Supply Chain Executives

Executive 2017

First ranking of ’s supply chain leaders Danish Dynamite: Top 25 Supply Chain Executives The Business School (CBS) has developed many business leaders in Denmark over the past 100 years. This year, CBS’s annual Supply Chain Leaders Forum (SCLF) is celebrating the fostering of supply chain leaders by founding a new award: Best Supply Chain Executive 2017. In this context, the organizers asked Supply Chain Media to prepare a ranking of the Top 25 Supply Chain Executives in Denmark. Together with the executive supply-chain recruitment agency Inspired-Search, we have been developing and publishing a Top 28 for Europe in a similar way since 2015.

By Martijn Lofvers, Edwin Tuyn en Christian Plesca

sonal responsibility of each of the Sup- to determine the multiple hierarchical lay- Ranking Denmark’s ply Chain Executive, we first examined ers and functional structure. Fourthly, the Top 25 the span of control and scope (SCOR) supply chain complexity was evaluated to which defines the executive’s role, level gain insight into the dynamic system of To produce this ranking of the Top 25 of responsibility and leadership position. operation within each company. Last but Supply Chain Executives in Denmark, we Secondly, the geographical scope indi- not least, the supply chain maturity was took the following four factors into con- cated each executive’s geographical area of assessed based on the Gartner model. In sideration: 1) company success, 2) per- command. Thirdly, the level of the organi- a level-one stage or ‘reactive’ supply chain, sonal responsibility, 3) personal visibility, zational complexity was classified in order the focus is solely based on the business and 4) peer voting. Based on the relevant evaluation criteria as shown in the figure below these factors were divided into four Executive Top 25 SCM Executives Denmark 2017 2017 quadrants, with each quadrant contribut- ing one quarter (25%) of the total score. Company Success 25% 25% Personal Responsibility

SUPPLY CHAIN MOVEMENT, No.26, Q3 2017 → Revenue → Span of Control & Scope (SCOR) I Company Success → Revenue Growth → Geographical Scope In the first quadrant, company suc- → EBIT → Organizational Complexity → EBIT Growth → Supply Chain Complexity cess was assessed based on the financial 1 2 → Supply Chain Maturity results, represented by the revenue and EBIT values. This entailed extracting the companies’ revenue details and EBIT

results from their annual reports. We RANKING CRITERIA compared performance in 2015 and 2016 Peer Voting Personal Visibility to quantify the revenue and EBIT growth → Executive Recruiters 4 3 → Press Releases Mentioning → Professors → Interviews 30 in percentages. Additionally, the number → Supply Chain Peers → Keynote Presentations → Supply Chain Consultants → University Guest Lectures of FTEs per company was identified and → Suppliers & Vendors → LinkedIn Profile Completeness ranked. 25% 25%

II Personal Responsibility INSPIRED-SEARCH INSPIRED-SEARCH logistics and supply chain professionals Scoring input for the ranking of the Top 25 SCM Executives in Denmark by: logistics and supply chain professionals Executive Search | Interim Management | Recruitment | Talent Development In the second quadrant, to assess the per- Executive Search | Interim Management | Recruitment | Talent Development unit. If the supply chain is in a level-five Susanne Hundsbæk-Pedersen in 1999, worked for Lafarge for 14 years stage of maturity, technology supports 1| senior Vice President Devices & Supply (including as president of the company’s complete orchestration and value is cre- Chain Management, North American cement business) and ated for the entire network. Susanne Hundsbæk-Pedersen has been also spent three years at Michelin in the working for Novo Nordisk since 2002, European truck tyres business. At Ves- III Personal Visibility currently in the position of Senior Vice tas, he is responsible for the company’s In the third quadrant, personal visibility operations on a global scale. Jean-Marc was defined as each executive’s level of Lechêne’s public image was built through media exposure through activities such press releases, being mentioned in spe- as press releases, interviews, keynote cialized supply chain publications and presentations, university guest lectures attending conferences. and the completeness of the executive’s

