Alin Ababei

Experience

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  Activision Marketing SRL

  Nov 2005 - Feb 2007

  Purchasing & Logistics Manager

  - Sourcing for suppliers of a wide range of promotional products- Negotiating best prices and all other specifics of the project / product- Performing production quality control at the supplier's site (mainly in China)- Elaborating the bookings and loadings plan for containers and trucks in a responsive manner so that deliveries will be well inside the project schedule while keeping the transportation costs as low as possible- Making sure all the project’s received documents are accurate, complete and they are sent/received on time- Clearing customs for imported / exported goods- Ensuring all payments are made in a responsible manner- Advising clients on promotional products tailored to suit their marketing needs Show less

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  Renault

  Sept 2007 - Mar 2014

  - Act as the point of entry for all client requests (Purchasing Department, Program Department, Supply Chain Department) and subsequently coordinate the activity of cost analysts- Consolidate the results of studies made by each analyst on his/her perimeter and provide customers with the final conclusions either as negotiating leads in tender activity (mass production phase) or as visibility on economic distribution costs of Renault vehicles in project phase- Perform the economic feasibility studies and participate in the convergence of cost of sales of vehicles by providing the business analysis and synthesis on its perimeter- Identify and support the implementation of less expensive alternatives for the distribution of vehicles in close collaboration with the Logistics Engineering and Purchasing departmentsAccomplishment: Proposed and applied a new strategic sourcing decision optimization model in tender activity based on linear optimization algorithms. Was able to mathematically calculate the best supplier business allocation scenario which minimizes the TdC while meeting all imposed constraints --> achieved >10% cost reduction level while significantly accelerating the bid analysis process. Show less - In charge of building, updating and maintaining the methods, analytical tools and elementary cost databases necessary for costing activity- Animate the activity of cost analysts, assist in with their costing activity and supervise the accuracy of results.- Develop a dashboard to manage activity of the outbound cost analysis function.- Perform COST analysis when necessaryAccomplishment: Proposed and applied new method and tool for mathematically assigning the sourcing of 110 destinations in Russia between 2 plants producing the exact same model so that the overall distribution cost is minimized while meeting all production and sales constraints --> 2M$ / year cost reduction Show less

  • Project Manager – Outbound Logistics Cost Analysis

    Jan 2012 - Mar 2014

  • Senior Logistics Cost Analyst – Outbound Road Transport

    Apr 2011 - Dec 2011

  • Senior Logistics Cost Analyst – Outbound Road Transport

    Apr 2009 - Mar 2011

  • Logistics Cost Analyst – Outbound Road Transport

    Sept 2007 - Mar 2009
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  Air Canada

  Aug 2014 - Nov 2021

  - Configure and implement of the SAP Ariba Spend Analysis module- Contribute to defining Source-to-Pay (S2P) KPIs and identify relevant performance analysis data- Automate creation of reports and dashboard by leveraging either Ariba or Power BI technology- Contribute to testing requirements including the preparation of test scenarios and test scripts and provide effective user acceptance testing (UAT) according to business needs- Develop and document data policies, rules, responsibilities, data management processes and provide technical assistance for their ongoing implementation Show less - Develop and use MS Access & Excel models to consolidate and analyze supplier RFx responses from both qualitative and quantitative perspectives - Support category teams in the development and release of RFx events (e.g., RFI, RFP, and RFQ)- Responsible for building and presenting the department’s KPIs on a bi-annual basis- Build and annually issue a Historical Spend Report (HSR) by utilizing an AP data set (PeopleSoft) and categorizing each invoice transaction as per Strategic Procurement department’s master taxonomy- Configure and lead the implementation of the SAP Ariba Savings & Pipeline Tracker moduleAccomplishment: Developed a new bid analysis model based on MS Access & Excel able to accurately handle very complex RFP projects (1000+ items, 70+ suppliers and multiple negotiation rounds) while minimizing the time required to update award scenarios following a bid update (< 15 min) --> model adopted as standard training for all new analysts Show less

  • Procurement Business Analytics Advisor

    Jan 2021 - Nov 2021

  • Knowledge Management Analyst - Strategic Procurement

    Aug 2014 - Dec 2020
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  Nissan Motor Corporation

  Jan 2022 - May 2025

  - Build reports in Tableau for NCO department’s KPIs and measure results against targets; automate updates- Built ETL (Extract-Transform-Load) pipelines using Tableau Prep / PowerQuery / MS Access / Snowflake to that ensure raw data used in various subsequent reports is clean and up-to-date- Implement tools to automate repetitive tasks for employees using Power Automate, SharePoint, Power Query, Python- Responsible for addressing most of NCO department’s ad-hoc reporting requests - Provide expertise to Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering and Purchasing in cost estimation for Packaging, Inbound & Outbound logistic and flow engineering. - Work closely with Supply Chain and Manufacturing and Engineering to develop optimized solutions.- Support Supply Chain Engineering and Purchasing in evaluating proposed solutions and supplier quotations and assist in negotiations.

  • Cost Engineer - Supply Chain & Manufacturing

    May 2023 - May 2025

  • Cost Engineer - Supply Chain & Manufacturing

    Jan 2022 - Apr 2023
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  LSEG

  Sept 2025 - now

  Operational Performance Engineer