Personal Statement
Motivated professional with * years of progressive achievements in leading Supply Chain operations, logistics and project management initiatives for diversified international corporations. Strong strategic planner, problem solver, and persuasive leader. Committed to managing operations and projects flawlessly while consistently delivering desired results and contributing to revenue-producing activities.
Key Skills
Supply Chain Management: demand planning, purchases, procurement, manufacturing, stock management, transport.
Logistics Performance: process, kpi (key performance indicator), vsm (value stream mapping), lean management.
Continuous improvement, manufacturing methods and tools: mrp (manufacturing resources planning), Lean management, 5s, kaizen, tpm, 6 sigma, kanban, integrated logistics support, smed, fmeca (failure modes effect and criticality analysis), abc analysis.
Quality Management: ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001.
Risks’ prevention: risks analysis.
Core competences: multi site operations, tender drafting, contract negotiations, forecasting & trend analysis, business reengineering, process improvements, administrative systems & controls, financial planning & management, production control & reporting.
Other Skills
Languages Spoken : French: native – English: fluent (C1) – German: intermediary (B1)
Computer knowledge:
Proficient with:
Office Software: Microsoft Office Pack
Professional Software: Catia, Autocad, Solidworks, Labview, Matlab, Qlickview, Business Object
ERP Solution: Microsoft AX, SAP PM/MM/SD/PP/SCM/RE-FX
EDI Flow
WMS solution: Manhattan, Reflex, Logistic Manager Suite
Relevant Experience
E.LECLERC (Paris, FRANCE) Supply Chain Project Manager since July 2016
E.LECLERC wanted to redesign their website specialized in High-tech goods distribution, and improve the supply chain process to reduce delivery times. Construction of website and supply chain e-commerce strategy, leading food store chain in France.
Construction of commercial and supply chain strategy that optimized purchase cost and increased quantity of available goods and sales by over 300%
Project management: 6 M$ budget, 6 Stakeholders, 35 project members
Follow-up of warehouse new frame construction (8.000 m2)
Implementation of a new layout plan
Implementation of warehouse management system and transportation management system (Reflex)
Implementation of EDI flows
Sizing of racks, picking process, storage process... 2.500 SKU
Implementation of KPIs
Demand planning management
Transportation sourcing & negotiating: 90% of deliveries in under 3 business days
Construction of a new on-line commercial offer; orders increased by 25% - 1,7M$ earned
Improvement of on-line customer experience: redesign of visual signature of Website, tunnel order, customer accounting creation... Conversion rate increased by 2.2%
VENTE-PRIVEE.COM (Paris, FRANCE) Supply Chain Project Manager January 2016 – July 2016
Flow of return sales order experiencing proportional growth to the company in terms of volume. The absorption volumes of the returns reached a critical threshold. Supply Chain Management therefore wishes to review the transaction processing process component flows reverse and build a structure of modern operational resources. The warehouse-restructuring strategy requires an analysis of the diversity of types of products returned and optimizing the logistics flow. Furthermore, ergonomic improvements are needed in order to reduce MSDs and increase operational performance.
Audit of the organization's process and value chain analysis
Project management: 1,5 M$ budget, 9 stakeholders, 12 project members
Inventory management: 13.000 SKU, stock level reduced by 36%, 4,5 M$ saved
Tender drafting
Implementation of a new layout plan: saved 3 steps in the global process, lead time reduced by 37%, 3 FTP saved: 150K$
Supplier sourcing
Implementation of KPIs and creation of forecasting return flow tool: enable a production plan at 8weeks
Negotiating and problem solving
Change management
Facilitating project and steering committees
Workshop management business and IT
FNAC (Paris, FRANCE) Supply Chain Project Manager November 2015 – December 2015
FNAC wants to divide by 3 the period of availability of products in stores. The mission is to achieve an Audit report on the functioning of processes and logistics flow planning tools by highlighting the device's ability to keep the engagement and any necessary adjustments.
