Programme 2023

SC leader with more as 20 years’ experience in multiple industries, like automotive consumer goods, etc.

Knowledge in different disciplines, driving best in class performance

Experienced to lead, influence and develop teams & organizations

Strong cross functional collaboration capabilities

An accomplished and certified agile operations professional with comprehensive work experience in European and Asian markets while working with fortune 500 companies on their supply chain operations,  digital technology transformation projects, and product delivery

Piotr Jasinski has a strong supply chain management background, focusing on planning and analytics. His experience covers working with large organizations such as Carlsberg and Nestle, where he managed global teams and led large-scale transformation initiatives. Piotr has expertise in implementing new tools and technologies, providing training, and coaching teams to adopt new working methods. He has broad experience in demand analysis, product forecasting, cost reduction initiatives, stakeholder management, and solution architecture. His technical skills include Kinaxis RapidResponse, SAS, SAP, and Python Programming.

Konstanze Knoblich is Vice President of Corporate Supply Chain Engineering at Infineon Technologies responsible for the global demand to cash process and innovation to foster Infineon’s competitive advantage and profitable growth. Prio to this role, Konstanze was the Digital Procurement Lead of Infineon Technologies responsible to define and drive the global digital procurement transformation. Prio to this Role, Konstanze was responsible as head of supply chain management for the Business Line Integrated solutions and Discretes and worked in various countries like Singapore, US and Ireland.

Konstanze has a master’s degree in Engineering (M.Eng.) from the University of Applied Science Munich (Germany) and an Ingénieur diplômé (ID) from the EPF Engineering School in France.

Prof Dr Jacques Leonardi is Professor for Sustainable Logistics at the University of Westminster, London, developing, testing and evaluating solutions in sustainable logistics & transport. His research topics extend to urban freight transport, supply chain energy & global logistics, using surveys on van use, testing new technologies, and evaluating policy impacts. He has published widely and is also an international consultant with a wide range of clients in governments, agencies & private businesses.

Petra joined DS Smith 9 years ago and in her current position she is responsible for transport related systems and processes, control tower operation and market intelligence. With strong logistics background gained during more than 20 years spent in transport and logistics, mainly in ops. management positions, her main target is to bring digitalization and new technologies to supply chain.

Jian Huang is the Vice President of Global Supply Chain Management at Fränkische Industrial Pipes. He has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in business administration. With more than 15 years’ experience in supply chain management, Jian has been working for different multinational automotive and manufacturing companies in different countries. In addition, Jian is a certified senior project manager (IPMA) and used his professional project management expertise in his management consulting career in cooperation with Top 500 Forbes Global companies. Currently he is leading the global supply chain management organization with the target to build up best-in-class end-to-end information and material flow enabled by supply chain excellence and digitalization transformation at FRÄNKISCHE globally.

Head Study Programme for Supply Chain Management and professor at the SRH University Berlin since 2021. Supply Chain implementation and strategy consulting work at PRTM (director) and BESTgroup (managing director) for over 28 years in automotive, high-tech, chemical, pharmaceutical and capital equipment industries. Head of the Kiel plant of AEG for low voltage switch gear, project manager at AEG Frankfurt for operations projects, managing director of BOGEN Electronic GmbH. Ph.D. in operations management at WZL RWTH Aachen and study of mechanical engineering at RWTH Aachen.

Ahmed is an accomplished executive with over 18 years of experience in supply chain, logistics, and transportation management. He is currently leading the transport decarbonization efforts at Holcim group, where he successfully implements innovative solutions to improve efficiency, safety, and reduce emissions. Ahmed is passionate about leveraging digital transformation, artificial intelligence, and sustainable and circular supply chains to drive progress for both people and the planet. He is a skilled leader with a collaborative, results-driven approach, and has a proven track record of building and implementing large-scale supply chain transformation programs. Ahmed's areas of expertise include supply chain, sustainability, logistics, road safety, business intelligence, data analytics, and digital transformation. He is also experienced in program management, change management, cost management, and customer service.

Daniel ENACHE is managing Dacia – Renault Groupe’s spare parts logistics activities for Eastern and Central Europe Mr. ENACHE has been working in the Dacia – Renault Group for 21 years and has 11 years of experience in IT domain as IT manager for Dacia-Renault-Nissan South and eastern Europe Sales Division and 10 years of experience in the supply chain and automotive industry as Plant Logistics Manager and Supply Chain Range Manager.  He is very change oriented, a good coach for his team members and has very good sense of business. Searching the most innovative ways to improve product and services, optimizing costs and processes, and adding value for internal and external customers remain his priorities.

He is a graduate engineer from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest and holds an MBA degree awarded by 4 major schools in Paris (Collège des ingénieurs, Science PO, Ecole des Mines, Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées).