Kosmas Nikolaidis

Experience

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  AIESEC in Greece

  Jun 1996 - May 1997

  National Committee President
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  CompuLink Network S.A.

  Sept 1997 - Dec 1997

  On-site Support Technician for Internet Subscribers
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  Hellenic Army

  Jan 1998 - Jul 1999

  Command Post Technical Assistant

  Mandatory military service

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  Action Images Ltd.

  Aug 1999 - Aug 2001

  IT and Photo Desk Operations Director

  Information technology systems planning, design & administration, customer support, in-house trainer.

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  McKinsey & Company

  Oct 2002 - Jan 2005

  Management Consultant (Junior Associate)

  Worked in Telecoms, Banking and Media industries, and in several functions including Strategy, Operations, Marketing and Finance.

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  Frigoglass

  Feb 2005 - Nov 2016

  Reporting to the Group CFO.Head of the Group Information Technology function, responsible for group IT strategy, infrastructure and applications projects and services; Negotiations and management of vendors, including Microsoft, Infor, SAP, Check Point, and other; Total team headcount of 51, of which 5 direct, 17 indirect reports, and 29 dotted line (local entities’ IT); Responsibility for IT budget of the Group in the order of €5mio annually (capital spend, expenses and people cost). Reporting to the Group CFO. IT-business liaison, capturing and prioritizing IT demand, aligning implementation projects and leading master data initiatives; advice on project pipeline for process integration. Reporting to the Regional Sales Director.Leading an extensive commercial reorganization, establishing an International Trading Company for West & North Europe. Reporting to the Group Reporting and Analysis Manager.Financial planning and analysis, treasury, loans, management decision support.

  • Business Processes & Technology Manager

    Dec 2008 - Nov 2016

  • Business Process Manager

    Sept 2007 - Dec 2008

  • Business/IT Project Manager

    Apr 2006 - Aug 2007

  • Planning and Reporting Supervisor

    Feb 2005 - Mar 2006
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  Kotsovolos-Κωτσόβολος

  Mar 2017 - Jul 2021

  Reporting to the CTO.Member of the IT Executive Team of three (including the CTO), jointly leading 9 senior managers of the IT agile squads, with a total IT headcount of 75, enabling Kotsovolos’ digital transformation. Compiled and tracked execution of total IT budget (in the order of 10€mio annually, including capital spend, expenses and people cost); Staffed IT team (recruits and full time contractors) and compiled role descriptions; Developed the IT vendor ecosystem- Enabled within days remote work for Call Center and Head Office during Covid-19 lockdown- Launched a new data network for all stores, enabling next level customer experience and engagement- Migrated E-Commerce platform from Amazon cloud (AWS) to Microsoft Azure, transitioning respective support vendors- Launched the company’s new omnichannel commerce capability platform Show less

  • Technology Executive Manager

    Jul 2019 - Jul 2021

  • IT Services Manager

    Mar 2017 - Jul 2019
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  Evolute

  Dec 2021 - now

  Partner

  Helping organizations improve business performance enabled by the use of Information Technology.