Adel ARIGUE

EMEA Operations leader with main focus on providing best in class supply chain support to 3 design centers and 4 businesses across 3 countries, $250m revenue and +200 people
Led inventory, SKU, and DOS reduction, working capital improvement, integration with R&D and Marketing to streamline NPI development with successful industrialization with the Chinese based factory
Implemented consistent EMEA Integrated Supply Chain Management Operating System: Executive SIOP, Monthly Operating Review, NPI scorecard

• Turned around Heat Exchanger OEM company ($70m T/O, 250 people) by reducing indirect spend, securing firm orders, and implementing short term working; reduced inventory and initiated Make to Buy transitions to emerging region resulting in $1m savings per year; coached site leadership to improve Op. Income from negative to $1.5m Q3 YTD
• Improved productivity, service level, and cycle times for Aero Fans OEM company ($12m T/O, 70 people) by reshaping organization, streamlining material management & manufacturing processes, and implementing Lean and Six Sigma initiatives resulting in 40% service level increase and 8 turns/year; Initiated sourcing transitions for sheet metal, forging, and electronics to emerging region resulting in $750k savings per annum

• Optimized green field International After Market Distribution Center in the UK (45 people, 4000 lines/week, $30m inventory); streamlined processes and reshaped organization to meet the $450m Annual Operating Plan; stabilized relationship with 3rd party warehouse & logistics provider, and recruited DC manager
• Transitioned parts distribution business for Asia Pacific (6 R&O shops and over 100 key accounts in Singapore, China, Malaysia, and Australia) and Defense & Space business from USA to Swiss based HQ, involving setup of planning and purchasing functions at business centre in Czech Rep and enabling necessary logistics execution in the Int’l DC in the UK, capturing $205m revenue and $14m cash savings per year
• Led Consignment Goods Manufacturing transformation of 2 Avionics Repair & Overhaul (R&O) sites in France and the UK to capture revenue and tax savings through the Swiss based HQ, resulting in over $8m cash savings per year

• Created a new CPG business line within the French retail division and designed a tailor-made offer to increase revenue of terminating contracts, increasing new customer revenues by 300%
• Managed business line P&L of €6m per year; prospected and sold two contracts of €2m per year
• Co-led Business Unit supervising revenue generation, staffing, development of customers and sub-contractors relationships, resulting in 15% growth per annum
• Recruited, coached and co-supervised staff of 50; streamlined the recruitment process to meet managers’ expectations and reduce staff turnover

• Led large business process re-engineering and ERP implementation (SAP, PeopleSoft) projects across Europe in automotive, retail and utilities industries; responsible for €10m+ budget and cross-functional teams of over 30 persons in Germany, UK, and UK
• Turned around €11m project within a 3-month period by rebuilding the team and reviewing project management methods
• Performed a due diligence for a global private equity firm in the acquisition of a multi-billion US toy retailer; assessed investment and risks within the supply chain & IT function
• Conducted training on customer relationship management for a main software provider (SAP)

• Led a World Bank technical assistance program for the national drinking water company in Port-au-Prince, Haiti; recruited and supervised over 40 employees
• Successfully created the customer database using a census which led to assessing water needs and drafting an investment plan

• Researched volcanic material usage in wastewater Bioreactive filtering systems in Puerto de la Cruz, Canary Islands (Spain). Assisted in the Biocarbone filtering technique in a wastewater plant in Martigny, Switzerland. Managed an existing coagulation/flocculation project designed to eliminate the amount of naturally occurring arsenic in drinking water in the Vosges region of eastern France