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Auckland, New Zealand

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

• Serve as a key point for all country excellence managers (9) across the company’s European area, overseeing an annual turnover of €9B+.• Orchestrated, coordinated, and supported a product recall from in 2021, impacting €250M in Europe.• Managed and supported business units by coordinating CAPA plans following internal audits, 7 to 9 per year.• Initiated and led cross-country and cross-functional improvement projects using agile methodologies, with a business impact ranging from €200K to €12M.• Implemented, organized, and coordinated crisis procedure training, also holding a gatekeeper role at the central level.• Coordinated harmonization of data management and reporting flow across 14 different countries for 10 KPIs.• Provided monthly reports on 12 operations and quality measurements over 5 regions to key stakeholders.• Acted as the main advisor for country excellence managers, offering expertise on Freshness and Quality panels.• Managed project risks using risk management frameworks and tools, such as Lean/Six Sigma, Scrum and Kanban to improve project delivery.

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

• Oversaw business operations and commercial excellence throughout the international area – the Americas, CIS, Ukraine, and UK area, overseeing an annual turnover of €3B+.• Facilitated collaboration among country excellence managers, supply chain, consumer service, factories, and other departments, improving processes and procedures for enhanced results across the value chain.• Implemented corporate reporting standards and streamlined tools using data analysis techniques.• Led a restructuring of the USA Freshness panel worth $2.5M.• Contributed to customer satisfaction by implementing the “Do not ship” policy globally, which reduced returns by 30% (€18M) in the first year.• Managed and improved a project related to shipping efficiencies for Walmart in the USA, resulting in annual savings of $350K+.• Conducted warehouse audits and implemented operations improvement programs, achieving a gold standard at 84% of commercial warehouses covered.• Managed vendor relationships and contracts, negotiating favorable terms and conditions.

Moscow, Russia

• Managed commercial excellence operations within the region, overseeing an annual turnover of ±450 M. Euro.• Led a team consisting of two Supervisors, 17 Field Auditors, and one Consumer Service Manager with total annual budget €600K.• Executed improvement plans and managed freshness and quality issues using agile methodologies.• Successfully increased the coverage of the freshness and quality panel from 3 to 7 locations.• Reduced staff turnover by 70% by focusing on motivation, development, and a balanced salary/bonus structure.• Negotiated annual contracts, achieving a total savings of €500K+ over 3 years.• Acted as a Subject Matter Expert in field operations, driving service improvements.• Boosted freshness and quality KPIs by 30% from 2014 to 2016 via continuous improvement efforts, collaborating with planning, production, logistics, and sales teams.• Established a succession framework for commercial excellence managers.• Initiated a product sensory analysis panel for managing directors and first-line reports.• Created the Ferrero Excellence culture induction for new employees.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Managed commercial excellence and operations within the region for both Ferrero and Thornton’s businesses, overseeing an annual turnover of approx. €550M.• Within a span of 5 months, developed and implemented a new business unit titled "Freshness panel UK and Ireland", valued at €700K.• Supervised the recruitment and training process of new employees, ensuring adherence to freshness and quality requirements.• Secured a 6.4% savings through strategic negotiations of contracts with vendors.• Steered daily operations by conducting audits and following up on improvement plans.• Created operations and quality reporting dashboards and standards, providing management with easily accessible monthly information on business performance for both, Ferrero and Thorntons.• Administered integration and onboarding activities for customers, ensuring a seamless transition to new Ferrero standards for 212 Franchisee and 160 owned retail stores for Thorntons business.• Implemented excellence-driven risk management frameworks for food safety in retail, overseeing €190M turnover, ensuring top quality and safety standards.

Moscow, Russia

• Surpassed sales targets in Russia.• Administered targeted incentive programs for the sales force, increasing sales +6% in one year.• Enhanced the sales forecast accuracy from 82% to 91% through streamlining the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process.• Generated a bonus scheme for local KAM, resulting in sales contracts with top 50 chains in Russia.• Collaboratively developed and released new mobile software for the sales force improving order process.• Supported Sales in “Perfect store” program KPI development and monitoring process where the outcome was improved by 2.3% weighted distribution.

Moscow, Russia

• Supervised a team of eight sales representatives and 22 merchandisers. • Regulated sales in local and key accounts for northern and central Moscow, Russia.• Lead sales and presented KPI’s for the team, achieving an increase of sales by 7% in bars and 12% in tablets in 2011.• Established a new merchandise coverage model, resulting in a 17% reduction of product returns in 2011.• Achieved contracts with 2 of the top 10 chains in the region with an annual turnover of $100K+ each.• Improved the sale of boxed pralines by increasing shelf share for modern trade channels from 6 to 9 faces.• Directed and guided new key account supervisors for the southern parts of Moscow and its sub-areas.• Instituted a stable and efficient team and reduced team member turnover by 66% in two years.

Master'S Degree, Civil Law

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: Full-time student with coursework in project management, marketing, supply chain management, and finance.