Marcel Lucian Cozianu

Key Responsibilities:

• Project & Product Manager for Tooling Assets Management technical solution
• Program managed all tooling to ensure correct quoting and ordering, location and tagging information readiness for PPAP approval
• Act as single point of contact for all Lucid-owned parts production tooling information
• Work collaboratively with global sourcing managers, supplier quality engineers, vendors, accounting, finance

Achievements:

• Project managed end-to-end production vendor tooling audit across 250+ vendors, mapping $350 mil+ and 7000+ tooling items for supply chain risk management, assets tracking and quarterly earnings reporting
• Managed team of 5 contractors
• Established new standardized cross-functional business process for improved purchasing from sourcing stage to PPAP approval and lifecycle management
• Defined and documented statement of work, business and functional requirements for Tooling assets management IT solution

Key Responsibilities:

• Managed 1 Analytics developer
• Defined and drove Logistics digital transformation and strategy
• Structured and developed analytics solutions to address business challenges and opportunities
• Defined future Logistics IT systems requirements
• Owned design, development and maintenance of ongoing logistics metrics, reports and dashboards
• Identified data requirements to support IT and analytics projects
• Projects governance & management

Achievements:

• Defined Data analytics strategic roadmap for Logistics function
• Defined standardized business process and functional requirements for Plan For Every Part (PFEP) IT solution
• Implemented interim PFEP system solution with BOM feed to support logistics planning for future programs
• Identified and documented KPIs for new Logistics performance scorecard
• Implemented Cloud Datawarehouse with SAP raw tables essential for supply chain and logistics analytics use cases

Key Responsibilities:

• Direct Reports: 1 Analytics developer
• Develop, implement and manage Global Material Planning and Logistics digital transformation and data analytics strategic roadmap to drive and deliver future products and plans in line with industry landscape and trends
• Lead Analytics growth and capability throughout organization with inputs from all levels of management
• Govern and manage strategic and high-value analytics projects, initiatives and project pipeline
• Plan budgets for technology, licenses, data transformation and consumption
• Lead strategy research and present findings to key cross-functional directors across organization

Achievements:

• Developed and implemented Data Analytics Strategic Roadmap across Global Material Planning & Logistics (GMP&L)
• Established GMP&L Analytics Center of Excellence and subteams from organization design to recruitment support
• Organized technology training for user skillset growth and analytics capability
• Established quarterly Data Analytics Forum to share best practices and success stories across user community of over 50 people

Successful Analytics Projects Managed & Implemented:

• Safety Stock Optimization ($10.5 mil inventory reduction)
• Transit Time Performance Model ($950k inventory reduction)
• Supplier Schedule Adherence performance toolkit for root cause analysis to evidence supplier non-compliance
• Manufacturing Order Bank Scenario Planning: Graph analytics toolkit to construct full vehicle BOM from order features

Key Responsibilities:

• Govern new Global Material Planning and Logistics IT projects requests through governance process, including business case and funding approval, prioritization and adherence to IT gateways
• Coordinate workshops with business users to capture and document IT project goals, processes, procedures and define business and functional requirements for IT gateways
• Design new business processes and information flows
• Supervise and coordinate project contractors, onshore & offshore teams for systems and BI applications development
• Validate functional specifications and wireframes for new IT systems and applications

Achievements:

• Project managed implementation of a Google Cloud Datawarehouse with 12 logistics data sources. This was a >£1 mil project with a community of over 50 users. Standardized and automated dashboards and reports
• Project managed implementation of new Plan For Every Part (PFEP) system across 4 manufacturing plants, including integration with all tier 1 suppliers ( £2 mil project, +600 active users )
• Defined logistics processes for SAP EWM for new Slovakia manufacturing plant and UK Logistics Operation Center

Key Responsibilities:

• Design Inbound logistics processes flow and material flow simulations for current car and new model year launches
• Design and deliver logistics solutions, including storage layout planning and execution for warehouses, marketplaces, kitting, Just in Sequence (JIS) and production areas
• Source warehouse storage installations, MHEs and HHTs configuration
• Coordinate infrastructure changes within logistics areas by working with contractors/vendors

Achievements:

• Improved operational efficiency by redesigning and optimizing internal warehouse layouts and linefeed processes using Logistics simulations tools - >$850k/year cost saving
• Facilitated move towards forklift-free environment by designing and delivering tugger train loading area and delivery method for standard bulk parts
• Designed and implemented Minomi lineside feed process for F-Type car model to reduce non-value-added time within assembly line processes ≃ $300k/year cost saving

• Developed and delivered semi-automated warehouse storage capacity and utilization tools
• Designed and implemented internal JIT marketplace & JIS area for Maserati Quattroporte & Audi A8 models
• Implemented warehouse management, lineside/order for picking replenishment systems and QR barcodes scanning within 3 production plants.
• Created and implemented Inventory management system and statistical optimization tools

• Direct Reports: 6 material analysts
• Raw material supply and suppliers management of required parts for fulfillment of production plan for customers like Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Jaguar Land Rover, Maserati