LinkedIn profile. These criteria were then Povl Krogsgaard given a weighting value. For example, 3| Vice CEO, Arla Foods press releases (including on news web- Povl Krogsgaard is a board member of sites and other online sources of supply Arla Foods and has been the Vice CEO of chain information) received one point per the company’s supply chain since 2004. source. Interviews in a weekly, monthly, He is actively involved in all the strate- quarterly or annual publication received gic, tactical and operational developments two points each. Participation by the Dan- of the company, and his responsibili- ish supply chain executive in keynote ties span the globe. The company’s EBIT presentations or conferences was valued at three points per event. University lec- President with responsibilities which tures were awarded four points each, in extend globally. The company registered order to highlight and recognize those 4% revenue growth and 10% EBIT growth executives who prioritize and focus on in 2016 versus 2015. Susanne Hundsbæk- sharing knowledge, promoting education Pedersen is particularly preoccupied with and attracting promising new talent to the the implementation of new developments, supply chain sector. and thus is often cited by specialized sup- ply chain magazines. Furthermore, she IV Peer Voting regularly attends conferences and gives In the fourth quadrant, the peer voting lectures at universities. was based on the feedback from execu- tive recruiters, professors, supply chain Jean-Marc Lechêne peers, consultants and the Danish SCLF 2| COO, Board attending the conference in Copen- Jean-Marc Lechêne is a board member hagen on 6 September 2017. Each of the of Vestas, where he has been COO since abovementioned voters awarded points, 2012. He gained an MBA from Insead grew by 26% in 2016 compared to 2015. starting with 10 points for the Danish Additionally Povl Krogsgaard is a popular SUPPLY CHAIN MOVEMENT, No.26, Q3 2017 Supply Chain Executive that they believed public figure in the Danish media, having deserves first place, nine points for second built his reputation by giving interviews, place, and so on down to one point for being cited in press releases in supply the executive deserving tenth place. The chain magazines and attending confer- voters based their scoring on their profes- ences. sional and personal collaboration with the

Supply Chain Executives in question. Per Rud 4| senior Vice President, Man Diesel & Total score Turbo 31 The total score for each quadrant was Per Rud became the SVP After-Sale multiplied by 0.25 and the scores were Marine and Power Plants division in Janu- added together to arrive at this ranking of ary 2016, having previously been VP of the Top 25 Danish Supply Chain Execu- the Supply Chain division and VP of After tives. Sale Service (gaining 2.5 years of expe- of experience within Materials Science and one decade within the Medical Device Industry. He is responsible for the end- to-end global supply chain at . His focus is on the business, execution through the value chain, leadership and communication. He studied The Lead- ership Challenge at the IMD Business School.

søren Grubbe 6| Vice President of Group Supply Chain, FLSmidth Søren Grubbe became the VP of Group Supply Chain at FLSmidth in Novem- ber 2016 after being promoted from the rience in each division). The company role of VP of Group Logistics, a position ation Programmes at Widex since Novem- registered 122% growth in EBIT in 2016 which he had held for almost two years. ber 2016, after previously working in posi- compared to 2015. Per Rud is a board He reports directly to one of the division tions such as VP of Global Sourcing and member of the company, and his position Operation Programmes for two years, has global reach and responsibilities. His Director of Global Sourcing for one year, educational background includes an MBA and as the Head of Global Sourcing and from Insead in Shanghai, a Diploma in S&OP for six months. The company regis- Business Excellence from Columbia Busi- tered growth of 18% in revenue and 63% ness School and a qualification from IMD in EBIT in 2016 compared to 2015. Martin Business School Switzerland for ‘Leading Hagger Kirk is well-known in Denmark the Supply Chain’. and received positive feedback from his Danish peers and recruiters. His educa-

