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Work History
Education
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Certification
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PAWEŁ KOWALSKI

PAWEŁ KOWALSKI

Katowice,Poland

Summary

Highly motivated and responsible supply chain expert with outstanding experience in production planning, procurement and logistics, managing teams of 20+ employees, energetic, process-oriented, seeking continuous improvements and new learning opportunities.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

CM Planning Manager

Unilever
09.2020 - Current
  • Managing large and complex portfolio of collaborative manufacturers (3rd party manufacturers)
  • Close cooperation with Procurement, Operations and Finance functions
  • Ensuring delivery of service, cash and business waste targets via regular monitoring, countermeasures and landing structural improvements
  • Finding solutions to resource shortages by applying alternatives, prioritization and leveraging supply network
  • Building effective relationships with manufacturing partners and internal stakeholders
  • Successfully supported transition process of portfolio outsourcing and 3rd party manufacturer on-boarding
  • Leading planning team of more than 20 employees
  • Developing talents, providing support and guidance
  • Leading continuous improvement initiatives

Supply Planning Manager

Upfield
01.2019 - 08.2020
  • Established central hub planning team for EU
  • Managed team of 15 planners (raw and pack materials, finished goods, transport)
  • Successfully delivered service, cash and business waste targets
  • Efficiently led network capacity planning
  • Responsible for central oils planning for EU factories
  • Implemented organizational fit to purpose adjustments (structure, roles and responsibilities, change management)
  • Managed multiple suppliers (raw and pack materials, logistics)
  • Delivered optimizations across production, inventory and logistics
  • Ensured high team motivation, great work atmosphere and clear work vision.
  • Implemented new planning system (SAP IBP, SAP Hana)

Factory Planning Manager

Unilever
02.2017 - 12.2018
  • Managed and developed planning team
  • E2E planning including finished good production planning, raw and pack materials, transport from short to long-term
  • Responsible for rough-cut-capacity planning process
  • Effectively cooperated with various departments, including internal customer, product category, operations and quality
  • Successfully executed targets in the areas of customer service, inventory and cost
  • Created volume forecast for budgeting and manning purposes
  • Implemented logistics improvement projects
  • Facilitated and coordinated product relaunches
  • Demonstrated high-bias for action, creative thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Enhanced planning department organization and processes

Logistics Procurement Junior Manager

Unilever
02.2016 - 01.2017
  • Organized logistics tenders for transport & warehousing
  • Regularly delivered purchasing scenarios and cost savings analysis
  • Managed portfolio from contract to execution, preventing from tender erosion
  • Run numerous business negotiations
  • Prepared strategy for tenders including suppliers segmentation and purchase matrix
  • Managed performance of logistics suppliers
  • Introduced new buyers' organization and structure to improve procurement agenda delivery
  • Coordinated initiatives with other functions like operations, sustainability and quality

Logistics Procurement Supervisor

Unilever
10.2013 - 01.2016
  • Organized logistics tenders for transport & warehousing
  • Led one of the biggest transportation tender in Europe
  • Resolved issues to meet tender deadlines and milestones
  • Implemented new fuel methodology to transport tenders with cooperation of external consultants
  • Applied market intelligence to decision process
  • Gained strong team management skills
  • Recruited, developed and promoted team members
  • Extended functional and decision scope of logistics procurement

Senior Supply Chain Planning Specialist

Unilever
10.2011 - 09.2013
  • Coordinated planning execution of European projects in CE region (new products and technologies in Foods Category)
  • Inventory Stock Lead - worked on reduction of finished goods and raw materials inventory levels
  • Actively participated in the community of key production planners
  • Responsible for mid to long-term finished good production planning
  • Run capacity planning and actioned to resolve imbalances
  • Proved to be a team-worker, supporting others but also not afraid of taking high-impact decisions
  • Gained deeper planning system knowledge (SAP ERP/ APO)

Planning specialist

Unilever
02.2009 - 09.2011
  • Responsible for mid to long term production plans
  • Run capacity analysis (supply - demand reconciliation)
  • Worked towards optimization of stock levels via application of stock modeling tools
  • Took part in new product introduction
  • Minimized design change costs of leftover materials
  • Learnt efficient communication with customers, production, quality and transport departments

System Implementation / Role Mapper

Unilever
07.2008 - 01.2009
  • Implemented new SAP version in the area of authorizations management (role mapping)
  • Gained project management skills
  • Facilitated change management and trainings to factory staff
  • Worked under time pressure with hard project deadlines
  • Run risk management analysis

Planning specialist

Unilever
12.2006 - 06.2008
  • Responsible for short-term production plans (production scheduler), optimizing sequence with minimal changeover costs, aligned with quality matrix and required customer order dates
  • Ordered raw and packaging materials
  • Daily contacted with suppliers, customers and production department
  • Minimized production stoppages
  • Resolved issues of resource shortages

Education

Master's - International Relations, Foreign Trade

University of Economics, Cracow, Poland
07.2007

Skills

  • Production planning
  • Managing and building teams
  • Project management
  • Analytical thinking
  • Problem solving
  • SAP/APO planning
  • Inventory management
  • Negotiations
  • Presentation skills
  • Microsoft Excel

Certification

  • CPIM (Certified in Production and Inventory Management), APICS; Oct 2011 – Jun 2013
  • LCCI B2 (Business English), Apr 2015

Hobbies

Trekking, sport, music, travelling

Languages

Polish
Native language
English
Proficient
C2
German
Elementary
A2

Additional Information

I agree to the processing of personal data provided in this document for realizing the recruitment process pursuant to the Personal Data Protection Act of 10 May 2018 (Journal of Laws 2018, item 1000) and in agreement with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation).

Timeline

CM Planning Manager - Unilever
09.2020 - Current
Supply Planning Manager - Upfield
01.2019 - 08.2020
Factory Planning Manager - Unilever
02.2017 - 12.2018
Logistics Procurement Junior Manager - Unilever
02.2016 - 01.2017
Logistics Procurement Supervisor - Unilever
10.2013 - 01.2016
Senior Supply Chain Planning Specialist - Unilever
10.2011 - 09.2013
Planning specialist - Unilever
02.2009 - 09.2011
System Implementation / Role Mapper - Unilever
07.2008 - 01.2009
Planning specialist - Unilever
12.2006 - 06.2008
University of Economics - Master's, International Relations, Foreign Trade

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