CSCMP CEE CONFERENCE 2022

Ph.D. (Arizona State University), CPSM, C.P.M., is the John W. Barriger III Professor and Director of the Supply Chain Risk and Resilience Research (SCR3) Institute at the University of Missouri – St. Louis. Professor Zsidisin’s research focuses on how firms assess and manage risk associated with supply disruptions and price volatility in their supply chains. He has published over 80 research and practitioner articles and seven books, including Supply Chain Risk: A Handbook on Assessment, Management and Performance; Managing Commodity Price Volatility: A Supply Chain Management Perspective; Handbook for Supply Chain Risk Management: Case Studies, Effective Practices, and Emerging Trends; and Revisiting Supply Chain Risk. His research on supply chain risk has been funded by the AT&T Foundation and IBM, and he has received numerous awards, such as from the Institute for Supply Management, Deutsche Post, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, and the Decision Sciences Institute. Further, he is one of the founding members of the International Supply Chain Risk Management (ISCRiM) network, teaches and leads discussions on supply chain management and risk with various Executive Education Programs and numerous companies in the U.S. and Europe, is co-Editor Emeritus of the Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management and

Professor Michael Bourlakis is the Director of Research and the Head of the Logistics, Procurement & Supply Chain Management Group at Cranfield School of Management (UK). Michael is an internationally renowned authority in logistics and supply chain management. He has won more than 27 research and consulting projects totalling of more than £27.5 million and he has generated more than 250 publications including more than 65 journal papers. His work has received considerable attention by media (BBC News, ITV News, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal). He has worked with / consulted most leading retailers in the world as well as numerous multinational organisations (Carrefour, DHL, Knight Frank, Metro, Sonae). Since 2017, he has been an Expert Panel Member for TESCO on a “Future of Food Advisory Panel”  chaired by TESCO’s CEO Dave Lewis. He has consulted in numerous occasions the European Commission and he has been a Chair and Keynote Speaker for leading logistics conferences worldwide. He has led Doctoral Workshops for the European Logistics Association, BVL (Germany) and the U.K. Logistics Research Network. He is a Visiting Professor at various universities, he sits on the Editorial Board of numerous academic journals and he has co-edited three books.

Posiada rozległe doświadczenie w zarządzaniu projektami zakupowymi w różnych branżach, m.in. samochodowej, maszynowej, medycznej i handlowej. Przez kilka lat pracował w centrali zakupowej jednego z wiodących niemieckich producentów samochodów. Od 2010 pracuje w firmie OptiBuy, gdzie przez 8 lat odpowiadał  za pion konsultingu. Od dwóch lat odpowiedzialny za sprzedaż i wdrożenia narzędzia Ivalua (e- procurement) na rynku DACH. Od 2016 roku z ramienia OptiBuy odpowiedzialny za tworzenie programu dydaktycznego na studiach podyplomowych Zarządzanie Zakupami na ALK, gdzie również wykłada. Regularnie występuje na konferencjach branżowych w kraju i za granicą, gdzie dzieli się swoją rozległą wiedzą zakupową z uczestnikami.

He graduated of the Warsaw Agricultural University, SGGW – Faculty of Food Technology in 1975. The first 15 years worked in the Polish food industry. He started as a production engineer in a fruit and vegetable processing plant and then from the Union level as Production Inspector coordinated the development of new products in 22 production plants located throughout Poland. The next 13 years continued his professional career at the Agricultural Cooperative as production manager, board member and chairman of the board (10 years). In 1993 he started work at the large international company METRO Group. Initially a Merchandiser of food products and later promoted to Deputy Director of Sales Makro Cash and Carry Polska. In 1998, after training in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and the USA, he was responsible for the first private label project in Poland and then coordinated the development of private food and non food products in Metro Group International, Macro Czech Republic, Metro Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey. In parallel he worked as a member of the international team preparing METRO Group’s new investments in Russia, Ukraine and Croatia. In 2001, he was promoted to the position of CEE Quality Assurance Supervisor with the task of coordinating quality assurance in the Metro Group: Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Serbia, Croatia, Ukraine and Russia. Supporting the development of Private Label and International Purchasing. Since 2003 he has been a Metro Representative in Globalgap and IFS. In 2010, he began working as an independent business development consultant in the areas of export-import and retail. It works with IFS. Over 25 years he has held periodic roles in the boards of several companies (EWA-BIS Group) operating in various business fields in Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Germany and Canada. Mr. Marek Marzec has written many articles in specialist journals. He gave lectures at international conferences in Warsaw, Paris, Berlin, Dusseldorf, London, Madrid, Sofia, Zagreb, Belgrade, Bucharest, Prague, Budapest, Kiev, Tbilisi, Baku, Moscow, Toronto and Chicago.

