Łukasz Gładysz

- Planning and execution of business expansion towards UK & Ireland. - Setting up first business unit outside of Germany for Schwarz Produktion i.e. accounting, legal, tax, compliance, liaising with local politicians and many more - Building a high performing management team and operations. 100% inhouse recruitment of >100 FT’s. - Land & extraction licence acquisition - Design, tender, built and commissioning of a greenfield water bottling plant - Commissioning & integration of the new site into existing organization - Digitalization of operations with SAP DMC

2014 - 2020 responsible for multimillion euro project with objectives of: - Selling inner city Holsten Factory for a residential development (city centre location of 85.000m²) - Acquisition of the new land within the Hamburg City - Design and build of new factory through a multi-tender approach with objectives to deliver i.e.: • Non material cost improvement • Productivity improvement • OEE improvement • HSE improvement • And many others - Overall project management from inception via technical clarification, procurement, detail design and execution including transfer of the business and ramp up phase using ORAT methodology (Operational Reediness Activation and Transition) - In different phases project consist of + 500FTE’s organized with a work streams Legal, Controlling & Finance, HR & Change management, PMO, Communication, Technical Design (Brewing and processing, Packaging, IT & Automation, Civil and Architectural, Logistics, Utilities, Compliance, Health & Safety and Loss Prevention) all including internal employees, consulting companies and 40 + suppliers. ORAT team consist of full German Org.

- Operational improvements and investments/Capex realization within region of Germany and Baltics, which consist of six factories in Germany, Lithuania, Latvia and Czech Republic. - Operational improvement targeting P&L improvements and on top HSE, OEE, Productivity etc. - Main project realized within the role was to redesign of existing Factory /Brown Field Plant design & build in Klaipeda (BC & concept from start to acceptance by Executive committee done within 4 months) - Search of the investors and financial engineering in order to meet all parties expectation - Project includes demerger with a local organization and the Joint Venture legal integration with Brooklyn Brewery NY - Overall project management – project team consisted of legal, F&A, Tax, production, commercial, communication, logistics and extern. Consultants - Coaching of the local PM after Executive Board approval - Project investment and join venture merger was delivered in time and budget

Describe your position

Managed E2E supply chain for high-voltage coils, optimized transport costs, implemented MES planning and VMI, and managed production line relocation from Belgium to Poland.

Delivered lectures on supply chain management, project management, and process improvements. Covered Lean Six Sigma methodology, root cause analysis, and bullwhip effect simulations using the “MIT Beer Game.” Emphasized communication and cross-functional collaboration.

2007 - 2010 Lecturer at the Poznan University of Economics - Logistics and Supply Chain Management (Postgraduate studies). Lectures regarding SCM improvements & project management.