Business Unit Manager

CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal Information:

Name and surname:

Stefan Petre POPESCU

Date of birth:

02.01.1968

Nationality:

Romanian

Marital Status:

Married, one child

Address:

Bucuresti, Str. Sold Sebe Nicolae, nr15.bl

v11,sc2,apt21,sect. 3, Romania

Contact details:

Tel: +40 (0-755-***-***

E-mail: ******************@*****.***

Objectives:

Looking for new challenges, career opportunities, and perfecting the professional level,

Education:

1987 - 1992 - B.S. in Machine Constructions from the Technical University of Bucharest - Romania, Faculty of MACHINE TECHNOLOGY (T.C.M)

1982 - 1987 - Physical Mathematical High school, Bucharest - Romania

Trainings:

2015- Situational Leadership II Ken Blanchard course

2014-Kaizen Institute ‘’Site TQM’’

2013-Kaizen Institute “VSD – VSM’ one pick flow application, factory site

2013- Kaizen Institute ‘’SMED Kan –Ban ‘’ training and factory site.

2012-Kaizen Institute ‘’Employees &Organisation- Top management ‘’

2012-Kaizen Institute” Gemba problem solving “, training and factory site

2011-TMI- ‘’Team work ‘’

2009- 2010- CBC Romania - Integrated Management Training Program (Organisation Strategy, Management of Human Communication and Relations, Organizational Processes Management)

2009 – Ruukki professional ‘’S +5 S Program, Lean principles’’.

2008- JTO School of Management - Building and leading a team. Coaching style of leadership. Change management

2008- Communication and Performance Management

2007 - Management Soft Skills Program

Professional Experience:

Company, location: ASSA ABLOY, BUCHAREST, ROMANIA

Number of employees: 500

Position: Business unit manager– Primary Processing

Period: 09.2012– present

Business development

Responsible for Profit & Loss of the BU., monthly basis analyze and report

Monthly basis report, BU’s production targets, safety, quality, efficiency.

Responsible for relation with BU’s clients, external and internal.

Responsible and conducts audits yearly basis from company’s corporate level and at client’s request

Responsible Lean principles implementing,maintain ‘’Gold level of Lean Excellence’’

Quarterly basis report about savings and status submitted to divisional level.

Responsible for company’s engagements in respect of legal requirement EHQS.

Production

Managing and coordinate +10 white and +80 blue collars in:

Planning department, 2 planners, 4coordinators, 1raw materials stock keeper, 1 Kan-Ban warehouse stock keeper (supermarket principles),1 lean engineer,2spiders tools &materials, running ERP system Axapta, for planning, production card releasing and follow-up. Code bar system for production confirmation, material and tools.

CNC stamping department consist of 16 automatic machines,1 slitting and 1 rolling stripes machines,40 operators, managing +4000 die tools and realizing over 100kpcs and 250 c/o weekly, under EN ISO 2768-1class f and 2class H or specific client’s requests.

CNC turning department, consist of 15 automatic and semiautomatic turning machines, 1 CNC polishing machine, operated in multiple service by 8 operators,over 250kpcs weekly, in a portfolio of proxy1500 different articles .

Polishing department, CNC machines and manual operating,10 operators

Platting lines (electro-galvanic), operated in barrels (1line) and frames (3lines), realizing Zn-Fe surface treatment 120kpcs weekly with 12 operator.

Electrostatic painting automatic line and manual cabins, realizing +45kpcs weekly proxy 8 c/o daily with 10 operators

Raw material warehouse, Kan Ban warehouse, 5 op.

Managing and conduct teams to achieve EHQS company’s targets, by continuous communications,S+5S audits, daily monitoring, weekly meetings.

Managing and develops strategies for achieving BU’s target OFR,OEE, follow-up on weekly basis production meetings,visual management monitors,

Maintain in good conditions BU’s expenditure by enforce TPM practices, kpi’s MTBF, MTTR, initiate and follow-up Capex.

