ERP, WMS, BI
Filio Sousani
Supply Chain Management
Athens,I
Summary
Result-oriented professional with 15 years of experience in Supply Chain and Logistics Management, both in 3PL providers’ and multinational commercial companies’ environment. Team player, able to work under pressure to meet strict deadlines and challenging outcomes, having collaborative, confident and creative approach. Impactful management, continuous improvement approach, analytical mindset, takes initiative, achieves qualitative results, exceeding expectations, motivated by high personal responsibility.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages
Work History
Senior Logistics Manager
ELVALHALCOR S.A.| Copper Segment
12.2022 - Current
- Designs and implements Logistics Strategy & Organization for 3 plants, 7 warehouses managing a team of 65 professionals and a 7M Budget.
- Optimizes warehouse space utilization by redesigning storage layouts, implementing effective storage & picking systems, as well as designing automated solutions.
- Leads process improvement initiatives, resulting in significant cost savings and increased operational efficiency.
- Implements technology solutions to automate manual tasks, increasing staff productivity while reducing human error risks in logistical processes.
- Enhances customer satisfaction levels with timely order fulfillment, proactive communication and by resolving complex logistics issues and streamlining processes.
- Fosters a culture of continuous improvement within the logistics team by encouraging open feedback and collaboration on innovative solutions to operational challenges, ensuring in parallel health & safety
- Manages a team of logistics professionals, providing coaching and guidance to foster professional growth, high-performance culture and continuous improvement approach
SCM Optimization Manager SEE | Global Operations - Europe SCM
adidas
Glyfada, Greece
5 2019 - 11.2022
- Manages the partnership between SCM and wholesale partners
- Exclusive SPOC for business, designing the complete process, so as to provide service excellence at optimal cost, from sales order entry to on time delivery of all products to wholesale customers in the Cluster
- Leads the execution of cross functional projects related to the continuous improvement of Supply Chain Operations in Europe, shaping new opportunities into business case and implement cluster solutions across the markets
- Drives all strategic and operational topics, identifying supply chain initiatives that are mutually beneficial (revenue generations and cost reduction) to the company and Strategic customers, which will provide a long-term impact for both parties
- Strong Collaboration with Sales in order to deliver new requirements / location / KPIs design
- Leads the 3-year Strategic Business Plan for Key Customers for the SCM part
- Manages the operational activities of Third Party Suppliers to the business (outside global solutions, DC processes, Carriers' implementation)
- Re-designing of distribution and service model in 4 countries, to achieve efficiencies as well as Strategic customers satisfaction
- Leading a service vs cost project for whole Europe identifying a 4% saving opportunity in the Transportation costs
- Leading the European Transport Tender in correlation to the Wholesale Customers services offered in accordance with the Classification and relative costs
Warehouse & Distribution Manager SEE | Global Operations - Europe SCM
adidas
Glyfada, Greece, Attica
07.2016 - 04.2019
- Leads & manages Warehouse & Distribution activities for all SEE countries and Distribution Centers according to agreed SLAs & costs
- Budget & forecasting creation, monthly & yearly accruals validation, cost optimization through efficiencies
- Responsible for all SCM contracts & locally managed Tenders, ensuring that all KPIs & SLAs are achieved
- Plans, develops, and implements new methods, procedures & business cases designed to meet customer needs while improving compliance, minimizing operating cost, and effecting greater customer satisfaction, through cross-functional collaboration and multiple stakeholders' partnership
- Drives challenging & innovative projects on European & SEE's level
- Initiating Change Management, to ensure that Company's Ambitions will be met in compliance with policies
- Effectively manages the Wh&D team, assigning different responsibilities to team members, providing support and coaching, assessing performances and supporting their development, while creating a high-performance & efficiency-driven culture in the department
- Successfully managed the Serbian SCM business, improving SCM collaboration with other departments, involving both Serbian and Athens team, increasing the OB conversion by ~25pp, renewing the DC contracts and leading the Serbian DC Tender
- DC's efficiency increase by 30%, through implementing effective ways of productivity improvement & measurement
- Project Manager & Key Stakeholder in main successful European & SEE's projects, as: Enabling all SEE destinations to be served by European DCs, by ensuring that all business, legal, processes and tax requirements are fulfilled
- Integrating new countries in SEE organization, harmonizing their processes with the European ones, while respecting local requirements & SLAs
- Savings -5% in warehousing contract, with at same time 20% service & space increase, through negotiations and win-win solutions proposal with the provider
- Annual savings of -12% (estimated, as effective of Oct '17) by being the key point of contact for the Transportation Tender in SEE, analyzing the data and identifying best scale rates
Supply Chain & Logistics Manager - Reporting to CEO
MIGATO S.A.
