Gabriela Bele
Profielschets
Passionate Supply Chain Manager with 20+ years international experience in supply chain and operational excellence within sectors of food, pharmaceutical, maritime and IT. Wide experience in managerial and organizational roles, able to proactively drive change in most effectively and lean manner by combining or switching between operational, strategic managerial and strategic planning. Dynamic, detailed, disciplined and results-centric team leader with demonstrated record of maximizing productivity while minimizing expenses in both domestic and global supply chain processes; Committed professional who acts at an excellence level both individually and as a team player; Exceptional communicator, with expertise in international and cross-cultural communications and business relations; Innovative, highly analytical, and big-picture thinker, reputable for designing and implementing strategies and blueprints that drive process efficiency improvements; Motivating, inspiring, encouraging and supporting my team is part of my daily activity and one of my source of moving forward energy.
Overzicht
6
6
Languages
10
10
years of post-secondary education
30
30
years of professional experience
Werkervaring
Supply Chain Manager
VitOrtho BV Netherlands, VitOrtho SRL Italy, VitOrtho UK
The Hague
2012.06 - 2026.10
- Manage global E2E supply chain (Planning, Procurement, Production, Inventory and Multiple Point Warehousing, EU, USA, UK Customs and Shipping, Quality, Safety and Regulatory Affairs).
- Manage the entire product lifecycle: manufacturing license, introduction, growth, maturity, decline, and withdrawal.
- Build the supply chain department team, define the budget and performance KPI and report to general manager.
- Define role objectives and growth path for members of the supply chain team. Lead, motivate, coach, mentor and evaluate them: ensure knowledge and expertise is maintained, developed and exchanged within the other team members.
- Accountable for hiring, rotation and promotion of team members.
- Responsible for change management processes and drive accordingly the IT ERP system implementations and continuous improvement across entire product lifecycle including Demand & Supply Planning, Integrated Planning.
- Responsible for contract management as well as maintaining the relations with 8 existing CMO's in Netherlands and 1 US manufacturer.
- Responsible for acquisition and audit of new and existing CMO's.
- Responsible for budgets and financial processes management.
- Translate sales views into operational (procurement and logistics) processes and look after target KPI's.
- Responsible for internal and external communication during projects.
- Ensure product information in the IT system and partners is consistent and integrity is not affected through all communication channels. Implement data monitor and update process.
- Responsible for quality management, full documentation product file; ensure full compliance with all relevant safety and quality standards and country regulations.
- Key accomplishments:
- Successful architect, launch, and execute comprehensive strategy based on agile and lean standard methodology, designed to boost profits and optimize customer service and satisfaction, and increase working capital efficiency and productivity.
- Increased annual company profit from -26% in 2012 to +51% in 2021.
- Analyze standard work flow and identify process improvement opportunities and create new SOP's and implement them into E2E supply chain operations.
- Set up requirements for the refactoring of the data base structure in order to improve data consistency and provide multiple data dimension reports, increasing process accuracy and predictability with 73%.
- Constantly monitor data quality and accuracy, work closely with IT department to provide a good understanding of business requirements.
- Work with multiple data sets to ensure complete and accurate data.
- Acquire a number of 8 new domestic CMO's, negotiate SLA's and maintain a good relationships with chosen suppliers.
- Extend product portfolio to 300+ SKU's in 2021 (140 SKU's in 2012). Decrease backorders amount from 30% of the SKU's in 2012 to less than 3% of the SKU's in 2021.
- Identified and implemented new sustainable cost-saving improvements as a result of cross departmental collaboration.
- Motivate, inspire, encourage and support the team members (7 employees) to express and share their own ideas, take ownership and inspire others. Conduct appraise personnel's reviews and support their growth path.
- Fast market reaction through continuously sharing business status and strategies changes other company departments.
- E2E consolidation of actuals, forecasts, budget, long range plan for domestic and international markets.
- Redesign implementation of the monthly, quarterly and yearly reporting.
- Optimized regular cost/benefit, variance, cash flow analysis, reconciliation and expense reporting.
- VitOrtho is a supplier of food supplements for the brands NOW FOODS and VitOrtho
Supply Chain Consultant
Netherland
2010.03 - 2012.05
- Perform integrated logistics management on project basis.
- Make planning per project including resource planning.
- Manage the per project different specific logistic processes.
- Supervise the operational and initial purchasing process, negotiating contracts, assess suppliers.
- Freight Management.
- Cost Optimization for all logistic activities.
- Stock Management.
- Communication between supplier and client.
- Communication within internal departments.
- Key accomplishments:
- Part of the team that implemented Mobile Communication Network for the border police of Moldavia / subcontractor of Ericsson AB for power parts; Value project 7Mil Euro.
- Delivered and installed of IT equipment on 150 locations within agreed specifications.
- Successful coordinated 5 teams working in parallel on different sites and project levels.
- Redesigned regular cost/benefit, variance, cash flow analysis, reconciliation and expense reporting.
