Third ranking of Denmark’s supply chain leaders Danish Dynamite: Top 50 Supply Chain Executives 2019

For the third consecutive year, with supply chain-focused head­ Management­ Consulting Supply Chain Leaders Forum hunter, ­Inspired-Search, and and ­consists of a creative (SCLF) is celebrating the foste­ Supply Chain Media, the leading statuette by Åse ­Højer and ring of great supply chain lea­ European supply chain ­magazine an SCM problem analysis. ders at Copenhagen Business and web channel, SCLF has eva­ School. SCLF is a collaboration luated and prepared a ranking of between CBS, DTU, IDA Opera­ the Top 50 Supply Chain Execu­ tions Management and the tives in ­Denmark. The award ­association AAASCM. Together is sponsored by Syncronic

By Henrik Knak and Michael Schou Willumsen, Syncronic Management consulting SUPPLY CHAIN LEADERS FORUM

Ranking Denmark’s Top 50 defines the executive’s role, level of respon- a weekly, monthly, quarterly or annual pub- attending the conference in Copenhagen To produce this ranking of the Top 50 sibility and leadership position. lication received two points each. Participa- on 11th September 2019. Each of the above- Supply Chain Executives in Denmark, we Secondly, the geographical scope indi- tion by the Danish supply chain executive mentioned voters awarded points, starting took the following four factors into consid- cated each executive’s geographical area of in keynote presentations or conferences was with 10 points for the Danish Supply Chain eration: command. valued at three points per event. University Executive that they believed deserves first I Company success Thirdly, the level of the organizational lectures were awarded four points each, place, nine points for second place, and so II Personal responsibility complexity was classified in order to deter- in order to highlight and recognize those on down to one point for the executive de- III Personal visibility mine the multiple hierarchical layers and executives who prioritize and focus on serving tenth place. The voters based their IV Peer voting functional structure. Fourthly, the supply sharing knowledge, promoting education scoring on their professional and personal chain complexity was evaluated to gain in- and attracting promising new talent to the collaboration with the Supply Chain Exec- Based on the relevant evaluation criteria sight into the dynamic system of operation supply chain sector. utives in question. as shown in the figure below these factors within each company. were divided into four quadrants, with Last but not least, the supply chain IV Peer Voting Total score each quadrant contributing one quarter ­maturity was assessed based on the In the fourth quadrant, the peer voting The total score for each quadrant was mul- (25%) of the total score. Gartner model. In a level-one stage or was based on the feedback from executive tiplied by 0.25 and the scores were added ‘reactive’ supply chain, the focus is solely recruiters, professors, supply chain peers, together to arrive at this ranking of the I Company Success based on the business unit. If the supply consultants and the Danish SCLF Board Top 50 Danish Supply Chain Executives. In the first quadrant, company success was chain is in a level-five stage of maturity, assessed based on the financial results, technology supports complete orches- represented by the revenue and EBIT tration and value is created for the entire values, and ROCE. This entailed extracting network. the companies’ revenue details and EBIT ­results from their annual reports. III Personal Visibility We compared performance in 2017 and In the third quadrant, personal visibility 2018 to quantify the revenue, EBIT and was defined as each executive’s level of ROCE growth in percentages. Additional- media exposure through activities such as ly, the number of FTEs per company was press releases, interviews, keynote pres- identified and ranked. entations, university guest lectures and the completeness of the executive’s LinkedIn II Personal Responsibility profile. These criteria were then given a In the second quadrant, to assess the per- weighting value. For example, press releases sonal responsibility of each of the Supply (including on news websites and other Chain Executive, we first examined the online sources of supply chain information) span of control and scope (SCOR) which received one point per source. Interviews in

