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Edith Van Erp-Slot

Edith Van Erp-Slot

Nuland,The Netherlands

Summary

Supply Chain professional with 30+ years international experience in leadership roles from Sales up to Manufacturing.

Expert in Supply Chain transformation, planning, S&OP and IBP set up and implementation. Driven by impact on people and content.

Effective and comfortable working with people at all organizational levels.

Motto: understanding the problem is half of the solution.

Overview

31
31
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Supply Chain planning director

MARS
Europe & Turkey
01.2022 - 12.2024
  • Establish Enterprise planning through leading the newly formed demand planning and demand aggregation function in Europe
  • Lead markets through change from market led planning organization to regional led, local embedded planning organisation
  • Build and own best 6 quarters rolling forecast in close collaboration with Marketing, Sales. Forecast quality improved (to bandwidth 95%-105%)

Strategic Program Director

MARS
Europe, CIS & Turkey
01.2018 - 01.2022
  • Lead transformational program towards customer centric, capable & cost effective Supply Chain across 16 factories and 7 markets:
  • Discontinuation of one factory. Reorganisation of one factory
  • Lead Enterprise planning preparation and deployment for Europe
  • Engage & inspire around Supply Chain transformation

Operations manager (150FTE, 50kT)

MARS
The Netherlands
01.2016 - 01.2018
  • Improved performance (Quality & Output) (mainly) through development of leadership capabilities of middle mars
  • Start-up of new technology production line (Twix Bites).
  • Core member of Veghel management team to lead a plant in transition (Safety/Quality/Service, Leadership), recovering from the most disruptive quality incident in history, early 2016


Market Supply Chain Director

MARS
The Netherlands
01.2013 - 01.2016
  • Transformation from: Sales dominated decision making, to: balanced S&OP decision making: market 200 mio NSV, hitting plan 3 years in row.
  • Supply Chain team from low engagement to nr 3 in engagement ranking of NL market.
  • Span of control: Order to cash, demand planning, Copacking, Masterdata, Warehousing and distribution, Activity management, S&OP

Head of Customer Marketing & Sales Manager

MARS
The Netherlands
01.2010 - 01.2013
  • Category leadership at 2 biggest accounts (Albert Heijn & Jumbo)
  • Develop Non Food Retail business from opportunity driven towards P&L driven
  • Chairman of NL business unit strategy deployment forum (Operational management team, accountable for delivery of operating plan)

Demand planning manager

MARS
The Netherlands
01.2008 - 01.2010
  • Build team (recruitment & development), ‘exported' talent to category mngmt
  • SFA (forecast accuracy) from 60% to 73% and Bias to 5%
  • Integrated Wrigley portfolio in Dutch Mars supply chain (3 Wrigley factories & external manufacturer)
  • Span of control: Demand planning, Co-packing, Master data

Category development manager

MARS
The Netherlands
01.2003 - 01.2008

Field Sales manager

MARS
The Netherlands
01.1997 - 01.2003

Sales & Marketing management trainee

MARS
The Netherlands
01.1995 - 01.1997

Co-packing coordinator

MARS
The Netherlands
01.1994 - 01.1995

Education

Bachelor of Science - Logistics & Transportation

NHTV Breda University of applied science
08.1989 - 06.1993

Senior Leadership at Mars -

Mars University, Mars Inc headquarters,
McLean (Washington DC)
01.2014 - 12.2014

Leadership at the peak

Centre for creative leadership (CCL)
Colorado
04.2015 - 04.2016

Change management

PROSCI
08.2019 - 09.2019

Skills

  • Perspective
  • Starter
  • Outcome focus
  • Pragmatic
  • Talent development
  • Approachable, calm
  • Autonomous

Languages

Dutch
Native
English
Fluent
German
Upper intermediate

Affiliations

  • Sailing, Golf, Pilates, Yoga, Cooking, Spending time with family & friends

Accomplishments

    2015: Runner up of Dutch Supply Chain professional of the year contest (Supply Chain Media)

Personal Information

Married with Roy and we are the parents of Thom (25), Juul (23) and Bente (20)

Timeline

Supply Chain planning director

MARS
01.2022 - 12.2024

Change management

PROSCI
08.2019 - 09.2019

Strategic Program Director

MARS
01.2018 - 01.2022

Operations manager (150FTE, 50kT)

MARS
01.2016 - 01.2018

Leadership at the peak

Centre for creative leadership (CCL)
04.2015 - 04.2016

Senior Leadership at Mars -

Mars University, Mars Inc headquarters,
01.2014 - 12.2014

Market Supply Chain Director

MARS
01.2013 - 01.2016

Head of Customer Marketing & Sales Manager

MARS
01.2010 - 01.2013

Demand planning manager

MARS
01.2008 - 01.2010

Category development manager

MARS
01.2003 - 01.2008

Field Sales manager

MARS
01.1997 - 01.2003

Sales & Marketing management trainee

MARS
01.1995 - 01.1997

Co-packing coordinator

MARS
01.1994 - 01.1995

Bachelor of Science - Logistics & Transportation

NHTV Breda University of applied science
08.1989 - 06.1993

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