Peter Matai

In this consulting role, I provided expertise in demand planning & supply chain planning, focusing on process optimization, demand and supply integration, and advanced planning systems.

Supply Chain Optimization: Delivered process improvements that reduced lead times and improved forecasting accuracy.

Demand & Supply Integration: Spearheaded the integration of demand and supply plans, ensuring alignment with business objectives.

Advanced Planning Systems: Implemented SAP-APO and other tools to enhance supply chain visibility and decision-making.

Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborated with cross-functional teams to align supply chain strategies with business goals.

Inventory Management: Optimized inventory levels, reducing holding costs while maintaining high service levels.

Consulted on supply, demand planning & data management processes across SAP systems (APO, ECC, BI).

Provided support for incidents (150+ per year), system upgrade and offering functional expertise.

Validated complex change requests for SAP-ECC / SAP-APO, ensuring completeness and compliance.

Senior Supply Chain & CMO Planner – Directed end-to-end planning and operations for global Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMOs), overseeing raw materials, components, sub-assemblies, and finished goods across highly regulated pharmaceutical environments. Accountable for upstream planning, production scheduling, inventory control, and capacity alignment to ensure uninterrupted product supply and compliance with GxP and regulatory standards. Partnered with CMOs, suppliers, and internal stakeholders (Quality, Regulatory, Finance, IT) to balance cost, service levels, and risk, while driving operational excellence through Lean Six Sigma and Agile practices. Delivered measurable improvements in OTIF (On-Time-In-Full), optimized working capital through accurate inventory forecasting, and reduced lead times via process harmonization and system integration (SAP S/4HANA, IBP). Acted as the strategic interface between external manufacturers and internal leadership, ensuring visibility, resilience, and compliance in global supply networks.

Led Data Governance Initiatives: Spearheaded data governance efforts for the S/4HANA implementation, focusing on the Product and Manufacturing/Supply Chain domains. Deployed SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) to enhance data consistency, accuracy, and governance across the organization.

End-to-End Supply Chain Planning: Led the integration of demand and supply plans across multiple BUs and CMOs, ensuring alignment with business objectives and regulatory requirements.

CMO Collaboration: Acted as the primary liaison between Organon and CMOs, ensuring seamless communication and alignment on production schedules, inventory levels, and service levels (SLA).

Supply Chain Optimization: Implemented process improvements that reduced lead times by 15% and improved on-time delivery performance.

Inventory Management: Balanced intermediate inventory levels across production sites, reducing holding costs by 10% while maintaining high service levels.

Risk Assessment & Scenario Planning: Developed alternative supply scenarios to mitigate risks during supply chain transitions, ensuring continuity and compliance.

Cross-Functional Engagement: Collaborated with Production, Procurement, Logistics, QC, and Finance to align supply strategies with business goals.

Managed a team of 4 and supervised 6-8 users under PBO structure, utilizing agile data methodologies.

Oversaw the implementation of data analytics, data quality metrics and KPIs via tools such as Power BI and Snowflake, which resulted 25% increase in data quality

Reconstructed and executed supply chain network changes for 10 markets, 650+ product codes

Key player in implementing various data management & supply chain systems (S/4HANA, IBP, MDG, Collibra etc.) resulting in an increase in operational efficiency by 20%

Responsible for leading global data profiling, metadata management & data analytics activities, establish best practice global processes, which contributed to a 10% productivity boost within 1 year.