Food Start-Up Consulting
Jonas Karioui / Karioui Feinkost
(Konsumgüter und Handel, < 10 Mitarbeiter)
Schlagwörter
Nachhaltigkeit
Unternehmensberatung
Projektmanagement
Innovation
Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse
Business Development
Finanzprognose
Geschäftsplan
Unternehmensreporting
E-Commerce
Skills
Management Consulting
Experience in management consulting with a focus on operations optimization and sustainability strategies.
Project Management
Strong project management skills for implementing ecological and sustainable measures in various industries.
Sustainability and Social Impact
Expertise in evaluating and implementing impact levers for sustainable development of companies and societies.
Operations Optimization
Evaluation and implementation of operations optimizations for sustainable companies and innovative projects.
Strategy Development
Scenario evaluation and modeling to recommend the most effective levers for business growth and sustainability.
Supply Chain Management
Experience in managing and optimizing supply chains, particularly in the food industry.
Financial Analysis
Proficiency in financial forecasting, business planning, and result-oriented analyses for decision preparation.
Experience in management consulting with a focus on operations optimization and sustainability strategies.
Project Management
Strong project management skills for implementing ecological and sustainable measures in various industries.
Sustainability and Social Impact
Expertise in evaluating and implementing impact levers for sustainable development of companies and societies.
Operations Optimization
Evaluation and implementation of operations optimizations for sustainable companies and innovative projects.
Strategy Development
Scenario evaluation and modeling to recommend the most effective levers for business growth and sustainability.
Supply Chain Management
Experience in managing and optimizing supply chains, particularly in the food industry.
Financial Analysis
Proficiency in financial forecasting, business planning, and result-oriented analyses for decision preparation.
Projekthistorie
10/2023
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bis jetzt
Operations, SCM, business and impact strategy consulting to build up a food delicatessen trade company from scratch
06/2023
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bis jetzt
Freelance Consultant
Effective Impact Consulting
(Konsumgüter und Handel, < 10 Mitarbeiter)
Operations and strategy consulting for start-ups: impact analyses, business building and operations optimizations.
11/2024
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01/2025
Operations systems & business plan with focus on supply chain management & liquidity
(Konsumgüter und Handel)
Executed an overall operations & finance health check to give recommendations for more efficient operations systems, process improvements, cost savings, delivery reliability improvements, and created a profitable & executable business plan for daily business orientation:
• Evaluated and recommended suitable operations systems landscapes for a fast-growing B2C food start-up based on their current situation and outlook
• Developed a business plan (financial model) with focus on supply chain management & liquidity to recommend a manageable growth plan based on the possibilities of supplier capacities & lead times, available liquidity and performance marketing potential
• Identified several levers for cost savings, revenue potentials & process optimizations, among others:
• Delivery reliability improved with an adequate safety stock
• False margin / profit assumptions identified and mitigating strategic measures recommended
• Evaluated and recommended suitable operations systems landscapes for a fast-growing B2C food start-up based on their current situation and outlook
• Developed a business plan (financial model) with focus on supply chain management & liquidity to recommend a manageable growth plan based on the possibilities of supplier capacities & lead times, available liquidity and performance marketing potential
• Identified several levers for cost savings, revenue potentials & process optimizations, among others:
• Delivery reliability improved with an adequate safety stock
• False margin / profit assumptions identified and mitigating strategic measures recommended
10/2024
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10/2024
Scenario modelling for growth strategy | Food production | retail & B2B
(Konsumgüter und Handel)
Created an easily adjustable scenario model in Excel:
• For the growth & portfolio strategy of a holding with a buy & build strategy for sustainable food start-ups
• Bottom-up calculation of the expected retail & food service sales based on market data and experience from similar companies
• Synergy effects only calculated based on the relevant scenario depending on the companies that are planned to be bought
• Easily adjustable to compare all expected scenarios by investing in different companies
Positive effects for the client:
• Business plan with defendable sales forecast for the pitch deck and investor / bank talks
• Quantitative arguments in favor of the investment-intensive business model with several acquisitions
• For the growth & portfolio strategy of a holding with a buy & build strategy for sustainable food start-ups
