Alexandre Sahlia

Role and Responsibility

• Supply Chain Value Stream PMO lead supporting a major global digital transformation program (SAP S4/HANA implementation)
• Communicate and lead overall deliverables including project planning, milestones execution and progress monitoring in alignment with strategic direction
• Effectively deploy agile methodology and project management toolkit across value streams and product teams to ensure high quality and consistency of deliverables
• Program staffing, resource management and budgeting (tracking, reporting and risk assessment)
• Organize and facilitate workshops to collect requirements, design, update and validate business processes across functions
• Define value stream roadmap, objectives and key results in alignment with business and tech leads (key capabilities to develop and functionalities to deliver for each product team).
• Manage effective and timely communication on project progress and report results and recommendations to program board and senior management
• Evaluate project results and translate into insights within value stream and product teams to steer the project successfully
• Coach and Manage activities of product owners, tech leads, subject matter experts, agile experts and business architects
• Manage change management processes, training plans and deliverables to fulfill successful market rollouts
• Manage strategy & programs departmental activities (best practice documentation, knowledge sharing and ways of working)

Leadership and achievements

• Managed complex supply chain value stream (70 people, 7 major functions and 50 business processes
• Enabled business lead and product teams to make informed decisions, assess major risks and take corrective actions when needed. Delivered value stream build objectives beyond completion target (98%)
• Established and documented supply chain workstream best practices for agile approach and program delivery stages: plan, design, build, test and handover

Role and Responsibility

• Project lead: design of business processes and implementation of supply planning and inventory management solutions with operations
• Managed Global deployment of Supply Chain Planning processes and solutions to deliver cost efficiency and grow EBIT
• Assess current business processes effectiveness and recommend ongoing process improvements
• Actively engage internal and external stakeholders in execution of strategic initiatives through communication and change management
• Positioned as go-to person for up to 10 Supply Chain Planners and senior leaders, achieved high process adherence and system adoption

Leadership and achievements

• Successfully Implemented and Deployed Kinaxis RapidResponse Supply Planning and Inventory Management applications. Project completed within scope, time and budget (part of total $4 million OPEX spend)
• Lead Six Sigma Green Belt project: Redesigned Inventory Planning&Optimization process and initiated product segmentation. Delivered 10% Gross Inventory value reduction while maintaining high service and balancing cost
• Improved Supply Planning process with development of Short Term Exception Management
• Improved External Manufacturer integration and partnership with implementation and deployment of Kinaxis RapidResponse Supply Collaboration applications

Role and Responsibility

• Market / External manufacturers supply network planning on global scale
• Planning production and supply with medical ancillaries contract manufacturers ($30 Mio annual spend)
• Developed Supplier risk assessment and Contingency Supply scenarios
• Lead partner and supply S&OP, balanced requirements vs long range manufacturing and packaging capacity
• Set inventory targets using optimization model, plan and control inventory with projections
• Manage, control product changes and plan new introductions

Leadership and achievements

• Lead Inventory Entitlement model to External Operations planning team: supported and trained peers to use model, set global inventory targets, interpret results and adapt safety stock settings.
• Successfully Delivered Product Segmentation

Role and Responsibility

• Trained, mentored and developed direct report
• Planned supply requirements end to end with two manufacturing sites delivering 135 million consumer units to market per year
• Leading Rough Cut Capacity Planning process with assessment of supply risk and opportunities
• Supporting Sales and Operations Planning with KPI scorecards
• Improved New Product Introductions process, optimized product phasing and minimized write-off costs
• Lead short term exception management meetings, exceeded service target of 98% Unit fill rate

Leadership and achievements

• Successfully delivered supply lead time reduction, decreased excess inventory by 2.5 million consumer units

Role and Responsibility

• Managed internal and external manufacturers relationship, through enhanced collaboration and service level agreement
• Actively engaged in supply risk assessments and mitigation plans with suppliers
• Identified and prioritized productions or deliveries, liaising with relevant parties to mitigate supply disruptions and resolve shortfalls
• Supported and improved New Product Introductions and coordinated changes (demand phasing, sourcing changes)
• Provided supply analysis, monthly performance scorecards (Inventory, MAPE, Bias, UFR and supplier OTIF)
• Supported the S&OP process with Production, Sales and Inventory (PSI) reporting
• Lead supply review calls with affiliate customers and suppliers focusing on criticalities and prioritization
• Monitored suppliers’ performance through OTIF and Plan attainment measurements
• Controlled and minimized material write-off costs through efficient phasing plans
• Kept inventory on target and maintained SLOB reserve below 5%

Leadership and achievements

• Lead Seasonality Planning project and deployed process end to end.
• Successfully implemented seasonality operating model for Skincare Brand, resulting in 10% Unit Fill Rate improvement

Role and Responsibility

• Sales forecasts analysis and definition of market finished goods inventory objectives (production grid, coverage agreement)
• Finished goods demand planning and coordination with markets, internal manufacturing sites and vendors
• Management of Inventory across European warehouse locations: Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg
• Ensure optimal safety stock and monitor sales activities effects with market
• Identifying stakeholders’ requirements and needs, building their trust and confidence, and exceeding their expectations through effective demand & supply planning techniques and compliance of APO & BW planning systems
• Managing internal stakeholders, by providing guidance and support on demand and supply matters at all levels

Leadership and achievements

• Project Lead: Sourcing change from 3rd party vendor to in-house production
• Managed phasing plan for finished goods and materials to ensure minimal write-of costs and keep optimal service level
• Worked closely with packaging and quality to align on product validation and launch timeline
• Initiated Rough Cut Capacity Planning

Role and Responsibility

• Product Development : Managed end-to-end private label watches development for 20 customers
• Developed creative presentations, trend reports, kitted assets, and product data sheets
• Consulted with product designer and art director to manage marketing initiatives promoting new watch brand for private label customers
• Defined production requirements and specifications with customers
• Run feasibility assessment, product cost analysis, budgeting, price and margin evaluation
• Quotation and commercial proposition
• Coordinated design / prototyping & lead-time management in supply chain
• Research of international suppliers and definition of sourcing strategy
• Material management of watch components and packaging

Leadership and achievements

• Generated 20% sales growth through effective networking and marketing strategies targeting private label customers
• Lead manufacturing Integration Project: transferred finished goods assembling operations from contract manufacturer to internal site
• Hired and mentored local personnel on best practices and protocols to maximize productivity

• Worked with Canada Economic Development to offer market profiles to Canadian small and medium-sized businesses that are looking for new exports markets (www.dec-ced.gc.ca)
• Utilized diverse research techniques and online or published data collection tools to amass key information or statistics, supporting business objectives
• Scheduled interview appointments with respondents and created multiple questionnaires before commencing data collection
• Provided relevant economic and prospective data to clients, identified competitors and researched market conditions and changes that can affect the industry
• Studied market-entry strategies to enter the United-States market
• Published 3 detailed market profiles with Canada Economic Development (available on request)