• Strategic procurement at the Vetropack Group level for indirect categories (IT hardware and software, consulting services, fleet management, cars, forklifts, travel, sales, HR, admin).
• Maintained global category strategy to support departmental and divisional strategies.
• Engaged proactively with stakeholders to anticipate needs and manage expectations.
• Coordinated with requesters on technical and functional business requirements definition.
• Managed RFI/RFQ/RFP processes.
• Analyzed tender results, TCO, alternative scenarios, and cost models.
• Conducted negotiations and built long-term partnerships with suppliers.
• Secured the best prices, quality, and payment terms.
• Managed contracts and maintained strong supplier relationships.
• Managed car fleet for headquarters.SAP Key User

JUNIOR BUYER - INDIRECT SPEND

Vetropack Holding

April 2022 – November 2022 | Czech Republic

• Supported strategic procurement activities for indirect categories.
• Engaged with stakeholders to understand and manage needs.
• Assisted in tender analysis and negotiation processes, contract management.
• SAP Key User

• Responsible for purchasing of transportation services (Ukraine and export, sea, railway, auto), logistics, leasing of cars, forklifts, purchase of spare parts for transport, railway repair services and maintenance of locomotive; purchasing of work clothes, PPE, cleaning services, security services, corporate food.
• Engaging proactively with stakeholders to anticipate needs and manage expectations.
• Market analysis, conducting tenders, e-reductions, contract management, supplier relationship management.
• Tender results analysis, TCO, alternative scenarios, cost models analysis. Getting the best price and quality, payment terms.
• Contracts negotiation and follow-up.
• Vendors open issues follow-up and timely resolving or escalation.
• PO creation and follow-up, Invoices posting in SAP (mir7).
• Control of timely and accurate finance documents processing in SAP. Control over suppliers invoices payments.
• Implementation of electronic tender platform.
• Awarded “Employee of the Year in 2021”.

• Responsible for purchasing market research services, corporate trainings, and events
• Engaging proactively with stakeholders to anticipate needs and manage expectation
• Market analysis, conducting tenders, e-reductions, contract management, supplier relationship management
• Tender results analysis, TCO, alternative scenarios, cost models analysis. Getting the best price and quality, payment terms. Contracts negotiation and follow-up
• Vendors open issues follow-up and timely resolving or escalation
• Purchase Orders creation in SAP and follow-up
• Control of timely and accurate Finance documents processing in ERP. Control over suppliers invoices payments
• Reporting (weekly reports, tender reports, purchases and contracts status reports, reports upon request etc.).

• Responsible for procurement of goods and services for HR: life and medical insurance, recruiting services, events management services, training, renting of office and buildings, corporate cars leasing, stationary, furniture, external legal services etc.;
• Logistics: warehousing, transportation, 3PL.
• Capex and industrial needs: detergents, laboratory needs, equipment etc.
• Marketing: POSM, designs and printing services, trade marketing equipment.
• Market analysis, conducting tenders.
• Tender results analysis, TCO, alternative scenarios, cost models analysis. Getting the best price and quality, payment terms.
• Contracts negotiation and follow-up.
• Establishing and maintaining strong relationships with suppliers.
• Vendors open issues follow-up and timely resolving or escalation.
• HO spending decreased by 5% despite a 300% local currency devaluation.
• Awarded "Employee of the Year 2013" for excellent example of CODEF culture (Committed, Open, Doer, Empowered, and Fun) and WISE (internal safety program) culture.
• Awarded "Employee of the Year 2014" in the category ‘Committed’

• Responsible for purchasing international and domestic transportation services and accountable for the smooth operation of the raw materials delivery logistic chain (trucks, sea, air).
• Market analysis of the transportation service industry.
• Conducting tenders for international and domestic transportation services.
• Contracts negotiations and follow-up.
• Coordination of the delivery process from the moment of loading up the goods to the delivery at the destination: examination of shipping documents, coordination of customs clearance of goods, control of standing time, loading and uploading of goods (trucks, sea, air). Deliveries from Europe and the UAE PO creation in SAP.
• Posting of invoices in SAP (mir7).
• Control of timely and accurate finance document processing in SAP Coordination of the work of the operational procurement department, control of the timely creation of purchase orders in SAP, and goods deliveries Implemented electronic tender platform (e-reductions)
• Saved 30% of total domestic and international transportation costs.

Procurement specialist – indirect spend

lifecell

• Scratch cards, sim cards and starter packages stock control.
• Managing the purchasing process of services and goods: sim and scratch cards, packing services of SIM cards into starter packages.
• Technical preparation of starter packages: tariff assignment in HLR and billing systems.
• PO creation in SAP and follow-up. services; configuring mobile phones. Signing contracts with corporate clients.
• Investigations of the client’s claims.
• Goods delivery control.
• Budget control and Cash Flow planning.
• Control of payments
• Main Achievements: Promotion from Regional Customer Care Expert to leading Procurement Specialist in Headquarter.

Position: Inbound logistics specialist in Logistics unit of SIM and Scratch cards

• Control of sim cards and starter packages stock.
• Planning and placing PRs to the procurement department.
• Creating PRs for sim and scratch cards in SAP .
• Control of international deliveries of sim and scratch cards from the supplier
• Control of deliveries of starter packages
• Preparation of documents for customs processing of sea, air, and truck deliveries; control of customs clearance with the broker’s company

Position: Customer Care Expert (Luhansk branch, Ukraine) 2006-2008

• Face-to-face service for lifecell subscribers.
• Presentation of full and accurate information about lifecell services: tariffs, procedures, contracts conditions, functionalities of mobile phones, details of special lifecell campaigns etc.
• Providing a variety of services in order to secure long-term service agreements with corporate clients.
• Resolving subscriber issues; activating lifecel