Consultant

• Managing all logistics operations in the factory – warehousing, transportation, and customer service activities.
• Planning and implementing material flow management systems to meet production requirements.
• Work closely with purchasing, production, and sales department to execute production and sales plans.
• Supervise the work of logistics specialists, planners, or schedulers.
• Responsible for engagement of 3PL providers (freight forwarders, transportation companies), negotiations, and pricing.
• Managing IT systems and business applications in the logistics and production environment.
• Develops logistics plans and procedures to ensure that internal and client needs are met.
• Ensure all operations adhere to laws, guidelines, and ISO requirements.
• Fully responsible for budget planning process and execution.

• Managing team for operations support in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Full responsibility for business development, setting up companies and incorporation, Sales, and Supply Chain integration.
• P&L and Budget control of all markets.
• Territory coverage: Angola, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe.
• Managing the team of 6 people in HQ.
• Reporting to owners and shareholders of companies.

Achievements/results:

• Established distribution companies in Zambia and Mozambique.
• Negotiations with freight forwarding companies like DHL and Damco regarding supply of products.
• Implemented policies of shareholders and Nelt Group in all companies.
• Decreased logistics and sales costs in the markets; managed supply planning teams and adjusted stock levels for Balance Sheet targets.
• Business planning and negotiations for extension of distribution portfolio (Nestle, Reckitt Benckiser, SC Johnson, Ferrero, Mars) in Angola and Mozambique.
• Annual budget planning for all the markets.

• Manager of Supply Chain organization supervising a team of six managers and over 400 employees.
• Reporting to General Manager and company owners.
• Oversaw operations of supply planning and purchasing, Warehouse and Transportation, Customer Service, and Logistics Service Providing Department.
• Territory coverage: Serbia, Macedonia, and Montenegro.
• Project Manager for Warehouse Management System (GOLD) implementation.
• Project Manager for Logistics General Distributor Assessment.
• P&L and Budget control of the Supply Chain.
• Member of Management Leading Team.

Achievements/results:

• Led "Optimization of stocks level" project moving from 24 to 48 hours in orders delivery, reducing inventory period by 15-20%, and maintaining "case fill rate" above 98%.
• Managed Supply Chain team recognized as the best distributor of Procter & Gamble in the region; ranked top 5 distributors in CEEMEA.
• Implemented new sales/distribution policies for reverse logistics.
• Led warehouse management system implementation (GOLD), improving picking accuracy, FEFO implementation, and lot traceability, optimizing workforce in warehouses and delivery.

• Maintenance of IMS (Inventory Management System) for stock control, bill of materials, stock issues for production, purchase of raw materials, and physical stock-taking.
• Maintenance of FMS (Financial Management System) for transaction register control, general ledger, bookkeeping transactions, and adjustments (AcuCobol application, SCO OpenServer 5.0.4).
• System and network administration.
• Led projects for general ledger for foreign currency (Microsoft Access), Ageing Analysis (Microsoft Access), and Depreciation and Revaluation module.