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Graham Fleischer

Independent Managing Consultant (IT/S&OP)

€450/day
Paris, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Graham

With over 27 years of experience in Sales, Supply, and Operations Planning (S&OP), I lead strategic initiatives across the manufacturing, education, and commercial sectors. I work to align demand and supply through rigorous planning and inventory management, ensuring that cross-functional operations deliver actionable information to decision-makers.
Having served as Head of Information Systems and Global S&OP Manager, I manage complex systems based on Enterprise Architecture principles. My focus is to lead the delivery of the right data across the organization to work toward repeatable results. I ensure that every operation remains adherent to process and policy, allowing Sales and Demand planning to drive informed, timely business decisions.
My approach to S&OP includes:
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Financial Alignment: I manage the synchronization of inventory levels and sales forecasts with cash flow requirements and P&L objectives.
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Cross-Functional Change Management: I lead organizational change across departments, fostering a culture where operations and finance work in tandem to drive efficiency.
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Integrated Reporting: By leveraging Enterprise Architecture, I ensure that planning data is translated into accurate financial and transactional reporting to support informed decision-making.
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Operational Excellence: I manage the transition of high-level demand signals into workable supply chain operations, maintaining strict adherence to policy and fiscal responsibility.
By aligning S&OP processes with financial strategy, I ensure that the right information reaches the right people across the enterprise, turning operational planning into a primary driver of financial health.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Afrikaans

    Fluent

  • French

    Basic

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)

Experience

  • GKF
    Independent Managing Consultant (IT/S&OP)
    LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN
    February 2025 - Today (1 year and 4 months)
    Paris, France
    Built GKF – to promote management standards and principles across S&OP and IT/IS Management
    Founded based on Sales, Supply & Operations Planning methods and techniques developed over 15+ years of Business Process and Enterprise Architecture principles.
    Utilizing Information Systems and Technology to base foundations of information to support the S&OP structures of the global company.
    Worked with a client related to United States short term rental/vacations industry for data standards and methods of operations
    Currently working with a €2B client in the Data Centre and IT components space for consolidation of information and data across regions while implementing standards of reporting to support a possible future AI and S&OP framework.
    Dealing with matters of Inventory and Stock reduction, demand and supply management and business intelligence models
    Integration of multiple ERP systems (5 different software’s [SAP Business One, SAGE X3, Navision, D360, SAGE100, Other]) across
    Coding/Programming/Data extraction with SQL, Python, C#
    Creating data constructs utilizing the company’s toolsets to model a best in class data repository
    Configuration change management through migration planning techniques.
    Training and transition support in user acceptance, explanation, methods and standards.
    ERP SQL Programming S&OP Enterprise Architecture
  • Nufarm
    Senior Project Manager
    CHEMICAL
    February 2021 - November 2023 (2 years and 9 months)
    Paris, France
    Project Planning and Management Lead for Oracle Fusion transition incorporating EMEA entities. Lead a cross functional business team through preliminary project phases of design, architecture vision, business, information systems & technology architecture, opportunities and solutions phases.
    Created a program as a model for forecasting within the business that incorporates all needed elements of Planning from Supply, Demand, Inventory and operations for cross functional visibility of planning. Program was designed in standard C# utilizing access to business data within business security parameters. Logic was given to business and adopted as need under this proof of concept.
    Challenging perception and ingrained misconception by real world example of what is possible.
    S&OP metrics from KPI logic and instantiation to working cross functionally with Finance, Supply, Demand and Operations aspects of the business.
    The UK Manufacturing plants budget analysis and tracking project.
    Logistics optimization project to determine the least cost routing and centers of gravity for warehousing across the European Infrastructure.
    Project to support dematerialization and EDI implementation – use of GS1 standards and implementation of data transfer and flows related to Finance, Supply and Logistics. Creation of program to manage GS1 barcode assignment alongside the Master Data management.
    Project management development for Training, Compliance to standards, Process design, Risks and Opportunities analysis, implementation Governance and Change Management
    Close support to financial operations and requirements by aligning to standards based on IFRS, King, SOX and Basel along with country specific requirements (country dependencies). Following through of systems integration and alignments while giving critical global insight and experience from operations.
    User acceptance testing, guidance and practical support
    Supply Chain Management IT Project Management S&OP Project Management Strategic planning
  • Southern Africa UPL
    Head of Supply Chain
    CHEMICAL
    April 2020 - January 2021 (9 months)
    Paris, France
    Leading a team of over 10+ internal individuals across Inventory, Supply & Logistics, Demand, Planning and Operations. Leadership member with strategic oversight and management of the entire Supply Chain of a R1.4B [+€70M] southern African agrochemical Sales and Manufacturing business.
    New Product Introduction management phase for Supply Chain
    Successfully kept the supply chain in operation under COVID period utilizing agile planning methods to offset supply constraints in an unorthodox time
    KPI management and inventory optimization project for Slow Moving and Obsolete management.
    Portfolio systems management and product review for Master Data management.
    Scenario and “What If” modeling for high period of uncertainty and future scenarios
    Staff retention and promotion of self improvement, including education and tutorships
    Consensus building within S&OP for strategic alignment and distribution under tight constraint. Risk and Opportunity reviews.
    Full budget review and scenario planning utilizing forecasting, budgets, historical trending leading into MRP long term planning scenarios for budget development.
    Supply Chain Management S&OP Project Management Leadership

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Education

  • Diploma in Computer Science
    Computer Training Institute
    2002
    Diploma in computer science combining all aspects of Information Systems and Technology. From base electronics through to multiple programming languages and techniques.

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