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Group have made highly valuable efforts And the in terms of embracing new innovations Hall of Fame and focusing on supply chain sustainabil- winner is … ity – from both an environmental and a human/ ethical perspective. After all, in The Carsten Rasmussen will in 2020 join the Hall of Fame for a period of three years. After this period he rejoins the pool of potential winners of the Best Supply Lego Group’s case, it is a huge challenge to Chain Executive in Denmark. change not only the packaging, but also the ingredients of the product. SupplyChainMovement.com portrais Carsten Rasmussen on the front page of 2018 their website: Rasmussen joined Lego in Jean-Marc Lechêne, Chief Operating Officer at Vestas, 2001 as a buyer and has since worked in took the top spot last year. He has been a member of the top management in Vestas and COO since 2012. He various roles in purchasing, production took an MBA from Insead in 1988 and spent 5 years at and supply chain across the globe, includ- McKinsey, worked for Lafarge for 18 years and spent, Carsten Rasmussen, Chief Operating ing leading the supply chain office in Hong before joining Vestas, three years at Michelin in the ­Officer at The Lego Group, has been Kong (2006-2009), leading Lego Production European tire business. At Vestas, he is responsible for ranked as Denmark’s most influential in the Czech Republic (2009-2012) and the company’s global operations with ~ 12,000 emplo- supply chain leader for 2019. SCLF together overseeing the EU packing (2012-2014). yees and a tripling of capacity in just 5 years. Jean-Marc Lechêne’s public profile has been built up through press with Inspired-Search and Supply Chain Between 2014-2015, Carsten became re- releases, mentioned in numerous supply chain publica- Media arrived at that conclusion by apply- sponsible for the Lego Shopper Marketing tions and participation in conferences. ing its thorough methodology. & Channel development. This demonstrates As in the previous two years, the decision Supply Chain’s role as an integral part of the about who should top the 2019 ranking was company and a success factor in developing a very close call. This year, the financial an omnichannel strategy. During 2016-2017, 2017 results of The Lego Group tipped the scales as Senior Vice President Capability Build- Susanne Hundsbæk-Pedersen, Senior VP Devices & SCM in Carsten Rasmussen’s favour. The Lego ing, Rasmussen laid the foundations for at Novo Nordisk, won in 2017. She has worked for Novo Group returned to growth in 2018 and its the renewed growth by ensuring coherent Nordisk since 2002. Currently in the position of Senior revenue and operating profit both grew by alignment between the product innovation Vice President with Global Responsibility. Novo Nordisk recorded 4% revenue growth and 10% EBIT growth 4%, plus its market share increased in all value proposition, the customer value prop- in 2016 versus 2015. Susanne Hundsbæk-Pedersen is major markets. As COO of The Lego Group osition and the supply chain value propo- particularly concerned with the implementation of new and member of the Executive Leadership sition. In April 2017, Rasmussen became developments and is often quoted in supply chain ma- Team, Carsten has made a significant con- COO with global responsibility for Manu- gazines. In addition, she regularly attends conferences tribution to the changes and growth of Lego facturing, Distribution, Supply & Demand and lectures at universities. over the years. Rasmussen and The Lego Planning, Quality, Engineering and S&OP.

Top 50 Ranking Supply Chain Executives 2019 3 The 8th Supply Chain Leaders Forum 2019 has held at CBS in the exceptional beautiful Killn hall – the former Royal Copenhagens porcelain factory in Fred- eriksberg, Denmark. This year, the event attracted over 300 registered partici- pants. The conference theme ‘Sustain the chain’ focusing on sustainable pro- duction and supply chain management attracted great attention among business leaders and supply chain students in Denmark. The main purpose of the conference was to bridge research and business and education and practice. This conference – consisting of key note presentations, expo area with 20+ booths and an award show – is a unique example of how universities and private companies can collaborate across institutions. The event is organized as a collaboration between Copenhagen Business School, the Tech- nical University of Denmark, AAASCM, and IDA Operations Management, with a strong support from Syncronic. In addition to honouring students Photo (from left): Kim Sundtoft Hald (professor at CBS and chairman of the SCLF Board), Henrik Knak (partner in Syncronic, member of the SCLF Board and ­ from both CBS and DTU for the best chairman of AAASCM), Lars Kissow (founder and partner in Syncronic Management­ Consulting), Carsten Rasmussen (COO at the LEGO Group), Martijn Lofvers academic assignments that bring value (founder of ­Supply Chain Media BV), Peter Brønd (member of the board of directors of IDA Operations Management and member of the SCLF Board), Mariëlle Wester (headhunter at Inspired-Search), and Peter Jacobsen (associate professor at DTU and member of the SCLF Board). to business, the conference reached its peak with the unveiling of the best sup- ply chain leader in Denmark 2019. The hensive assessment of many criteria. The from the Netherlands in collaboration with This year, Carsten Rasmussen, Executive award is again this year presented by CEO data collection, analysis and the final choice the leading supply chain communication Vice President and Chief Operating of Syncronic Lars Kissow after a thorough were carried out by the executive supply channel Supply Chain Media and the board Officer at the LEGO Group ranked #1 analysis that includes a broad and compre- chain recruitment agency Inspired-Search of directors of the SCLF forum. in ­Denmark.

