CEMEXEurope IT Service Desk Sr. Manager
May. 2003 - Feb. 2008Budapest, HungaryRunning 3 help desk locations in Central Europe (central office located in Budapest, HU) with more than 100 employees, bringing technical and business application support to the European operations (13 countries) of CEMEX, the world’s largest ready-mix producer and third largest cement producer. The center operates based in HP’s “ITOS” (IT Operation Services, an ITIL based philosophy and methodology). Key responsibilities and results included: o Operating 3 help desk locations in Central Europe (Budapest, HU, Warsaw, PL and Split, HR) with 104 FTE’s on charge for providing support services to 13 countries in the region including (UK, FR and DE) o Increasing 10% of cases solved by first level in 6 months
o Maintaining attrition rate below industry benchmarks for more than 16 months straight
o Performing and managing operational expenditures budget (nearly 2,000 KUSD)
o Implementing continuous improvement processes and systems (projects):
Customer satisfaction, Quality assurance system
Business Intelligence system based in case ticket database
Business Continuity Management strategy (based in Business Continuity Institute), including Disaster Recover Plans (DRP).
o Assuring and reporting performance and SLA’s (KPI’s), being the liaison with client countries (IT Directors and Managers)
o Leading implementation and start up of 3 different support centers in Europe (projects)
o Developed stakeholder analysis and communication plan for change management
o Performing and managing capital expenditures and project budget (nearly 1,000 KUSD)
o Defining profiles, positions, organizational structure and size of staff required
o Recruiting, interviewing and selecting personnel for operations start up
o Implementing and setting up the technological infrastructure (telephony, ACD, IVR, servers, computers) necessary for help desk operation