I'm a part of the company that helps medium-sized Ukrainian businesses to enter foreign markets (USA, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan) and build a successful business there.

My areas of responsibility include:

1) assessment of the existing procurement system, its' optimization and restructuring so that procurement can effectively handle larger volumes & meets the requirements of foreign trading partners;

2) training the procurement team how to work with larger volumes - how to change the mentality, strategy and tactics of procurement, supplier relations management;

3) selection the optimal ways of goods' delivery, together with logistics partners.

• Creation the Procurement function from scratch: policies, procedures, processes, e-procurement software designing & rolling out, gathering procurement team;
• Leading all procurement & logistics projects for the company;
• Leading all outsourcing procurement projects for the company's clients;

Design & roll out the e-workflow and e-procurement system within the company.

Key contributions:

• Built high professional & effective procurement team;
• Successfully realized more than 100 procurement outsourcing projects for company's clients;
• Creating the procurement departments from scratch for several clients (assess client’s needs, develop a procurement strategy, establish procurement policies & procedures, set up vendor management process, implement procurement tools & systems, monitor & optimize procurement performance);
• Launched and profitably managed the growth fund for our company's employees;
• Successfully implemented projects in international procurement & logistics.

• Audit and analysis of current processes and procedures;
• Drawing the scheme for all current processes for all businesses (11);
• Finding of the bottlenecks and development of measures for its eliminating;
• Design of new policy, procedure and approach to direct and indirect procurement for all businesses and for HQ as well.

Centralized marketing purchases (for all 1100 branches across Ukraine), created marketing procurement from zero point (marketing procurement strategy, policy, procedures), created and managed marketing procurement team (3 FTEs), managed expenses for all marketing purchases (approximate €20 mln), cost optimization projects leader, controlling the respect of ethical rules by suppliers & employees.

Key contributions:

Marketing:

• Effective & in-time rebranding of 220 branches across Ukraine;
• Brand book’ update;
• Branches’ redesign: global standards’ adaptation to local reality, branches’ renovation according to new standards;
• Creative (for TV commercials, print materials, souvenirs, etc.)
• Development & implementing of merchandising procedure;
• Brand book for internal, external advertising constructions;
• Development of technical requirements for internal advertising constructions & to advertising constructions for ATMs
• Development & implementing more effective approach to media placement.

Procurement:

• Development & implementation of Marketing Procurement Procedure;
• Meeting multimillion EURO savings targets insuring fast & transparent procurement processes
• E-Procurement system designed & rolled out
• Significant cost reduction for all marketing categories.

Created procurement from zero point (procurement strategy, policy, procedures), audited and centralized all administrative & marketing purchases (for 900 branches across Ukraine), category management, suppliers strategies & risk assessment, managed expenses for all marketing & administrative purchases (approximate €50-60 mln), created and managed marketing & administrative procurement team (10 FTEs), cost optimization projects leader, controlling the respect of ethical rules by Suppliers & employees

Key contributions:

• "Best Employee 2006"
• Development Procurement Procedure & set up Procurement System
• Creation of excellent professional procurement team
• Creation of Suppliers database
• Building of partnership relations with key suppliers
• Significant contribution to increasing of Bank's savings

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