Top 50 Ranking Supply Chain Executives 2019 4 Group’s financial results. LEGO people, across five continents, His educational background had almost €5 billion in revenue with responsibilities including includes a Master’s degree in in 2018, with +4% revenue, +4% global procurement, logistics and Mechanical Engineering from EBIT and +9% ROCE growth, operations, including manufac- Cranfield University, and various compared to 2017. As a result, turing, operations, quality, food executive leadership and supply #1 Carsten has advanced from the safety and sustainability. #3 chain management certifications #12th place in 2018 to the #1st Sami is an example in terms from institutions such as Colum- Carsten Rasmussen Per Rud place for winning the 2019 Supply of personal visibility, being one bia Business School, INSEAD, LEGO Group Man Energy Solutions Chief Operating Officer (COO) Chain Leader Award as the top of the highest ranked and most Senior Vice President IMD, and Stanford. Executive in Denmark. voted by peer voters. Sami had a His educational background in- very strong progress ranking as Carsten has a global and cludes a Masters in Logistics from #2nd in 2019, considering he was Per became the SVP After-Sale long-lasting career of 18 years at the University of Aarhus. ranked #14th in 2018. Marine and Power Plants division Lego, where he started in 2001 He also worked for Unilever for Man Diesel & Turbo, in Jan- as a Buyer. Since then, he held (10 years), Reckitt Benckiser (5 uary 2016, after being VP for the various leadership positions in years), Danone (5 years) as VP of Supply Chain division, and VP of #4 the American, Asian and Europe- Manufacturing and VP Opera- After Sale Service with 2.5 years Jan Breinholt an regions, from Senior Director tions, and Estée Lauder (almost 4 of experience in each division. He Carlsberg Danmark to Senior Vice-President Organi- #2 years) as Senior VP Supply Chain is a board member of the com- Vice President sation Capability Building in the EMEA. pany, managing 3.500 employees Customer Supply Chain United Kingdom. Sami Naffakh He has a Bachelor’s degree in globally with 14 direct reports He became the COO of LEGO Arla Foods Mechanical Engineering from and a sales budget of €1.3 billion. Jan was announced in his current in 2017, with global responsibility EVP, Chief Operations Officer SVSU Michigan and a Master’s The company achieved impres- position as the VP of Customer ranging from Distribution, Qual- degree in Engineering from HEI. sive financial results such as +12% Supply Chain in August 2015, ity and Manufacturing to S&OP, Sami is since 2018 the EVP, revenue, +72% EBIT, and +64% after previously holding the posi- reporting directly to the Lego Chief Operations Officer for Arla ROCE growth, comparing 2018 tions as VP Procurement Group CEO. He is the Chairman Foods, with global responsibil- financial year with 2017. of the Board of Directors and ity as Executive VP for Supply Due to his global responsibility, also the member of the Executive Chain and as the member of the visibility, peer recognition and Leadership team. He is the #1 in Executive Management team. the company’s solid financial the Top 50 due to his C-level re- He is currently in charge of the performance, Per maintains sponsibility, visibility, peer voting global supply chain transforma- #3rd place in 2019 as he was also recognition, and due to LEGO tion, leading a team of 13,000 ranked #3rd in 2018.

