Imrich Gaspar
Senec
Summary
Working with FMCG and in prestigious manufacturing companies helped me to gain strong analytical, communication, operational and supplier relationship management skills. Furthermore, I am a committed team player with leadership ability and technical skills. I have the ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment, bringing innovation to solving problems and willing to embrace and apply new work procedures. I am pro-active, quick-thinking and relish any opportunity to learn and progress.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Business Operations Planner
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
06.2022 - Current
- Act as a key contact between factory and the sales team
- Generating monthly forecast based on returns and sales demand
- Providing comprehensive feedback about product availability to the sales team
- Managing inventory from the Excess & Obsolescence point of view
- Handling product reservation in conjunction with the factory team
- Order releasing based on parts availability using SAP4 Hana and IMS
- Working with the NPI team to ensure Master Data Setup is correct
- SC Governance KPI's & quarterly business reviews
- Collaboration with GOE planning and WW E&O team
- Strategic Sourcing from AMS and APJ
- Achievements: Documenting the cross regional stock transfer request using Swim Lane and RACI
- Introduction to Agile Scrum undertaking intensive internal training sessions.
Business Process Manager
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
08.2020 - 06.2022
- Managing focus and pre-selected deals at front end through material simulation with factories
- Providing comprehensive material availability to sales teams and flagging any parts that require demand steering
- Responsible for processing and approving prebuild requests across EMEA
- Executing detailed material check for commodity SKUs in conjunction with the procurement team to approve each request
- Analyzing the lifecycle status for each product to ensure flowless execution of prebuild order booking and solving unreleased products issues with the NPI team
- Project Managing various improvement initiatives for the prebuild process
- Revenue assessment generated from prebuild requests at each quarter end
- Preparing weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports for the Supply Chain Board
- Achievements: Project managing the implementation of a new tool in Microsoft Power Automate platform to process prebuild requests
- Training new members of staff for handling prebuild requests.
Supply Chain SLA Account Manager
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
06.2018 - 07.2020
- Act as primary contact for E2E supply chain related queries for the sales account team
- Establish a close relationship with Account teams / Order management/ Backlog / Logistics and other internal functions
- Attend performance reviews with EMEA manufacturing functions and account teams
- Gather demand data from regions and sales account managers contributing to demand forecasting using complex analyses
- Drive early engagement on deals through forecasting, proactive demand-shaping and upfront issue resolution, to ensure seamless deal fulfillment
- Produce and publish weekly customer SLA performance metrics and share it with the account teams
- Drive backlog management across EMAE region and lead delayed order escalation with the account team
- Achievements: Successfully completed number of internal e-learning modules to improve knowledge and skills required in the IT industry
- Achieved desired SLA across multiple accounts.
CMO Supply Planner
Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) Pharmaceutical
05.2016 - 06.2018
- Maintaining good relationship with CMO suppliers for long term success through regular visits
- Liaise with sales and demand planning to understand the forecasted requirements and manage supply to achieve and maintain high levels of customer service whilst meeting inventory targets, KPIs
- Liaise with consumer supply chain departments, suppliers, marketing, regulatory, quality and the external warehouse to ensure all requirements for a new product launch or a packaging change are coordinated and successfully executed
- Generate supply plans with factories and the sales using SAP to deliver stock to support sales forecasts
- Optimise stock holding levels within the total supply chain through a detailed understanding of the key planning parameters
- Manage stock levels for NPD and re-launches /discontinuations – run ins/run outs
- Achievements: Successful launch of new fitness product range into several supermarkets and the online web-shop supporting growth of the business
- Creating a template to calculate the right minimum order quantity for the procurement and commercial team
- Successful completion of SAP – APO training for the use of supply chain.
Supply Planner
Winterbotham Darby
04.2014 - 04.2016
- Responsible for supply of FMCG across different suppliers and a variety of end customers
- Analysing forecast against actual orders on daily bases to effectively manage stock surplus or shortages, to minimise costs and maximise profit
- Liaising with commercial managers and demand planners to successfully execute promotional activities and facilitate flawless launch of new product lines
- Assisting with all seasonal planning for developing a commercial and balanced range offering for the customer
- Linking with production mangers to effectively utilise and prioritise the production plan
- Setting up planning parameters for new product lines in the MRP system
- Generating and managing purchase orders with the agreed MOQ
- Validating goods receipts against purchase orders to create invoices for accounting purposes
- Managing the performance of suppliers, providing detailed appraisals of supplier performance to the management team for a future tendering process
- Achievements: Successful launch of new product range in Waitrose, Sainsbury and COOP supporting growth of the business
- Improving the effectiveness of product delivery, production prioritization
- Continuous waste reduction, both at production site and distribution center.