• Bottom-up calculation of the expected retail & food service sales based on market data and experience from similar companies
• Synergy effects only calculated based on the relevant scenario depending on the companies that are planned to be bought
• Easily adjustable to compare all expected scenarios by investing in different companies
Positive effects for the client:
• Business plan with defendable sales forecast for the pitch deck and investor / bank talks
• Quantitative arguments in favor of the investment-intensive business model with several acquisitions
04/2024
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05/2024
Freelance Strategy Consultant
(Internet und Informationstechnologie)
Strategy consulting support in a different strategy consulting company to analyze and improve the scaling opportunities of a climate-tech start-up
06/2023
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11/2023
Inventory management optimization | Food e-commerce & retail
KoRo Handels GmbH
(Konsumgüter und Handel, 250-500 Mitarbeiter)
Created the base for an ongoing inventory management optimization via:
• Analysis of the current product portfolio, delivery performance and process errors;
• A new product categorization to suit the current situation incl. safety stocks and order cycle;
• Implementation of a new, listing-based retail forecast to increase accuracy despite large fluctuations when starting retail deliveries;
• Suggestions for product portfolio optimization incl. renegotiations of delivery lead-time and minimum shelf life;
• Identification and prioritization of other levers to reach more forecasting and supply chain reliability quickly by addressing the most pressing challenges first.
• Analysis of the current product portfolio, delivery performance and process errors;
• A new product categorization to suit the current situation incl. safety stocks and order cycle;
• Implementation of a new, listing-based retail forecast to increase accuracy despite large fluctuations when starting retail deliveries;
• Suggestions for product portfolio optimization incl. renegotiations of delivery lead-time and minimum shelf life;
• Identification and prioritization of other levers to reach more forecasting and supply chain reliability quickly by addressing the most pressing challenges first.
01/2021
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06/2023
Chocolate Operations Officer
JOKOLADE (Schoko Winterscheidt GmbH)
(Konsumgüter und Handel, < 10 Mitarbeiter)
- Building up the company as first full-time employee (doing almost everything required to build up a Food-Start-Up)
- Responsible for supply chain, reporting and operational processes
- Creation and control of pricing, the conditions model for retail clients, finance forecasting & business plan
- Negotiation and set up of all important contracts
- Set up of the social impact journey incl. measurability and further sustainability objectives, processes and public reports
- Set up and hand over of the webshop, quality management, customer service, retail and B2B sales, recruiting & HR
- Crisis management while keeping the team motivation up in a mix of a sales plunge, cost increase and following liquidity shortage
- Leveraging the crisis as an opportunity to change the producers for cost savings, improvement of the delivery reliability and improving the product itself in all facets
- Crisis management to limit the negative impacts of a 2-month closure of the most important ingredient supplier to a minimum
01/2020
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12/2020
Associate
The Boston Consulting Group GmbH
• Planning and implementation of Tracking & Reporting processes for the worldwide cultural change of a global Automotive player
• PMO for the execution of externally imposed remediation measures for the whistleblowing-system of a global Automotive player
• Management of target group journeys for the development of insurance products and additional values
• PMO for the execution of externally imposed remediation measures for the whistleblowing-system of a global Automotive player
• Management of target group journeys for the development of insurance products and additional values
10/2013
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12/2018
Student research assistant
RWTH Aachen University: Unit of Mineral Processing
(Industrie und Maschinenbau)
- Scientific research and projects incl. operation of various machines
- Organization of an academic excursion to Central Asia 2016
Reisebereitschaft
Weltweit verfügbar
Sonstige Angaben
Making operations run smoother (more reliable, efficient, and effective) and identifying effective levers to create more sustainable impact quicker.
I’m supporting small food companies and impact organizations as a freelance consultant by establishing a structure of reliable and efficient processes, as well as analyzing, recommending, and implementing impact levers to work towards their purpose more effectively or solve their largest challenges faster.
By doing so at (potentially) impactful organizations, I’m hoping to add my personal contribution where it’s most effective in solving the largest problems of our time quicker: climate change, sustainable nutrition, social inequality, mitigate existential risks, etc.
