Walentin Stefanov Email & Phone Number

London, England, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

Report to the Global CFO, overseeing an international team and providing financial leadership across multiple regions, including North America, Europe, LATAM, APAC, and AMESA. Responsible for preparing and communicating business reviews to the JV board of directors and audit committee, while leading IT and system integration strategies to enhance customer experience and productivity. Lead business transformation initiatives to drive operational efficiency and profitability.- Delivered significant cost savings through global productivity initiatives.- Enhanced profit margin by restructuring Europe’s business franchise and optimising supply chain productivity and tax benefits.- Generated cash and profit savings by stabilising SAP S4 implementation and outsourcing select functions to improve customer experience.- Led IT system integration planning to achieve long-term growth objectives.- Received the JV CEO Award for empowering and enabling team success.

Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

Reported to the Europe Finance VP, leading a multinational team to oversee annual plans and forecasts, manage regional revenue, and align strategic targets across the organisation.- Drove margin improvement by creating a financial modeling roadmap with enhanced transparency.- Developed a cost benchmarking and tracking framework to support margin goals.- Consolidated FP&A finance teams across Europe into a centralized center.- Successfully rolled out a new financial planning solution in numerous markets.

Bucharest, Romania

Reported to GM and led a team of 16 direct and indirect reports. Partnered with the General Manager and leadership team to craft and implement the strategies to continue growing line revenue while improving margins across business segments.- Led expansion efforts, driving business growth and improving margins in key segments through portfolio rationalisation and supply chain transformation.- Launched a start-up incubator hub for recycling innovations, sponsoring innovative solutions in sustainability.- Executed a long-term sustainability strategy, achieving a major milestone in recycled plastic usage.

Bucharest

Developed revenue strategies to enhance profitability and implement effective pricing structures.- Improved profits by introducing price-pack architecture and optimizing the go-to-market model.- Led integrated business planning implementation, achieving top standards within the region.

Bucharest, Romania

Integrated financial systems and processes for the newly formed East Balkans Cluster.- Unified three business segments, realizing operational synergies and optimizing resources.- Led acquisition and integration of a regional nuts and seeds business, achieving market entry and operational harmony.- Implemented SAP as a pilot in Europe, creating a model for regional SAP deployment.

Bucharest, Romania

Bucharest, Romania

Contributed to the business integration agenda to unify the beverages, food, and water segments under one leadership model. - Implemented SAP in all business segments.- Delivered a strong productivity agenda

Bucharest, Romania

Bucharest, Romania

M&A projects in various areas: real estate, communication, automotive, and FMCG.

Finding Solutions To Unstructured Business Problems

E-Commerce

Mba, Executive Mba

Acca Certificate

Bs, Finance