Toronto, Canada

Charles
Vansteelant

Supply Chain · Operations · Product Launch

Sixteen years at the intersection of procurement, operations, regulatory compliance and commercial execution — from sourcing in Asia for the European market to launching 100+ SKUs a year into regulated markets on three continents. Hands-on, and I finish things.

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SKUs to market: 100+per year, stage-gated
OTIF: 85 → 95per cent
Regulated inventory: $15Maudited by KPMG & Deloitte
Markets opened: 5EU-GMP, TGA-GMP and beyond

What I actually do

The work keeps the same shape across industries: find where the operation leaks time, cash or compliance, design the process that stops it, and make the change outlast the person who built it.

Operations & inventory

Cycle counting, inventory accuracy, audit readiness
Multi-site and 3PL coordination
Regulated stock under SOX and licence conditions
Teams of 15–20 across shipping, receiving and vault control

Launch & market entry

Stage-gate from bench trial to first production
Technical transfer between R&D and operations
EU-GMP and TGA-GMP market requirements
Export documentation and compliance

Selected project

Built, not described. The page below is live and regenerates on every visit.

Live · built 2026

Stock coverage & replenishment dashboard

A planning dashboard built on an SAP S/4HANA data model. It reads material master, stock by status, open purchase orders and goods movements, then answers the question a planner actually has on Monday morning: what runs out before the next delivery lands — and is anything already on its way?

The distinction is the point. A material below its reorder point with no open PO needs a purchase order. One with a PO arriving late needs a phone call to the supplier. A dashboard that collapses the two into one red light wastes the planner's morning.

SAP S/4HANA modeln8nPostgreSQLDockerCaddySelf-hosted

Data modelMARA · MARD · EKKO · MSEG

RefreshOn request + weekly

DataSynthetic

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Experience

Jun 2025 — Mar 2026Toronto

Program Leader, Global Operations Business Development

Aurora Cannabis Inc.

Led cross-functional initiatives for expansion into Germany (EU-GMP) and the UK, reporting to the VP of Innovation & International Operations
Built program charters, RACI frameworks and success metrics, with weekly reporting to the executive team
Evaluated solutions to increase product volume for international markets against capacity, compliance and distribution constraints at once

Feb 2022 — Jun 2025Toronto

Senior Manager, Product Launch

Aurora Cannabis Inc.

Took 100+ SKUs a year from bench-scale trial through scale-up to first production, across edibles, oils, concentrates, pre-rolls and dried flower
Drove OTIF from 85% to 95% with product development, regulatory, quality and operations
Led launches into Germany (EU-GMP), Australia (TGA-GMP), New Zealand, Poland and the UK
Built the product launch team from one person to three
Owned change control: documentation, training and handover to operations

Jan 2020 — Feb 2022Toronto

Supply Chain Manager — East

Aurora Cannabis Inc.

Ran inventory and supply chain across five, then three Eastern Canadian sites, with teams of 15–20
Designed a full cycle count program reaching up to 99% accuracy on key categories
Cut cycle count execution from three weeks to two–five business days
Brought a 3PL distribution centre from 80–85% accuracy to 90%+ within a year
Managed up to $15M of regulated inventory under SOX, with year-end counts alongside KPMG and Deloitte
Coordinated export compliance to Europe, Australia, the Cayman Islands and Israel

Jul 2016 — Jan 2020Toronto

Supply Chain Assistant → Senior Supply Chain Specialist

Winters Instruments

Built a centralized quotation library standardizing pricing and material options across product lines
Created a quotation master file improving accuracy, conversion tracking and supplier performance management
Ran the RFQ process with authorized factories and led training for order processing staff

Apr 2015 — Feb 2016Toronto

Bilingual Transitions Coordinator

Assante Wealth Management

Managed advisor transitions between dealers — system access, fund transfers, client database migration
Resolved escalations across IT, dealer support and compliance

2010 — 2014Villeneuve d'Ascq, France

Junior Buyer → International Buyer / Product Manager

CIAD

Grew a product range to €10M a year, up 30% over three years at roughly 20% margin
Managed 50+ active suppliers across Asia, India and Europe, negotiating orders from 1,000 to 40,000 units
Sourced at trade fairs in Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Shanghai, with supplier audits
Ran product development for B2B accounts including Staples and Kraft Group, to European standards

Education & languages

Education

Master's — International TradeLille 3 · 2008–11

BTS Commerce InternationalGaston Berger · 2006–08

Languages

FrenchNative

EnglishBilingual

GermanProfessional