Eric Ipavec

Supply Chain Director for Africa Middle East & Asia Zone for Danone Dairy: In charge of the SC Development for ar. 10 countries of the zone, for a total business size of 800m€: - Developing SC organisation & people - Optimizing Sales & Distribution Organisation & Routes to Market, - Elaborating SC master plan & Total Cost to Serve, - Implementing Business S&Op (Sales & Operations Process). - Managing SC cost (circ 100m€) for the Zone & productivity projects (circ. 5M€ in 2009).

A 250 m€ turnover of Fresh Dairy Business. High Business Growth : +500% in 5 years. Executive board member of Danone UK Dairy; Built a Vision and Strategy for DUK Operations- SC dpt from Products & Service Sourcing to the Customer Development; Built and structured the SC organisation & people, integrating new roles (Sourcing, Innovation, Quality, Crisis management, Purchasing). WW best in class with a Customer Service Level > 99% & with CPFR & OSA initiatives with the big 4 UK customers.

Managed a 60,000t site of Dairy Fresh products for distributing North of France; Annual budget around 3M € for a TO of 75M € : running cost for warehouse and transport, work safety, social & people management, customer relationship, Quality delivered, Sales forecast & supply planning with the factories Achievements: - Customers Service Level > 98.5%; - Efficient Safety management with 2000 days w/o work accident, WW best in class - Lean & automous organisation implementation

University of California Davis (USA)