Managing stock levels in intermediate warehouse, monthly basis reports, electronic monitoring in Axapta system, applying Kan Ban, min-max techniques.

Leadership

Train and coach the subordinate staff to follow company’s policies and to achieve BU’s targets.

Establish subordinates KPI’s, develop strategies and team’s abilities to meet them.

Enforce discipline in respect of internal company’s regulation, code of conduct.

Create action plans for subordinates, targeting professional developing and motivation.

Achievements

Increase efficiency in Primary Processing, 35% with 10% HD increasing by conduct and implement lean actions and Kaizen techniques.

Reduce costs of painting over 30% by implementing standard for operating the automatic line in only 1 shift out of two and efficient solutions for painting supports.

Conduct and implement sustainability projects, ‘’Energy monitoring and reduction’’, Water treatment station in plating working station’, accountable for savings of: 10% energy, 80% water.

Company, location: RUUKKI ROMANIA, BUCHAREST, ROMANIA

Number of employees: 260

Position: Production Manager - Steel Frames factory

Period: 04.2007 – 09.2012

Business development

Coordinating factory's activities in conjunction with, planning,quality, production, projects' profit

Selecting and developing personnel to ensure the efficient operation of production, +100 white and blue collars,

Developing and achievement of a Business plan in accordance with the company's strategy

Ensuring Corporate targets are met

Responsible for communication of objectives, performance and business status to top management level

Tasks for managing

Responsible for factory's budget(+ 500 k euro monthly) and capital expenditure,

Maintain good working relations within the related factories and outside organisation,clients

Conduct meetings with client, bidding process, follow-up project status for bigger and strategic projects.

Enforce Health and Safety as it is applies to the Company's operation

Accountable for factory's use and maintenance of all plant,buildings and equipment

Managing, developing co-ordinating all staff reporting directly

Managing and monitoring, subordinates KPI’s and roles, yearly evaluation white collars(objective method) and blue collars(judgmental method)

Supporting the staff to complete the daily work within the standard operation and individual's ability

Ensure the Company's disciplinary and working procedures are adhered to as stated in Company's internal regulation manual, contracts

Technical tasks

Ensure that all customer requirements are understood by the teams and that they are fully met

Work with European Standard Codes for steel materials, welding, machining, painting, processes airless method.

Continuing improvement of working procedures, S+5S, and Lean principles.

Maintain and improve development of manufacturing processes 8 white,+70 blue :

Production planning, complex projects over 1000 tons,4 planners,2 NC programmer,1 operational assistant,4 shift leaders

Thermal cutting processes-oxy fuel(NC), flat products steel carbon plate S355, shaping and striping.( Messer multi torch)

Thermal cutting process-plasma, and mechanical drilling(NC, flat products shaping(Ficep )

Machining processes (NC), sawing and drilling long products, opened profiles hollow section, bar. (Ficep semiautomatic conveyor line)

Welding processes manual, stick, MIG-MAG, and automatic submerged arc welding,(Essab NC machine,,40 Kempy welding machines)

Shoot blasting process flat and long products(NC Whelabartor)

Manual blasting and painting airless processes alkyd, epoxy,polyurethane high durability surface treatment systems(.Chambers arranged in line,conveyor system )

Maintain and improve development of workflow planning activity targeting the reduction in move and queue times

Maintain and improve the development of waste reduction.

Achievements

Started-up project for Steel Frames Factory as green field investment : designing the layout of the factory base on production stream,

Followed-up the budget of investment, supervision of site construction, manage the installing of equipment& utilities,meet costs target

Designed the organizational chart and job description for each position, conducts interviews.

Supervised implementation of SAP, ERP, and MTO production module: S+5S, Lean principles.

Authorized the factory ‘Integrate Management System’ ISO 9001:2008 / ISO 14001:2004 by supervising and leading team in designing working procedures

Authorized the production processes, ISO 3834-2:2005, EN 1090-2 with finish company Inspecta

Ramp-up production 800 tn/month.in 2shifts from, 300 tons/month in 1 shift.

