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✔️ Strategy development and optimisation of purchasing, logistics and production processes✔️ Effective search of suppliers in China, Asia, Turkey and the EU✔️ Supply chain management: warehouses, sea, road and rail transport✔️ Management of international projects✔️ Cost optimisation, ✔️Minimising the risk of continuity of deliveries✔️ Building and managing high-performance teams✔️Managing the relations with national as well as international suppliers✔️ Support in the acquisition of foreign companies✔️ Due diligence

Poland

✔️ Within the Amica Group, I was a member of the Supervisory Bodies of 4 subsidiaries: Sideme SA, The CDA Group Ltd, Hansa OOO i Amica Electrodomesticos✔️ I co-managed the Amica Group, which in 2020 achieved the highest gross profit in its history, amounting to PLN 200 million, while in 2021, it was PLN 140 million✔️ I managed purchasing budgets of over PLN 2 billion in total in the following areas: purchasing of components, commercial goods, non-manufacturing purchases, transport services: land, maritime (PLN 200 million), rail and air✔️ I carried out projects throughout Europe as well as in the Far East: including China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkey and Vietnam ✔️ I participated actively in the acquisition of foreign companies by carrying out due diligence projects of more than a dozen companies in Europe, several of which concluded with the purchase ✔️ I carried out numerous optimisation projects in the areas of purchasing, supplier relations, risk management, lean management, inventory management, SCM, maritime, land and rail transport management, warehouse base management in Poland and abroad; I generated savings of several hundred million PLN. Category management ✔️ I managed a portfolio of commercial goods distributed within the Amica Group and representing 60% of the Amica portfolio under OEM/ODM projects ✔️ I developed strategies which allowed the positioning of goods under the Amica Group brands on the domestic and European market with a turnover of more than PLN 1 billion - I was responsible for protecting and developing margins, etc: Spain, France, Germany, UK✔️ I cooperated with the largest production centres in the world Logistics Department ✔️ I managed the warehouse base of the Amica Group in Poland and the warehouse base of foreign companies throughout Europe✔️ I managed maritime (21,000 TEU per year), rail and road transport✔️ I managed one of the largest fully automated high-bay warehouses in Europe

✔️ I managed the operations of the Purchasing Department: 7 Strategic Buyers, 3 Purchasing Specialists✔️ I developed and supervised the implementation of the purchasing strategy in the area of production purchasing with particular emphasis on two plants located in Poland✔️ I made and monitored purchasing budgets (turnover of PLN 0.9 billion)✔️ I developed business relationships with contractors: I established more than 1,000 contacts and acquired more than 200 active business partners in Europe, more than 200 active business partners in China, more than 70 active business partners in Turkey, including contacts with numerous producer organisations such as Baysad in Turkey and in other countries: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, India, Vietnam✔️ I developed business contacts in the following industries: metal, steel, plastics, electrical, electronics, packaging, glass, ceramic glazing, wood, steel components, brass, aluminium, cast iron, paints, oils, industrial machinery, process lines, vehicle fleets, construction investments and IT services✔️ I developed standards and procedures related to purchasing, including the organisation of cooperation with internal units involved directly or indirectly in the purchasing process✔️ I performed market research on products and services at home and abroad, mainly in the EU, carried out negotiations and led to the conclusion of contracts with key suppliers.Prior to 2010, I held the following positions: Strategic Buyer, Sales Process Support Manager, Export Office Manager and Supply Planner in the Planning Department

✔️ development and implementation of a purchasing policy in a given purchasinggroup;✔️ monitoring and penetration of prices of raw materials and components on thedomestic and international markets;▪ preparation and negotiation of draft commercial contracts with suppliers;▪ financial settlement of complaints related to non-compliance of supplies witharrangements;▪ Introduction of new details and modifications to existing components incooperation with process engineers;selection and assessment of current suppliers;▪ participation in audits and visits to suppliers to monitor the current situation;▪ implementation of savings programs;▪ initiating and conducting projects to improve the Supply Chain Management;▪ management of the purchasing specialists team.

- preparation of proposals for commercial contracts in the field of customerorder processing;- participation in negotiations with international customers;- supervising the implementation of the export sales plan;▪ responsibility for preparing and supervising the process of handlinginternational customers' orders;▪ responsibility for preparing the SOP plan based on the sales forecasts,available production capacities and planned stocks for 4 factories(refrigerators, washing machines, cookers, built-in hobs);▪ organization of the work of subordinate Sections (Production Planning Section- 8 people; Customer Procurement Service Section - 10 people) aimed atincreasing the quality and productivity of work;▪ ensuring and encouraging good communication with international suppliersand customers

- management of the Export Office works (nine people) to ensure properdealing with foreign customers;- participation in negotiations with international customers;- preparation of export sales analysis;▪ supervising the implementation of the export sales plan;▪ supervision over the correct issuance of commercial documents;▪ monitoring of payments;▪ efficient organization of supplies to customers, prioritization and sequencingof orders;▪ supervision over reasonable warehouse management in relation to exportproducts.

- planning of material demand using the MRP function in the SAP system basedon: SOP plan, sales forecasts, sales orders, production plans;- establishment and maintenance of contacts and cooperation with suppliers ofimported components;- creating long-term supply schedules and delivering them to suppliers;▪ supervision of the implementation of supplies to stabilize production plans;▪ inventory analysis;▪ assessment of supplies and, if required, requests for changes of suppliers;▪ participation in and supervision of projects carried out at the company.

Harvard Business Review Ican Institute „Managment 2013” Warszawa

Postgraduate Studies, Accounting And Finance

Certificate Of European Logistics Association (Ela), Logistic Management

Post Graduate Diploma, International Business Studies

Master Of Economics, Economics