Experience

Enchange Supply Chain & RtM Consultancy

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Supply Chain Consultant

  • Nov 2020 - Present



Policolor-Orgachim Group

• Romania
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Internal Consultant

  • Sep 2020 - Oct 2020

  Ensuring a smooth and organised handover to the incoming CEO.

• Group CEO

  • Apr 2018 - Sep 2020

  CEO of an 80M eur Coatings & Chemicals providing solutions for home, construction, auto and industry in Romania and Bulgaria.✦ Notable Achievements ✦✓ Employed strategic planning to transform business processes, organisational structure, senior team competencies, and end to end complexity reduction✓ Introduced a sales and operational planning process to benefit from a dramatic and rapid brand and SKU simplification; resulting in lower working capital, operational costs, and improved stock availability✓ Implemented successful group-wide logistics reviews and a professional outsourced solution



Enchange Supply Chain & RtM Consultancy

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Interim Supply Chain Manager & Consultant

  • Jan 2009 - Apr 2018

  International Supply Chain consultancy operating in FMCG, Pharmaceutical and Agribusiness sectors. Working with blue-chip companies to deliver sustainable supply chain change. Making things happen and making them stay happened. Helping FMCG/Pharma/Agri companies get the best out of their Supply Chains right up to the end user. ✓ Supported a private equity client to turnaround performance, to exit a pharmaceutical asset in Eastern Europe, leading to a 33% reduction in finished goods inventory ✓ Applied effective S&OP to transform business performance for a Middle East Foods company experiencing poor customer service and a sales decrease in a growing market ✓ Managed an RTM programme that recognised innovative international performance benchmarks, which led to a bottom-line impact of more than €10m per year ✓ Created a 5-hub logistics warehouse network, which delivered USD2m in operational savings, reduction in FTE, and inventory reduction.



Unilever

• United Kingdom
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Supply Chain Director

  • Aug 2003 - Jul 2008

  Unilever Plc. Global FMCG company with turnover of > 50billion Euros employing > 170,000 employees. Supply Chain Director - Board leadership of supply chain operations in 9 countries comprising South Central Europe.• Supply Chain reorganisation required the closure of 3 foods factories and construction of a new facility within 6 months. Manufacturing assets consolidated, cost savings of >Eur2M per annum and an innovative staff outplacement scheme completed for 200 people.Notable Achievements ✦✓ Applied board-level leadership of supply chain operations in nine countries within South Central Europe✓ Redesigned the ‘ambient and chilled’ logistics network across South Central Europe; resulting in a reduction in warehouse and transport providers✓ The Supply Chain was suffering business stagnation through overstocking of >200 SKUs. Inventory levels reduced by Eur6M and brought under control within 6 months without impact on Customer Service while delivering >Eur2M per annum in costs reduction.

• Factory Manager Foods & HPC

  • Apr 1999 - Jul 2003

  Factory General Manager - HPC & Foods Factories - Saudi Arabia. Leadership of 80,000 tonne HPC factory and 25,000 tonne foods factory on sites 300km apart.• Both factories were operating at high cost compared to alternative sources. Exceeded commitments in HPC by reducing cost by 45% in 3 years including a 30% increase in labour productivity. Foods costs reduced by 15% in 1 year plus 10% increase in labour productivity.• Increased asset utilisation of a detergent powder factory by 75% and lowered operating cost to generate 25% improvement in business profitability. New processes successfully patented globally by a blue chip multi-national.

• Product Development Manager HPC

  • Jan 1992 - Apr 1999

  Product and process development for the GCC markets.• Designed innovative, patented processes to produce low density detergent powders.

• Technical Manager - Detergents

  • Apr 1990 - Dec 1991

  Detergent powder product and process development support to the Middle East markets.