Hendrik Lessle

Leading the global Supply Chain team for the importation of Commodities and Ingredients for the Nestlé Procurement Organization called Nestrade.

Regional Manager for AOA: Business Service for IT of Supply Chain - Responsible for all IT related systems for Supply Chain in Zone AOA - Leading a team of 60 IT specialists in-house and outsourced - Driving passionately IT innovation - Leading transition from project- to product-based approach with focus on TCO and ROI - Foster Global team work to manage multi-facetted Matrix organization - Transition team to an agile working environment

Vice President (VP) of Supply Chain at Nestle - Responsible for P&L and KPI performance for the SCM of a 1.3 bnUSD$ business - Business Process Review with change Management -> - 30% head count reduction - Resolved customer service level -> 99% CFR with stock levels down 25% - Increased DSP SAP usage by reducing 75% of master data errors - Implemented new statistical forecasting process via SAS program - Restructuring of SC function whilst moving head office location

Responsible for Supply Chain JV from General Mills International (GMI) and Nestle for all Latin American and Caribbean markets for their breakfast cereals. - Leading 33 team members across 20 Countries (approx. 400 mUSD$ revenue) with 13 production facilities and 3 DCs - Lead strategic review with 10% employee reduction - build up regional planning team - Ensured 100% SAP usage within planning teams including Import/Export - Operations Excellence with Lean principles

Director of Warehousing: Purina North America - Functional head of 17 warehouses with 500 employees - Responsible for network of 3rd party DC’s - Created for Walmart an EOQ / EPQ model leading to 4 mUS$ savings - Contract negotiation and implementation of a new 3rd party DC - Developed “modified pull” strategy (KANBAN) for 2 stage distribution network -> 600 kUS$ P&L impact - Optimized Puerto Rico, South Africa & Australia warehouses -> +25% storage capacity

Program Manager: Corporate Operations Industrial Performance - Lead 5 teams globally with continuous improvement projects in Ice Cream production, Physical Logistics and Procurement - Created Best Practice Library for Distribution Management & Logistics - Delivered savings of 100 mCHF - In charge of recruiting internationally up to 30 diverse people - Kicked off Continuous Improvement / Operations Excellence globally

Manager: Technical & Supply Chain Management (SCM) Core Team - Delivered in Automotive the 7-step Strategic Procurement Projects (with RFI, RFP, RFQ) over 10% cost reduction - Project Management and Stakeholder Management - Grew Top Line by selling purchasing projects worth 1.6 mUSD$

Business Analyst: Operations Competence Center - Business process re-engineering for factories - Improved Resource Management and Productivity Optimization - Developed Lean European Manufacturing footprint redesign - Achieved Cost Reduction projects to resolve Operating Budget

Wirtschaftsingenieur mit Fachrichtung Maschinenbau