Paul-Andrei Macovei

Bringing value creation and protection at plants, by ensuring resiliency, compliance, security and the realization of the digital vision of the Manufacturing of the Future.

Leading a global team of Solutions Experts to maximize value, user & client satisfaction; responsibilities include service management strategy development & breakthrough business transformation, with key initiatives in the areas of BPO and Supplier Connectivity & Collaboration: standardization, controls, outsourcing & governance (to one of industry leaders), supplier connectivity (re-engineered & re-launched P&G's Supplier Portal Purchasing Solutions online tools) and client satisfaction & user experience.

Assumed, on top of below, the responsibility of EMEA Spend Compliance Process Owner Designed, implemented and currently lead the monthly process that ensured growing of spend compliance from below 15% to 74% and transactional compliance from about 40% to 84%, Best-In-Class levels as per the 2010 Strategic Sourcing Report from the Aberdeen Group.

Lead a 28 people team, incl. career planning; responsibility for operations in 40 WE plants; cover tactical purchases work, daily management of data, orders & suppliers, linking between Sourcing, site buyers, suppliers, Payment Services, client/user groups; possess strong understanding of global, regional, local work processes & requirements, ensuring excellent customer service (9/10), benchmarking levels of on-time delivery & payment, strong automation, impeccable stewardship and productivity targets.

Asumed, on top of below, responsibility for defining & implementing region’s strategy for IT Services (fixed price engagements & projects, offsite & managed services. traditional staff augmentation engagements, etc); the two above responsibilities cover +$100 million spend and encompass executing sourcing plans to deliver critical cost savings targets, as well as penetration of white space to expand Purchases involvement in the organization’s total spend;

Coordinated a vast regional network of buyers across the respective region, handling IT spend pools (services, hardware, software, print & document management, telecom, BPO, call centers, etc.), with full range of responsibilities: client’s needs definition, spend analysis, supply base development and optimization, savings projects identification and delivery, regional RFPs design and running, commercial agreement negotiation and execution; supplier relationship management.

Reporting to the regional purchasing manager, managed a team of four, handling various spend pools of multi million dollars, mostly related to Marketing, Sales, HR and Administration, with responsibility starting early in the needs’ definition process up until delivery to the internal customer and payment to supplier; strongly collaborated, at all stages, with Marketing, Sales, brand agencies, local & international suppliers, Contract Manufacturing and Accounting, continuously improving company’s processes.

- Customer Team Logistics Manager International Accounts Bulgaria - Demand Manager (MRPII) Balkans - Customer Team Logistics Manager Balkans - Customer Team Logistics Manager Bulgaria - Customs & Transportation Coordinator