Ostrava - město, Moravia-Silesia, Czechia
I’m passionate about working with people 🤝, producing high-quality biscuits and wafers 🍪, and making a positive impact, one step at a time 🌍. Here are 5️⃣ things that drive me: ▫️ Championing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to build stronger teams ▫️ Building teams that consistently deliver outstanding results ▫️ Recognizing that real value is created in the heart of manufacturing ▫️ Dedicating my Sundays to serving and distributing food to those in need ▫️ Traveling to connect with people and explore new cultures Curious about what else drives me? 👇 Reach out to discover a values-driven, results-oriented leader. I’d love to connect! 😉
Direction and leadership for three factories (Opava, Lovosice and Marianske Lazne) producing around 140,000 tons of biscuits under several global and local brands (Oreo, Milka, belVita, Cadbury, TUC, Opavia, Fidorka, Zlate, Kolonada). Leading 10 direct reports and more than 1,500 colleagues
Mentored and coached Startup creators and Non-profit organization in their development.
Managed two factories in the Czech Republic which employed 1,000 personnel, and major operation included the production of single-use surgical kits and medical devices as well as two remote factories in France which employed 60 staff and Poland which employed 80 staff. Held general management and legal responsibility as a registered agent for overseeing the two Czech companies, in addition to leading and developing the top management teams. • Formulated factories strategy, with a key focus on safety, efficiency, quality, customer focus, and people management. • Oversaw all departmental responsibilities including production and logistics, quality, HSE, HR, financial costing and control, maintenance, facilities management, and IT functionalities. Key Achievements: • Achieved an 80% productivity increase in the original factory within three years through efficient and cost-effective management of company resources. • Accomplished reduction in internal non-quality production with a scale of seven in the first two years in office, and also developed a dedicated and highly motivated top and middle management teams. • Spearheaded improvement of Customer experience and drove a 10% increase in orders timely delivery. • Managed creation of a second factory into fully functional production and sterilisation processing unit in Czechia, whose worth was €68M and had a projected period of four years.
Managed a Taiwanese sub-contractor and manufacturing site in Central Europe, and starting from zero in a brand-new factory, attained 500,000 computers which were assembled in only nine months. Also, supervised on-site sub-contractors in the Czech Republic and Hungary. Led in the implementation of KPIs targets, improvement plans, and training of the Asian Managers to instil European management methods, which ensured effective people motivation and absenteeism reduction. • Delivered operational insight during contract writing and participated in negotiating legal contractual terms with the sub-contractor. • Managed a successful project which included the transfer of the main product's manufacturer from one subcontractor to a different supplier. Key Achievements: • Achieved a target of 80,000 monthly production in five months which was three months ahead of the scheduled timeline. • Drove a 30% increase in productivity and 60% decrease in internal non-quality production through efficient management of suppliers and internal teams.