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Thessaloniki, Greece

Thessaloniki, Greece

Larnaca, Cyprus

• Coordinated Category Management project – rationalization of the retail stores product range• Managed the company’s loyalty schemes – identified customer trends and patterns• Evaluated sales activities, promotions and special offers• Conducted competition analysis (pricing, marketing activities)• Design and preparation of executive reports, sales and profitability analysis

Promoted within the ALDI organization, actively participating in the company’s market entry in Greece. The position reported to the Country Managing Director. Major accomplishments include:• Project coordinator (functional) for the development, customization and fiscalization of the Logistics applications. Defined business and legal requirements, led functional tests and key user training.• Ensured the compliance of the store and logistics operations to legal and tax requirements, such… Show more Promoted within the ALDI organization, actively participating in the company’s market entry in Greece. The position reported to the Country Managing Director. Major accomplishments include:• Project coordinator (functional) for the development, customization and fiscalization of the Logistics applications. Defined business and legal requirements, led functional tests and key user training.• Ensured the compliance of the store and logistics operations to legal and tax requirements, such as the issuing and maintaining of fiscal documents and warehouse books.• Set up the department of Merchandise Management. Responsible for its staffing, training, and the issuing of business guidelines in the areas of store order processing and fulfillment, receiving/shipping of goods, product code management, analysis of inventory counts.• Counseled the Managing Director in all areas of expertise, preparing executive reports, budget and staffing plans, analyzing product promotions and sales trends. Show less

Responsible for the operations of 5 stores with a total staff of 60, reporting to the Sales Director:• Staffing the stores, developing and evaluating the sales personnel, including store managers.• Developing monthly and yearly sales forecasts, setting performance targets and budget goals.• Implementing the corporate merchandising guidelines, quality standards and book-keeping principles.• Performing regular inventory counts and control tasks in order to minimize product… Show more Responsible for the operations of 5 stores with a total staff of 60, reporting to the Sales Director:• Staffing the stores, developing and evaluating the sales personnel, including store managers.• Developing monthly and yearly sales forecasts, setting performance targets and budget goals.• Implementing the corporate merchandising guidelines, quality standards and book-keeping principles.• Performing regular inventory counts and control tasks in order to minimize product loss.• Ensuring compliance to legal health and quality requirements (HACCP).• Observing and analysing the regional competition’s promotions and trends. Show less

Responsible for the procurement of accessories from a base of over 100 suppliers from Greece and abroad, supplying a warehouse of over 4000 active SKUs. Position responsibilities included:• Processing requests for inventory replenishment based on stock levels, sales forecasts and actual orders.• Preparing bid specifications, evaluating and negotiating offers (price, payment and delivery terms).• Ensuring competitiveness through order grouping and vendor managed inventory.•… Show more Responsible for the procurement of accessories from a base of over 100 suppliers from Greece and abroad, supplying a warehouse of over 4000 active SKUs. Position responsibilities included:• Processing requests for inventory replenishment based on stock levels, sales forecasts and actual orders.• Preparing bid specifications, evaluating and negotiating offers (price, payment and delivery terms).• Ensuring competitiveness through order grouping and vendor managed inventory.• Expediting the delivery of goods, arranging the transportation of imported goods.• Team member in the implementation of Oracle’s “e-Business Suite” ERP software. Show less

Pacific Gas & Electric Company: Implementation of e-procurement systems and processes• Facilitated and led series of workshops with client staff to assess business processes and requirements.• Designed e-procurement processes and the system configuration that maps to client requirements.• Developed recommendations for a series of business process issues and presented alternative solutions to client management, facilitating the reaching of important design decisions.• Ensured… Show more Pacific Gas & Electric Company: Implementation of e-procurement systems and processes• Facilitated and led series of workshops with client staff to assess business processes and requirements.• Designed e-procurement processes and the system configuration that maps to client requirements.• Developed recommendations for a series of business process issues and presented alternative solutions to client management, facilitating the reaching of important design decisions.• Ensured knowledge transfer to client by documenting system configuration and training client staff.• Awarded a contract extension by the client Project Manager and provided post-implementation supportand expertise, ensuring a smooth rollout.Siemens Automotive: CommerceOne e-procurement implementation• Envisioned to-be procurement processes (e.g. Requisitioning, Approval, Buyer and Receiving flows)• Reviewed alternative solutions and designed the system configuration.• Developed training material, facilitated and led training sessions for multiple user groups.NorthPoint Communications: Operations Improvement• Developed and executed daily exceptions reports that provided management with enhanced visibility ofthe operations’ inefficiencies, allowing them to better utilize their constrained resources.• Contributed in the development of work prioritization guidelines and monitored daily operations toidentify opportunities for corrective action, resulting in increased productivity and reduced cycle times.Lam Research Corporation: Redesign of Proposal Response Process• Developed a highly configurable and powerful simulation model of the re-designed process.• Identified staffing requirements and examined the effect of demand fluctuations to response cycle timesand resource utilization. Show less

Greater Atlanta Area

Assisted implementation teams and client staff in the configuration and customization of the Transportation module of a Warehouse Management Software (WMS), in multiple projects.

Msc, Industrial Engineering

Graduation degree (GPA): 3.95/4.0 Major area: Production & Logistics systems

Diploma, Mechanical Engineering

Graduation degree: 8.4/10 (top of 130-student class) Major area: Industrial Engineering (Operations Management, Statistics)