Location: Imperial Tobacco

Positions Held:

Jun23- pr.time Global Category Manager Logistics and Sustainability

2013- Jun23 Regional Procurement Director CEE Division| Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary

• Lead the division ensuring alignment to the Sales & Production organizations

• Management of relationship with Global Procurement team to drive maximum benefit in global and centre led categories

• Leadership of the country teams responsible for delivering strategic commercial agreements which optimise value for money

• Ensure compliance to the Category Strategies developed by the Central Procurement Team, by the Region’s internal customers and Procurement teams

• Adhere to standard ITG global procurement processes

• Support country teams in applying global standard processes, offering advice and guidance as necessary

• Responsible for ensuring early procurement engagement in significant spend areas to maximise procurement's impact

• Develop deep product and supplier knowledge to drive continuous improvement within the spend managed

• Ensure contingency planning is in place for all key suppliers and services

• Develop relationships and continually work with key stakeholders ensuring that commercial delivery and internal service are equally balanced

• Manage relationships and performance of key strategic suppliers

• Act as key interface between Central Procurement team and divisional/regional hubs

• Raise instances of non-compliance to ITG internal customer ways of working (where this results in less than optimum benefits been realised)

• Ensure adequate analysis and planning is undertaken to enable effective supplier negotiations which deliver a world class cost base

• Responsible for tracking both country and divisional benefits

• Raise awareness of the role of Global Procurement across the division/region

• Manage direct report's career development

• Manage and control the overhead budget for RegionCategory Management | Procurement Supply and Demand Forecasting| Supplier performance and Relationship management| Supplier Risk Management | Source to Contract| Contract (Framework) Management| Procurement Cost Management| Benefits Management - full scope process Implementation

2012- 2013 Head of Procurement Ukraine

2011-2012 Supply Chain Process Improvement Manager | Project Manager (HBW – High Bay Warehouse)