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Egmont Books was sold to an American Publisher: HarperCollins. Out of the blue we found ourselves in a completely new reality of Harper's Global Production. My task was to organize a new Production Department in Poland. It was exciting to create job tasks and descriptions, new processes and procedures but most of all leading my people through this transition.#change management#new organisation#processes#procurement#certificates#global belonging* Handing the transition of print production from Egmont to Harper* Overseeing publishing plans’ realization for Harper Kids* Managing the Production Department team of 5* Preparing job description for all members of the team* Drafting and implementing processes and procedures for my team* Organizing cooperation and communication with other departments* Building policy and purchasing strategy for 400+ titles per year* Creating anything from simple brochures to complex book-toys* Operating on a budget of 10m PLN per year and global suppliers* Building strong, certified and reliable suppliers structure* Conducting trade negotiations to reach the best conditions* Keeping production prices level despite paper costs increase* Reaching 70% of all used materials being FSC or PEFC certified* Organizing cooperation with other departments* Overseeing suppliers’ certificates: FSC, PEFC, SMETA

My key task was to make sure that 5.000 issues of magazines and 6.000 books per year with 70M EUR budget were delivered meeting global customers' needs. It took a highly professional team with clear goals. It took a reliable pool of suppliers able to deliver just on time. #suppliers & stakeholders management#Shared Service Center#international team#* Providing printing and post-production services as HUB* Servicing 18 Egmont International subsidiaries as internal customers* Overseeing production of 5,100 magazines and 6,300 books annually* Prepararing and implementing print budget of over 70 M EUR per year* Unifing several local teams into one HUB’s scattered team of 30+* Building the new unfied team structure and reporting lines* Developing and executing HUB’s processes and procedures* Building strong relationships with strategic customers* Supervising and developing the pool of suppliers* Introducing products standarisation leading up to over 3% costs savings* Keeping just on time deliveries – close to 100% of titles delivered on time* Keeping high quality and products safety – less than 1% claims* Launching PDF Portal, an automatic file handling system

My biggest achievement was lowering costs yet keeping high quality of products, This project required not only great negotiation skills, but also strategic approach to standardization, bundling volumes, planning, partnerships and good financial terms. Realized savings reached 1M EUR.#procurement#negotiations#contracts#savings#vendors#category management#* Managing Production & Co-production Department team of 10* Overseeing the production of magazines for 12 Egmont EE coutries* Operating as HUB on budget of 10M EUR and 10M cps printed* Creating company purchasing policy and strategy* Negotiating with and selecting domestic and foreign suppliers* Initiating and working on costs optimalisation areas o volume rebate system with over 150 T EUR savings* Introducing Magazines Standarization with over 850 T EUR savings o introducing standard formats and papers qualities o consolidating printing and inserting services

My main task was leveraging benefits of economy of scale. In this case it meant having one team to manage all the production of 11 countries. It also meant getting very competitive prices from the printing houses thanks to good planning and co-productions. It proved to be a huge success.#economy of scale#co-productions#international customers #planning#projects"* Leading an International Co-Production Department team of 3* Overseeing production & gimmicks purchasing 11 Egmont EE* Planning production processes to reach the best financial results* Servicing 11 Egmont EE countries as HUB* Arranging co-productions where participants shared fixed costs* Contributing to the Books Procurement Team corporate levelo working on books standardization project* Conducting research among domestic and foreign suppliers* Negotiating and selecting suppliers* Preparing contracts between Egmont and suppliers* Managing product specifications to get the best possible price

In at the deep end. My first real job proved to be a deep dive into the world of global Advertising Agencies such as Saatchi&Saatchi, Grey Group and DDB. Highly demanding clients, quick turnarounds, time pressure and lots of stress but what a joy to be part of creating great products!#printing services #print products#account management#global agencies#* Managing client service to advertising companies* Supervising pre-press and print processes* Controlling quality of final product* Organizing daily work at the studio