Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Websites
Languages
Hobbies and Interests
Timeline
Generic
Vincent van Barneveld

Vincent van Barneveld

Blonay

Summary

I am an experienced hands-on international supply chain executive with extensive experience in the FMCG industry. I thrive in new environments and excel at (digitally) transforming businesses through operations. I have managed various organizations from start up to large established businesses. I am a quick adapter and excel at change management and business turnaround. I have experience in centralization and business process outsourcing, S&OP, Customer Service and Procurement. I make a big impact by connecting the various parts of the enterprise and keep an eye on the big picture. I am an inclusive, multicultural, and collaborative leader with excellent people skills. If you need someone to transform your operations, give me a call.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

IT Transformation Director

Nestlé Zone Asia, Oceania and Africa
08.2021 - Current
  • Lead the transformation and reorganization of IT of zone AOA, and zone Greater China, which has a turnover of 23 billion CHF
  • Affecting >1000 people
  • Reducing costs by 18 million CHF
  • Partnered with 3rd party service provider (Accenture) to create a new IT service centre in Bangalore, while restructuring the one in Sydney affecting around 260 people
  • Partnered with 3rd party service providers (IBM, TCS, Accenture and HCL) to centralize and outsource IT service provision for all businesses across the zones
  • Drive the change with market management teams (14 markets), to imbed new ways of working and new capabilities in the IT organizations in the markets
  • Created a roadmap for advanced analytics in Supply Chain in AOA in partnership with IBM
  • Supported the CIO to create a roadmap for digital transformation for Nestle.

Supply Chain Director

Nestlé Central West African Region
06.2017 - 08.2021
  • Strategy definition and leadership of supply chain, consisting of 25 countries, with a turnover of 1.6 billion CHF
  • 9 factories, 30 warehouses and distribution centres
  • A team of 300 internal and 1500 external employees and 12 direct reports
  • Logistics budget responsibility of 60 million CHF
  • Accountable for Supply Chain and Procurement - cost, service and quality performance
  • Transformed the S&OP to deliver record availability, through the building of a centre of competence and best in class application of SAP-APO, enabling 4 years of double-digit top line growth
  • Driving availability to 99%
  • Transformed the business processes of order to cash, and procurement through digitization and centralization in centres of scale
  • Lead the diversity and inclusion agenda, and policies across the company
  • Reorganized the supply chain organization and reduced the headcount by 25%
  • Navigated the business through the COVID crisis keeping high availability at stable supply cost.

Supply Chain and Business Transformation Director

Nestlé Equatorial Africa Region
10.2014 - 06.2017
  • Strategy definition and leadership of supply chain, consisting of 22 countries, with a turnover of 450 million CHF
  • 4 factories, 8 warehouses and distribution centres, a team of 100 internal and 300 external employees and 6 direct reports
  • Logistics budget responsibility of 15 million CHF
  • Accountable for Supply Chain and Procurement - cost, service and quality performance
  • Core team member driving the turnaround of the business
  • From double digit negative operating loss to break even
  • Leadership of the company wide transformation of the company core processes through digitization and centralization in centres of scale.

Supply Chain Manager

Nestlé Congo
01.2013 - 10.2014
  • Leadership of supply chain, consisting of 2 countries, with a turnover of 50 million CHF
  • 1 factory, 3 distribution centres & 1 country distributor in Republic of Congo
  • Leading a team of 19 direct reports and 50 third party staff
  • Accountable for supply chain and procurement - cost, service and quality performance
  • Core team member driving the turnaround of the business from high double digit negative loss to break even
  • Restructuring the team and reduced the route to market cost by 15%.

Head of Procurement

Nestlé Poland
09.2010 - 01.2013
  • Leadership of procurement in Poland and the Baltic States with a spend of 900 million Euro
  • Team of 33 people and 2 direct reports
  • Servicing 9 factories and 4 companies
  • Lead the centralization of the Procurement teams across the businesses in Poland
  • From 4 teams into 1
  • Enabled synergies and leverage that increased cost reductions by 500%
  • Introduced new ways of collaborating with suppliers to reduce stock cover of raw and pack by 30%
  • Created and lead centralized procurement organization for Central and Eastern Europe (Poland, Baltic States, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia) for Services and Indirect Materials.

Demand and Supply Planning Manager

Nestlé Poland
11.2007 - 09.2010
  • Responsible for the demand, supply and production planning for Nestlé in Poland and the Baltic States
  • Direct leadership of a team of 15
  • Ensuring availability for the business with a turnover of 800 million CHF, 4 factories
  • Successful integration of a newly acquired business (Gerber)
  • Improved processes and supply chain KPI’s, improving availability from 95% to 98%.

Business Excellence Lead Customer Service

Globe Centre Europe
11.2003 - 11.2007
  • Lead the transformation of customer service processes across Zone Europe a zone of 25 markets
  • Partner with the customer service managers to map their processes and implement an SAP based standard template.

Supply Chain Planner

Nestlé Netherlands
02.2000 - 11.2003
  • Responsible for the sales and production planning of 2 factories in the Netherlands
  • Implementation of SAP for the export order to cash processes.

Education

International Business Management -

Universidad de Complutense, Madrid

International Business Management - BA -

Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam

Executive Leadership -

09.2019

Leading Supply Chain -

Rive Reine, Switzerland
06.2016

DMAIC coaching training -

Warsaw, Poland
10.2011

Leadership in Procurement -

Rive Reine, Vevey, Switzerland
03.2011

Nestlé Leadership Course -

London Business School, London
06.2010

Coaching for Managers -

4Results, Warsaw, Poland
06.2010

Basic Leadership Skills -

Frankfurt, Germany
09.2007

Supply Chain Management -

Rive Reine, Vevey, Switzerland
02.2006

Skills

  • Business Transformation
  • Optimization
  • S&OP
  • Procurement
  • Customer Service
  • Operations
  • Logistics
  • Change Management
  • Business Process Outsourcing
  • SAP
  • Leadership
  • Project Management
  • Strategy Definition
  • Restructuring
  • Cost Management
  • Risk Management
  • Digital Transformation

Languages

Dutch
English
Spanish
German
French
Polish

Hobbies and Interests

  • Surfing
  • Kitesurfing
  • Running
  • Cycling
  • Swimming
  • Cooking
  • Permaculture Gardening
  • Fermenting

Timeline

IT Transformation Director

Nestlé Zone Asia, Oceania and Africa
08.2021 - Current

Supply Chain Director

Nestlé Central West African Region
06.2017 - 08.2021

Supply Chain and Business Transformation Director

Nestlé Equatorial Africa Region
10.2014 - 06.2017

Supply Chain Manager

Nestlé Congo
01.2013 - 10.2014

Head of Procurement

Nestlé Poland
09.2010 - 01.2013

Demand and Supply Planning Manager

Nestlé Poland
11.2007 - 09.2010

Business Excellence Lead Customer Service

Globe Centre Europe
11.2003 - 11.2007

Supply Chain Planner

Nestlé Netherlands
02.2000 - 11.2003

International Business Management -

International Business Management - BA -

Executive Leadership -

Leading Supply Chain -

DMAIC coaching training -

Leadership in Procurement -

Nestlé Leadership Course -

Coaching for Managers -

Basic Leadership Skills -

Supply Chain Management -

Vincent van Barneveld