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Digital Transformation Doesn’t Stop With Planning - Lessons Learned From Petronas' Journey
Virtual Best Practices Conference: Business Planning, Forecasting & S&OP/ IBP
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Digital Transformation Doesn’t Stop With Planning - Lessons Learned From Petronas' Journey

You will learn:

  • Best practices when implementing a digital planning platform to balance demand and supply
  • Project management tips and lessons learned from Petronas Lubricant's journey in digital transformation
  • Key concepts behind change management that are crucial to successful systems implementation
  • How to secure cross-functional stakeholder buy in for your implementation initiative
  • The benefits gained from successful systems implementation at Petronas
author
Sven Smets, CPF
Global Network Planning & Optimization Manager
Petronas Lubricants International

Sven transitioned from customer service to demand planning in 2006, taking a demand planner role at Black & Decker. He has worked in S&OP and demand planning ever since at companies including BASF, Omega Pharma, Wolf Oil, and most recently, Petronas Lubricants where he is currently working as Global Network Planning & Optimization Manager. Here, he and his team built a Demand Planning process bridging regional HQs and EU markets to support the regional S&OP process. Sven is now member of the Global Centre of Excellence, responsible for the Demand Planning Process around the world. His focuses are aligning the process at global level, running regional capability analysis, providing global training, and executing S&OP maturity assessments. Sven holds a degree in Economics and Languages from AP Hogeschool Antwerpen, Belgium, and is an IBF Certified Professional Forecaster (CPF).