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Executive Director Global Publishing Operations

Work Experience

Avon Products Inc.
Executive Director Global Publishing Operations
Corporate Staff position
Annual budget US$ 300MM
Develop and implement global publishing and procurement strategies
Facilitate the development, implementation and maintenance of best practices for photography, pre-press, print and paper procurement
Implement cost and time efficient creative processes
Identify, select, develop and co-ordinate vendor base for all publishing aspects in all OBUs
-Provides supply possibilities and pricing strategies designed to enhance cost savings and supply chain efficiencies
-Conducts bidding processes and negotiates contracts on regional/global level
-Drives business plan and implementation of publishing system CataloX in all regions and proposed clusters in conjunction with marketing transformation teams.
-Oversees supplier management program and keeps close liaison with all suppliers
-Implements strategies for service enhancement and inventory management
-Net savings in excess of US$ 15MM during this period

Executive Director Creative Operations US
Annual budget responsibility US$ 140MM
-Re-organisation and management of creative operations department. Line management of 80 staff (Graphic design, print production, purchasing, editing, literature quantity estimating and inventory control)
-Implementation of revolutionary publishing management system CataloX in US creative operations
-Implementation of e-procurement system for print and paper sourcing
-Implementation of FM (Facilities Management) for pre-media
-Under my leadership a cost saving of US$ 15MM was achieved across all publishing expenses in the US alone
Director Global Paper Sourcing
-Responsible for the effective sourcing of all global paper needs
-Negotiate global contracts
-Vendor relations
-Business Process redesign (BPR) savings
Director Global Print Production
-Development of global strategies for effective print procurement
-Development of paper purchasing strategies and global alliances.
-Implement best practises in pre-press and pre-media.

Avon Cosmetics GmbH, Munich
Group Manager Sales Promotion and Print Production

-Line Manager with a staff of 21
-Responsible for creative execution of Sales Brochures and collateral literature
-Creative and promotional contribution for development of marketing plans
-Effective management of print procurement for Germany, Holland, Austria.
-Put in charge of transitioning and establishing creative and print production for Avon CEE in Warsaw. Hiring and training staff as well as vendor base selection.

Print Production Manager
-Line manager with a staff of 8
-Responsible for establishing and training effective new production team after decentralisation of European Marketing HQ
-Vendor management for type, repro, print.
-Production management for Sales Brochures and all other Literature for German, Austria, Poland, Hungary Slovakia.
-Development, Test and implementation of Fragrance Encapsulation A in-brochure sampling technique for effective in-line production in web-offset. Now global Avon standard.

Avon Overseas Limited, (European Marketing HQ) London
Print Production Specialist
Print Production Supervisor
-Responsible for effective procurement, production and delivery of all Sales brochures and collateral print for major European countries UK, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, Holland, Belgium

Marzek Etikettenfabrik, Vienna, Austria
Production Manager and General Managers assistant.
-Responsible for production planning, estimates and customer liaison

Education

Leadership Seminar Chile, Interaction Management Seminar London, Bad Harzburg Seminars Rethorik,Conflict Management

Federal Training and Research Institute for Graphic Arts, Vienna Austria
-College degree in Reproduction and Printing

Österreichische Staatsdruckerei, Vienna Austria
-Apprenticeship as Gravure Retoucher and Process Photographer

Skills

Global Print and Publishing Executive – with a strong business sense and expert experience in world wide publishing supply chain and efficiencies.
Provides pre-media effectiveness in processes and execution, as well as global print and paper sourcing and procurement strategies, and supply logistics.
Worldwide proven track record in implementing and managing cost effective publishing and sourcing processes, while improving quality appearance of catalogs and other publications.

Languages

English, German

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