Open to new roles · Toronto

Charles
Vansteelant

Supply Chain & Procurement · Multi-Site Operations · Product Launch

Sixteen years running the distance between a plan and a product on the shelf.

Buying, sourcing, inventory, operations, product launch — across industrial manufacturing, consumer goods and regulated environments, in Europe and North America. 100+ SKUs a year, $15–25M of audited inventory, five markets opened, teams of up to 20.

SKUs to market
100+per year, stage-gated
OTIF
85 → 95%cross-functional turnaround
Regulated inventory
$15–25MSOX, audited by KPMG & Deloitte
Markets opened
5EU-GMP, TGA-GMP and beyond

Where I'm useful

Five job titles, one habit: find where the operation leaks time, cash or compliance, design the process that stops it, and leave it running without me.

AreaWhat that means in practice
Operations & inventoryCycle counting and inventory accuracy, multi-site and 3PL coordination, regulated stock under SOX and licence conditions, teams of up to 20
Launch & market entryStage-gate from bench trial to first production, technical transfer between R&D and operations, EU-GMP and TGA-GMP requirements, export compliance
Sourcing & procurementRFQ and supplier qualification, negotiation from 1,000 to 40,000 unit orders, factory audits in Asia, SKU and supplier rationalisation
Quality & processISO 9001:2015 certification led end to end, SOP standardisation across sites, change control, documentation and handover
SystemsSAP · Microsoft Dynamics · Sage X3 · n8n · PostgreSQL · Docker

Selected projects

Built, not described. Both pages are live and self-hosted, validate their source data before drawing a single figure, and recompute on every visit — open one and refresh it. The data is synthetic; the data models and the reasoning are not.

Live · built 2026

Stock coverage & replenishment

A planning dashboard 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. A dashboard that collapses the two into one red light wastes the planner's morning.

SAP S/4HANA model20 validation rulesn8n PostgreSQLDockerSelf-hosted
Data modelMARA · MARD · EKKO · MSEG
RefreshPer request
DataSynthetic

Live · built 2026

Equipment fleet status & movement

Asset tracking on an SAP Plant Maintenance and Logistics Execution model, for an operator that installs, rents and services projection, sound and lighting equipment across film productions and cinema venues. 640 serialised units, 124 venues, 8 depots, 4 workshops — every unit in exactly one of six states: in use, free, allocated, in transit, in maintenance, broken.

The state alone is useless. In transit for three days is normal; for forty the unit is lost and someone is paying for a dark screen. So every state carries a threshold, and the page ranks only what has crossed it. The thresholds are a policy choice, and the page says so.

SAP PM / LE modelSerialised assets11 validation rules n8nPostgreSQLSelf-hosted
Data modelEQUI · IFLOT · STO · MSEG
RefreshPer request
DataSynthetic

Experience

Sixteen years, four employers, two continents.

Program Leader, Global Operations Business Development

Aurora Cannabis Enterprise Inc. · Toronto

May 2025 — Mar 2026
  • Led cross-functional initiatives for market expansion into Germany (EU-GMP) and the UK, reporting to the VP of Innovation & International Operations
  • Defined program charters, RACI frameworks, success metrics and work-streams, with weekly reporting to the executive team
  • Evaluated solutions to increase product volume for international markets against capacity, compliance and distribution constraints at once

Senior Manager, Product Launch

Aurora Cannabis Enterprise Inc. · Toronto

Feb 2022 — Apr 2025
  • Operationalised 100+ SKUs a year through the stage-gate process — edibles, formulated oils, concentrates, pre-rolls and dried flower
  • Drove OTIF from 85% to 95% across product development, regulatory, quality and operations
  • Led technical readiness for 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, SOPs, training and handover

Supply Chain Manager, East

Aurora Cannabis Enterprise Inc. · Toronto

Jan 2020 — Feb 2022
  • Managed $15–25M of regulated inventory under SOX, with year-end counts alongside KPMG and Deloitte
  • Led teams of up to 20 across shipping, receiving and vault control at five Eastern Canadian sites
  • Designed a cycle count program reaching 99% accuracy on key categories, cutting execution from three weeks to two–five days
  • Brought a 3PL distribution centre from 80–85% fulfilment accuracy to 90%+ within a year
  • Rationalised the corrugate packaging portfolio from 100+ references to 30, consolidating to a single preferred supplier

Supply Chain Assistant → Senior Supply Chain Specialist

Winters Instruments · Toronto

Jul 2016 — Jan 2020
  • As Corporate Operations Manager, led the ISO 9001:2008 → 9001:2015 upgrade: internal audit Aug 2018, full certification Sep 2018
  • Led the global Operational Review across five international sites — Buffalo, Calgary, Houston, Dubai, Buenos Aires — standardising SOPs and aligning inside sales procedures
  • Built a centralized quotation library standardising pricing and materials across product lines, eliminating redundant processes
  • Ran the RFQ cycle with authorized factories, from requirement capture to quote analysis and pricing recommendation

Bilingual Transitions Coordinator

Assante Wealth Management · Toronto

Apr 2015 — Feb 2016
  • Managed advisor transitions between dealers — system access, fund transfers, client database migration
  • Resolved escalations across IT, dealer support and compliance

International Buyer — Home Appliances & High-Tech

CIAD · Villeneuve d'Ascq, France

Apr 2010 — Dec 2014
  • Grew the 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, Canton and Berlin, with on-site factory audits and production supervision
  • Led product development for B2B accounts including Staples and Kraft Food, to European standards

Education & languages

QualificationInstitutionYears
Master's Degree — International Business University Lille 3, France2008–2011
LanguageLevel
FrenchNative
EnglishFluent
GermanFluent

Get in touch

Toronto, Canada. Open to supply chain, operations, procurement and innovation roles.