Aleksej Rovenskij

Senior Interim Manager and Consultant in Supply Chain, Logistics and Procurement

Niederstotzingen, Germany

Experience

Sep 2023 - Present
1 year 11 months
Hybrid

Interim Global Project Lead P2P, S2C, S2P for indirect and direct procurement and outsourcing to shared services

Vertraulich Pharma Konzern

  • Interim leadership of operational and strategic procurement for 2 plants
  • Leading 9 workstreams such as HR, IT, supply chain, accounts payable, corporate purchasing, operational excellence, master data management, shared services and local purchasing as part of the project
  • Restructuring and optimizing procurement processes in a pharmaceutical group at the plant level
  • Digitalization of procurement processes such as the ARIBA platform
  • Cost reduction and collaboration with the works council and legal department
  • Outsourcing selected transactions and processes to shared services
  • Development and setup of shared services from scratch
  • Capturing processes in the plants (SAP processes, end-to-end processes, communication channels, statistical analyses, KPIs)
  • Developing improvement and restructuring proposals on the above topics
  • Implementation with shared services
  • Working based on ISO-13485
Jun 2022 - May 2023
1 year

Interim Head of Supply Chain

Vertraulich Internationaler Konzern der Medizinbranche

  • Interim leadership of operations, strategic and operational procurement, order management, customer service, logistics, own warehouse, 3PL warehouse, transportation, technical service and production
  • Project management of optimization and restructuring projects
  • Shop floor management, transition and realignment of supply chain, logistics, production and facility, process design including site closure
  • Outsourcing, IT and digitalization, strategic direction
  • Working according to ISO-13485 and GDP
  • Collaboration with the works council and HR
  • Personnel responsibility: 20 employees
Feb 2022 - Apr 2022
3 months

Consulting assignment in cost and process optimization in the industrial segment of supply chain and logistics

Vertraulich Beratungsunternehmen

  • Identifying potentials in procurement and supply chain processes
  • Process optimization, cost reduction
  • Proposals for structural changes and cost-saving concepts
Nov 2021 - Jan 2022
3 months

Interim Manager as Subject Matter Expert in 4PL outsourcing

Vertraulich Lebensmittelkonzern

  • Improving European transport & logistics performance from a control tower (4PL/LLP) based in Southern Europe
  • Operations, process design, IT, documentation, digitalization, KPIs
  • Improvement of processes, technical documentation, IT interfaces, KPIs, party interactions and contracts, introduction of KPIs and methods, improvement of control tower performance
Oct 2021 - Oct 2021
1 month

Consulting role in transport & logistics strategy in Europe

Vertraulich Lebensmittelkonzern

  • Review of transport and logistics strategy in Europe based on available documents
  • Complete neutral assessment of the transport & logistics strategy and provision of improvement suggestions
Oct 2019 - Sep 2021
2 years
Heidenheim, Germany

Vice President Distribution Optimization

Paul Hartmann AG

  • Management and optimization of global transport & 3PL warehouse logistics (B2C/B2B), replenishment and B2C own warehouse, shop floor management, operations, KPIs
  • Management and restructuring of global procurement in transport, 3PL warehousing and indirect services with a total budget of EUR 150 million
  • Developing strategies and concepts in transport, 3PL warehousing, outsourcing, 4PL. Network analysis, network design, digitalization, cost and process optimization
  • Site closures, working with the works council and HR
  • Overall personnel responsibility: 65 FTEs
  • Implementing structural changes and concepts in transportation and logistics with total savings of EUR 15 million
  • Introducing new GDP distribution concepts aimed at digitalizing processes and improving delivery performance to 98%, outsourcing of B2C warehouse
  • Building the P2P procurement department with full tender management and digitalization
Oct 2013 - Dec 2020
6 years 3 months
Hamburg, Germany

Manager European Transportation

Panasonic Business Support Europe GmbH

  • Management and optimization of European shared services in transport, warehousing, 3PL, 4PL outsourcing and insurance/claims for the electronics, automotive, industrial and climate control divisions
  • Management of factory logistics in Pilsen, Czech Republic
  • Building and managing the European procurement department in transport, 4PL and indirect services with a value of EUR 40 million, tenders, negotiations, implementations
  • Strategy, repositioning of logistics in Europe with the goal of cost and delivery performance optimization, operations
  • Network design, digitalization, TMS implementation
  • Overall personnel responsibility with 16 FTEs across departments in Hamburg and Pilsen, Czech Republic
  • Implementing transport & logistics concepts with savings of EUR 7 million and improvement of delivery performance up to 98%; digitalization of processes; TMS implementation
  • Introducing 4PL / LLP as part of outsourcing concepts
  • Building procurement organization
Jan 2009 - Sep 2013
4 years 9 months
Glinde, Germany

Transport Solution Manager

DeLaval Services GmbH

  • Defining the global transport & logistics strategy
  • Developing & implementing global transport, 3PL warehouse and 4PL solutions. Conducting network studies. Network design, process design, outsourcing invoice control
  • Building and managing the procurement department in transport, 3PL & 4PL outsourcing with a value of EUR 23 million, tenders, negotiations, implementation
  • Operational escalation management
  • Overall personnel responsibility: 6 FTEs
  • Introducing transport & logistics concepts with savings of EUR 3 million and improvement of delivery performance up to 98%; digitalizing processes; TMS implementation
  • Establishing logistics and distribution setups in China, Russia, South and North America
  • Introducing 4PL / LLP as part of outsourcing concepts
  • Setting up professional tender management
Aug 2007 - Dec 2009
1 year 5 months
Hamburg, Germany

Marketing & Sales Manager

NAVIS AG

  • Marketing and sales of transport & logistics activities in Europe
  • Customer care and acquisition
  • Analyses and tender management
  • Winning new customers
  • Setting up professional tender management
  • Building network partners
Jul 2003 - Jul 2007
4 years 1 month
Hamburg, Germany

Manager European Road Transport

Kühne + Nagel (AG & Co.) KG

  • Operational management of European road transports with a value of EUR 100 million
  • Developing and implementing operational setups
  • Claims processing
  • Tender management and controlling
  • Personnel responsibility: 8 FTEs
  • Building land transports and rates
  • Profitable dispatching and setup development
  • Conducting project management for major customers
  • Acquiring new major customers

Summary

As an experienced interim manager and consultant, I bring an impressive 23 years of expertise in the key areas of supply chain, logistics and procurement. My extensive knowledge and proven strategies have already helped numerous companies optimize their operations and reduce costs. I specialize in developing tailored solutions that fit my clients' individual needs. With a strong focus on efficiency gains and process optimization, I support companies in boosting their competitiveness and achieving long-term success.

Key competencies:

  • Interim management of supply chain, operational logistics and procurement
  • Strategic and operational management
  • Leading restructuring and optimization projects
  • Building supply chain, logistics and procurement functions
  • Cost reduction and process optimization
  • S2P, P2P, O2C
  • Outsourcing concepts to 3PL, 4PL and shared services
  • Logistics according to GDP guidelines
  • Supply chain according to ISO-13485
  • Supply chain according to the SCOR model
  • Site closure in cooperation with the works council

Languages

Russian
Native
English
Advanced
German
Advanced

Education

Oct 1993 - Jun 1996

Moscow State Industrial University; International Commercial University in Riga

Bachelor of Science in Economics · Business Administration / Economics · Riga, Latvia

Certifications & licenses

Certified Transport Specialist (IHK)

IHK

Certified Freight Forwarder (IHK)

IHK