KEYNOTES

9.55 AM CET

Berend Meijerink

Director Plan & Deliver at FrieslandCampina Ingredients

How to get active involvement from your CFO or CEO for the global S&OP Process

As a key figure at FrieslandCampina, Berend brings extensive experience in navigating the complexities of supply chain management within the dairy sector. His objective is to beat inflation by having a better forecasting accuracy.

Berend Meijerink is currently Director Plan & Deliver of FrieslandCampina Ingredients. He joined FrieslandCampina 23 years ago and held different positions in field of Global S&OP/IBP, Strategic network optimization, Milk & whey valorisation, Scheduling, Warehousing & Distribution. During the era of Global S&OP, he was also responsible for short, mid and long term planning of milk production in the Netherlands. Berend is a true believer of End2End business optimization: ‘from grass to glass’ as we call it at RFC.

10.05 AM CET

Jasper Blaas

Manager Planning Capability at Heineken

How to translate volume planning into financial figures.

Representing Heineken, Jasper Blaas is building the capabilities in the area of supply chain planning - ranging from Demand planning to detailed production scheduling and material. Learn how he makes better trade-offs within the month of the S&OP cycle.

Jasper Blaas is part of the Global Planning Team at HEINEKEN and with his team is building the capabilities in the area of supply chain planning - ranging from Demand planning to detailed production scheduling and material. Leveraging the scale of HEINEKEN to create templates in off-the-shelf tools that can be deployed to the different operating companies as well as building bespoke products to serve specific needs of the company. His team of functional experts works closely with vendors and (key) users to ensure a continuous improvement cycle of the tools and platforms in the planning portfolio. He has worked for HEINEKEN for the last 18 years in a number of roles in the planning domain; in operations as well as in corporate setting.

3.00 PM CET

Tineke Kok

 Program Manager at JDE

Tineke is Program Manager in the Global Supply Chain team at Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE). She leads JDE’s global Supply Chain planning transformation, including functions such as Demand Forecasting, Supply Planning, Scheduling and Material Planning. This transformation aims to enhance End-to-End planning capabilities and mature ways of working, including the global replacement of all planning systems (SAP APO and Excel).
With a career across various industries, Tineke’s focus has been on the intersection of Supply Chain and Information Technology. She is passionate about driving sustainable Supply Chain digitalization.

3.10 PM CET

Amber Roxas

EMEA IBP Leader at Estée Lauder Companies

Amber is the EMEA IBP Leader at Estee Lauder Companies, where she manages the regional and affiliate IBP processes and heads an IBP Education team tasked with enhancing the organization's IBP maturity and capabilities. She has accumulated extensive experience in diverse supply chain roles, covering supply network management, customer logistics, contract manufacturing operations, demand and supply planning, and spearheading market initiatives. Amber's career reflects her dedication to operational excellence, innovation, and leadership within the global business arena.

9.45 AM CET

Moderator Bram Desmet

Professor Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School
Author of ‘Rethinking Supply Chain’

In his latest book, Desmet introduces models for a five-dimensional supply chain that not only balance service, cost, and capital, but also incorporate sustainability and resilience into the planning process. Desmet argues that many companies make statements about sustainability without understanding its true impact on their supply chains.

He expands on his earlier work by integrating social and ecological factorsand offers new approaches to include finance and resilience in planning. Desmet's book aims to elevate supply chain thinking and provide practical tools for today's dynamic challenges.


 

2.15 PM CET

Moderator Jonathon Karelse

Author of Histories of the Future

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