Mihaela Rusen is a seasoned supply chain planning expert who has focused for 15+ years on the relationship between data, process, digital tools and people. Specializing in Advanced Planning Systems implementations for manufacturing organizations, she has successfully led global deployments across materials, pharma and consumer goods industries. Her track record includes deployments at Sibelco, Barry Callebaut, Nestlé and supporting demand planning re-designs for regionalization aligned with the Oliver Wight IBP framework.

Mihaela's unique strength lies in translating strategies into tactical actionable plans and operational tasks, supporting stakeholders in business and IT management and planning teams to deploy successfully and sustainably large scale initiatives. This ability to navigate complexity and build consensus across diverse stakeholder groups has been instrumental in driving successful change initiatives across global and regional teams.

Mihaela Rusen is the founder of Value Chain Architects, a consultancy and training practice elevating teams and leaders to drive supply chain excellence in their organizations. The consultancy is focused on driving change management in digital planning implementations. With over a decade of expertise in global organizations, Mihaela honed best practices and deploys them to medium and large manufacturing organizations.

Additionally, beyond KPIs and implementation milestones, Mihaela believes the ultimate driver for success is the ability of a team and that of an organization to keep learning. Her training practice focuses both on certified supply planning courses and on building high performance teams in the supply chain ecosystem. Her approach to training goes beyond knowledge transfer, as she believes learning experiences should be designed strategically, delivered in a practical note and made memorable and fun. She has developed comprehensive training programs for APS deployments and change management projects focused on bringing together systems, data and process steps in the context of the stakeholders' daily business life.