Experienced Team & Project ManagerInsightful,
results-driven team and project manager with notable success
directing a broad range of business line introduction to market
projects and customer satisfaction initiatives. Excels at providing
comprehensive support to sales and marketing teams as well as
maintaining long term relations with both internal and external
customers. Hands-on experience in leading all stages of product
development efforts including requirements definition, risk
assessment, design, validation and support. Outstanding project and
program leader; able to coordinate and direct all stages of
project-based effort while managing, motivating and guiding teams.
Areas of expertise:
- Department management
- Project management
- Team coaching
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- Regulatory compliance
- Cost Benefits Analysis
- Maintaining customer relations
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3rope
Foundation, Krakow,
Poland |
2009 - present |
Vice President of the
Management Board |
Co-founded the foundation. Created an
overall business case and financial model of the
organization and affiliated businesses. Prepared and
validated foundation charter. Responsible for defining and
managing projects and initiatives. Created a team of
volunteers supporting all aspects of the foundation
activities. |
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Philips
Lighting Poland S.A., Pila, Poland |
2004 - 2008 |
Development Department Manager,
2006 - 2008 |
Promoted to Development Department Manager
with five directly reporting development engineers. Designed
and implemented project management spreadsheet to optimize and
make transparent department team activities. Reduced by 20%
introduction to market lead-time. Accountable for department
budget of 0.5 million Euros. Implemented US Food & Drug
Administration procedures to secure sales in the US market.
Responsible for recruiting and training team members as well
as performance appraisal. Supporting sales and
marketing teams, maintaining long term relations with key customers. |
Key achievements: |
- General Manager of Business Line Health & Wellness
recognition for securing product quality and sales.
- Created a dedicated team to solve product quality
issues; saved US$ 2.5 million of sales losses.
- Successfully
implemented Food & Drug Administration regulations and
facilitated awareness trainings.
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Process Development Engineer, 2004 - 2005 |
Recruited to strengthen Special Lighting Development
Department. Created product concepts, translated customer
requirements into technical specification. Led product and
process development activities. |
Key achievements: |
- Designed and implemented quality improvement
solution for company measurement laboratory; reduced
measurement error by 30%.
- Played key role in Department’s customer
satisfaction improvement campaigns.
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Delphi
Automotive Systems, Krakow, Poland |
2004 |
Project Engineer |
Created and maintained product technical
documentation. Translated requirements into product
specification and characteristics. Planned and conducted
product verification; supported production team. |
Key achievements: |
- Designed and manufactured a test tool to help
customers with product verification and quality
improvement actions.
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Robert Bosch
GmbH, Waiblingen, Germany |
2002 - 2004 |
Researcher, Marie Curie Fellowship |
Participated in European Union Marie Curie
Fellowship research program. Responsible for research on
innovative, fiber reinforced plastic materials. Provided
technical support to University research
programs. Designed and conducted real-time as well as
computer-aided material and component simulations. |
Key achievements: |
- Developed and implemented software to optimize
test-to-simulation activities; reduced cycle lead-time
by 20%.
- Designed and created highly effective computer tool
to translate between product databases.
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AGH University
of Science & Technology, Krakow, Poland |
1999 - 2002 |
Research Assistant |
Worked as a professor assistant in the
Department of Mechanics and Vibroacoustics. Participated in
Department and University research programs, created
analytical reports and presentations for scientific
conferences. Supported accreditation process of one of the
University’s measurement laboratory. Taught courses in
Computer Science and Technical Diagnostics. |
Key achievements: |
- Received University President Award for contribution
to winning the accreditation for the University’s
Measurement Lab.
- First Prize in the University competitions in
Mechanics & Robotics.
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SKF Sverige,
Gothenburg, Sweden |
2000 |
Trainee, IAESTE |
Participated in The International
Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical
Experience (IAESTE) program. Responsible for technical
analysis and quality improvement activities of spherical
roller bearings design and manufacturing processes. |
Key achievements: |
- Design, created and maintained a software tool to
analyze and verify quality of company products.
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Education,
Trainings & Skills |
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MS in Automatics & Robotics,
1999
AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland |
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Trainings:
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- AIDA, training in marketing & sales, 2009
- Marketing Through Insights and VPH, 2008
- Becoming a Manager, 2007
- Extensive course on lighting technology, 2007
- Working in a Team, 2006
- Team Leadership, 2006
- Six Sigma certification – project management, 2005
- Workload Management, 2005
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- Quality Function Deployment, 2005
- Priorities to Results, 2005
- German courses in Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen,
Stuttgart, Germany, 2002, 2003
- "Introduction to ABAQUS”, A five day course on
ABAQUS, ABAQUS Inc., Aachen, Germany, 2002
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Languages:
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- Polish – native
- English – fluent
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- German – upper intermediate
- Russian – intermediate
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Software:
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- MS Windows
- MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- MS Project
- MS Outlook
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- Lotus Notes
- VBA
- Minitab
- Corel
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Other:
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Driving license, type B |
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