Braco Supply chain and Risk management consultancy

Expert in Buy-Sell/Supply Chain Financing & Supply Chain Risk processes

Assisting with new, progressive procurement processes in the organization or improve and analyze existing ones.

About

My name is Fred de Brabander I worked at Royal Philips/Philips Lighting (Signify) for 38,5 years in various Finance and Accounting positions, both in the Netherlands and abroad in USA and Mexico. As I am retired now I am open for temporary/interim management functions in the field of expertise I have build up over last decades w.r.t controlling, implementation of procurement processes and procurement risk management processes including execution in case of chapter 11/chapter 7 situations to secure continuity for the business.

For the last 10 years I was the Global Supplier Risk Manager for Philips/Philips Lighting (Signify).

In my previous two roles I was the financial analyst and member of the Philips M&A team to merge a major Philips business with a third party involving 40 factories, and the Procurement Controller of one of the main Divisions within Royal Philips (Consumer Electronics/Lifestyle).

As a Procurement Controller I introduced Supplier Financing as a structural instrument to generate Cash Flow. I developed and implemented a Buy/Sell procurement model to utilize leverage for driving cost savings and/or a better control of strategic components, and I developed and implemented a Supplier Risk Framework to support global business in mitigating risks in the supply chain whenever continuity is in jeopardy (e.g. natural disasters, financial distress and insolvency/bankruptcies).

Before that I was involved in setting up cash & currency management system, developing a tailor made ERP system for one of our businesses and was leading an advisory group for the Global Business Group Management for strategic investments.

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Services

  • Implementing new, or improving/analysing existing, Procurement Processes/Organization.
  • Adding new featuring models like Buy-Sell/Supply Chain Financing in combination with Supply Chain Risk processes.
  • Implementing a stand-alone Supply Chain Risk Process including crisis management.
  • Workshops, lectures, and seminars.

What can you expect after engagement?

Introduction of people and organization involved
  • What part of the organization is involved
  • Which people are working in that area
  • What is the leadership/hierarchical model
  • What are the reporting lines
Discuss the situation to be improved
  • What is the situation at this moment
  • What are the bottle necks
  • What is the goal setting

If you think I can be a perfect fit for you in helping your company, please contact me.

Contact

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