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Genpact
Management Consulting
Vice President
1/2018 - 4/2020
Business development and go to market responsibility for SCM strategy, Private equity for Medical Devices and Pharma companies in Europe (extended team of 20 FTE). Executed several operational DD projects, supported the privatization of SCM infrastructure assets for the Saudi-Arabian MoH, led the assessment and deployment of APS tools, and had been leading the successful SC transformation for a PE-owned Pharma firm.
Cognizant
Management Consulting
Practice Leader M&A/PE Advisory
1/2012 - 12/2017
Jan led the M&A Advisory services from 2012-2017 and then took over the CIO advisory services in mid 2017. Jan led a variety of strategy and transformation projects for consumer, retail and pharma/medical devices firms. Key successes were the formation of a dedicated M&A team at VMWare, the integration work at Mattel, and the custom development / deployment of a self learning data acquisition framework for the banking industry including the hiring of 2,000 FTEs on 3 different continents.
AT Kearney
Management Consulting
Principal
10/2009 - 12/2011
Global leader within the business and IT supply chain transformation program at one of the largest global petrochemical companies ($40B). Built data quality control group and trained 1200 employees.
Project won 2010 Great Client Work Award, Global and EMEA.
Project won 2010 Great Client Work Award, Global and EMEA.
IBM
Management Consulting
Senior Managing Consultant
1/2005 - 9/2009
Jan was the IT Strategy Sector Lead for Retail/CG and Travel & Transportation industries in the US, advising major clients on M&A, IT strategy, ERP strategy and transformation topics. His work included a 6 months stint on the internal consulting team, working with the CEO. Global co-leader for Thought Leadership in IT Strategy and M&A. Leader of the business community for Service Oriented Architecture. Co-author of key value proposition for SOA
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
Management Consulting
Managing Consultant
7/2001 - 12/2004
Jan focused on Corporate Strategy and Restructuring projects, with a main industry focus on airlines, consumer goods and transportation. Widely regarded as subject matter expert for strategy and restructuring. Consulting Partner for Hewlett Packard (Geneva) and Swiss Railways.
Kuehne & Nagel
Corporate Strategy & Development
Head SCM Product Development
4/2000 - 6/2001
Alliance management, setup of i2 demo center and responsibility for e-SCM product development.