Top 50 Ranking Supply Chain Executives 2019 5 Europe and VP Group Procure- His education includes a Master He is also a new candidate enter- Additionally, he is an active ment, for 2 years each at Carls- in Applied Economics Sciences ing the Top 10, when comparing Member in the Advisory Council berg. He also held positions as and an Academic degree in Mar- with 2018, due to his senior role, for the Graduate Diploma at Co- VP Supply Chain at Turk Tuborg itime Economic Sciences, both visibility and company financial penhagen Business School, where for 5.5 years, and as VP Busi- from the University of Antwerp. performance. he usually participates in lectures ness Development for Carlsberg #5 He did his Bachelors in En- and events, on topics such as Breweries for 3 years. Currently gineering and Management at the “Sustainable Supply Chain”. Emmanuel Buyse he is a Board member of Dansk Durham University and his MBA Morten Albin is also a Mentor, ISS A/S Retursystem since August 2015. VP Head of Supply Chain at Warwick Business School. volunteering in his free time, for Jan was ranked the #2nd in the and Procurement the “WELCOME HOME - Pow- 4th quadrant in our Peer Vot- #6 erful Veterans” in Copenhagen. ing ranking, being one of the Emmanuel became the VP Head In 2018, Demant registered +5.7% most recognised and most voted of Supply Chain and Procure- Mark Porter revenue, +8.3% EBIT and +7% supply chain executive. Finan- ment for ISS in March 2019, after Orsted ROCE growth, compared to the cially, Carlsberg had +142% EBIT being promoted from previously SVP Operations, Wind Power 2017 financial year. Considering growth and +17% ROCE growth held position as a Director, Head #7 Morten Albin’s personal visibility, when comparing 2018 with 2017, of Group Category Management Mark was appointed as the SVP Morten Albin Olsen peer votes, responsibility, and the Year-over-Year (YoY) results. for 2.5 years. He also worked for Operations for Wind Power at Or- Demant firm financial results, he is a new Due to Jan’s senior role, finan- Orsted as a Senior Manager, Head sted since June 2018. Previously he Vice President candidate in 2019 compared to cial results, and interviews, rank- of IT and Indirect Procurement worked for E.ON for a total of al- Global Supply Chain the 2018 ranking, achieving the ing #2nd as most voted by supply for 4 years, and before that he most 13 years, in various positions #7th place. chain peers, he maintains the worked for almost 8 years for such as Director Asset Manage- Morten Albin started in his Academically, he has a Gradu- same position as in 2018, ranking Accenture in various positions as ment, Director Wind Operations current position as Vice President ate Diploma degree from Aalborg on the #4th place in 2019. a Consultant and as a Manager. and Director Onshore Europe, for Global Supply Chain at Demant University. Academically, Jan has a Master Emmanuel is one of the most 2 years each, for E.ON’s Climate in 2010, where his role and re- in Chemical Engineering from visible supply chain executives, Renewables business. sponsibilities span across multiple the Technical University of actively participating in procure- Financially, Orsted achieved areas such as Production, Quality, Denmark (DTU) and a Bachelor’s ment conferences. He made a +29% revenue, +52% EBIT and Logistics, Finance, IT and Hu- in International Business Ad- significant progress ranking on + 27% ROCE growth in finan- man Resources. ministration from Copenhagen the #5th place in 2019, as a new cial year 2018 compared to 2017. He previously has worked for Business School. candidate. ­Orsted was the #1st best finan- Oticon A/S as the VP of Logis- cially performing company in tics (9 years) and as Purchasing the 1st quadrant ranking. ­Manager (4 years).

