Governance
Decision cadences, accountabilities and escalation rules for planning and Supply Chain management.
Case · Global Supply Chain
Building a common operating model for an international Supply Chain.
International growth required moving from local practices and fragmented decisions to a common way of planning, governing inventory and coordinating cross-regional flows.
Context
The industrial network had grown in scale and complexity. The challenge was not to add another planning meeting, but to define which decisions should be global, which should remain local, and which data, cadences and accountabilities should govern them.
Responsibility
- Design the Group's global Supply Chain strategy and operating model.
- Connect S&OP, demand planning, supply planning, inventory, logistics and service within one framework.
- Coordinate deployment with Operations, Sales, Purchasing, Finance, IT and local teams.
Decisions & execution
Planning
Integration of demand, supply and capacity to reduce isolated decisions across plants and regions.
Inventory
Common policy governance connected to service, growth and working capital.
Cross-regional flows
Stronger coordination of material flows and shared visibility of constraints and priorities.
Data & KPIs
Common indicators and analytical support for recurring decision routines.
Results
~€140M → ~€200MBusiness scale supported during the period.
150+ peopleCurrent global/local organization structured around the function.
The case describes the management system and its evolution; it does not attribute business growth to a single initiative.