Marian Klucik

As member of EMEA Operations and Supply chain leadership organization responsible to formulate Logistics strategies, lead Logistics organization and execute EMEA transportation transformation projects, provide best in class level of service, while Managing relationship with external providers for transportation and warehousing in total value of +50MM USD in support over over 1 billion USD in revenue from customer product delivery.

Key projects and deliverables:
+ Finalized Control tower design, implementation and integration into daily operational procedures
+ Defined and Improved carrier transportation performance across all the modes - ground, air, ocean, parcel
+ Designed centralized EMEA organization and established high performing functional team of owners
+ Established improved cross functional communication and project co-ordination
+ Formalized with team several critical Standard operating procedures
+ Improved Transportation management system capabilities, qualities and performance
+ Led successfully complex system, process and organization transformation projects
+ Defined overall transportation and warehousing operating model strategy

Overall plans:
+ Formulate operation strategies of logistic business, ensure the competitive edge of logistic function, to comply with Vertiv operation strategies
+ Build and oversee 3rd party global logistic distribution centres, improve response and flexibility
+ Responsible for and to optimize the end to end logistic flows - Transportation, Warehousing, Customs clearance, Broker operation

Main functional responsibilities:
Transportation design, warehousing, 3PL, 4PL, transportation management systems, control tower, carrier performance, end to end visibility, team design, selection, leadership and development, exception and escalation management, projects coordination, process improvements, process optimizations, cross functional collaboration, local, regional and cross continental co-ordination.

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Lenovo, Member of Lenovo services senior leadership team reporting directly to EMEA VP services managing EMEA wide transformation of spare parts logistics, warehousing, whole unit logistics and centralized repair after sales infrastructure with full budget spending responsibility for up to 30 millions EUR a year.

This complex project includes following responsibilities and deliverables:

+ Led selection, integration and performance management of supply chain vendor partners responsible for centralized repair and logistics located in Czech republic, Poland, Germany, United Kingdom with yearly capacity up to half a million of units transported and repaired with yearly spending well above 10 million EUR for labor and logistics and up to 20 million EUR in spare parts

+ Hired, developed and lead team of 3 senior logistics, 3 senior repair managers, together with another 3 more junior specialists from different countries managing directly over 300 technicians in within the partner network

+ Directed contract negotiation and renegotiation of all business arrangements, process definitions, performance KPI's (25+ KPIs), liabilities, reporting requirements, contingencies and termination clauses for supply chain and logistic elements defining operational level for key Western and Easter Europe market

+ Delivered significantly improved end consumer, retailer and commercial segments experience for over 1 million customers during years 2017, 2018 and 2019 and that in form of faster turnaround times, improved repair quality and visibility to actual product user and customer

+ Influenced directly over 1 and 1/2 million in US dollar savings, as result of process and business model optimizations, strategic sourcing and negotiation, removing inefficient consolidation points, simplifying network and reducing spare parts spending

Main responsibilities: supply chain, repair, management, strategy, performance reporting, optimization, projects, risk management, budgeting, contracts.

Responsible for Finance, tax, compliance and member of go to market team reporting directly to EMEA VP services responsible for designing different supply chain solutions to customers from different industries, as telecommunication operators, information technology producers, retail and e-tail, smart devices, recycling. During this period, I have had full P&L responsibility for up to 30 million EUR in revenue.

Being part of this team, we have delivered and I was responsible for:

+ Owned business and finance modelling of complex warehousing and logistics solutions across multiple countries including integration of transportation management and warehouse management systems

+ Designed and developed detailed down to customer level profitability reporting including process change required at local back-office and shared service center operation in Barcelona

+ Succeeded with team on several major telecommunication tenders (T-mobile, Vodafone) providing end to end customer forward and reverse logistics in UK, Slovakia, Czech republic

+ Designed highly profitable solutions for startup and well established customers according to market requirements (Fitbit, Blackberry) utilizing existing or building green field operations in countries as

Slovakia, Spain, UK

+ Defined EMEA wide company structures for our customers, including all related to financing, tax and customs

Main responsibilities: Business partnering, Supply chain, Customs, Finance and working capital management, Inventory and Procurement optimization, Contracts negotiation, Controlling, Reporting, Business development functional support on finance and tax matters, Compliance - US GAAP, IFRS, Tax, Internal controls, SOX compliance, Risk management, Project and profitability evaluation,

Information system controls, Profitability analysis, Budgeting and Forecasting, Strategic planning and Shared service center activity cooperation and optimization, Consolidation.

Brightpoint (aquired by Ingram Micro group) at that time biggest provider of "wireless device lifecycle services", specializing in the distribution of wireless devices and in providing customized logistics services to the wireless industry handling over 100 million devices a year globally. Personally contributed directly to significant growth and success in Slovakia and CEE.

During this period was responsible for and delivered:

+ Led team of 10 finance specialists including 2 senior finance managers and indirectly managed another 5 FTE at shared service center in Barcelona defining end to end back-office accounting and reporting process

+ Directly designed and developed several internal process and procedures in area of reporting, controlling, internal audit and compliance including detailed down to customer profitability reporting being crucial for further decision making, profitability improvements, price setting; finally delivering 20% plus margin from overall supply chain solution

+ Managed to identify saving opportunities in operations and transportation process worth close to 3 millions EUR in years 2009 to 2012

+ Influenced implementation of transportation management system Centiro delivering outstanding operational capability and highly profitable logistic stream

+ Headed up hiring of fast growing organization and team from 85 up to 350 team members with direct involvement in selection, interviewing and hiring

+ Contributed in many aspect to unprecedented growth from 5 to 47 millions EUR in revenue company with distribution reach into CEE and supply chain solutions covering EMEA and global customers

Key functions and responsibilities: Business partnering, Finance and working capital management, Inventory and Procurement optimization, Contracts negotiation, Controlling, Reporting, Compliance, US GAAP, IFRS, Tax, Internal controls, SOX compliance, Risk management, Project and profitability evaluation, Information system controls, Profitability analysis, Budgeting and Forecasting, Strategic planning, Consolidation.

Led finance organization of up to 20 financial specialist and senior managers responsible for entire finance, accounting and tax compliance of Emerson production facility in Slovakia. Reporting directly to CFO and VP Finance EMEA.

During this period I have been responsible, participated and contributed to:

+ Fully responsible for end to end accounting, controlling and reporting process at complex manufacturing facility producing high end electronics, including metal processing and painting line

+ Improved costing and pricing of complex air conditioning and high performance UPS solutions from screw to in-house metal frame processing as crucial element for customer pricing on global markets

+ Led entire finance organization of 20 junior and senior finance professionals adopting it over time to changing needs, production program and reporting requirements

+ Developed on hand several detailed reporting and costing solutions being able to address complex changes within the facility and looking at returns on invested capital

+ Controlled execution of major investments into production facility worth 25 millions EUR between years

Main responsibilities: Finance management, Controlling, Reporting, Compliance, US GAAP, IFRS, Tax, Internal controls, SOX compliance, Risk management, Project and profitability evaluation, Information system controls, Profitability analysis, Budgeting and Forecasting, Costing, Pricing.

During years at Andersen and Deloitte I have been quickly growing from audit assistant to manager role leading many statutory, US GAPP, IFRS, IT compliance and data privacy audits. This helped me a lot with understanding actual business operations from inside while being exposed to and meeting CEO and CFO level representatives.

Delivered and improved for customers:
+ Material compliance savings avoiding potential statutory or tax penalties
+ Identifying operational spending saving opportunities and potential gaps in procurement process
+ Data security and customer data privacy in accordance with developing legislation