Top 50 Ranking Supply Chain Executives 2019 6 peer voters, he achieved the #10th years, and he is currently the entering the 2019 ranking, posi- place from a list of 71 supply Chairman of the Board of Lund- tioned on the #10th place. chain executives in Denmark. beck Pharmaceuticals in Italy, He has a PhD in Physics from Jörn is a new candidate in 2019, and the President of Elaiapharm the University of Aarhus and ranking on the #8th place. SAS (Lundbeck Pharmaceuticals did his Post Doc research at the #8 Jörn has a Diploma in En- France). Additionally, Lars is #10 University of Amsterdam and gineering from Hochschule actively involved in education, at the Risø National Laboratory. Jörn Neubert Frank Berg Rasmussen Heilbronn. having the role as the representa- Additionally, he also participated Velux Coloplast Senior Vice President, COO tive of the Technical University of VP Global Supply Chain in the Leadership Challenge Pro- Denmark, while also serving the gram at the IMD Business School community as a Member of the in 2013. Jörn was named in 2018 in his Business Council at the Copenha- Frank built a solid 16-year career current role as the Senior Vice gen Municipality. Ranking wise, at Coloplast, where he currently President COO, in which he he achieved the #2nd place in the is the VP of Global Supply Chain reports directly to the Velux CEO #9 Top 25 Supply Chain Executives since 2016, after he was promot- David Briggs. His role as SVP Lars Bang in Denmark in 2018, and current- ed from his previous role as VP followed after his tenure at NOR- H. Lundbeck ly holds the #9th place, also from and General Manager in Guang- MA Group, where he was the VP Executive Vice President, a total researched list of 71 supply dong, China, in which he worked Operation & Supply Chain and Supply Operations chain executives in Denmark. for almost 2.5 years. Even before Managing Director for 2.5 years, & Engineering Financially, in 2018 H. Lund- this, he was the Site Director in Frankfurt, Germany. Previ- beck registered significant results, leading Coloplast’s manufactur- ously, he also led the company Lars has been appointed as the with +5% revenue, +20.3% EBIT, ing site in Thisted Denmark. He Hoerbiger as the Head of Global Executive VP of Product De- and +58% ROCE growth, when has now global responsibility Operations COO for almost 3.5 velopment and Supply for H. comparing to the financial year for Coloplast end-to-end supply years. In the financial year 2018 Lundbeck since 2018, where he 2017. chain. Velux registered an increase of has global responsibility across Academically, he has a Mas- Coloplast has grown its revenue +5.1% revenue, compared to 2017. divisions such as global product ter in Industrial Engineering in 2018 by +5.9% and EBIT by He is also well recognized in the development, manufacturing, from the Technical University +1.3%, when comparing to 2017. supply chain industry and in our safety and environment, among of Denmark and a Bachelor in Due to his responsibility, visibil- 4th quadrant, considering the others. He has been working Marketing from the Copenhagen ity and Coloplast financial perfor- total points awarded from the for H. Lundbeck for the past 29 Business School. mance, Frank is a new candidate