Customer Service Specialist
Kimberly Clark
10.2013 - 04.2014
- Capturing orders in Central European languages and processing orders using SAP
- Coordinating orders with the logistics team to ensure operational transparency
- Liaising with the sales and marketing team to apply relevant promotions and discounts
- Working in conjunction with the planning team to provide accurate stock availability dates
- Generating savings through combining back orders and applying cross docking procedure
- Networking and developing strong working relationships with key customers
- Managing return of products
- Achievements: Improving internal business processes for Central European order processing team
- Runner up in cost saving through back-order consolidation
- Boosting sales through ensuring the agreed MOQ was utilised as per contractual agreement
- Completion of advance Excel course.
Supply Chain Quality Analyst
Roll-Royce Motor Cars
08.2012 - 09.2013
- Monitoring suppliers’ performance based on BMW guidelines and standards
- Identifying trends and gaps of supplier performance
- Generating first-hand evidence and analysing root causes of supplier non-conformity
- Arranging on-site meetings to review supplier processes for possible improvements
- Analysing and processing complaint reports using SAP and BMW B2B portal
- Preparing weekly and monthly reports for the management team about supplier performance
- Coordinating and monitoring quality inspections for incoming deliveries with a third-party inspection company
- Negotiating material sell back prices with suppliers
- Arranging material return to suppliers with international hauliers
- Achievements: Generating savings through root cause analysis of damaged parts to remain within the scrap budget.
Hotel Receptionist
Holiday Inn and Thistle Hotel
09.2008 - 07.2012
- Providing exceptional customer service and achieving my sales targets
- Operating a busy switchboard and the main safe to supply change to other departments
- Creating reservations, using the hotel’s operating system Opera and Fidelio
- Dealing with overbookings and uncertain reservations
- Achievements: Winner in upselling luxury rooms, breakfast and fine dining on several occasions.
Night Manager
Thistle Hotel (now Jurys Inn)
01.2007 - 08.2008
- Responsible for running a 4 star Hotel at night
- Auditing and reconciling the day reception team’s credit and cash payments
- Preparing invoices for the financial department
- Performing an evacuation plan in case of an alarm
- Recruiting and training new members of staff
- Achievements: Winner of Employee of the month award.
Education
MSC Supply Chain Management - Supply Chain Management
University of Brighton
Brighton 09.2011 - 06.2013
CIPS (Accredited By The University of Brighton As Part of MSc Course)
University Of Brighton 09.2012 - 06.2013
Business Management (BA-Hons) -
University of Brighton
Brighton 09.2008 - 06.2011
High School
Dunajská Streda 09.1996 - 06.2000
Skills
Microsoft Office
SAPHigh numeracy and literacy skillsPromote Agile and Lean thinking in everyday operations
Leadership abilities gained through previous managerial and work positions
Ability to resolve problems in a professional manner and act accordinglyTimeline
Business Operations Planner
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
06.2022 - Current
Business Process Manager
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
08.2020 - 06.2022
Supply Chain SLA Account Manager
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
06.2018 - 07.2020
CMO Supply Planner
Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) Pharmaceutical
05.2016 - 06.2018
Supply Planner
Winterbotham Darby
04.2014 - 04.2016
Customer Service Specialist
Kimberly Clark
10.2013 - 04.2014
CIPS (Accredited By The University of Brighton As Part of MSc Course)
09.2012 - 06.2013
Supply Chain Quality Analyst
Roll-Royce Motor Cars
08.2012 - 09.2013
MSC Supply Chain Management - Supply Chain Management
University of Brighton
09.2011 - 06.2013
Business Management (BA-Hons) -
University of Brighton
09.2008 - 06.2011
Hotel Receptionist
Holiday Inn and Thistle Hotel
09.2008 - 07.2012
Night Manager
Thistle Hotel (now Jurys Inn)
01.2007 - 08.2008
High School
09.1996 - 06.2000