01.2015 - 12.2016
- Managing Warehouse & Distribution, Imports-Exports & Customer Service departments (5 direct reports -33 indirect)
- In charge of Supply Chain activities in Greece and abroad (in-house DC in Greece serving local market & European customers, 3pl provider in China for triangular loadings to 6 countries)
- Cost optimization through business process re-engineering, tenders & negotiations with providers
- Responsible for budget & forecasting for Supply Chain departments
- Management of organization's import & export shipments
- Ensure close co-operation among all SCM departments, for on-time product availability in retail and wholesale channels
- Stock management, responsible for stock replenishment according to sales for 70 point of sales
- Launched & managed successfully the tender for all China activities, achieving more than 40% in actual savings
- Proposed new way of orders' handling saving 50% of relative departments' occupation in these activities
- Warehouse processes re-engineering
- Departments collaboration proven improvement
Warehouse & Distribution Coordinator SEE | Global Operations
adidas Group
12.2010 - 09.2015
- Oversee the day to day logistics & transportation activities in SEE to assure they are effectively executed to meet daily and monthly requirements, always in compliance with the agreed Service Level, the KPIs and the budget
- Supervise logistics & transportation providers' activities and performance, so as to ensure standard processes are followed in all areas; Inbound, Customs, Outbound, Stock
- Responsible for all Wh&D members' training
- Develop the SEE stock projection file, assuring smooth execution of sales forecast and budget for high seasonality
- Coordinate the relative meetings on SEE level
- Participation in S&OP meetings (CS, sales, finance, SCM), following the priorities for target achievements, creation the Stock Analysis report for SKUs, stock and seasonality trends monitoring
- Claims & Returns Management for all SEE countries for on time validation and consequent actions
- Work closely with all SCM members & DC key players prioritizing the daily - weekly workload to ensure on time in full orders preparation & delivery
- Supervise transportation/distribution processes in Greece-Croatia-Slovenia-Cyprus and the export processes for Serbia from bonded wh, ensuring the correct/on time documentation and system activities for each export
- Led the successful launch and implementation of the SAP project for SEE as a Key User for the W&D dept
- Contributed significantly to the successful execution of the '6 to 3 project', w/h integration in 6 countries with minimum overall impact
- Excellent transition of Wh&D dept in SAP due to very well-designed processes and end users training
- Excellent results during the annual stock count, due to detailed and effective stock control
- Optimization of the samples process & implementation of the 'reason code' for adjustments reports accuracy
- Initiative and active coordination between adidas IT and 3pl for automation of adjustments files
- EDI creation for more efficient stock management handling
Warehouse and Logistics Manager
Orphee Beinoglou Logistics & Int. Forwarders S.A.
01.2009 - 12.2010
- Managing bonded warehouse (import declarations, partial/full customs clearance, exports), Warehouse management, Staff management, Training and Productivity control
- Negotiations with new clients, Projects analysis and cost control through the supply chain
- Profitability control of old accounts existing in warehouse & optimization of profit margins
- Relocation of bonded warehouse with 100% accuracy both in physical inventories and in customs requirements
- Establishment and successful accomplishment of business plan for WMS & ERP monitor of bonded warehouse
Logistics Department
Orphee Beinoglou Logistics & Int. Forwarders S.A.
01.2006 - 12.2009
- Invoicing control of all company's customers and control of invoicing data accuracy, reporting, KPI's, ABC costing analysis
- Logistics Manager Assistant and responsible for all warehouse processes execution (goods receiving, sorting, FIFI-FEFO, order receiving, monitoring of loading & distribution execution, inventory record and stock control)
- Active participation in project teams for developing or implementing new processes/procedures, aiming to increase productivity and optimize Service Levels
- Oversee the whole informatics system in the warehouse, working closely with IT, for new developments to optimize existing or new customers' service
- Led the successful relocation of an 8K m2, containing more than 12 clients & 5K SKUs, dealing with the IT and the management team
- Member of the project team for new WMS implementation
Education
Master of Science - Supply Chain & Logistics Management
University of Piraeus
University Degree - Economics Science
Athens University of Economics And Business
Erasmus - Economia & Commercio
Universita di Siena
Skills
Collaboration
Critical Thinking
Creativity
Decision Making
Communication
Team Management
Trainingsworkshops
- Manager Development Experience, 07/01/19 - 06/30/20
- Present & Make it Stick, 12/01/18
- Project Management, 09/01/17
References
References available upon request
Details
Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Teamwork, Creativity, Decision Making, Communication, Greek, English, Italian, French, Trips, Running, Training, Aerial Yoga, Spend quality time with family & friends, Result-oriented professional with 15 years of experience in Supply Chain and Logistics Management, both in 3PL providers' and multinational commercial companies' environment. Team player, able to work under pressure to meet strict deadlines and challenging outcomes, having collaborative, confident and creative approach. Impactful management, analytical mindset, takes initiative, achieves qualitative results, exceeding expectations, motivated by high personal responsibility.
Software
Timeline
Senior Logistics Manager
ELVALHALCOR S.A.| Copper Segment
12.2022 - Current
Warehouse & Distribution Manager SEE | Global Operations - Europe SCM
adidas
07.2016 - 04.2019
Supply Chain & Logistics Manager - Reporting to CEO
MIGATO S.A.
01.2015 - 12.2016
Warehouse & Distribution Coordinator SEE | Global Operations
adidas Group
12.2010 - 09.2015
Warehouse and Logistics Manager
Orphee Beinoglou Logistics & Int. Forwarders S.A.
01.2009 - 12.2010
Logistics Department
Orphee Beinoglou Logistics & Int. Forwarders S.A.
01.2006 - 12.2009
Erasmus - Economia & Commercio
Universita di Siena
SCM Optimization Manager SEE | Global Operations - Europe SCM
adidas
5 2019 - 11.2022
Master of Science - Supply Chain & Logistics Management
University of Piraeus
University Degree - Economics Science
Athens University of Economics And Business
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