Vladimir GVOZD

Experience

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  IBM

  Aug 1996 - Aug 2001

  Logistics Manager

  - Orders Desk/Customer Fulfilment; warranty support, - import/export operations: provide customs broker with invoices and support docs;- ERP operations (CPPS), proceeding inbound/outbound/replanishment transactions;- Relations with a IBM EMEA Head Office in Vienna;- IBM WT Parts Stock operation: delivery, loan, returns;- Reporting and stocktaking (inventorization);

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  LECIVA A.C. feut. Zentiva International

  Aug 2001 - Jul 2002

  Logistics Manager

  - Orders Confirmations/Proceeding;- Customer / Distributors Fulfillment;- Consignment stock operations / replanishment;- forecasting / reporting / invoicing/ discounting;- communication with Head office;- contracts proceeding;- certification;

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  Servus Systems Integration Ltd.

  Jul 2002 - Aug 2006

  Logistics Manager

  - Procurement of spare parts, raw materials, finished goods;- orders tracking and payments for it's fulfillment;- import/export operations: relations with Ukrainian Customs Offiice- arrange deliveries of sold goods to end users/customers;relations with couriers (DHL, TNT, UPS); - arrange insurance goods during transportation;- control stock operations and proceed periodicaly inventarization;

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  MTI

  Sept 2006 - Nov 2007

  Logistics Manager

  - Orders proceeding; - import operations:provided outsourced brokers with nessecary documents for customs clearance;- communucation with transport and insurance companies related delivery goods to Ukraine;- reccomendation for invoicing and grouppage / loading trucks in transit stocks;- participant of work group for implementation in company ERP “People Soft”: firstly in testing version, then after - real handling and operation;- tracking for delivery goods between transit stocks.- Operations with representative of express mail (DHL, UPS, TNT); Show less

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  LVMH

  Dec 2007 - Mar 2009

  Head of Logistics Dept.

  - Manage all import operations incl. customs clearance processes;- Certification and getting another state authorities permits;- manage of Warehouse activities (outsourcing); - Arrange all Ukraine distribution processes including delivery service to outlets in Kiev;- tracking grey market and counterfeit activities, reporting to LVMH Head Office Demand;- Budgetary activity related reducing all kind of cost;- Manage of department employee (specialists and car driver from Kiev delivery service team);- Proceed a technical maintanence for cars from Kiev delivery service team;- Arrange stickering flow for all imported products; Show less

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  UCB Pharma SA (Belgium) - Pharmaceutical manufacturer

  Oct 2009 - Nov 2014

  Supply Chain Manager Ukraine and Moldova

  - Served as Acting General Manager (Head of Rep. Office) during the final 1,5 years:Represented company in interactions with the State Health Authority (HA) and industry Associations (AIPM, EBA), managed sales services based on country’s matrix organizational structure.Achievement: Sales plan fulfilled for the final three years (2010 – 2013).- Managed distribution and commercial activity. Participated in tenders for hospital sales. Managed contracts and changes to them. Was in charge of Logistics and the delivery of product to distributors. Was in charge of the internal stock inventory.Achievements: Efficiency of sales services increased by up to 23% as the result.- Responsible for planning for high-volume manufacturing and product range.Achievements: Increased accuracy of forecast for manufacturing of pharmaceutical products by up to 15%.- Responsible for product market access management, resolution of quality and certification issues, resolution of all regulatory and registration issues.Achievements: Appeals filed with the State HA, which resulted in unblocking of eight batches of pharmaceutical product for a total value of approximately $500,000.- Responsible for price registration of company’s pharmaceuticals in the Republic of Moldova.Achievements: 2011 sales increased by $800,000, 2012 sales by $1,000,000.- Selected a Bonded Warehouse (BW), audited pharmaceutical warehouses. Managed deliveries of product requiring cold-chain transportation. Conducted a QA audit of four potential cold-chain providers.Achievements: Best cold-chain provider possible selected as the result. Show less

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  JSC Humanity Georgia (Pharmaceutical Project in Georgia)