Łukasz Lubański: Ponad 18 lat doświadczenia w branży logistycznej (obszary operacji i sprzedaży). Doświadczony w rozwijaniu międzynarodowego biznesu transportowego i magazynowego w południowej Polsce, regionie CEE, zarządzaniu zespołami ludzkimi, tworzeniu nowych strategii dotyczących transgranicznych projektów logistycznych. W latach 2015-2017 na stanowisku Dyrektora Spedycji Międzynarodowej Raben Trans European Germany GmbH na poziomie krajowym. Od początku 2018 roku na nowym stanowisku Dyrektora ds. Rozwoju odpowiedzialnego za ekspansję biznesu pomiędzy Niemcami a Polską. Od lipca 2020 roku rozszerza swoją działalność na kraje Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej w Grupie Raben. Prywatnie szczęśliwy mąż i ojciec dwójki dzieci.     Łukasz Lubański: Über 18 Jahre Erfahrung im Logistiksektor (Betriebs- und Verkaufsbereiche). Erfahrung mit der Entwicklung des internationalen Transport- und Lagergeschäfts in Südpolen, MOE-Region, der Leitung von Mitarbeiterteams, der Entwicklung neuer Strategien für grenzüberschreitende Logistikprojekte. Zwischen 2015 und 2017 in der Position des International Forwarding Director Raben Trans European Germany GmbH auf Länderebene. Ab Anfang 2018 in der neuen Rolle des Trade Lane Direktor, verantwortlich für die Verkehrsentwicklung zwischen Deutschland und Polen. Ab Juli 2020 Erweiterung des Gebiets seine Tätigkeit für die MOE-Länder in der Raben Gruppe. Privat glücklicher Ehemann und Vater von 2 Kindern.

Site Lead of Amazon three e-commerce centers located in Łódź and Pawlikowice. The centers have a combined footprint of over 120k m2 and headcount of over 1000 employees. Cezary was responsible for launching them in 2019 and 2020 and runs them until now. Overall Cezary has ten years of experience in e-commerce operations, process design and fulfillment centers launch at Amazon. In parallel he runs courses at Kozminski University and Technical University of Lodz focused on: – cloud computing and business intelligence (BI) technologies in big data analysis and interactive dashboards’ creation. – labor planning for a newly launching e-commerce center that involves building an excel based model for employees hiring forecast. During his session at the conference he will do a live demonstration how to build a meaningful dashboard from scratch that would help understand the fulfillment center inbound flow characteristics.

At the beginning of 90’s  Andrzej Siess last century he has begun to cooperate with Raben, which established its logistics business 28 years ago in Poland. Now days Raben Group is operating in 13 countries included Poland and CEE region. Employ 10.000 people, have 1.000.000 sqm for rent and run 8.000 trucks in daily business Andrzej Siess has worked as Board Adviser to Raben Group Management for many years, Represent Raben in Foreign Chambers of Commerce as well as Domestic and International Institutions like Polish Chamber of Commerce, Polish Foreign Investment Agency and Trade and many others in Poland.

Florin Goidea is the General Manager of the National Company  Maritime Ports Administration S.A.Constanta since 2020. Before this year, he also held the position of Deputy General Manager of the company for a year. With 37 years of experience in the shipping industry, Mr. Goidea began as a deck officer, later reaching the position of ship commander in the Romanian Merchant Navy. He also worked as an inspector within the Romanian Naval Authority and held the position of general manager in several private companies in the field of maritime transport.

Praktyk i pasjonat w zakupach, zaopatrzeniu, logistyce dostaw, magazynowaniu i logistyce dystrybucji (łańcuchu dostaw). Od 2003r. jest związany z logistyką i zakupami, zaczynał jako analityk zakupów dla „Agros-Nova”, uruchamiał magazyny i logistykę dla firm: „SK Eurochem”, „INTRA”, „Grawil” i „BUDIZOL”, terminal kontenerowy „PCC Intermodal”, robił zakupy dla „SK Eurochem”, „PKN ORLEN”i „Apex-Elzar”. Uczestniczył w procesie relokacji magazynu „Akzo Nobel Car Refinishes Polska Sp. z o.o. z Włocławka do Pilawy. Obsługiwał łańcuch logistyczny w firmie „Mercon” (zakupy, logistyka zaopatrzenia, magazynowanie, kompletacja i dystrybucja). Obecnie pracuje w firmie “H&S Steel” w której zajmuję się sprawami magazynowymi, w szczególności wdrażaniem “uszytego na miarę” systemu WMS. Ma duże doświadczenie, kilkanaście zrealizowanych projektów, pasję do nowych technologii oraz wiedzę ekspercką która pozwala mu efektywnie doradzać i wdrażać efektywne rozwiązania w zakresie organizacji, optymalizacji i automatyzacji zakupów, zaopatrzenia, logistyki zakupów i zaopatrzenia, magazynowania oraz logistyki dystrybucji. Prywatnie pasjonat nowych technologii, twórca stron internetowych i entuzjasta kursów online.