- ACP Information Technology is subsidiary of ACP Austria. The company's line of business includes the wholesale distribution of computers, computer peripheral equipment, and computer software.
Product Control Officer
Apotex B.V.
Leiden
2009.02 - 2010.02
- Plan and manage migration of 150+ projects due to company rebranding.
- Responsible to launch new products in different European countries.
- Communicate with all different parties internally and externally to gather information and organize different steps within the projects.
- Communicate on project management level inside and outside the company, as well as with different countries.
- Get optimal time related feedback from all parties involved in projects.
- Set and monitor the milestones to assure the goal achievement within the deadlines.
- Escalate and troubleshoot when a milestone is not accomplished – organize extra meetings for solving urgent matters.
- Evaluate already accomplished tasks together with the parties involved.
- Manage all paperwork related to a project as well as bounded archive.
- Report performance indicators to superiors.
- Manage MFG PRO database.
- Budget creation, cost analysis and forecasting; month-end analysis.
- Key accomplishments:
- Analyzed projects workflow processes through all departments and propose improvements to IT department following up the change request during implementation.
- Designed operative response for lifecycle of agreed proposals once they are implemented into Master Data.
- Defined new KPI reports regarding change request implementation, automate the electronic reports distribution within departments.
- Created new SOP's to reflect the chosen improvements and implement them into the departments involved in product launch coordination.
- Delivered accurate regular reports to upper management on critical project deliverables & milestones, risk and issues mitigations.
- Increased new projects efficiency by collecting best practices form successful similar projects.
- Successfully accomplish the name change request under the targeted 1 year delivery time.
- Apotex produces and distributes generic medicine for national and international market
Buyer
Stolt Tankers B.V.
Rotterdam
2008.06 - 2008.12
- Execute the operational purchasing process and the initial purchasing process when required, for an assigned group of 10 ships (oil tankers), within the agreed yearly budget.
- Cooperate with other ship-owning departments to continuously improve the integration of purchasing and logistics process.
- Cooperate with logistics department to merge the operational purchasing and logistics process.
- Develop and maintain a professional business relationship with ship's crew and superintendents to continuously improve purchasing and logistics process and to minimize communication errors.
- Review invoices disapproved by Accounts Payable Department.
- Resolve claims raised by ships.
- Solve AP queries such as: payment queries, unpaid invoice queries, statement queries, procedural queries.
- Key accomplishments:
- Improved purchasing process with 21% by sourcing new vendors and negotiate stronger SLA's.
- Defined IT change requests for 5 new business requirements.
- Delivered requested orders on and before schedule, with a total spare report of 28% under given budget.
- Successfully managed the vendor invoicing process; ensure on-time payments, invoice approvals and reconciliation. POS requesting, tracking, receipting.
- Improved regular project and management updates on critical and overdue projects.
- Stolt Tankers and Terminals is one of the leading providers of transportation and storage of bulk liquid chemicals, edible oils, acids and other specialty chemicals.
Purchaser
Rambus (former Bell Identification B.V.)
Rotterdam
2007.05 - 2008.05
- Provide general and specific administrative management, creating, filing and archiving of juridical, client, human resources, purchasing and service documents.
- Maintain/consolidate/negotiate office supply/maintenance contracts.
- Execute entire purchasing process for all departments.
- Plan meetings, conferences, special events, lunches, trainings.
- Maintain personnel vacation, sick leave and time sheet records.
- Make travel arrangements.
- Arrange internal/external correspondence.
- Key accomplishments:
- Created SOP's and implemented those in office management business.
- Delivered vendor forecasts, regular reports related to forecast and actuals; ad-hoc reporting.
- Managed and improve purchasing process.
- Cooperated closely with other supply chain departments to merge the operational purchasing and logistics process.
- Created the base for an active stock management.
- Rambus develops chip lifecycle management software that enables banks, governments and enterprises worldwide to issue and manage credentials on mobile (NFC) devices and (EMV) smart cards.
Senior Business Procurement Analyst
Plusinfinite LLC
Dallas
2001.08 - 2007.04
- Act as business partner of the finance, treasury teams and support realizing their financial objectives.
- Drive E2E operational process management for all operational services.
- Create standard template for purchasing packages.
- Monitor KPIs and budget adherence; evaluate performance on cost type / department level.
- Key accomplishments:
- Increased customer satisfaction through reducing delivery time with 30%
- Speed –up process also by improving vendor relations.
- Worked with divisional business units on creating templates that can be populated and uploaded.
- Ensured the accuracy of updated vendor information which is entered into the system
- Provided data analysis for special assignments in Procurement; reporting standards and guidelines.
- Evaluated performance on cost type / department level.
- Created budgets, analyze costs and deliver forecasts, reports and documentation.
- Plusinfinite is a custom software development company, specialized in designing, building and operating optimal solutions for the cloud, mobile and enterprise.
Senior Consultant and Trainer in Sales and Negotiations Techniques
Nationale Nederlandsen Life Insurance
Bucharest
1998.08 - 2001.07
- Train and coach groups of life insurance consultants in sales and negotiations techniques.
