MoldcellProcurement Director
Jun. 2015 - Jan. 2022CPOBased on Company’s strategies on affordable internet and 4G growth, direct contracts with Apple, Samsung, Lenovo, Allview, LG, General Mobile Huawei and ZTE has been signed. An optimization on number of vendors has been performed and decreased by 40% for a healthy size of supply base to ensure competition, cost and performance efficiency. WH & Logistics costs of the company have been optimized by 50%. 100% of all active vendors have been screened According to Due Diligence and Risk & Compliance criteria set by TeliaSonera for the sake of responsible and sustainable business. 1,2 MUSD worth of cost saving, reduction and avoidance have been achieved in OPEX and COGS part with +2% EBITDA effect on company financials in 2015 and over 2.0 MUSD of savings have been achieved in 2016 with +8% EBITDA effect. A Managed Services project has been initiated and signed a contract with Ericsson for next 5 years with 8 MUSD Saving on OPEX and 13 MUSD saving for CAPEX has been achieved. TS Procurement Policy and instructions have been implemented. A procurement committee has been established locally, CPO became a part of investment and business forums.