Karel SURMA

Experience

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  Chemické Závody Sokolov, a.s.

  Feb 1994 - Jan 2000

  Commercial Director

  Building of sales, purchasing and logistics department and take over of international trade from ex Foreign Trade Organizations.Creation of Processes, building up "home made" information systems from scratch.

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  Eastman Chemical Company

  Feb 2000 - Jul 2006

  Supply Chain Director PCI EMEA

  Integration of Procurement, Sales, logistics to global network, SAP implementation project, 6 sigma projects, management of change, consolidation

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  Hexion Specialty Chemicals

  Aug 2004 - Jul 2006

  Supply Chain Director

  Integration of new acquisitions, M&A,, integration of ERP systems, standardization of processes, management of change, restructuring projects, single business entity (SBE) creation, shared services creation, cost cutting programs, working capital optimization

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  Unipetrol Doprava

  Aug 2006 - Aug 2010

  Cost cutting program, performance improvement Managing creation of Shared Services of Unipetrol Group (5 MMM $ company), full P/L responsibility, efficiency target setting and managing their implementation. Managing project of SSC creation, process improvement, standardization and cost cutting. management of change. Structure optimization, customer satisfaction, new company and team creation. Sponsoring of improvement projects. Initiation of company restructuring

  • Executive

    May 2007 - Aug 2010

  • Executive

    Jan 2007 - Aug 2010

  • Shared Services Director

    Aug 2006 - Aug 2010

  • Chairman of BoD

    Aug 2006 - Apr 2007
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  Ceská Rafinerská

  Feb 2008 - Sept 2010

  Supervisory Board Member

  Member representing majority owner Unipetrol, supervising Ceska Rafinerska BoD major decisions, regular review of cost, working capital, safety and the key performance indicators.

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  United Initiators, Inc.

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2012

  Strategic advisor

  Due Diligence team member, Due diligence report preparation, 100 days planning.

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  CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS

  Sept 2010 - now

  Operations and Project Manager

  Chemical Solutions provides interim management support to clients, analysis improvement opportunities and target set up as well as coaching of clients employees. We make our clients successful!

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  IBTM Group

  Dec 2010 - now

  Associate

  IBTM Group helps process industry clients manage the transformation process in (parts of) their companies in case of a crisis, post M&A or regular Business turn-around. Together we analyze, plan and execute the projects that will help achieve your objectives, including enhancing your organization's effectiveness in executing projects.

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  Ingevity

  May 2014 - Jan 2019

  EMEA Sales and Operational planning

  Introduction new S&OP process project

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  MeadWestvaco (MWV)

  May 2014 - Apr 2015

  Logistics Project Manager

  Transfer of logistics activities to Brussels office, logistics flow optimization, reliability increase, cost savings over 1 mil USD/year achieved