Description

I help wholesale and retail distributors of pharmaceutical / healthcare products to optimize working capital and increase product availability as well as supply chain efficiency.

Strong SAP transformation background including SAP S/4HANA template design, forecasting & replenishment global process ownership, blueprinting, rollout support, integration testing, and change management.

16 years as Head of Global Supply Chain Processes with Celesio / McKesson Europe. Delivered €92M inventory reduction in 10 European markets while improving product availability across 70 warehouses and tens of thousands of SKUs. Also contributed to successful SAP rollouts in Austria, Norway, and France as well as the design of an S/4HANA pan-European template.

Available for interim management positions, SAP S/4HANA transformation roles, and supply chain turnaround mandates across Europe.

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CORE SKILLS

Supply Chain Turnaround:

SAP & Digital Transformation:

Industry field of expertise

Languages

Spanish
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
German
Conversational

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Stuttgart (up to 50km)

Freelancer
Interim Supply Chain & SAP Transformation Leader
LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN
January 2025 - Today (1 year and 5 months)
70 Stuttgart, Germany
Typical engagements include:

•Supply chain performance stabilization
•Planning and inventory turnaround
•SAP S/4HANA Transformation Roles
•Executive alignment across business and IT
•Post-go-live operational recovery
•Interim Management Roles
Inventory Optimization SAP Forecast & Replenishment International Project Management Supply Chain KPIs Analytical Thinking
Healthcare Retail Company
Interim Supply Chain Turnaround Lead (Freelancer)
E-COMMERCE
January 2024 - December 2024 (11 months)
São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil
Mandated to stabilize performance and improve working capital in large-scale retail environment.

Key achievements:

•Reduced expiry and obsolescence costs by ~50% (3.5% to 1.8%), improving profitability
•Lowered stock-days by 18%, releasing significant working capital
•Improved product availability by +4 percentage points through replenishment optimization
•Automated procurement processes, eliminating manual workload equivalent to 2 FTEs
•Implemented KPIs and governance framework to enable data-driven decision-making
Supply Chain Transformation Stakeholder Management Data Analytics Inventory Optimization KPI Governance & Supervision
McKesson Europe AG
Head of Global Supply Chain Processes
PHARMACEUTICALS INDUSTRY
January 2014 - December 2023 (9 years and 11 months)
70 Stuttgart, Germany
Representative Achievements:

•Delivered €92M inventory reduction across 10 European markets while slightly improving product availability across a network of 70+ warehouses
•Led the standardization of forecasting and replenishment processes across 12 countries
•Served as Global Process Owner for Forecasting & Replenishment in the course of an SAP S/4HANA Pan-European Template Design with a first rollout planned in UK
•Implemented a common inbound service level KPI (OTIF) across 11 countries, improving performance transparency and triggering more effective corrective actions
•Supervised inventory optimization initiatives in Italy and Norway, resulting in a double-digit percentage decrease in stock-days while increasing product availability
Inventory Optimization Healthcare Wholesale and Retail SAP Implementation Cross-Functional Collaboration Improvement of Service Level