and Germany at Kirloskar Pneumatic Co Ltd, Pune, India, KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd, Pune, India, Thyssenkrupp Dortmund, Germany, Hella Lippstadt, Germany