Top 50 Ranking Supply Chain Executives 2019 7 (Copenhagen, Bangkok, Baltimore, Hong Kvickly in 2002. Additionally, he is also a sales. Panos is a new candidate in 2019 and Claudia Holmen Biogen Kong) and is the strategic leader of the board member of GS1 Denmark since 2015. ranks #15 due to his large area of respon­ Head of Supply Chain overall supply chain strategy and KPIs. He Nicolaj has a GDBA and an EMBA from sibility, and his visible leadership style. Management­ is generally praised for his ability to focus CBS. Panos Mytaros studied his Bachelor’s #11 on the challenges and adapt to the local degree at the University of Tubingen in reality, which allows him to win small Germany. Dan Nielsen Claudia is since 2019, Head of Supply victories in complex situations. FLSmidth VP Head of Supply Chain Chain Management at Biogen. Previous- Due to less good financial results and Karsten Gentner ly she was employed at ALK Abelló as new high-end entries into the list he reduc- LEO Pharma Director of Supply Chain, where she was es his previous #8 position from 2018 to #14 Vice President Global for three years and prior to that she was #12 in 2019. Supply Chain Director of Supply Chain Management at Academically, Jacob Kops Pedersen has Dan has worked for FLSmidth since 1993 #16 Ferrosan Medical Devices A/S for 4 years. a Master in Industrial Engineering from and has been VP Head of Supply Chain In her career, Claudia Holmen has more the Technical University of Denmark since 2014. Prior to this position, Dan Dr. Gentner has been Vice President of than 20 years of experience in the Phar- and a Bachelor in Marketing from the Nielsen worked as a General Manager of Global Supply Chain in LEO Pharma since maceutical and Medical Device industry. ­Copenhagen Business School. Procurement for 8 years. Due to his global Oktober 2018. He is responsible for the Claudia came in as #11 strongly supported responsibility and high visibility, Dan end-to-end global supply planning. In by the excellent financial results of Biogen ranks #14 and is new on the list. particular, he is very passionate about Nicolaj Boysen and, her personal responsibility reach. Coop Danmark Dan Nielsen has a B.Sc in Mechanical integrating business planning and systems Claudia obtained her Master of Science at Chief Supply Chain Officer Engineering from Copenhagen’s Techni- implementation. Before his current Odense University. cal School, which is now called Technical position, Dr. Gentner was Head of Supply #13 University of Denmark (DTU). Chain in Novartis for 2 years and Head of Global Supply Chain in Sandoz for 2 years. Jacob Kops Pedersen Nicolaj became Chief Supply Chain Officer Dr. Gentner has a Ph.D. in Industrial­ Pandora Panos Mytaros VP Global Supply Chain at Coop Denmark Feb. 2019, where he is ECCO ­Engineering and Operations Research responsible for the supply chain for more Executive VP from Karlsruhe Institute for Technology. #12 than 1000 stores. He is currently optimiz- ing Coop’s distribution network, by mov- #15 Jacob is Vice President of Global Supply ing distribution to a more modern center Chain at Pandora - Designer and Manufac- in Odense. Before this position, Nicolaj was Panos has been Executive VP for ECCO turer of Jewelry - since August 2018. Jacob Group Logistic Director for 4 years, where since 2011. Before this position, Panos started in Pandora in 2011 as Vice Presi- he was responsible for Logistics across all was President of ECCO Leather Group dent of Group Logistics. He is the head of stores and distribution centers and, has for 5 years. Panos is specialized in leather an international team of employees worked at Coop since his beginning in production, factory management, and

Top 50 Ranking Supply Chain Executives 2019 8 He has worked for Lundbeck for more than Plc as well as the board of CO-RO A/S Kurt Pedersen took his Cand Merc and HA Andrew Finnegan Novo Nordisk 14 years in five different positions. Kristian Torsten took his Master’s of Pharmacy at Synddansk University. And have since Corporate VP Supply Chain Sibilitz was the youngest ever VP at Lund- from Copenhagens University. then taken his HD and Executive MBA at beck at the time he was promoted in 2011. Aarhus School of Business. #17 Kristian Sibilitz has a Master’s degree in Morten Lundsgaard Degn Lego Supply Chain Management and Logistics Pernille Fagerberg VP Manufacturing Andrew has worked as CVP Supply Chain from DTU. Danfoss Power Solutions and Supply Chain Global Supply Chain since 2013, where he is globally responsible Technology #21 Director­ for supply chain strategy and development, Per Sonne Sørensen Foss #23 S&OP, network planning, NPI, supply SVP Global Quality Morten has worked as VP of Manufacturing chain IT, and shipping & distribution. and ­Production and Supply Chain Technology for almost Pernille has worked as Global Supply Andrew Finnegan has been with Novo & Supply Chain #19 two years now and is responsible for 120 Chain Director for two and a half years. Nordisk for 15 years and has been working employees around the world. He further- She has worked for Danfoss for almost 19 at the CVP level since 2009. Per has worked as Senior VP for five years more has a focus on End-to-End Digital years and has had eight different positions During 2004-2009 he led Novo’s LEAN where his goals are to improve the quality Product Lines and Supply Chain 4.0 innova- since she started in 2000. program trademarked ‘cLEAN’ delivering of products, increase delivery performance tion. Morten has worked for Lego since 2010 Pernille Fagerberg has a Bachelor’s a significant optimization of the Novo and drive cost down. Before this position, where he started as an internal consultant. degree in mechanical engineering and the Nordisk end-to-end flow leading to grand Per worked as General Manager for FOSS Academically, he is educated as a pro- first part of an HD from Aarhus School of economic results for the company. Analytical Ltd. in China. Prior to joining duction engineer from Aarhus University Business. Andrew holds a BA in business studies Foss he worked 12 years at Nilfisk in vari- and holds an HD and Executive MBA also from University of West London, and a ous positions around the world. from Aarhus University. Stéphane Simonetta Master’s degree in International Marketing Per holds a Master’s degree in Mechani- Grundfos Group Executive Kurt Tornbjerg Pedersen and Management from CBS. cal Engineering from DTU. VP Operations / COO Danish Crown VP Supply Chain Kristian Sibilitz Torsten Steenholt #24 Chr. Hansen H.Lundbeck Stéphane has worked as Group Executive Senior VP Supply Chain EVP Global Operations #22 & Facility Management Vice President, COO for four years, and is #18 #20 Kurt has worked as VP Supply Chain for in charge of Global Manufacturing, Supply four years, with a prior engagement as Chain/Logistics, Purchasing, Technology Kristian has worked as Senior VP for one Torsten has worked as EVP of Global plant manager in Danish Crown since year and is responsible for product intro- Operations since 2017, but have worked for 2010. During this period he, amongst duction, master data, warehousing, dis- Chr. Hansen for more than 7 years now. In ­others, was leading the implementation tribution, HQ security, corporate health, parallel to his executive position at Chr. of a new robotics solution to minimize safety, and environment to name a few. Hansen he is member of the board of Altia workplace injuries.

