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Experience:
October 2018 – present
3 months
Eksmo Publishing House LLC
Moscow
Category manager
- Development and approval of matrices (Basic quarterly, for a specific store): determination of SKU lists, filling commercial equipment, according to the rubricators, based on the types and capacity of equipment;
- generation of reports on the availability of goods according to lists from the marketing department (DMP, AM, (OMP));
- analysis of sales online and in stores;
- creating lists for returns by category, by store.

Telecommunications, communications... Show more

Purchasing Manager (Specialist 1st category)
Purchase of all possible (necessary) types of goods and services for the operation of the Iskra Active Hotel - a branch of PJSC MGTS (services to support activities, purchase of household goods, room goods, food products for restaurants and bars, including alcoholic beverages).
Receiving and checking applications from hotel employees.
Monitoring - request commercial offers in the market of goods and services.
Conducting analysis, generation and placement of tender documentation.
Conducting competitions, tenders, RFIs. Work according to Federal Law-223.
Development and conclusion of contracts and related documentation. Tracking payments to contractors.
Work in MS Office, Bossreferent, BPM, Oracle.

Head of Product Lines
- procurement management of the entire assortment of the company (reduction and removal of low-turnover goods and groups, search for new directions and suppliers, placing orders, tracking sales, changing the matrix of presented goods, ABC analysis, maintaining seasonal directions, tracking the timely replenishment of high-turnover items, planning the volume of purchases for several months in advance);
- work with suppliers: mutual settlements, claims, contracts;
- ensuring material and technical supplies for a photo laboratory, Internet cafe, store;
-Collection and preparation of necessary statistical data for the Company Owner;
- Making proposals for optimization and improvement of work, implementation.

Head of stationery departments, board games, goods for creativity and development, for home, for holidays
-Building commercial relationships with new suppliers: negotiating, obtaining optimal conditions, concluding contracts on terms favorable to the company;
-Management of suppliers: monitoring the fulfillment of contractual obligations, improving the terms of cooperation, monitoring mutual settlements, solving controversial issues, obtaining special conditions for large projects(parties);
- Planning of purchases by assortment, quality and price, by licenses;
- Development and implementation control established plan by turnover and income (margin), sales control in terms of profitability of product groups;
- Tracking balances and movement of goods in all warehouses of the company;
-introduction of new product groups, new licenses, manufacturers;
-maintaining seasonal product groups (school products, New Year's goods): developing an assortment, planning purchases, building commercial relationships with suppliers in the domestic market, placing orders, tracking sales;
- work on claims;
- organization, preparation and holding of events (presentations, autograph sessions).

Head of department (media production)
-Building commercial relationships with new suppliers: negotiating, obtaining optimal conditions, drawing up and concluding contracts, developing a network introduction matrix;
-Management of key suppliers, monitoring the fulfillment of contractual obligations, improving the terms of cooperation, monitoring mutual settlements, resolving controversial issues, obtaining special conditions for large projects (batch);
- Control over primary accounting documentation;
- Planning of purchases by assortment, quality and price, control of product flow in the company;
- Development and implementation of an established plan for turnover and income (margin), control of sales in terms of profitability of product groups (5 groups, about 8,000 monthly sold items, about 25,000 items in total);
-Development of a presentation matrix for each product group for new products and assortment (also separately for manufacturers’ catalogs);
-Carrying out analytical work;
-Introduction of new directions;
-Development and implementation, together with the marketing department (and/or with the participation of the copyright holder), promotions or sales of products;
- Development of a motivation system for department employees based on KPIs;
- Subordinate to 3-2 people;
- Employee training;
- Carrying out inspections of defective goods at the main warehouse;
- Organization, preparation and holding of events in the company.

Information technology, system integration, Internet... Show more

product manager
- participation in tenders;
- search for the most advantageous offers from suppliers and manufacturers for regular and special orders;
- work with representative offices: reaching agreements with manufacturers on additional discounts;
- monitoring compliance with product certification rules;
- work with a wide assortment.

