Gerd Meyer-Taborsky

we love fruit. from field to cup. AGRANA is world market leader in fruit preparations for the dairy, baking and ice cream industry

Responsible for building and operating Fulfillment by Amazon in the UK, Germany and France. Leading central groups that entail key functions in product development, operations, marketing and customer relations. The European Fulfillment by Amazon program now provides tens of thousands of enterprises the opportunity to sell their goods on the Amazon platforms, store inventory in Amazon’s warehouses and leverage Amazon’s capability and scale in Fulfillment, Transportation and Customer Service.

Development and extension of Amazon’s supply chain capabilities across the European region. Determined and shared best practice in customer order fulfillment influencing product lines, retail organizations in three countries, Fulfillment centers and Amazon’s transportation organization. Responsible for day-to-day order assignment operations, balancing load of customer orders across the fulfillment center network and optimizing capacity utilization.

Responsible for day-to-day operations of B2C deliveries for a Swedish furniture store and B2B distribution for various market leaders in the consumer goods industry and industrial segment. Contract negotiations and implementations. Over arching operational leadership across the central warehouse (9,000 m²), one satellite site (3,500 m²) and customer service counters in 2 furniture stores, managing business plans effectively to key performance indicators

Responsible for all facets of logistics and supply chain process engineering, design, audit, best practice, warehouse management. Proven track record of recovering failing operations. Developed central purchasing of material handling equipment and warehouse shelving. Drove implementations project management for new supply chain operations in Austria, Hungary and France, start-up and build-back of sites, audited and replaced transportation and warehouse management systems.

Key Account development in Groupage, LTL and FTL traffic. Analysis of client’s profitability, strategic account reviews with key stakeholders. Leveraged improved network capabilities after the merger of Nedlloyd Roadcargo and Danzas into DHL, reviewed client contracts and harmonized terms in accordance with new service offering. Implemented standardized rates and volume-based discount system increasing efficiency of sales force in closing new contracts.

Supply Chain, Production Management