To be successful you definitely need inspiring & visionary leadership skills, professional & business experience,  action oriented vision, product knowledge, positive & kind mindset, market intelligence, a strong & intense desire to achieve ultimate & defined goals in combination with a superior product & on top of everything… PASSION! The last 34 years I was lucky to take on various professional challenges in different capacities on a global scale that today enable me to have a highly specialized knowledge & view of the total Fresh Produce Chain. I have a proven record of many successful & exciting projects with a specialization in fresh produce, high quality & demanding flows & I am extremely… PASSIONED ABOUT THE ‘END-TO-END CONCEPT’! From source to supermarket shelf, in a full transparent model, every link clearly defined and monitored according to the highest achievable quality standards… THIS IS WHERE I BELIEVE IN! Cost efficiency, trustful & clear communication channels, value added logistics, supportive “tailor made” software, systems & procedures to improve efficiencies in productivity, performance & reporting! A professionally managed supply chain improves your bottom line as a result of higher efficiencies & transparency & gives you the opportunity to focus on market oriented activities! JUST DO IT! What are my key competences?  

• Hands on “people manager” with a strong focus on “team building” & “team involvement”.
• Born communicator driven by the power of kindness.
• Visionary & inspiring leader.
• Skilled professional with a wide experience in The Fresh Produce Industry & “Supply Chain Solutions” specialised in the FMCG.
• Established a global network of producers / exporters / importers / distributors / retailers / wholesalers in the fresh produce world.
• Loyal team player with a proven record in achieving companies key goals & objectives & implementing “change” processes

  What are my key objectives?  

• Customer satisfaction as priority number 1.
• Achieve the companies key goals & objectives in view of budgets/forecasts & expected P&L accounts.
• Create teams with honest, loyal, respectful & responsible members who contribute to achieve the companies key goals & objectives & vision.
• Involve all “team players” in the processes & let them participate in the creation of key goals & objectives.
• Achieve & master long term relationships with clients, service providers & stake holders.

  Current Project:

• Commercial Director – Greenyard Logistics Poland since February 2018 – present

Greenyard Logistics Poland aims to be the preferred choice as trusted partner in designing creative, transparent & sustainable supply chain solutions, exclusively focused on  food products that require a fast, direct and dedicated approach”. Greenyard Logistics Poland has a passion for the “end-to-end” concept and establishes relations between sustainable producers & exporters of food products  on a global scale and importers, distributors, retailers & wholesalers who share the same believes. Greenyard Logistics Poland believes that every consumer has the right to get access to sustainable, high quality food products. Greenyard Logistics Poland is very aware of the trends in food consumption and production. The first choice has to be determined by “local for local”.  Respecting the seasons is the way to go! Good growing practice and eating quality are extremely important. The supply chain, every delivery, be it local or global, has to be driven by values to achieve minimum food waste:  “Greenyard Logistics Poland wants to contribute to a better world”.  All partners of Greenyard Logistics Poland have to believe in the same values.   Highlights (10/1985 – 05/2017):

• Commercial Director – Erontrans Group – Pruszcz Gdanski / Poland (02/2016 – 05/2017)

 

• Managing Director – Cargofruit based in Gdansk / Poland (01/2015 – 12/2015)
• Norbert Dentressangle Logistics Antwerp – Interim Customer Service Manager & Interim Business Development Manager based in Antwerp. Responsibilities: Restructuring the Customer Service department. Reactivate and  re-establish service level agreements with customers. Establishing a reporting structure towards Senior Management. Develop new business opportunities.

• Cool Chain Group Logistics -Managing Director based in De Lier – Rotterdam / Holland: the tasks consist specifically from the governing CCG Logistics in accordance with the statutes and rules as recorded by the board of the company, in such a way that CCG Logistics’ profitability and the continuity is guaranteed. Responsible for the turnaround of CCG Logistics by increasing the (re-)structuring of the sea freight department (meaning customs clearance and warehouse) and transport as well as the acquisition of new customers.As a service provider, CCG Logistics offers a „full supply chain” solution from producer/exporter till end consumer (DC supermarket) from an „independent and dedicated” perspective with only one goal: full customer satisfaction.