August 2003 - September 2006
3 years 2 months
Deka Company (Chain of stores SMART MACHINES)
Retail... Show more

Head of Procurement Department
Head of Purchasing Department

Control of work with suppliers and mutual settlements with them;
-Building commercial relationships with new suppliers: negotiating with new suppliers, obtaining optimal conditions, monitoring the management of key suppliers, monitoring the fulfillment of contractual obligations, monitoring mutual settlements, resolving controversial issues;
- Planning of purchases by volume, range, quality and price, incl. seasonal;
- Development and implementation of an established plan for turnover and income, control of sales in terms of profitability of product groups;
- Interaction with representative offices of manufacturers: holding promotions, checking the accrual of bonuses, employee training;
supervised by 2 people

product manager (Deputy Director of the Procurement Department)
- Development of new product lines, market research;
- Searching for new suppliers, negotiating, obtaining optimal conditions, concluding contracts, managing suppliers, fulfilling contractual obligations, monitoring mutual settlements, resolving controversial issues;
- Work with a large assortment (about 5000 items);
- Planning purchases by assortment, quality and price, tracking warehouse balances (14 stores + central warehouse), planning purchase schedules, placing orders, monitoring shipments and deliveries to stores and the central warehouse;
- Setting standards for product groups by item in the program, distribution of goods (internal movements) between stores;
- fulfillment of the established plan for turnover and income, control of sales in terms of profitability of product groups;
- Working with various prices: monitoring prices of competitors (suppliers), pricing, setting retail prices;
- Negotiating with manufacturers, holding promotions with suppliers and manufacturers among buyers and sellers, participating in catalogs to promote product groups;
- Preparation of a database in 1C Enterprise. Trade and warehouse." and work in it;
- Organization of supplies of goods for corporate orders;
- Subordinate to 4 people;
- Participation in the inventory of the main warehouse.

Education:
Higher education:
2008
VZFEI
Financial management
2004
MGUs
Information Technology, Engineer

Skills and knowledge:

About 15 years of experience in purchasing departments in the positions of Head of Direction, Category Manager, Head of Purchasing Department, Product Manager.
Key skills: Active work to search for new product categories, new suppliers (negotiations, concluding contracts, placing orders and tracking the movement of goods, mutual settlements), working with goods (development of matrices, introduction to the network, tracking sales, balances, pricing, turnover analysis, margins, product launches), marketing, merchandising.
Organization and holding of events: autograph sessions and presentations (including corporate events in the office).

Additionally:
Personal qualities: responsibility, structural and systems thinking, organizational skills, developed communication skills, organizational skills, energy, etc.
Possibility of business trips.
During the period of work at Deka Company: career growth from loan manager to Head of Purchasing Department.
During the period of work in the Khitzon Company: development of current directions (increase in turnover from 700,000 rubles to 12,500,000 rubles), development and introduction of new product categories, improvement of financial conditions with suppliers and expanding the range of current suppliers, reducing balances of illiquid assets.
during the period of work at PJSC MGTS: gained experience in the procurement department under Federal Law-223, studied new programs, expanded the list of purchased categories of goods, gained experience in purchasing goods to supply an active hotel.
During the period of work at Eksmo: gained experience in working with the book product category.
Hobbies and interests: traveling, grooming, cosmetology, cinema, theater, reading.

Operating period: From April 2009 to April 2011
Position: Purchasing Manager (Full time)
Name of organization: System T3S Company, Moscow
Multi-profile holding (centralized procurement for regional partners, logistics and marketing services)
Job responsibilities and achievements: Centralized procurement for regional partners. Representation of partners' interests before suppliers.

Negotiation and contractual work with suppliers within assigned product groups, search and selection of suppliers, coordination and conclusion of contracts, improvement of contractual terms, product market analytics, planning and analytics of sales, profitability, budgeting, control of mutual settlements and claim work with suppliers, interaction with company departments, reporting.

Analysis and adjustment of the assortment, input and output of product items, analysis and control of specifications, participation in planning marketing campaigns.

Planning and control of deliveries according to timing, prices, quantity, assortment.

Interaction with partners.
Participation in exhibitions.

Commercial conditions for a number of suppliers were improved, and the range was expanded and adjusted.

Operating period: From May 2007 to April 2008
Name of organization: "Russian food company", Moscow
Retail
Job responsibilities and achievements: Negotiating with suppliers within assigned product groups, searching and selecting suppliers, negotiating and concluding contracts, improving contractual terms, product market analytics, planning and analytics of sales, profitability, budgeting, control of mutual settlements and claims work with suppliers, interaction with company departments, reporting.