Frank Berg Rasmussen tional background consists of a Bachelor 5| VP of Global Supply Chain Manage- in Economics and Business Administra- ment, Coloplast tion and an MSc in Supply Chain Man- Frank Berg Rasmussen has been Vice agement, both from the Copenhagen President of Global Supply Chain at Colo- Business School. plast since November 2016. Coloplast’s

turnover in 2016 was DKK 14.6 billion, Lars Bang with 7% EBIT growth compared to 2015. board members and his span of respon- 8| executive Vice-President, H. Lund- Frank Berg Rasmussen has two decades sibility is global. He is involved in the beck implementation of strategic-level pro-

SUPPLY CHAIN MOVEMENT, No.26, Q3 2017 jects such as S&OP. His public exposure is manifested through press releases and participation in conferences. Addition- ally, he is well-known locally in Denmark and benefits from positive feedback from peers, consultants and recruiters. His education includes an MBA in Manufac- turing Management and various executive training programmes. 32 Martin Hagger Kirk 7| Vice President of Global Supply Chain, Widex Martin Hagger Kirk has been VP of the Global Supply Chain, Sourcing and Oper-

Lars Bang became the Executive Vice- Jacob Kops Pedersen President of Supply Chain Operations and 10| VP of Group Supply Chain, Engineering of H. in February 2016. He has worked at the company for Jacob Kops Pedersen has been Vice Presi- 28 years in total, including as a member dent of Group Supply Chain at Pandora, a of the Executive Board. The company reg- designer and manufacturer of jewellery, istered 7% growth in revenue and 134% since April 2011. Pandora’s total revenue growth in EBIT in 2016 compared to in 2016 was DKK 20.3 billion, an increase 2015. His position has global reach. He of 21% (EBIT +27%) compared to 2015. is regularly quoted in press releases, and Jacob Kops Pedersen is head of an inter- he also gives keynote presentations at national team of people (Copenhagen, universities. His educational background Bangkok, Baltimore, Hong Kong) and has includes an MSc in Industrial Engineer- strategic leadership of the overall supply ing and a Bachelor in Marketing from the chain strategy and KPIs. He is generally Copenhagen Business School. praised for his ability to focus on the chal- lenges and to adjust to the local reality, studied Engineering Manufacturing &

Jens Jakobsson which enables him to win small battles in Management at the Technical University 9| senior Vice President of Operations, complex situations. Jacob Kops Pedersen of Denmark (DTU). Dong Energy Wind Power Jens Jakobsson has been working for Dong Energy Wind Power since 2005. All of his positions have been at VP level, in TOP 11-25

11 Nicolai Gradman 19 Stéphane Simonetta Director of Logistics, Dansk group VP of Operations/COO, Grundfos Supermarked 20 Nicolaj Boysen 12 Jan Breinholt Director of Logistics, COOP VP of Customer Supply Chain, Carlsberg 21 Jesper Madsen 13 Christian Alsoe sVP of Global Supply Chain, Nilfisk group VP, Head of Group SC & procurement, ISS World Services 22 Claus Kappe Head of Global Supply Chain & Logistics, 14 Morten Buhl Sørensen Foss sVP of Global Supply Chain, Danfoss Sola Inverter 23 Bruno Larsen

VP Global Supply Chain Management, SUPPLY CHAIN MOVEMENT, No.26, Q3 2017 areas such as distribution and engineer- 15 Birgit BÆk Thomsen aLK Abelló ing, and he became VP of Operations in VP of Global Supply Chain, Nissens 2015. He gained his MBA from Insead, 24 Jens Drejer Husted specializing in ‘Finance for Executives’. As 16 Jørgen Skaarup VP of Supply Chain & Procurement, an indirect result, the company registered Vice-President of Production and Supply operations, Terma a 641% increase in EBIT in 2016 versus Chain, Tulip Food Company 2015. Additionally, Jens Jakobsson is a 25 Kurt Tornbjerg Pedersen very popular spokesman for the company, 17 Morten Knudsen VP of Supply Chain, Danish Crown being cited by various online magazines VP of Global Operations, Danfoss Power 33 through press releases. He also attends conferences and shares his supply chain 18 Per Olesen knowledge with the new generation in VP of Supply Chain Management, educational lectures held at universities.