Experience

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  Aluminum of greece

  Jul 1988 - Aug 1988

  Summer intern

  Supervised the particle minimization line. Decreased production line down time during weekly maintenance by 30%

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  Biopack s.a.

  Jul 1992 - Jul 1993

  Product development

  Developed new form of packaging material using recycled paper

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  Greek army

  Aug 1993 - Aug 1995

  Supply chain officer

  Selected, trained and served as an officer in the Greek army. Assigned to a NATO post for fuel storage and to the Pentagon in charge of military vehicles. Mandatory duty.

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  Menelaos petsetakis s.a.

  Apr 1995 - Oct 2000

  Quality control & & new products development manager

  On own initiative, prepared and submitted two grant proposals to the General Secretariat of Research and Technology, resulting in award with a combined budget of 350,000 Euros and partnership with the National Technical University of Athens.As the sole engineer at the factory, responsibilities included:• Design and development of new products and dyes• Optimization of sheet extrusion techniques, bio-oriented polypropylene (BOPP) stretching parameters and packaging methods• Quality control and product cost analysis Show less

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  Tupperware s.a.

  Nov 2000 - Jan 2006

  Quality assurance & safety manager

  Leader of a team of 15 that monitored and ensured strict quality of 26 production lines operating in 3 shifts and producing 700,000 cartons per year. Decreased post-molding activities by 50% and masterbatch consumption by 15% in the first three years. Specific duties included:Quality Control & Quality Assurance • Statistical Quality Control (SQC) implementation• Monitoring and managing raw material and additives consumption resulting in a decrease in master-batch consumption of 15%• Managing the ISO 9001 system and facilitating implementation of revisions• Representing the plant in Lloyd’s audits, Tupperware Europe quality meetings and Tupperware Europe quality audits• Training personnel in both injection molding techniques and quality practicesPlant Safety• Coordinating, preparing and representing the plant in international safety and insurance audits• Implementing a Waste Water Treatment Station for sanitary waste• Investigating, analyzing and reporting accidents • Developing, updating and publishing the Business Continuity Plan Mold Perfection Program• Implementing the Mold Perfection Program to decrease scrap rate and post-molding modification for over 350 molds• Training mold technicians (relationship between mold condition and quality) Show less

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  Soya mills s.a.

  Jan 2006 - Jun 2007

  Technical manager

  Organized a team of 25 in the third largest Greek edible oils bottling industry, achieving a 30% increase in production, 20% increase in productivity and 20% decrease in downtime within the first year.Responsibilities included:• Overseeing seven production lines (production planning, maintenance and upgrade)• Analytically inspecting raw materials (e.g. gas chromatography)• Developing and obtaining certification of a new organic oils production line• Representing the plant during ISO 9001 audits, HACCP audits and customer inspections• Training personnel in food safety and hygiene • Addressing local and international customer satisfaction issues Show less

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  Mou

  Jul 2007 - Jan 2015

  Project manager

  Managed the European Union (EU)-funded ‘Municipality of Athens’ program implementation. Responsible for the program cash flow and communicating the program’s progress with EU main offices. The program consisted of 145 projects with a combined budget of 120 million Euros.Design, develop, review and update tools and organizational systems for entities managing European funding programs and projects.