 

• General Manager of Univeg Services Antwerp nv and Fruitpack Antwerp nv.: Full responsibility of all operational/logistical activities in the port of Antwerp in both companies. Main goal is the reorganisation and restructuring of existing operations to fully integrate them in the Univeg Group of Companies. Direct reporting to Board of Directors. Establish correct contracts with all service providers – create transparent organisation with motivated team of people. Achieve cost efficiency. Implementation of SAP computer system. Part of supply chain workgroup involved in reviewing the Supply Chain of the Overseas Flows to Europe for the Univeg Group.

• Country Manager EFT Poland: on request of EFT Belgium, realizing the split between the different companies Univeg Logistics Poland – Univeg Trade Poland – Univeg Exploitation Poland and EFT Polska as a separate independent Business Unit. Make the transport business more cost efficient, develop new business opportunities, intensify cooperation with service providers and create basis for consistent growth and profitability.

• Part of workgroup with Red Prairie to develop and install “Dispatcher” – host + WMS system for FFT in Civita Vecchia – banana terminal near Rome.

• Project leader for instalment of same system at CSC in Flushing for the discharge initially of potatoes from Israel – Agrexco.

• Enzafruit New Zealand Continent NV – Operations Manager Continental Europe : Fully responsible for all operational activities with direct reporting to General Manager:

• shipping – agency – planning – stevedoring – forwarding – handling in & out – storage – transport – containers – in market packing – quality management – customer claims – marine insurance claims ….Negotiating contracts with service providers : service level agreements.
• Putting in place operating procedures :
• inventory management : all movements in & out
• shipping management : vessels – containers – trucks
• port management : handling – storage – HACCP – WMS – forwarding activities…
• quality management : outturn – pre delivery – customer claim procedure -…
• production management : in market packing with development new pack types / labels…
• Global Gap – BRC – QS – IFS – Fruitnet… Food Safety issues
• Auditing performances of service providers as per the Service Level Agreements.
• Forecasting – budgeting

• Med Fruit nv – General Manager :

• Responsible for all daily management (financial – operational – commercial – administrational)
• Maximize export returns to Turkish growers / exporters
• Optimize customer portfolio to come to the ideal product – market mix : customers all over Europe importers/wholesalers as well as supermarkets.
• Create an information system with Turkish suppliers to obtain a transparent well controlled co-operation.
  • Optimize communication channels within the European market. Create brand image – brand knowledge for the Turkish products in Europe. Setting up the marketing in East Europe.
  • Purchase and organising all logistics of fruit and vegetables to Russia
  • Contacts with producers / importers / exporters all over Europe.
  • Contacts with stevedoring companies / transport companies (rail/road / see) all over Europe.

 

• New Zealand Kiwifruit Marketing Board – Sales Executive Eastern Europe

 

• Market development (frequent travelling all over Eastern Europe)
• Getting access to all levels of consumption via a well-organized and structured operation through the main and financially sound importers / distributors
• Assuring the supply and consumption of a product with very high quality standards in a fast changing environment

 

• Freddytrans–De Smet Sales Assistant Export and responsible for logistics for export

 

• Buying & selling of fruit and vegetables at the veg auction in St.Katelijne Waver.
• Planning of all transport activities for export
• Responsible for quality control and stock rotation in warehouse
• Export formalities
• Phytosanitary administration
• Contact by phone and also direct contact with customers all over Europe : focus on France, Spain, Italy and the UK

 

• Norexa Forwarder at the Fruit terminal in Port of Antwerp:

• Deliveries : operational – administration – planning
• Import / Export formalities – custom clearance
• Daily contact with fruit importers / transport companies all over Europe by phone
• Responsible for transport activities for Norexa at the Fruit terminal at quay 320
• Part in several EDP projects to improve on custom formalities

 

• Noord Natie
  • Tally man in the port of Antwerp
  • Assistant Logistical activities at the Fruit terminal in Port of Antwerp:
    • Stock control
    • Deliveries
    • Administration

Roger Boons Sopot, November 2020.

Advisor with + 27 years of Supply Chain and Human resources combined experience: 16 years as Multinational Executive & Manager plus 11yers as Independent Advisor, Headhunter & Coach Since 2009 transforming businesses in three key axes of businesses (Organization-Talent, Processes and Tools-Methodologies-Technologies), both in Family and Multinational companies from markets like: Consumer Goods, Retail, Industrial, Pharma, Wholesalers, 3PL, e-commerce, Technology.  