Supply steel structure for: ‘’Ploiesti Football Arena Ilie Oana’’ ‘’Akemene Cementas’ ’the biggest cement factory in Baltic countries

Company, location:, TITAN-MASINI-GRELE - McNeil & NRM, Inc part of YARED GROUP, BUCHAREST, ROMANIA

Number of employees: >750

Position: Welding Workshop Leader (heavy and light structures)

Period: 2003-01 - 2007-04

Responsibilities:

Managing department resources and processes for meeting the company's targets (general production plan)

Organizing and coordinating +100 subordinates,planning team,production team

Managing welding workshop’s activities and processes, planning, NC programming,thermal cutting (oxy-fuel), welding processes execution and their psychology assisted by welding chief welder, thermal treatment for stress releasing,sheet metal processes like shearing,bending, rolling, notching, as well as participant in machining technology for welded items, being the guarantor of quality (according to ISO 9001), safety and delivery in time

Complementary work for meet heavy and light machining requirements for welded heavy, medium and light structures, participle in meetings and technology build –up for machining.

Financial and human resources responsibilities:

Controlling the 'Time-card' system

Controlling the budget of the department,direct & indirect costs

Testing and evaluating the subordinate personal

Achievements:

Increase productivity with 25 % in 1 year by implementing project management system in planning process

Decrease the number of unconformities in production by standardizing assembly process in sense of using templates for serial items, and by reinforcing own control.

The under my command has produced various welded structures:

Beams, columns, bases,steel part for robotic lines weighting 1 to 25 tone

Parts specific to the naval industry

Pressure vessels

Covers, panels, hydraulic tanks made of sheet metal.

I'm familiar to all arc welding processes.

I'm familiar to CNC cutting oxy-fuel or plasma.

I'm familiar standard codes ASME cod, testing of pressure vessels.

Company, location TITAN-MASINI-GRELE - McNeil & NRM, Inc part of YARED GROUP, BUCHAREST, ROMANIA

Number of employees: >750

Position: Welding Workshop Leader (light and sheet metals structures)

Period: 1996-01 - 2003-01

Responsibilities:

Planning production of sheet metal parts according to company's targets (general production plan)

Managing welding workshop’s activities and processes, planning, welding processes MIG-MAG,WIG, shearing,bending, rolling, notching, steel carbon,aluminum, stainless steel

Coordinating a team of 30 workers (welders and locksmiths)

Designing sheet metal parts: mobile covers for guide ways, guards, ladders, banisters, electric channels net for tools machines,

Managing all welding workshop’s activities, being the guarantor of quality, safety and delivery in time

Achievements:

Managing and the projects for modular system of tools machine sheet metal parts :electric channels, mobile covers, design and production

Position: Engineer

Period: 1992-10 - 1996-01

Responsibilities:

-designing the technologies for assembling and welding components.

Skills:

-Very good negotiating and communicating skills

-Ability to work effectively with a team.

-Ability to develop and maintain good professional and personal relationship

-Ability for coaching subordinates

-Ability to work under pressure and to handle several responsibilities at the same time and to meet deadlines

-Excellent multi-tasking, organizational, decision-making, self-administrative skills and strong attention to detail

-Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office(Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook Express) and AUTOCAD 2D

-Good working knowledge an understanding of ERP systems,SAP,Axapta.

-Foreign languages: English – Fluent

-Driving licence: B category since 1997

Competences:

20+years engineering background,production processes(,mechanical, welding, surface treatment, supply chain, maintenance)

10+years experience in management: processes and people

Experience in leading multifunctional teams, production, planning, CNC programmers, inspection

Start -up, design & supervise engineering projects, green field investments

Budgeting,costs follow-up and reduction, capital expenditure responsible

Hobbies: Skating,reading.

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