Audit: flow planification and organization process analysis
Procedure deadlines measurement, imbalances identification SWOT
Procedure preconisation: shipment increased by 9%
Action plan and recommendations: multitask operational strategy
RENAULT Group (Paris, FRANCE) Supply Chain Project Manager May 2014 – October 2015
To verify technical or environmental provisions, RENAULT conducts pre-series vehicles. The vehicle may be partially or fully assembled to meet the test conditions. Managing the implementation of a vehicle is a project to manage end to end. In this context the mission was to manage vehicles carrying applications.
Responsible for supplying parts needed for car prototypes assembly (250 prototypes cars, achieved 5weeks before the deadline required)
Management of a 6 member logistics engineer team
Follow up on miles stones and implementation of KPIs
Validation and implementation of design office for quantities and needs in terms of vehicles
Needs transcription (schedule, purchase requisition, orders) from internal suppliers (factories, supply platform, central warehouse) and external (suppliers, model makers) (1.700 SKU)
Flow management and delivery supply deadlines from suppliers to prototypes assembly lines (118 suppliers)
Steer and handle changes to procurement settings
Steer and coordinate supply chain management teams
Piloting a task force on standardization of logistics procedures
Implementation of the EDIs procurement flows from the suppliers to the final assembly plant factory (Spain)
GALERIES LAFAYETTE (Paris, FRANCE) Supply Chain Process and Methods Engineer February 2012 – October 2012
Following the acquisition of BHV, Galeries Lafayette decided to close a 80.000 m warehouse and transfer it to a new 10.000 m warehouse. To do this, Galeries Lafayette reorganizes logistics processes through the new warehouse cross docking to ensure performance despite the reduction in area. In this context the mission was to define the process, equip and support IT users.
Feasibility study to integrate new activity flows (library, home appliance)
Mapping of logistics flow
Create and write process LEAN logistic implementation approach
Information system implementation for traceability
Creation of case scenarios and data errors signalization
Training on new processes and tools: 90 logistics associates and supervisors
Providing forecasting and volume scheduling
Inventory control via ITP: 6.000 SKU
Establish a process performance indicators: KPIs
KPI analysis and recommendations
PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN (Paris, FRANCE) Methods & Process Engineer April 2011 – September 2011
The strong growth of the aftermarket, the lack of performance measurement tools and the identification of failures led PSA to implement the LEAN approach. In this context, the mission was to accompany the LEAN pilot in the implementation of change management actions in the Citroën Regional Department of Paris.
Implementation of performance indicators follow up for LEAN and customer service rate per branch
Creation of training supports
Training of the operational team on LEAN and its tools (autonomous maintenance, 5S)
Assit management team in improving management tools
Support for management teams on management and continuous improvement tools
Increasing of productivity by 16%: improving the productivity of mechanical workshops and bodywork by implementation of Lean manufacturing
AFTAM (Paris, FRANCE) Maintenance & CMMS’ Engineer March 2010 - September 2010
AFTAM (COALLIA) manages social housing. To improve monitoring of maintenance operations, its residential and track costs generated by the activity, AFTAM chosen to implement a CMMS tool in SAP, already used by a part of the staff. A pilot deployment is initiated on two Parisian residences before being extended to all the region. In this context the mission consisted in supporting the implementation of the ptoject.
Take responsibility for the collection of architectural data of GMAO (15 buildings)
Implementation and functional administration of the new CMMS <<SAP MM-PM-RE-FX-SD>>
Redefining operation processing
Preparing the preventive maintenance’ plans for programmed shutdowns
Case scenarios creation and proof testing
Creation of training support, and training of the future CMMS users
Site management training (20 persons)
Education
2012
2011
2009
2008
2006
Specialist Postgraduate Diploma specialty "Supply Chain Management" at CESI PARIS Engineering School
Master’s Degree in Engineering of Maintenance, Quality, Safety and Environment at PARIS XIII University
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering of Advanced Technical Maintenance at PARIS XII University
Higher Technician’s Certificate of Industrial Maintenance
French High School Degree Industrial Technology and Science: Mechanical and Computer integrated Manufacturing Engineering
Personal Interests
Community Life: Member of the association « Young Talents », Youth club organizer for teenagers
Sport: Semi professional Soccer player (5th French league) and Sports Coach Diploma (Federal certificate of football level 1 and 2, Certificate of suitability for the specific training of goalkeepers)
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Kevin SMITH
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER