Basak Manders, PhD

Experience

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  Unilever

  Jul 2008 - Sept 2008

  Intern as a logistics consultant

  • Analyzed the forecast error values for Unilever Food Products and distributers’ stocks• Gave advice to improve forecasting and distributers’ stock cover days

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  Nederlandse Spoorwegen

  Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

  Intern as a logistics consultant

  • Used linear programming to generate a train timetable which takes into consideration both peak and off-peak hours.

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  Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University

  Oct 2011 - Jan 2015

  PhD candidate

  Researcher: Worked on several research projects about ISO 9001 • Analyzed the impacts of ISO 9001 and under what conditions companies can benefit from it• Analyzed under what conditions employees get involved in ISO 9001 related practices (following procedures, coming up with improvement ideas, etc.) by studying employees in an automotive supplier company• Presented the research results in international conferences Teacher: Assistant for MSc courses “Business Process Excellence”, “Innovation and Standardization”, “Master Thesis” and BSc courses “Innovation Management”, “Bachelor Thesis”• Gave lectures for classes up to 70 students• Supervised bachelor (BA/IBA) and master (Supply Chain Management/Innovation Management) students’ thesis projects Show less

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  Carlson School of Management

  Feb 2014 - May 2014

  Visiting researcher

  • Worked with Prof. Kevin Linderman, an expert in process improvements, Six Sigma, Lean and is the director of Juran Research Center in MN, USA

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  Philips

  May 2015 - Jul 2019

  • Responsible for demand and supply balancing, sales optimization and forecasting, global inventory optimization and forecasting, delivery lead times, on time delivery for the Business Unit Magnetic Resonance (MR, 1.2B Euro yearly turnover)• Led monthly Sales & Operations Planning process: Demand / Supply balancing between the 17 markets and 5 factories (Best, Suzhou, Gainesville, Latham and Brazil). Creation of supply scenarios to optimize the end to end supply chain in order to fulfill all demand against lowest cost, while meeting sales and inventory targets. Facilitating the monthly cross-functional Executive S&OP meeting with Finance, Operations, Marketing, Development and the Business Unit leadership team. • Acted as an Interim Global Supply Chain Leader on top of the S&OP Manager role for Business Unit MR (Dec 2018 - Jul 2019) Show less • Led several projects and Kaizens to improve customer service, cost and cash• Led one of the 3 Global MR Operations Hoshins to reduce the lead-time from start production to revenue by 25% in 1 year and successfully achieved the goal• Led a Six Sigma green belt project on improving the problem solving process for installation defects• Gave Problem Solving trainings and coached colleagues on project management and problem solving• Implemented lean tools like a tiered daily management system, Kamishibai, structural problem solving in the production area Show less

  • S&OP Manager

    Jan 2018 - Jul 2019

  • Supply Chain Project Manager

    May 2015 - Jan 2018
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  MSD

  Sept 2019 - May 2021

  Senior Improvement Engineer

  • Identified, analyzed and prioritized non-technical improvements within Solids Formulation department • Led 2 Hoshin projects to reduce cost of poor quality and production costs • Implemented Merck Production System Lean standards (Hoshin, KPI breakdown, Tier, Problem Solving) • Gave Yellow Belt trainings and coached colleagues on lean and problem solving• Took part in the Management Team of the Solids Formulation department

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  Vanderlande

  May 2021 - now

  • Managed improvement projects throughout BU Supply• Led a program to implement a new Global Warehousing Blueprint (including a new WMS) in the 4 distribution centers of Vanderlande (Netherlands, Spain, North America, China) • Acted as an Interim Supply Transformation Center of Excellence Lead (Aug 2022 – Dec 2022)

  • Senior Manager Global Spare Parts Logistics

    Jun 2023 - now

  • Senior Project Leader Supply Chain Development

    May 2021 - Jun 2023