  Jan 2015 - Dec 2016

  Head of Supply Chain, Quality Assurance and Customer Service Dept. former Head of Local RA Division

  - Provided guidance and supervision for a complex project business plan, which was created and presented to the Georgian Government.Achievement: Shareholder Agreement with State Partner Fund of Georgia signed, financing for the project procured, work on the registration of the Humanity brand started.- Was instrumental in forming the local Department for Registration of Pharmaceutical Drugs and started the process of state registration of pharmaceutical products in Georgia.Achievement: Allowed company to register an additional 180 finished pharmaceutical products (FPPs).- Selected and prepared a warehouse suitable for storage of pharmaceuticals.Achievement: Two logistics providers were selected and approved. Warehouse licensed by the MOH (Ministry of Health).- Set up warehouse storage for medications controlled by the MOH— narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.Achievements: Enabled company to obtain a license by the MOH to operate a controlled substances warehouse, which resulted in importing a total of ten batches containing 71,000 individual packs for a total price of $220,000. Four batches were certified by laboratories in Georgia.- Set up a process for certification of finished pharmaceutical products (FPPs) by a WHO-certified laboratory outside Georgia.Achievement: Nine batches certified and ten other were certification-ready.- Was the driving force behind the creation of Department of Supply Chain, Quality Assurance, and Customer Service (Department of SC, QA, and CS), which employs eight people.Achievement: Increased company’s import and sales. Product imported for a total value of $3,000,000, product distributed to end customers (pharmacies, hospitals) for a total value of $1,500,000.- Successfully implemented the European Union requirements (GDP/GSP) for storage and transportation of pharmaceutical products.Achievement: 15 local Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) were created and approved. Staff was trained and certified in SOPs. Show less

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  Technomedex Group

  Jun 2017 - Dec 2017

  Supply Chain Manager

  - Demand and Supply;- Purchasing;- Supply Chain activities;- Distribution;- Certification;- Project management;- Participate in profile industry associate (AMOMD) activity;- Contracts management;

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  Leko Style

  Dec 2018 - Aug 2019

  Purchasing & Supply Manager

  • Looking for new and working with existing vendors concerning purchasing of substances, components, raw materials and facilities for supply manufacturing.• Demand and forecasting.• Cooperation with logistics operators for arrange delivery to Ukraine. • Supply customs clearance process and conversation with authorities.• Credit Management and control for payment to Suppliers.

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  USAID

  May 2021 - Oct 2021

  Consultant, Improvement of Supply Chain for Vaccination against COVID-19

  - Organized and implemented a “supply chain” for COVID-19 vaccines, including quantification, distribution, and stock management at the national level.- Within the framework of the international donor project SAFEMed from USAID, the issues of the "supply chain" of humanitarian aid of vaccines against COVID-19 to Ukraine have been resolved.

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  UNICEF

  Dec 2021 - Nov 2022

  Regional consultant on Cold Chain and Supply Logistics

  - Launched and organized of works from the ground up of the UNICEF humanitarian aid warehouse in Kyiv (Kiev-HUB) since from March 1, 2022.- Organization of deliveries of humanitarian aid to Donetsk, Luhansk, Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporizhya regions of Ukraine. - Being as regional representative of UN Fund in such regions.- Manage of in-country logistics in the National project of the Ministry of Health and UNICEF with support and financing of the World Bank for the supply of cold chain logistics and equipment for vaccines against COVID-19 storage and transportation. Show less

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  Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

  Jan 2023 - May 2023

  Mission Supply Chain Manager

  - Arrange of supply of all activities of the Mission "Doctors Without Borders" in Ukraine for all its regional projects.- Managing a local warehouse for humanitarian aid products.- Communication with transport companies and courier services to organize the delivery of humanitarian cargo in Ukraine.- Coordination of humanitarian aid deliveries from the Head office of the MSF in the EU.- Providing regular reporting and document flow on procurement and provision of Mission projects.- Development of own projects in field of supply chain. Show less