Description

Accomplished and successful professional with almost 20-year experience in procurement, supply chain operations, project management and digitalisation, IT. Cross-industrial experience in B2B and B2C sectors with specific knowledge of FMCG, power, mining, commodities, circularity, e-commerce and e-mobility industries. Strong history of success in public procurement and supply chain excellence, digital transformations and change management, SAP, Ariba and cloud applications, recycling and sustainability, consulting and delivery, start-ups and structuring business. Highly capable manager with 15 years of senior leadership experience possessing outstanding communication, interpersonal, entrepreneurial and leadership skills to forge productive relationships with staff, management, stakeholders and suppliers at all levels. Possess significant international exposure and considerable cultural awareness.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

English
Native or bilingual
Dutch
Conversational
Ukrainian
Native or bilingual
Russian
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Amsterdam (up to 50km), Utrecht (up to 50km)

Kraft Heinz
Procurement Delivery Project Executive
DIGITAL AND IT
September 2021 - January 2025 (3 years and 4 months)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Responsibility for consulting and delivery of $200 million procurement, supply chain finance and technology program by IBM BPO for Kraft Heinz Company - project portfolio of 30+ initiatives across commodities, ingredients, packaging, external manufacturing and indirect procurement services. Account management and 16 practicing consultants team responsibility in EMEA, South America, China including post-sale, business case development, PMO, CRM, senior stakeholder management and scope extension, project profitability track and reporting.

Key contributors and accountabilities:
• Developed $200m optimisation program and delivered incremental $8m productivity that exceeded initial business case x2
• Led strategic projects, initiatives and supplier negotiations in the strategic categories tomato paste, oils, metals, plastics, cartons, cardboard to achieve security of supply, dual sourcing, sustainability targets and financial performance of $0.5B spend portfolio
• Developed, justified and implemented profound insourcing vs outsourcing business cases for the outsourced business categories with co-packers and 3d party manufacturers in CEE and SE countries
• Consulted and landed strategic organisational and process improvements (procurement operation, procurement enablement, GBS teams set up), supply chain (IBP, Control Tower) and project management (Project Now, Agile NPD)
• Consulted and implemented digitalisation projects: boosting savings (Ariba RFx and E-Auctions), contract coverage (Ariba Contract), single operation center (Ariba Guided Buying), Analytics Saving and Spend (Tableau, Sievo), P2P (Celonis Process Mining), AI (WatsonX Corporate AI),
Digital Transformation PMO it vendor and procurement Project Management Project Delivery
RHI Magnesita
Global Procurement Head Recycling & PMO
DIGITAL AND IT
September 2019 - September 2021 (2 years)
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Reporting to Global VP Purchasing led global procurement and supply chain management of recycled materials and services in Europe, North and South Americas, India, China with annual budget of $100 million and regional teams. Responsibility to develop global recycling operations to satisfy company needs in secondary raw materials, profitability and sustainability targets. Enlarged scope with Project Management Office responsibility for procurement process optimisation and digitalisation projects with SAP Ariba.

Key contributors:
• Integrated local and regional recycling functions into global structure and aligned single operations strategy including 'make or buy' for recycled material and services
• Ensured continuous and cost affordable global supply chain with set up of Integrated Business Planning process (IBP), Tactical Network Optimization (TNO) and Internal Carbon Pricing (ICP) adjusted for Recycling goals.
• Achieved total company recycling rate of 10% and optimised company conversion costs by up to 5% plus avoided 60 000 t of CO2 and respective CO2 capture Capex
• Optimised transactional Purchase-to-Pay function of GBS center (Spain) with a continuous improvement cross-functional project. Resulted in setting rigid process KPI and SLA, enlargement of activities scope, launching Service Now cloud platform
• Managed Vendor selection and Procurement Software Project Implementation (SAP Ariba) to Global Purchasing Organisation including modules Supplier Management, Sourcing, Guided Buying and Commerce Automation
• Enhanced SAP ERP functionality for SRM, P2P with improving service, quality and user / vendor adoptions
SAP Ariba Project Management PMO Sustainability Recycling
AES Corporation
Regional Supply Chain Operations and Projects Director EurAsia SBU
ENERGY AND UTILITIES
July 2017 - August 2018 (1 year and 1 month)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Reporting to VP Supply Chain and COO led E2E Supply Chain Operations of a merged Eurasia SBU with a total direct and indirect spend of $800 million and team of 100+ for construction, operation and maintenance of 17 thermal and renewable power plants in Europe (including UK&Ireland, Netherlands, Bulgaria), Middle East (Jordan, Turkey) and Asia (India, Vietnam, Philippines)

Key contributors:
• Merged Supply Chain functions of Europe and Asia into single SBU Eurasia consolidating activities, reporting, structure and delivering 20% costs optimisation on $3 million annual headcount budget while meeting quality and service expectations
• Contributed to M&A and Exits with business case calculations, supply chain synergies estimations and EPC contractor management for projects in Energy Storage (UK & Ireland, Netherlands), CHP (India, Phillipines), LNG (Vietnam)
• Contributed and participated in energy storage business development (Fluence, AES & Siemens company) by establishing effective project cost planning, supply chain operation process and sharing best-in-class practices
• Scaled Continuous Improvement practice in Eurasia and implemented Asset Management ISO 55000 standards in operational functions including engineering, asset lifecycle sourcing (TCO), contingency supply plan, inventory plan (VMI)
• Improved organisational capability of multi-cultural team from Europe and Asia Pacific through structure re-design, processes and tools enhancement, talent development and collaboration
Procurement Project Management Supply Chain Management