Alessandro Taraborrelli
Milan
Summary
Over 7 years experience in Supply Chain Management and Logistics across 4 locations in Europe
Comprehensive experiences in MPS, Demand Planning, Cost Control and Logistics.
Passionate about Statistics, Data Science, International Relations and History
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Logistics Manager
Whirlpool EMEA
09.2022 - Current
- Managed a team of logistics professionals - 3 supervisors (warehouse IT, distribution IT, Logistics Iberia), overall 11 HC team (based in 3 countries)
- Managed inbound & outbound flow, inventory control, wall-to-wall & cycle stock count, warehouses refurbishments, secondary distribution optimization
- Spearheaded the deployment of logistics KPI for both warehouse and transportation activities
- Managed the negotiations with 10 different service providers with key role in producing and revising contracts, ensuring 1.5M savings
- Ensured logistics direct-to-consumer, acing alignment with customer needs and corporate objectives, which lowered damages by 50% YoY and attained customer satisfaction target goals
- Ensured regulatory compliance in all aspects of logistics operations and implemented project to have correct visibility of proof-of-deliveries
- Fully accountability of secondary F&W cost control, defining cost outlook and bottom-up actions to attain targets
Supply Chain Manager
Whirlpool EMEA
11.2021 - 08.2022
- Oversaw demand planning, purchasing, and logistics.
- Initiated risk mitigation strategies to address potential disruptions in the supply chain, minimizing impacts on business continuity.
- Collaborated with internal teams to improve outputs to meet demand and supply requirements, ensuring inventory integrity targets for finished goods.
- Defined R&O during S&OE and S&OP cycles.
Demand Planning Manager
Whirlpool EMEA
05.2021 - 10.2021
- Lead a team of demand planners in charge of generating bottom up forecast based on statistical baseline technique and business insights
- Improved forecast accuracy with regular reviews of historical sales data, identifying trends and adjusting future projections as needed.
- Led collaboration meetings with key account managers and analysts to discuss prior month's forecast accuracy and asses upcoming forecasts.
- Implemented continuous improvement initiatives that enhanced overall efficiency of the demand planning process.
- Support S&OP demand management process for specific market clusters.
Supply Network Planning Supervisor
Whirlpool EMEA
04.2020 - 04.2021
- Coordinate activites of an international planning team of 8 people - cooking and refrigeration factories across EMEA (based in Italy, Poland, Turkey, Russia)
- Applied strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows.
- Implemented robust contingency plans for unexpected disruptions in the supply chain, ensuring business continuity and minimizing financial impacts.
- Supported in production capacity setup
- Main KPI: Late to Request orders, Unconfirmed orders, BTO (built-to-order) SL, DTR (delivery to commit.) SL.
Supply Network Planner
Whirlpool EMEA
08.2018 - 03.2020
- Defined production plan for 3 factories across Whirlpool EMEA sites (Naples - Washers, Comunanza Washing/Dryers, Poprad - Washers)
- Daily planning activities in SAP APO 7 (RRP3, RRP4, SDP94 etc)
- Portfolio of 800 active SKU planned daily
- Daily control of service level and inventory level activities.
Market Planner - Washing
Whirlpool EMEA
08.2018 - 05.2019
- Ensure daily/weekly factory production planning given various constraints
- Monitor product demand evolution
- Control production service level
- Pre-sequence market priorities in SAP APO, leading to
- Portfolio of 270 SKU planned daily.
Statistical Forecasting Analyst
Whirlpool EMEA
04.2017 - 07.2018
- Evaluate Statistical Demand Forecasts accuracy by different granularities' levels
- Provide insights to enrich product demand forecasts
- SAP Integrated Business Planning user.
Education
MSc Social Statistics -
University of Southampton
12.2016
Skills
- SAP HANA, SAP APO 7, SAP IBP: 7 years experience
- Microsoft Office & Google Suite: 7 years experience
- R / STATA / SAS / Minitab: Long experience and used in Bachelor and Master
- APICS CPIM Part 1 - CERTIFIED / APICS CPIM Part 2 - UPCOMING
- Supply Chain Management
- Team Management
- Logistics Management
- Demand forecasting
- Budget Planning
- Decision-Making
- Continuous Improvement Initiatives
- Supplier negotiation
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 03/12/1992
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Italian
Languages
Italian
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
English
Advanced (C1)
Polish
Beginner (A1)
Timeline
Logistics Manager
Whirlpool EMEA
09.2022 - Current
Supply Chain Manager
Whirlpool EMEA
11.2021 - 08.2022
Demand Planning Manager
Whirlpool EMEA
05.2021 - 10.2021
Supply Network Planning Supervisor
Whirlpool EMEA
04.2020 - 04.2021
Supply Network Planner
Whirlpool EMEA
08.2018 - 03.2020
Market Planner - Washing
Whirlpool EMEA
08.2018 - 05.2019
Statistical Forecasting Analyst
Whirlpool EMEA
04.2017 - 07.2018
MSc Social Statistics -
University of Southampton
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