- Prepare and perform products presentation, sales techniques, negotiation techniques, interactive communication skills.
- As a senior consultant in life insurance: market prospecting, market selection, sales and client service, human resources recruitment and selection, group management and activity coordination, projects, leadership and instruction.
- Manage a portfolio of accounts.
- Key accomplishments:
- Achieved sales targets and delivered sales techniques presentation to high-level executives.
- Developed relationships with existing clients and grow clients portfolio with 300%.
- Got and provided feedback to marketing units for purpose of enhancing the quality of service.
- Covered areas: 9 counties and Bucharest.
- Best negotiator of the year in 1998, title and incentive price awarded.
Marketing Consultant
Romeo's Design SRL, Ainodis SRL, Makssoft SRL
Cluj-Napoca
1996.07 - 1998.07
- Drive E2E process management for all operational services (direct mail, online, events, PR, advertising)
- Evaluate cost type / department level performance.
- Supervise production of advertising, marketing brochures, sales kits or other promotional materials.
- E2E consolidation of actuals, forecasts, budget, long range plan and strategic plans.
- Develop long and short-term marketing strategies.
- Track, measure and report the marketing progress to senior management.
- Public Relations Management.
- Key accomplishments:
- Created the marketing plan including objectives, budgets, advertising and promotion requirements.
- Acquired new customers and retained existing business to drive sales to achieve the projected growth.
- Organized annual national conferences and shows.
- Continuously developed and updated policies and procedures for process improvements.
- Collected and analyzed information, valuable to company's clients, from producers, distributors and consumers. Analyzed and interpreted data to identify patterns and solutions.
- Romeo's Design is an advertising company specialized in food and non-food market, providing a various range of printed products. Ainodis is a retail company profiled on import of non-food domestic products. Makssoft is a software company providing a large variety of products and services in civil engineering.
Opleidingen
Accounting
Markus Verbeek Prahep
Rotterdam 2007.01 - 2008.01
no diploma - Business Management
Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca 1996.01 - 2000.01
MA degree - English Language and Literature
Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca - Faculty of Foreign Languages
Cluj-Napoca 1991.01 - 1996.01
MicroMasters Program - Supply Chain Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Boston 2019.01 -
Vaardigheden
- Supply Chain Management
- Change Management
- International Operations Management
- International Business Strategy
- GMP, HACCP, FSCCP, ISO principles and practices within the EU and US quality release processes and regulatory requirements;
- Strategic Management
- Strategic Planning
- Process optimizations
- Production and Inventory Management
- Production Scheduling and Resource Allocation
- Contract Management
- Performance Analysis
- Customer Relations
- Sales and Operations Planning
- Project Management
- Leadership
- Business Development
- Vendor Relations
PERSONAL VALUES
- Simplicity - concentrate on what is important and necessary and avoid wasting time end energy
- Respect - understand and behave as if we are all unique, lovable, capable and valuable
- Responsibility - manage time and resources to bring the maximum benefit to the company
- Discipline - take any opportunity to learn, experience and grow
COURSES AND TRAININGS
- “Farmaceutisch Vakman/Vrouw” (2009)
- Advanced Cost Accounting (2001)
- Accounting for Decision Making (2001)
- Budget Management (2000)
- Negotiation and Communication (2000)
- Train the Trainers (2000)
- Business Management (2000)
- Organizational Culture (2000)
- Neuro-Linguistic Programming (2000)
- Stress Management (2000)
- Life insurance: business development and sales strategies (1998)
- International Marketing Strategies (1996)
LANGUAGES
English - Fluent/Full professional proficiency
Dutch - Fluent/Full professional proficiency
Romanian - Native proficiency
Italian - Beginner working proficiency
Spanish - Beginner working proficiency
Korean - Beginner working proficiency
Tijdlijn
MicroMasters Program - Supply Chain Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
2019.01 -
Supply Chain Manager
VitOrtho BV Netherlands, VitOrtho SRL Italy, VitOrtho UK
2012.06 - 2026.10
Supply Chain Consultant
Netherland
2010.03 - 2012.05
Product Control Officer
Apotex B.V.
2009.02 - 2010.02
Buyer
Stolt Tankers B.V.
2008.06 - 2008.12
Purchaser
Rambus (former Bell Identification B.V.)
2007.05 - 2008.05
Accounting
Markus Verbeek Prahep
2007.01 - 2008.01
Senior Business Procurement Analyst
Plusinfinite LLC
2001.08 - 2007.04
Senior Consultant and Trainer in Sales and Negotiations Techniques
Nationale Nederlandsen Life Insurance
1998.08 - 2001.07
Marketing Consultant
Romeo's Design SRL, Ainodis SRL, Makssoft SRL
1996.07 - 1998.07
no diploma - Business Management
Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca
1996.01 - 2000.01
MA degree - English Language and Literature
Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca - Faculty of Foreign Languages
1991.01 - 1996.01