Experience

McKesson Europe AG

• Germany
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Head of Global Supply Chain Processes

  • Oct 2017 - Present

  Company Background: It was formed in October 2017 following the acquisition of Celesio AG (ref. to previous employment below) by McKesson Corporation, the largest U.S. healthcare wholesale group.Role Description: Reporting to the Group Operations Director and responsible for the planning and execution of projects intended to raise the supply chain efficiency in close collaboration with local counterparts in the different countries. Representative achievements:• Led a corporate initiative to reduce stock value whilst keeping or slightly improving product availability across 10 European countries where the final outcome was 130% of the original target.• Managed a global initiative for the adoption of a common KPI across 11 European countries to measure Inbound Service Level from Manufacturing Clients in terms of OTIF.• Consolidated the Global Best Practice on Forecast and Replenishment Processes (Wholesale & Retail) with subsequent know-how transfer to local counterparts.• Contributed – as Global Process Owner for Forecast and Replenishment – on the adoption of a European SAP S4/HANA Template with a first roll-out planned in UK. Very familiar with SAP Modules like F&R, eWM, MM, SD…• Supervised local initiatives in our subsidiaries in Italy and Norway for the optimization of forecast and replenishment processes, so that stock-days eventually presented a double-digit percentage drop.



Celesio AG

• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Corporate Supply Chain Processes

  • Nov 2007 - Sep 2017

  Company Background: With 38,000 employees, Celesio operated in 13 European countries and Brazil. Every day, the group served over 2 million customers at 2,200 pharmacies of its own and 4,100 participants in brand partnership schemes. With 132 wholesale branches, Celesio supplied 65,000 pharmacies and hospitals every day with up to 130,000 pharmaceutical products. The services benefited a patient pool of about 15 million per day.Role Description: Reporting to the Corporate Operations Director and responsible for the planning and execution of initiatives enhancing the supply chain efficiency in close collaboration with local counterparts in the different countries. Representative achievements:• Led a local project at our subsidiary in Brazil (Panpharma) for the optimization of forecast and replenishment processes, so that stock-days eventually decreased by 11% and product availability rose one percentage point.• Steered a local project at our subsidiary in Brazil (Panpharma) for the adoption of a truly customer fulfillment rate KPI.• Contributed – as Global Process Owner for Procure-to-Pay and Forecast and Replenishment Processes – on the adoption of a local SAP Solution in our subsidiaries in Austria, France and Norway. Very familiar – as business user – with SAP Modules like F&R, eWM, MM, SD…• Coordinated the central development of E2E supply chain solutions in close cooperation with Key Manufacturing Clients.• Led – as a Product Manager – the development and roll-out of OPR (Optimized Pharmacy Replenishment), a tailor-made solution for the centralized, automated calculation of stock replenishment quantities at retail pharmacies across 3 European countries.



Alcatel (company no longer exists)

• Computer Networking Products

• Global Process Owner Procure-to-Pay – SAP | Alcatel Corporate

  • Jan 2003 - Sep 2007

  Company Background: A leading provider of end-to-end communications solutions with primary business segments like high-speed Internet access, terrestrial and submarine optical networks and intelligent networking. With approximately 76,000 employees located in 130 countries, and net sales of € 16,547 million in 2002. Role Description: Responsible for the consolidation of business requirements and harmonization of global P2P processes for the smooth introduction and improvement of a global SAP ERP System across nearly all the business divisions (10) and the different legal entities (30+) within EMEA & South America.

• Managing Director | Alcatel Telecom Shenzhen Co. (ATSC) - Alcatel-China

  • Jan 2000 - Dec 2002

  Role Description: Planned, organized, and controlled the activities of a company with 65 people in order to meet the budget previously aligned with the senior management of the parent company (Alcatel China Ltd.).

• Head of Business Development & Sales Support | Access Systems Division - Hong-Kong

  • Oct 1995 - Dec 1999

  Role Description: Initial set up of a local team responsible for the market and pricing strategy, business development, commercial support and bid preparation of a new generation of broadband access products in the Chinese market.

• Training Manager – Export Market | Alcatel Spain

  • May 1989 - Sep 1995

  Role Description: Fully managed extensive training programs for key international accounts of Alcatel Spain (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, El Salvador, Poland, China...).