Günter Mallmann
Logistics and Finance Manager
Experience
Logistics and Finance Manager
Procter & Gamble Company
- 24 years of professional experience as logistics and finance manager.
- Excellent results in managing optimization projects for international sourcing processes.
- Basic knowledge of SAP R3 modules for material management and finance and supply chain data platform GT-Nexus.
- Served as Global Transportation- and Warehousing Manager at P&G for the Business Unit Braun (small electric appliances), responsible for the global T&W cost of the BU in single person and leading the cost saving activities year on year.
- Created saving and optimization projects with mixed project teams of logistics, manufacturing and finance functions.
- Led created projects with members from Braun headquarters and local sites like distribution and production planning, purchasing, packaging technologies, transportation, warehousing operation and financial analysis.
- Focused on im- and export lanes between production sites and distribution center of Europe to Asia and USA, China to Europe and USA.
- Managed intercontinental distribution in Europe and Middle East from a central distribution center in Germany.
- Analyzed global supply chain options from a time and cost perspective.
- Optimized cost and delivery time for air, sea, truck and rail freight.
- Optimized processes by analysis of goods receipt/storage packaging types, loading methods.
- Conducted value stream analysis in distribution center through documentation of goods receipt, preparation for storage, order processing, loading preparation, loading process, and detection of losses and respective elimination.
- Led project for lead time reduction of the sea route with annual volume of 250 40 ft. containers from Germany to the USA from 45 to 22 days.
- Reconciled higher transport cost and shorter production cycles, lower lot sizes and inventory plus increased flexibility in product support for this project.
- Synchronized demand forecast and production planning, product availability and dispatch plan in distribution center, 4PL-forwarding service, customs clearing and goods receipt schedule at receiving site for this project.
- Led project for double-stack loading of Euro pallets into annual 2,000 trucks and 500 sea containers.
- Analyzed cost resulting in 20% savings through increasing vehicle fill rate (i.e. less trucks/containers) for this project.
- Defined packaging requirements for new pallet building design, managed change for packaging basic data with new pallet standard for this project.
- Coordinated new pallet standard across global distribution centers for this project.
- Led project for implementation of the rail-freight lane China-Germany.
- Reconciled higher transport cost vs. sea freight and higher flexibility due to 20 vs. 50 days lead time plus savings for air freight to overcome short demand changes for this project.
- Reallocated the freight volume forecast on sea and transformation to rail for this project.
- Set container requirements for volume and lead time and agreed 4PL-forwarding service, coordinated between sending and receiving sites for this project.
- Implemented rail freight as 2nd standard transportation mode for an annual volume of 300 container in a fixed weekly service for this project.
- Led project for Value-Stream-Mapping for load- and unloading processes in distribution center.
- Mapped current state and defined ideal state for this project.
- Identified losses and defined actions for elimination for this project.
- Performed manufacturing cost controlling.
- Analyzed material, personnel and overhead costs; Forecasted raw material costs, number of employees, energy price development (as part of manufacturing cost controlling).
- Conducted global cost consolidation; Monthly consolidated all single production sites (as part of manufacturing cost controlling).
- Managed budget planning, reporting, actual/budget comparison; Monthly reported for each site; Planned annual budgets and quarterly reviews (as part of manufacturing cost controlling).
- Performed general Cost Center-Controlling.
- Managed budget on monthly, quarterly and annual base (as part of general cost center-controlling).
- Forecasted each single cost center with respective cost elements (as part of general cost center-controlling).
- Performed detail cost center controlling with monthly variance analysis and preparation of management reviews (as part of general cost center-controlling).
- Performed Project-Controlling.
- Controlled budget of various projects; Provided monthly status reports about progress, actual cost, forecast, delays, changes, budget revision (as part of project-controlling).
Summary
Solution- and target-oriented business manager with structured and analytical approach. High team orientation, personal accountability and strong implementation skills. Excellent results in managing optimization projects for international sourcing processes. Basic knowledge of SAP R3 modules for material management and finance and supply chain data platform GT-Nexus.
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