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Center/NPI, Shop Floor & Business Excel- Final Ranking Supply Chain Top 50 Danish Executives 2019 lence, Quality and Sustainibility across 27 plants with more than 18,000 employees. # Name Position Company Before Grundfos he was VP of Global 1 Carsten Rasmussen Chief Operating Officer Lego Group 2 Sami Naffakh EVP, Chief Operating Officer Arla Foods ­Operations for Honeywell in Switzerland, 3 Per Rud SVP After Sales Marine & Power Plants MAN Energy Solutions SE and worked for Valeo for nearly 7 years 4 Jan Breinholt VP Customer Supply Chain Carlsberg Denmark 5 Emmanuel Buyse VP Head of Supply Chain and Procurement (Group CPO) ISS in various production and supply chain 6 Mark Porter SVP of Operations Orsted 7 Morten Albin Olsen VP Global Supply Chain Demant director positions in China, France and 8 Jörn Neubert Senior Vice President, COO VELUX Slovakia. 9 Lars Bang EVP Supply Operations & Engineering H. Lundbeck 10 Frank Berg Rasmussen VP Global Supply Chain Coloplast Stéphane has a Master’s degree in Indus- 11 Claudia Holmen Head of Supply Chain Biogen 12 Jacob Kops Pedersen VP Group SC Pandora trial Engineering and Computer­ Science 13 Nicolaj Boysen Group Logistics Director Coop Danmark from Valenciennes. 14 Dan Nielsen VP Head of Supply Chain FLSmidth 15 Panos Mytaros EVP, Global Shoe Production ECCO 16 Karsten Gentner VP Global Supply Chain LEO Pharma Thomas Børglum Jensen 17 Andrew Finnegan Corporate VP Supply Chain Novo Nordisk 18 Kristian Sibilitz SVP Supply Chain & Facility Management H. Lundbeck Bestseller 19 Per Sonne Sørensen SVP Global Quality and Production & Supply Chain Foss CFO & Head of Logistics 20 Torsten Steenholt EVP Global Operations Chr. Hansen 21 Morten Lundsgaard Degn VP Manufacturing and Supply Chain Technology Lego Group 22 Kurt Tornbjerg Pedersen VP Supply Chain Danish Crown #25 23 Pernille Fagerberg Global Supply Chain Director Danfoss Power Solutions 24 Stéphane Simonetta Group EVP Operations / COO Grundfos 25 Thomas Børglum Jensen CFO & Head of Logistics Bestseller Thomas has worked as CFO and Head of 26 Bjørn Rici Andersen SVP Group Operations and Technology Rockwool Group Logistics - a very unusual combination - 27 Claus Høgholm Corporate VP Sourcing Operations Novo Nordisk 28 Søren Grubbe SVP Global Supply Chain Nilfisk for Bestseller for two years. Before working 29 Peter Grier VP SCM Novozymes 30 Torben Koch VP Global Supply Chain Danfoss for Bestseller he worked as Divisional CFO 31 Kim Hedegaard SVP Supply Chain Haldor Topsoe and other positions for Novo Nordisk for 32 Lars Lundgaard SVP of Operations WS Audiology 33 Thomas Stig Lundstrøm SVP Global Operations GN Hearing 11 years. 34 Jesper Madsen EVP Global Operations / COO Nilfisk 35 Henrik Storm Jørgensen VP Supply Chain AMBU Thomas has a Master’s degree in Finance 36 Morten Buhl Sørensen SVP & Managing Director Danfoss Solar Inverter Danfoss Solar Inverter and Business Law from Aarhus University. 37 Per Olesen VP SCM Novozymes 38 Morten Knudsen VP BU PVG/DCV Danfoss Power He supplemented his education with stud- 39 Karen-Marie Katholm Integrated operations leader Dupont 40 Vagn Hundebøll Director, Group Vice President Dansk Landbrugs Grovvareselskab (DLG) ies from Harvard University and Depaul 41 Morten Egeberg Director, Supply Chain Development & Optimisation LEO Pharma University and was amongst the top 3% 42 Lars Petersson EVP & Chief Operating Officer (COO) Hempel A/S 43 Martin Hagger Kirk VP Global Supply Chain, Sourcing & Operation Programs WS Audiology when he graduated. 44 Johan Crusefalk Supply Chain Director, Europe & Africa Hempel 45 Birgit Dam Jespersen Head of Nordic Supply Chain Sandoz 46 Claus Ostergaard SVP Global Supply Chain Vestas 47 Morten Kaiser Nielsen VP Supply Chain Cheminova 48 Michele Sterlecchini VP SCM Grundfos 49 Niels Lange Jørgensen VP Supply Chain Arla Foods 50 Allan Kyhe Kjærgaard EVP Logistics JYSK