• CSCMP International Advisor since 2018 (Former President Spain Roundtable from 2010 to 2017)
• Director Supply Chain Masters at EAE Business School Barcelona, since 2014
• Executive Committee member Cambra Oficial Comerç Industria, Serveis Terrassa/Demarcació (BCN)

Education:

• Business Management Degree & MBA ESADE-Universitat Ramón Llull at BARCELONA
• Certified Supply Chain Professional, by APICS (2011)
• SC Pro-Certificate: Level One & Level 2, by CSCMP (2012 & 2013)
• Certified Coach ACC, by ICF (International Coach Federation) (2020)

Senior International Manager z udokumentowanym trzydziestoletnim doświadczeniem pracy w środowiskach międzynarodowych, tworzący i efektywnie zarządzający zespołami d/s logistyki, dystrybucji, zakupów oraz strategicznych stosunków z dostawcami, na szczeblu lokalnym, regionalnym oraz globalnym. Posiada wieloletnią praktykę w kierowaniu ludźmi i zarządzaniu projektami w zakresie Global Supply Chain (koszty produktu, zakupy i zarządzanie relacjami z dostawcami, transport, gospodarka magazynowa, planowanie sprzedaży i produkcji, dystrybucja wyrobów gotowych wraz z pełną obsługą klienta, itp.). Zdobył bogate doświadczenie w optymalizacji procesów i wdrażaniu kompleksowych platform informatycznych – m.in. J.D. Edwards, SAP i Oracle. Wieloletni negocjator, posiadający umiejętności przekonywania i realizacji efektywnych kosztowo optymalnych rozwiązań w kompleksowych i wymagających organizacjach. Pracując ponad 13 lat w jednym z największych światowych koncernów tytoniowych, stworzył od podstaw organizację odpowiedzialną za zarządzanie łańcuchem dostaw w zakładzie produkcyjnym w Polsce, a następnie w centrali koncernu był odpowiedzialny za globalne zakupy w obszarze nieprodukcyjnym. Po powrocie do Polski zbudował jedną z pierwszych w kraju Grupę Zakupową z udziałem 10 dużych firm i przez kolejne lata był odpowiedzialny za negocjacje globalnych kontraktów w imieniu Grupy. Od ponad 8 lat działa społecznie w Polskim Stowarzyszeniu Menedżerów Logistyki i Zakupów PSML jako Członek Zarządu. Prowadzi wiele szkoleń i warsztatów zakupowych w całej Polsce oraz jest odpowiedzialny z stronę merytoryczną największej w Polsce Konferencji Zakupowej POLZAK.

Sebastian Bownik is the Technical and Commercial Director at Logopak East and is responsible for the company’s strategy and development. He has 15 years of experience in the labeling industry with self-adhesive labels. He completed 300 projects and participated in the installation of over 1000 machines in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, Ukraine and Romania. Student of Business Psychology at the SWPS University in Warsaw. Hobby: personal development, sport, permaculture, carpentry.

is the Marketing Manager for Economic Development at the Port of Long Beach, the second busiest seaport in North America. Joel joined the Port in January 2014 after working for five years in Business Development at the Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce. At The Port of Long Beach, Joel supports and facilitates international trade, transportation and goods movement through the city, region and state. Aligned with efforts of the City of Long Beach and other key partners, Joel and his team attract new businesses, investment, and cargo, all of which creates hundreds of thousands of jobs and increases economic vitality for local communities. Joel received a Bachelor’s Degree in Humanities from the University of Southern California and a Master’s Degree from the School of Public Administration at the University of Illinois. He is a graduate of the Global Logistics Specialist (GLS) program offered through the Center for International Trade and Transportation at California State University – Long Beach and is an alumnus of the Port Leadership Institute and the Long Beach-based Alpert New Leaders Forum. Joel was appointed to the District Export Council of Southern California by the US Secretary of Commerce, is a member of the L.A. Chamber World Trade Week Committee, and is the 2021-22 Board President of the International Business Association at the Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce.

Posiada doświadczenie w realizacji projektów optymalizacyjnych w różnych obszarach zakupów strategicznych i operacyjnych: od działań cost-cuttingowych poprzez tworzenie strategii dla kategorii indirectowych, a także projekty mające na celu analizę i usprawnienie istniejących procesów zakupowych w organizacji. Absolwent Szkoły Głównej Handlowej w Warszawie.