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Daniel Sîrbu

Senior Partner, Strategy & Projects. An industrial strategy-to-execution leader with 25 years turning ambitious plans into measured results on the plant floor.

Overview

Daniel is an industrial strategy-to-execution leader with 25 years of experience in industrial management, strategy, projects, operations and performance improvement. He has worked across pharmaceuticals, oil & gas, automotive and food industry operations — and is at his best where strategy has to survive contact with the factory floor.

His career has spanned senior leadership in a leading pharmaceutical manufacturing site in Romania, with strategy and projects exposure to global programs and cross-functional teams. He has run production departments, warehouses, equipment maintenance, engineering projects, industrial performance and technology.

Strategy-to-execution expertise

  • Industrial strategy and roadmap definition
  • Project portfolio & strategic program management
  • Site turnaround programs
  • CAPEX budgeting and execution
  • New product industrialization (NPI)
  • Energy efficiency programs
  • Operational excellence and cultural change
  • Cost optimization and productivity improvement

Industries served

PharmaceuticalsOil & GasAutomotiveFood Industry

Key projects & outcomes

Site turnaround programs

Led turnaround programs at industrial manufacturing sites — improving manufacturing output, productivity and cost position against hard targets.

CAPEX & engineering project delivery

Managed CAPEX budget execution and engineering projects, from approval through commissioning, across complex industrial environments.

New product industrialization

Ran NPI projects bringing new products from development into reliable, scaled manufacturing.

Energy efficiency & operational excellence

Delivered energy efficiency programs and operational excellence initiatives, embedding the cultural change to make gains stick.

Qualifications

FocusIndustrial Strategy & Projects
DisciplineOperational Excellence
PracticeCAPEX & NPI Delivery
SpecialismTurnaround Programs

Within the Summit4 system

Daniel drives the Strategy and Execution dimensions of our integrated model — making sure the plan is sound and that it actually lands in output, cost and performance.

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