Aleksej R.
Senior Interim Manager and Consultant in Supply Chain, Logistics, and Procurement
Experience
Sep 2023 - Present
2 years 2 monthsHybrid
Interim global project lead for P2P, S2C, and S2P for indirect and direct procurement and outsourcing to shared services
Confidential pharmaceutical group
- Interim leadership of operational and strategic procurement for two plants.
- Led nine workstreams within the project, including HR, IT, supply chain, accounts payable, corporate purchasing, operational excellence, master data management, shared services, and local purchasing.
- Restructured and optimized procurement processes in the group’s plants.
- Digitized procurement processes using the ARIBA platform.
- Reduced costs and worked with the works council and legal department.
- Outsourced selected transactions and processes to shared services.
- Designed and set up shared services from scratch.
- Mapped processes at the plants (SAP workflows, end-to-end processes, communication channels, statistical reports, KPIs).
- Developed improvement and restructuring proposals on the topics above.
- Implemented these with shared services.
- Work based on ISO-13485.
Jun 2022 - May 2023
1 yearInterim Head of Supply Chain
Confidential international medical group
- Interim leadership of operations, strategic and operational procurement, order processing, customer service, logistics, own warehouse, 3PL warehousing, transportation, technical service, and production.
- Project management of optimization and restructuring initiatives.
- Shopfloor management, transition and realignment of supply chain, logistics, production, and facility operations, including process design and site closure.
- Outsourcing, IT and digitization, strategic alignment.
- Work under ISO-13485 and GDP standards.
- Collaborated with the works council and HR.
- Staff responsibility: 20 employees.
Feb 2022 - Apr 2022
3 monthsConsulting mandate in cost and process optimization for the industrial segment in supply chain and logistics
Confidential consulting firm
- Identified opportunities in procurement and supply chain processes.
- Process optimization, cost reduction.
- Proposed structural changes and cost-saving concepts.
Nov 2021 - Jan 2022
3 monthsInterim manager as subject matter expert in 4PL outsourcing
Confidential food group
- Improved European transport and logistics performance of the control tower (4PL/LLP) based in Southern Europe.
- Operations, process design, IT, documentation, digitization, KPIs.
- Enhanced processes, technical documentation, IT interfaces, KPIs, stakeholder interaction and contracts; introduced KPIs and methods; improved control tower performance.
Oct 2021 - Oct 2021
1 monthAdvisory role in transport and logistics strategy in Europe
Confidential food group
- Reviewed transport and logistics strategy in Europe based on existing documents.
- Provided a fully neutral assessment of the transport and logistics strategy and shared improvement suggestions.
Oct 2019 - Sep 2021
2 yearsHeidenheim, Germany
Vice President Distribution Optimization
Paul Hartmann AG
- Management and optimization of global transport and 3PL warehouse logistics (B2C/B2B), replenishment and own B2C warehouse, shopfloor management, operations, KPIs.
- Management and restructuring of global procurement for transport, 3PL warehousing and indirect services with a total budget of EUR 150M.
- Development of strategies and concepts for transport, 3PL warehousing, outsourcing and 4PL; network analysis, network design, digitization, cost and process optimization.
- Site closure, work with works council and HR.
- Overall personnel responsibility: 65 FTE.
- Implementation of structural changes and concepts in transport and logistics with total savings of EUR 15M.
- Introduction of new GDP distribution concepts aimed at digitizing processes and improving delivery performance up to 98%; outsourcing of B2C warehouse.
- Establishment of the P2P procurement department with full tender management and digitization.
Oct 2013 - Dec 2019
6 years 3 monthsHamburg, Germany
Manager European Transportation
Panasonic Business Support Europe GmbH
- Management and optimization of European shared services for transport, warehousing, 3PL, 4PL outsourcing and insurance/claims covering electronics, automotive, industrial and air conditioning business units.
- Management of factory logistics in Pilsen, CZ.
- Set up and management of the European procurement department for transport, 4PL and indirect services with a value of EUR 40M; tenders, negotiations, implementations.
- Strategy and repositioning of logistics in Europe to optimize costs, delivery performance and operations.
- Network design, digitization, TMS implementation.
- Overall responsibility for 16 FTE across the Hamburg and Pilsen (CZ) departments.
- Introduction of transport and logistics concepts with savings of EUR 7M and improvement of delivery performance up to 98%; digitization of processes; implementation of TMS.
- Implementation of 4PL/LLP as part of outsourcing concepts.
- Establishment of procurement organization.
Jan 2009 - Sep 2013
4 years 9 monthsGlinde, Germany
Transport Solution Manager
DeLaval Services GmbH
- Definition of global transport and logistics strategy.
- Development and implementation of global transport, 3PL warehousing and 4PL solutions; management of network studies; network and process design; outsourcing of invoice control.
- Establishment and management of the procurement department for transport, 3PL and 4PL outsourcing with a value of EUR 23M; tendering, negotiation, implementation.
- Operational escalation management.
- Overall personnel responsibility: 6 FTE.
- Introduction of transport and logistics concepts with savings of EUR 3M and improvement of delivery performance up to 98%; digitization of processes; implementation of TMS.
- Establishment of logistics and distribution setups in China, Russia, South and North America.
- Implementation of 4PL/LLP within outsourcing concepts.
- Establishment of professional tender management.
Aug 2007 - Dec 2008
1 year 5 monthsHamburg, Germany
Marketing & Sales Manager
NAVIS AG
- Marketing and sales of transport and logistics activities in Europe.
- Customer support and acquisition.
- Analysis and tender management.
- Acquisition of new customers.
- Establishment of professional tender management.
- Development of network partners.
Jul 2003 - Jul 2007
4 years 1 monthHamburg, Germany
Manager European Road Transport
Kühne + Nagel (AG & Co.) KG
- Operational management of European road transports with a value of EUR 100M.
- Development and implementation of operational setup.
- Claims handling.
- Tender management and controlling.
- Personnel responsibility: 8 FTE.
- Development of road transport lanes and rates.
- Profitable dispatching and setup development.
- Project management for major customers.
- Acquisition of new major customers.
Summary
As an experienced interim manager and consultant, I bring an impressive 23-year background in the key areas of supply chain, logistics, and procurement. My extensive knowledge and proven strategies have helped many companies improve their operations and reduce costs. I specialize in developing tailored solutions that fit each client’s unique needs. With a strong focus on efficiency and process optimization, I support businesses in boosting competitiveness and achieving long-term success.
Core strengths:
- 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 for 3PL, 4PL, and shared services
- Logistics according to GDP guidelines
- Supply chain under ISO-13485
- Supply chain using the SCOR model
- Site closure in collaboration with the works council
Languages
Russian
NativeGerman
AdvancedEnglish
AdvancedEducation
Oct 1993 - Jun 1996
Moscow State Industrial University; International Commercial University in Riga
Bachelor of Science Economics · Business administration / economics · Riga, Latvia
Certifications & licenses
Transport Specialist IHK
IHK
Freight Forwarding Agent IHK
IHK
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