Ran and participated LEAN Projects in PP/PE extrusion production, printing industry, packaging, machinery building, foods production and logistics.

Experienced in:

• LEAN, KAIZEN Philosophy and approach;
• Value Stream Mapping (VSM);
• 5S, Safety & Visual Controls;
• Total Flow Management (TFM): flow organization, production logistics, Kanban system, flow balancing, pull system;
• KAIZEN-Blitz;
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA);
• SMED & TPM;
• Stock management;
• LEAN Projects Management

Effective management of the Logistic depart of the NEMIROFF Holding consisting of the transportation, inventory management and warehousing, distribution, customer service and customs processing on Ukrainian, Russian and Export markets (>200 employees).

Optimization of the logistic costs by reduction of the transportation costs and optimization of the warehouse personnel, warehouse layout and

Re-engineering of the material flow process - cutoff of the losses:

Reduction of the transport losses by introduction of the "zero"-damage policy, claims handling and providers selection.

Implementation of the Logistic and Inventory management best practices.

Management of the Logistic Budget: calculation and forecasting of the expenses, monitoring and control of the budget usage, Driving savings projects.

Deep analysis of the operational excellence and identification of the direction for prospective improvements.

Reporting directly to the CEO and COO and CFO.

Manager of the LEAN Manufacturing Project:

- 5S on the manufacturing

- Value Stream Mapping

- SMED - quick changeover

- KANBAN material supply.

Participant of the KAIZEN Club in Ukraine.

Head of the Sourcing & Supply Chain

Responsible for the overall company operation:

- build-up of the sales & service teams: hiring of the personnel, motivation & control, job descriptions, etc.

- foreign trade agreements for import of the products & services

- frame agreements, standard documents & procedures

- advertising the and SEO-promotion

- contracting & dealers negotiation

Key clients: JSC Volymtsement (Dyckerhoff Group), AVIS Ukraine; agrocompanies BURGUDGI, BARKOM, TAGRON, Salix Energy, Western BUG; Odessakabel, Jan General products, Juenheinrich Lifttruck Ukraine, VICI & Ukrlogistika, LIFE, WOG, etc.

Responsible for the development of the sales through the DIY-markets segment:

- Introduction of the new distribution channel - Retail chains;

- Project Budget preparation & control over its fulfillment;

- Preparation of the Commercial Policy for Wholesalers & DIY Retail Chains

- Development of the organization structure of the Segment: Structure, Targets & Job descriptions, Bonus schemes, etc.

- Introduction of the Statistic tools: reports on the sales, storechecks, stocks at markets & consultants work

Sales & Marketing:

- Negotiation of the conditions and signing of the direct Agreement with EPICENTER DIY-Chain

- Preparation & agreement of the Planogramme & Assortment list;

- Preparation of the Trade-Marketing program & Trade-marketing activities: Advertising, BTL-events & Agency, consultants & merchandisers, POSM;

- Supervision of the Sales manager & Order Handling

Pre-sales handling & Distribution,

- Setup of the Pre-sales handling of the materials - assembling, blistering, stickering, etc.

- Development of the system of the direct distributions - order intake & deliveries to every market

Responsible for following departments: Purchasing, Logistics, Warehouse (totally 21 workers):

- Introduction of the Supply Chain, integration of the work of the allied departments, introduction of the integral full logistics service

- Introduction of the centralized purchasing department, recruiting of the personnel, preparation of the job descriptions, developing of the personnel motivation

- Participated in the setup of the business processes, directives and instructions

- Planning, preparation, purchase and delivery of the main products for business, documents flow and reporting

- Analysis of the stocks, replenishment planning, materials classification

- Purchase of the indirect materials, lease and rent of the vehicles, search and selection of the warehouse and office premises, cooperation with the developers

- Cooperation with the forwarding and customs agents, customs office and other state institutions, insurance companies

- Development and introduction of the standard warehouse processes

- Development and introduction of the inventory processes, conducting of the inventories

Member of the SAP Implementation Team: Process Owner MM-Module.

- Preparation and agreement of the main business processes in MM module, SAP Orgstructure

- Assistance in preparation and agreement of the main business processes in SD & FI Modules

- Setting of the requirements and acceptance of the system realization

- Definition of the GAPs, Roles and authorizations planning

- Preparation of the Masterdata for upload into the system

- Training of the key & end users

Member of the Preparation Team for Internal Audit, SOX-Controls:

- Responsible for SCM issues in IA Management Action Plan

- Development and introduction of the standard business processes

Project manager for the UA ABB main office in Kiev

- Search for the new office premises, comparison and negotiation of the conditions

- Prepared justification and pay-back calculation, receipt of the approval from Zurich headquarter

- Prepared and negotiated contracts for Rent and the Internal decoration works

- Supervised the cooperation with Design project companies & General Contractor (prepartion and check of the IT/ Electrical supply projects, Air-conditioning and Ventilation calculations and projects, etc.)

Stock planning & setup of the Material Resource planning (MRP in SAP):

- Setup of the MRP Parameters: MRP Strategies, Safety & min/max stock levels

- Classification of the materials: A,B,C; Stock & Non-stock, Leadtimes

- Sales Forecasting

• Import and domestic supply of the Foods stuff products;
• Analysis and forecasting of the Sales;
• Long-term an short-term Sales and Supply planning;
• Calculation of the Purchasing costs and Sales prices;
• Optimization of the warehouse stocks and credit terms;
• Optimization of the delivery and customs costs;
• Road and sea transportations;
• Work with Sanitary, Veterinary and Ecological and other authorities;
• Management of the Department consisting of 10 workers.

Purchasing Manager

• Responsible for the activity of the purchasing department of the printing factory;
• Preparation of the import of the equipment as a contribution to the fixed assets of the enterprise;
• Preparation of the analytical reports on import/export of the raw materials and finished goods on the Ukrainian & Russian market;

• Evaluation, analysis and optimization of the offset production of the ZAO "AR Carton" (Krasnodar region, Russia): production processes, documents and information flow, accounting of the materials and finished goods, warehousing, production planning, purchasing and QA departments; recommendations for the preparation for the Customers' audits, evaluation of the existing information and targets for the implementation of the PECAS system (ERPII);

• preparation of the import, storage and reselling of the goods to the final Customer in Ukraine; preparation of the purchasing/sales agreements, calculations; rent and search of the warehouse premises;
• Responsible for the office administration (premises, furniture, guards, office equipment, software, auxiliary materials, local network, communication), company car fleet (lease, fuel, etc.).

• Responsible for the production sourcing (board and paper, printing inks and varnishes, solvents, auxiliaries, etc.). Main suppliers mostly located in EU countries: Austria, Germany, England, Switzerland, Poland, Finland and U.S.A.;
• Preparation and control of the deliveries and installation of the equipment: inks mixing stations (offset & flexo), die-cutting presses, hot foil press, waste paper press, additional printing and embossing units, spare parts to the printing & die-cutting presses and lines; equipment for QA Lab;
• Sourcing of the production with auxiliary and packing equipment and materials;
  Search of the Suppliers, prices and payment/delivery terms analysis, preparation & concluding of the agreements and control of their fulfillment;
• Claims handling;
• Evaluation of the Suppliers;
  Transportation of the materials: search of the trucker/forwarder, route planning (truck, avia, sea freight, full or part load, non-standard or ADR-goods, goods requiring special temperature regime, deliveries via consolidated or customs warehouses;
• Checking-up of the shipping documents, preparation of the documents for the sanitary, ecological, quarantine control, etc;
• Selling of the illiquid materials, export of the waste paper to Austria;
  Annual volume of the controlled purchases - app. 21 millions EUR.