10 Become a great Supply Chain Leader

– and win the SCLF award for Best Supply Chain Leader in Denmark next year

Whether you are on the Top 50 of Best Does this mean that having ‘only’ a Danish Headhunter Mariëlle Wester from Supply Chain Leaders in Denmark 2019 or end-to-end supply chain responsibility Inspired-Search presented at the annual not, you might wonder what it takes to be limits my chances to be a part of top 10, Supply Chain Leaders Forum five essen- become a great leader. And how you may or even becoming #1? Well, not at all. Jan tial capabilities that they look at when improve your position on the list before the Breinholt from Carlsberg Danmark with recruiting top talent, while also taking into 2020 top 50 list is made available in about mainly DK responsibility (factor II) is a account the cultural and personal fit: one year from now. These might be two great example of: He is currently #4 on the very different things… 2019 top 50 list and may still improve on 1 Understand the effects of The top 50 list is based on a thorough the other factors. economics and market dynamics data collection, validation and analysis of Equally, having a global, end-to-end (e.g. sustainability, Brexit) public available data. Hence, improving responsibility or leading a company with 2 Understand how to leverage your position on the list basically means great financial performance does not au- IT and automation knowledge you need to improve on each of the four tomatically get you on the list. You need to (e.g. data analysis & AI) factors being considered: focus on all four factors. 3 Understand the cost to serve Søren Grubbe (#28) is another example in your supply chain I Company success – improve of a great supply chain leader that delivers 4 Embrace innovation ­profitability and ROCE, excellent on three of the four factors, but as 5 Understand how you effectively and help grow the business company financial performance (factor I) can use the following three C’s II Personal responsibility – increase is not fantastic in the latest annual report of supply chain leadership: your scope to lead more functions he is much lower in the list than he should and geography be, namely in top 10 measured on the III Personal visibility – make noise, remaining three factors. i.e. promote SCM via lectures, Delivering excellent on publicly available 3x ­conferences, articles etc. data only is NOT what makes a great lead- Communicate IV Peer voting – be known and er. But it is a very good indicator. Collaborate ­respected amongst your peers, e.g. via more of factor III C Change

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