Nicolas Centa

Background

About Nicolas Centa

Demand Planning Manager, with 5 years of experience managing Supply Chain teams, and 14 years of experience working in Planning, Logistics and Sales Administration functions in Japan. Fluent in Japanese for all aspects of life and business. Strong Supply Chain professional with experience in all the Sales & Operations Planning functions (warehousing, inventory, transportation, production planning, forecasting as well as process leader) and a Master of Science and Executive Engineering focused in Production Management and Supply Chain from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris. Strong IT skills, including usage of SQL and Python (including Pandas, Numpy and advanced tools such as Facebook Prophet) for analysis and forecasting. Develops a Free Software Japanese dictionary Android app in Java as a personal project. Ability to develp in C/C++. Hands-on, facts-based approach, with strong inter-cultural communication skills. Considers trust, team motivation and diversity and the key factors for success.