Development and adjustment of assortment, product matrices, input-output of product items, analysis and control of specifications, pricing, planning of marketing campaigns.

Participation in exhibitions.

Negotiations and contractual work were carried out with “0” within the framework of assigned product groups, and an assortment was developed.

Operating period: From November 2003 to April 2007
Position: Category Purchasing Manager (Full-time)
Name of organization: Island Retail Company, Moscow
Retail, wholesale, logistics services
Job responsibilities and achievements: Negotiation and contractual work with suppliers, search and selection of suppliers, coordination and conclusion of contracts, improvement of contractual terms, product market analytics, planning and analytics of sales, profitability, budgeting, control of mutual settlements and claims work with suppliers, interaction with departments companies, reporting.

Analysis and adjustment of assortment, product matrices, input-output of product items, analysis and control of specifications, pricing, planning of marketing campaigns.

Order calculation, control inventory, planning and control of deliveries on time, prices, quantity, assortment.
Participation in exhibitions.

In the process of work, contractual conditions and commercial indicators were improved, and the assortment was expanded and adjusted.

Age: 45

Gender: male

Marital status: married

City: Moscow

Working conditions:

Employment Full time

Working hours Full day

Education:

1) Higher technical, Moscow Technical University named after N.E. Bauman, 1989-1995, Mechanical Engineering Technology/Mechanical Engineer

2) Second higher education incomplete, Institute of Economics and Entrepreneurship, 2001-2002, Corporate management

Additional education:

Experience:

Currently

Private project for the supply of products from Southeast Asia

Position: Purchasing Manager (Full-time)

Name of organization: System T3S Company, Moscow

Multidisciplinary holding (centralized procurement for regional partners, logistics and marketing services)

Job responsibilities and achievements: Centralized procurement for regional partners. Representing the interests of partners before suppliers.

Negotiation and contractual work with suppliers within assigned product groups, search and selection of suppliers, coordination and conclusion of contracts, improvement of contractual terms, product market analytics, planning and analytics of sales, profitability, budgeting, control of mutual settlements and claims work with suppliers, interaction with departments companies, reporting.

Analysis and adjustment of the assortment, input and output of product items, analysis and control of specifications, participation in planning marketing campaigns.

Planning and control of deliveries according to timing, prices, quantity, assortment.

Interaction with partners.

Participation in exhibitions.

Commercial conditions for a number of suppliers were improved, and the range was expanded and adjusted.

Name of organization: "Russian Food Company", Moscow

Retail

Job responsibilities and achievements: Negotiating with suppliers within assigned product groups, searching and selecting suppliers, negotiating and concluding contracts, improving contractual terms, product market analytics, planning and analytics of sales, profitability, budgeting, control of mutual settlements and claims work with suppliers, interaction with company departments, reporting.

Development and adjustment of assortment, product matrices, input-output of product items, analysis and control of specifications, pricing, planning of marketing campaigns.

Participation in exhibitions.

Negotiations and contractual work were carried out with “0” within the framework of assigned product groups, and an assortment was developed.

Name of organization: Retail Company, Moscow

Retail, wholesale, logistics services

Job responsibilities and achievements: Negotiation and contractual work with suppliers, search and selection of suppliers, coordination and conclusion of contracts, improvement of contractual terms, product market analytics, planning and analytics of sales, profitability, budgeting, control of mutual settlements and claims work with suppliers, interaction with departments companies, reporting.

Analysis and adjustment of assortment, product matrices, input-output of product items, analysis and control of specifications, pricing, planning of marketing campaigns.

Calculation of orders, control of inventory, planning and control of deliveries according to timing, prices, quantity, assortment.

Participation in exhibitions.

In the process of work, contractual conditions and commercial indicators were improved, and the assortment was expanded and adjusted.

Professional skills and knowledge:

Negotiations with suppliers within assigned product groups, search and selection of suppliers, coordination and conclusion of contracts, improvement of contractual terms, product market analytics, planning and analytics of sales, profitability, budgeting, control of mutual settlements and claims work with suppliers, interaction with company departments, reporting.