Paul Natens

Leading operator of land-based, online and mobile games in West-Africa. We offer mobile responsive websites and apps with high-quality games of chance for mobile devices with mobile money, debit cards or vouchers : traditional casino games (roulette, slots, poker, black jack, wheel of fortune), lottery games (instant scratch and draw, bingo, keno games), sports betting and live dealers.

The Solevo Group has been acquired by DPI-led consortium in April 2023 and is a leading specialty chemicals distribution platform operating in West and Central Africa, delivering critical inputs to high GDP contributing sectors in life sciences and industrials. Lead consultant of the group's global S&OP business process re-engineering project for the Crop Protection Products business line.

Cost saving of supply chain operations; restructuring and integration of logistical processes of Solevo entities in West-Africa, active in agriculture, industry and mining; commissioned by shareholder Helios Investment Partners, a London-based Africa-focused investment fund.

Industrial production and distribution of building materials / Automotive : re-engineer operational processes and optimise common business process; roll-out of integrated Supply Network Planning project with focus on improvement of SC processes (SAP APO-CTM/PPDS) in EMEA; promote and roll-out of Value Added Services project with focus on Value Creation; build strategic 5-year roadmap for digital transformation and customer experience of the future.

Finance Management & Overall Project Management of European Championship Field Hockey 2013, non-profit organization of 2.000 volunteers over 9 days of tournament, August 17 until August 25, 2013.

Life Science and Chemical Industry; member of European Operations Board; own strategy of commercial and operational excellence programs in support of value creation: customer and article value segmentation, buying drivers, forecasting & demand planning, performance measurement. GM increase +1% and inventory value reduction of -20%. Develop strategy and provide leadership for supply chain organization. Implement operational systems and E2E processes (ERP, standard operating processes, CRM, pricing). Implementation of integrated SCM processes in O2C and P2P cycles and reduction of transport & warehouse cost of -25%.

Automotive industry; people management poly-competence (150+ staff); project management of investment portfolio of 50 M€; B2B product development for automotive; 6 sigma, lean manufacturing & WCM

Project plant for building construction; productivity & yield improvement of 15% through team work, process control and work flow design (ISO9002); various international assignments (Jakarta, San Francisco)