Aleksandr Markov Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Senior Manager, End-to-End Process Engineering WW Innovation team at Amazon Logistics, leading global innovation initiatives across diverse processes. Responsibilities include leveraging data-driven insights to identify optimization opportunities and implement solutions aimed at enhancing customer experience and operational efficiency. Through seamless collaboration across functions, ensure streamlined workflows and deploy best practices in alignment with Amazon's core principles of customer obsession, innovation, and operational excellence.

Senior Manager, End-to-End Process Engineering WW Innovation team at Amazon Logistics, leading global innovation initiatives across diverse processes. Responsibilities include leveraging data-driven insights to identify optimization opportunities and implement solutions aimed at enhancing customer experience and operational efficiency. Through seamless collaboration across functions, streamline workflows and deploy best practices in alignment with Amazon's core principles of customer obsession, innovation, and operational excellence.

Stamford, Connecticut, United States

• Developed the North America (NA) engineering organization in Stamford, CT US, directing all CAPEX projects at the 4 US and 2 Canadian Laundry factories, contract Manufacturing, major capital projects execution, and support for the internal KAM team, which links Supply Chain to the US Market Company.• Championed support for a logistic footprint optimization project for NA impacting the entire NA distribution• network, supporting the implementation of an automated Distribution Center (DC) in Kentucky, and responsible for standardization of pallet traceability and labeling program across the region with millions in investments.• Directed a management team of 5 Senior Engineering Project Managers in the Head office and 20+ engineers in the region, with 1,500+ colleagues driving the optimization of operations across NA supporting $2.2B in annual sales, 1.2M tonnes / 600M consumer units, and $246M manufacturing costs.• Spearheaded the implementation initiatives for future manufacturing setup in NA with total investments greater than $350M for the last 4 years, initiating and leading regional CAPEX delivery, steering CAPEX forecasting, full lifecycle project management, and execution.• Provided strategic directions and guidance to multidisciplinary engineering continuous improvement activities to maximize quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of the operations.• Drove excellence in new product development and process engineering, generating measurable cost and output improvements.• Partnered with R&D on the commercialization and start-up of operations for new products, including assessing available engineering and process technology, new equipment selection and unification, preparing concepts and cost estimates for proposals, and final execution of new equipment and processes for product launch.

• Spearheaded the biggest Henkel Master planning project on time and within budget (~$150M), delivering >$18M annual saving, achieving 26% IRR. With labor reduction, decreasing headcount >160 FTE's and overall operating cost reductions > $9M• Completed Henkel strategic project for premium SDL product introduction in NA, in time and within budget $44M budget with incremental NES 35MEUR• Delivered more than 300 approved projects with a total investment budget > $500M 2017-2021• Realized sustained improvements in all main KPIs in 2019/2020 years of – safety -77% LTIR (now 13 months without an LTA), quality FTR +9%, efficiency +29%, productivity +21%, waste -31.1%, water -2.5%, energy -9.4% and cost -5.2%.• Developed and promoted local Senior Project Manager to Globally recognized high-level International /engineering role leading WE Engineering Cluster.

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

• Oversaw the development and rollout of global manufacturing strategies for the Laundry & Homecare business unit, including 8 factories in the cluster, and the technical execution of all projects for the MENA region executing projects, budgeted up to $100M, focused on master planning, innovations, capacity, optimization, and replacement projects.• Created and deployed project design and execution excellence framework, provided best practices and benchmarking, establishing project governance processes, leading sustainability initiatives and projects, and evaluating proposals, including metrics of DCF, IRR, NPV• Contributed to the steering of strategic cross-regional engineering projects comprised of a wide range of products and processes, including powder detergent manufacturing, liquid detergent manufacturing, utility operations, and chemical processes. • Successfully led the integration of a newly acquired new manufacturing site into the Henkel production network, including onboarding, process/packaging assessments, upgrades, plant layout, and material flow studies and improvements.• Formulated and initiated the CAPEX investment program managing innovation and new technology deployment projects, including setting up investment proposals, developing standard metrics and KPIs, and steering the CapEx project to completion. • Designed and communicated larger-scale equipment concepts to the international team, including cost, time, and resources necessary to complete the project.• Analyzed and valued 3rd party facilities for M & M&A projects, performing the due diligence assessments of acquisition targets.• Led the implementation of manufacturing-related projects to optimize the operational and financial performance of the business.𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬• Completed the largest acquisition and integration of a new plant in the MENA region > $300M• Developed master plan strategy for Iran market supporting > $100M budget

