Elien Smits & Marc Gross :: Heineken Collection Foundation

Elien Smits

Supply Chain Director, 2008 - present

Bio

"It's fun for people working in Supply Chain to be able to work with marketing and to be creative on the products, on the packaging, to support with innovations."

1997 - 1998 Management trainee

1998 - 2000 Team leader Packaging - Vrumona

2001 - 2004 Manager cellars & filtration Zoeterwoude brewery

2004 - 2008 Supply Chain Strategy Manager CEE

2008 - 2012 Supply Chain Director Multi Bintang Indonesia

2012 - 2014 Global Supply Chain Services Director

2014 - 2017 Supply Chain Director Bralima

2017 - 2019 Production Operations Director - Heineken France

2019 - 2023 Supply Chain Director - Heineken France

2023 - present Supply Chain Director - Heineken Vietnam

Marc Gross

Chief Supply Chain Officer, 2005 - 2020

Bio

"It's so important to have diversity not only on gender and on culture, but also on personalities in your team which really helps you to get to the next level."

1995 - 1999 Site Director - Heineken Greece

1999 - 2002 Supply Chain Director - North & Central Europe

2002 - 2005 Managing Director Heineken Netherlands Supply

2005 - 2020 Global Chief Supply Chain Officer

In this episode, Elien Smits, Supply Chain Director in Vietnam, meets with retired, former Chief Supply Chain Officer, Marc Gross, to talk about the (r)evolution in HEINEKEN's global Supply Chain in the past two decades. Moving from primarily manufacturing to an end-to-end Supply Chain function.

Click on the image below to hear all about the start of the digital transformation, and the ongoing developments improving safety, efficiency, cost savings, and much more.

Elien Smits

Marc Gross

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