After 28+ Years a nomad returning back to the roots. Relocating back to MaltaOnce settled will look for opportunities.

Reporting to Business Sponsors, IT Operations, Business Systems and Portfolio, Managers, providing input to business cases and return on investment (ROI). Developing, implementing and tracking metrics to measure the realization of business benefits, while challenging the cost vs. value of solutions.Responsible and sustaining application maintenance, with 24/7 availability goal and managing continuous improvement of Supply Chain Portfolio applications used by internal and external customers (+ 50,000 users), which covers, demand, Procure to Pay and delivery. Including in the list a “request portal” “eProcurement” application, “catalog management repository”, travel “online booking tools”, an “approved supplier management” application, these having interfaces to supplementary requisition applications, ERPs and logistics platforms.

Responsible for the successful integration and deployment, within timeline and on budget, of the Supply Chain Business applications in an acquired company of 5000+ employees, in 60 countries, including eProcurement, Material Management, Inventory Item Classification, Intermediate logistics Platforms.As part of the Merger and Acquisition team, embarked on an analysis of each country supply chain processes which maintained multiple none centralized systems and set the groundwork in motion to streamline master data, processes, migration and deployment, with a significance change management structure for a successful release in all countries which were integrated into the standard applications of the acquire company.

Manager for Europe, North and West Africa, CIS countries, responsible for managing and support eProcurement application and supporting the region operations. Leading and mentoring an L2 support team of Suppliers and Users support remotely located in different countries in the region. Monitoring customer incidents via a ticketing tool and implementing resolutions as necessary. Provides solutions to the Application Business Systems Owner to implement fixes and suggesting process improvements in liaison with operations and business customers.Reported to the region Supply Chain manager with KPIs and reporting of monthly activity.Introduced BI dashboards to all sub-regions, finance, and supply chain managers with, Supplier, Commodity Spend and cost savings.

Responsible for the distribution of software and respective licenses, to worldwide internal and external clients. Deploying best in industry Protection and licensing of company propriety Software.Client Direct sales, liaise with regional account managers to provide pre-offer, offer and contract management support, for standard and nonstandard contract setups and maintenance, in compliance with standard procedures.Rapid growth in acquisitions with the challenging integration of non-company Software licensing.Procurement and Logistics SW combined with Hardware.Contract Management and Fiscal requirement with customers, ensuring documentation is signed and delivered in time and authorized to local country regulations. Enforce and apply trade compliance and customs controls.

After the successful SAP implementation in North America, the company mobilized a team in Paris, France to implement SAP as a unique platform application to worldwide operations. As a master data team lead I was given the task to collate and cleanse vendor master data of several pilot countries. Liaising with finance and purchasing teams, a challenging task as data was recorded in a multitude of tools and manual hard copies of non-complete data, which required conversion to the stringent rules of SAP.Successfully devised and implemented conversion tools for mass upload from excel into SAP with complete of testing phase in a quality environment and migration to production.

Promoted to a team lead, with the responsibility to analyze and implement customer requirements providing accurate and consistent management information and statistics. Delivering systems administration and maintain and provide user support to the Finance, Receivables and Payroll Information System and other applications,Maximized utilization of Receivables and Client invoicing with automated standard processes and kept track of DSO.Reviewed and documented processes undertaken within the Invoicing and Payroll departments and recommended process improvements.Developed a Client Invoicing tool, plus a local and international Payroll application. Implemented a change management strategy, training, and release to the respective departments, with both tools reducing the number of man-hours in processing by 70%.Closed and reported monthly finance reports and management statistics reporting, including rig counts and market share.Overseen the day to day of customer requirements and support of the District, land bases and offshore rigs.Contracted the installation and deployment of the first district networking and intranet, with the introduction of internal email.

Focus on analyzing and manage proper placement levels of spares and technical equipment throughout land and offshore locations. Responsible for timely and accurate P2P, with prioritizing on delivery, to operations.Driven end-to-end, non-technical equipment tender process, contract and pricing negotiation, supplier relationship management and project implementation, within delivery dates and cost.Focal point with operations and finance providing day-to-day assistance for all district inquiries relative to procurement policies and procedures.Trade Compliance & Customs with specific regulatory compliance considering the sanctions and embargo restrictions.Interface with internal and external customers, freight forwarders, Customs Clearing Agents, and customs representatives to ensure efficient, effective and repeatable service deliveryManaged local transport programs, including transport network, with the key focus of reducing freight and shipping charges.

The company’s main activity is the design, manufacture, and repair of steel moulds for plastic injection production, blow-moulds, press tools and punches. I was involved in all aspects of mould making being milling, grinding, lathe-work, drilling mostly CNC (Computer Numerical Controlled) MachinesPlanning and Procurement of raw material, mould components and machine tools for the construction of molds.EDM (spark erosion machines) expert within the group.2 ½ years in Design office with successful completion of several moulds in productionDesigns and moulds achievement of various popular Playmobil figurines in various styles and attire, including many of the accessories which complement the figurine, the pirate ship, farms and ranches, spaceships, cars and many more.