Russia

• Key member of the Regional SC organization responsible for strategic master planning for ~4 union and non-union factories in the cluster overseeing the ~60M investments program, including the biggest Regional Master planning transformation of $45M• Developed and executed several projects, spanning the Region to address packaging, quality, and safety requirements at multiple manufacturing sites in the region• Steered the Engineering Teams in allocated plants with 18 indirect reports (Plant Engineering heads, Plant project managers), ensuring that the RU Engineering organization was properly organized, staffed, skilled and directed.• Directed all aspects of RU Henkel laundry investments aligned with Henkel Global Corporate Standards with 3 Henkel Plants based in Russia• Delivered technical support to engineering terms to ensure an increase in line and operational output, OEE improvements, Layout optimization, waste reduction, and decrease in energy consumption.• Led the continuous improvement strategy and implementation, driving both a lean culture and industrial engineering methodology throughout engineering and maintenance at the plants, reducing waste within the process and delivering value engineering improvements.• Formulated a lean layout that enabled increased capacity through automation, leading the engineering teams to implement capital projects that improved labor efficiency, quality, and capacity.𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬• Executed Regional footprint optimization project on time and within budget ($40-42M), delivering >9-11M annual saving, achieving >30% IRR• Completed NEW Sulphonation Plant construction in Ankara Turkey project on time and within budget >15 MDrove a footprint study which led to the reduction of factories within Ambient from 4 to 3• Reconstructed biggest bottle making wall to wall Plant in the Region• Successfully introduced new packaging technology.

Engels, Saratov, Russia

• Promoted to take on additional function as Head of Production for the Powder detergent plant while servicing in the Chief Engineer role, leading 179 FTE increasing daily plant output from 210 to 420 tons per day• Championed a GD&T training program for engineering and machine operators, which reduced scrap rates by >25%.

Engels Russia

• Responsible for all engineering, maintenance, and facilities services for the Engels facility producing powder detergent products, managing a team of 11 direct employees and 30 indirect employees, with the accountability of the US ~$20M investment budget.• Led the development of all strategic and tactical CapEx projects, including capital investment planning, innovation, optimization initiatives, and project implementation in the production of home care and sulfonic-based laundry products.• Responsible for TPM program implementation, steering team on implementing preventive, corrective, and autonomous maintenance for plant equipment to increase efficiency and OEE.• Technical Lead and supervised 2 project managers supporting all projects, including plant expansion, construction projects, and new equipment installations, including cross-department communication on project programming and details, and coordinating with all contractors.• Achieved and maintained a safe project execution environment that meets appropriate Henkel Global Corporate Standards and regulatory requirements• Participated in a 6-month rotational project as a project manager responsible for new projects development and execution within the CEE region Plants including (Poland, Russia, Turkey, Serbia, Austria, Hungary), completing a New Filling area at Vienna Plant and execution of an RM handling network for few plants in CEE region.𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬• Executed $10M+ projects spanning the region to address packaging, quality, and safety requirements• Reduced the energy conception pet ton of finish from 1.3 kWh/t to 0.69 kWh/t.• Plant capacity expansion >150% to design capacity.• Completed Logistic center constructions project on time and within budget (~$5M), achieving >25% IRR.• Completed new boiler house project on time and within budget (~$1.5M), achieving >25% IRR.• Supported the greenfield construction of an Automotive Plant at the territory of Laundry Plant.

Engels, Saratov, Russia

Russia