Cristiano Capriotti

As Global Supply Chain Durector I am responsible for directing and managing the global Supply Chain of Olon Group, managing the activities of demand and production planning, sizing and management of the inventories along the whole chain, direct procurement manafement and sourcing strategy definition, management of Customer Service, transportation and logistics (inbound and out bound), ensuring the continuous improvement of the entire supply chain process according to market needs and in compliance with budget, stock and OWC target, quality and corporate guidelines.

Main Responsibilities:
• Demand & Production Planning Process
• Customer Service and Inbound and Outbound Logistics
• Stock and Warehouse Management
• Dircet procuremtne and global sourcing strategy definition
• Manage our strategic sourcing team in Mumbay and Shanghai in order to be aligned with the Global sourcing Strategy
• Improvement of global logistics processes and process quality
• Contracts and logistics third-party management
• Ensure that risk management procedures and actions on the supply chain process are compliant to corporate standards and to the Group’s risk management/mitigation plan
• Develop competencies of the Supply Chain Team, managing staff, monitoring performance, mentoring and training, looking for continuous improvements of structures, quality and results
• Improve the assurance of supply of our API trhough alternative source qualification and risk mitigation policy
• Integrate new plant in the global sales & operation planning system implementing new S&OP process if necessary.
• manage local Supply chain team (Spain, India, USA) in order to be aligned with Corporate standards and strategy

Competences developed during the years working with my team:
- Demand planning: creation and optimization of the demand planning process, improving forecast accuracy.
- Supply Chain Planning - Production planning: improvement of the production planning process, SAP MRP implementation and set-up, stock reduction, safety stock optimization - stock target setting - total lead time reduction.
- Strategic Planning: Long Term Planning (3-5 years) in terms of demang planning, Capacity planning, New Product Launch, Definition of Investment Plan and definition of the product mix for every plant.
- Strategic Sourcing: Total cost analyses, Identification of suitable suppliers, Development of a sourcing strategy, Negotiation with suppliers, Implementation of new supply structure (Supply Agreement Definition)
- New plant integration with corportate supply chain process.