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On September 1, 2020, the Higher School of Business was established at the HSE — a priority partner of leading companies in the training of personnel and the development of advanced management technologies. The HSE Graduate School of Business is built on the world's leading model of a university business school - a school within a university that combines all business programs and courses of different levels of study — from bachelor's degree to EMBA. The HSE Graduate School of Business includes the Faculty of Business and Management, the Institute of Innovation Management and nine departments of additional professional education. Specialization as a Professor of Practice - Logistics and Supply Chain Management; Scaling operations in business

A company that develops several brands: Dodo Pizza, Drinkit and Doner 42. The scale in numbers is 800+ restaurants in 16 countries of the world, including Europe, Africa, Asia. The annual turnover is more than 40 billion rubles. Area of responsibility - procurement and logistics development in foreign markets of presence, foreign trade issues, supply chain design development, procurement centralization, categorical procurement management in the countries of presence

LLC "Novostal-M" is a metallurgical holding company, under the management of which there are two large industrial enterprises: LLC "Abinsky Electrometallurgical Plant" (Krasnodar Territory) and JSC "Balakovo Metallurgical Plant" (Saratov region). In total, about 6,000 people work at the holding's factories. Both enterprises are included in the regional lists of system-forming organizations.

The Metal Profile Group of Companies is the largest Russian manufacturer of thin—sheet steel roofing and wall materials, ventilated facade systems and sandwich panels. The group includes 18 plants. The annual output of rolled products with polymer coating is 600,000 tons. Company website https://metallprofil.ru/ • Management of all procurement divisions of the Metal Profile group of companies, more than 40 people. • Planning of procurement activities. • Organization of the supply of basic raw materials, distributive goods, production materials, packaging, equipment and spare parts. • Development and protection of category strategies • Development of relationships with suppliers. • Provision of a system of accounting and control of supplies. • Project management to optimize business processes and improve efficiency. Key results: 1. Implemented a project on the centralization of procurement with the development of internal regulatory documents on the organization of tender procedures. 2. Formed a pool of reliable suppliers: switching to direct deliveries from manufacturers, obtaining the best terms of contracts (increasing the delay from 14 to 30-45 days, increasing the discipline of deliveries). 3. Optimized supply business processes: - automation of procurement management processes based on 1C ERP; - formation of a new department for centralized procurement of spare parts and equipment; - development and implementation of a motivation system and KPIs; - formation and training of a team. 4. Ensured the fulfillment of key service indicators on uninterrupted supply, delivery dates and payment terms, the level of internal service increased from 83% to 95%. 5. Initiated and led a project to restructure the procurement and logistics functions: separation of the front office and back office, creation of SSC

The company is one of the three largest manufacturers in Russia (FMCG) of sanitary and hygienic products and produces products under the Veiro brand: • Management of the procurement and logistics system (chemicals, packaging, cardboard, cellulose, spare parts, tooling, etc.) for 2 plants (Komi Republic and Yaroslavl region). • Production planning. • Interaction with suppliers of raw materials and transport services. • Participation in the company's projects. • Team management (10 people). Key results: 1. Organized the work of the direction "from scratch": - change of the supplier base by 70% for auxiliary materials; - development of templates for contracts with suppliers and the process of their approval; - creation of a production logistics department. 2. Ensured uninterrupted supply and increased production productivity by 20%. 3. Formed a base of reliable transport service providers, established timely deliveries of products to retail chains Retail X-5 Group, Auchan, Metro, Billa with a final delivery timeliness ratio of 97%. 4. Led a joint project with Kimberly-Clark to launch the contract production of Kleenex toilet paper on the basis of the Syktyvkar production site of JSC "STG".