Marek Vranka

Experience

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  The Chancellery of the National Council of the Slovak Republic

  May 2003 - Mar 2004

  Counsellor

  Self, complex processing of bilateral and multilateral foreign affairs agenda in the Chancellery of the National Council of the Slovak Republic with the outputs on topics of state’s foreign policy. Complex realization of bilateral and multilateral foreign and domestic business trips of the Speaker, Deputy Speakers, Parliamentarians and Committees of the National Council of the Slovak Republic. I also work as a Secretary of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Regarding this position, I participated on 109th Conference of IPU in Geneva in September 2003. I was also a supervisor for the visit of the Pope to the Slovak Republic in September 2003 and summit of the Visegrad Group countries, which was held in Bratislava on February 1 – 2, 2004. Show less

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  IBM

  Apr 2004 - Sept 2012

  Managed international contracts and agreements and machine movements and registrations. Responsible for performance and business management and department KPIs. Operational responsibility for cash collection for customers with international projects. Led team of 15 people with dual reporting line to local centre and business reporting to Manager International Customer Fulfillment Process and Operations.- transitioning and implementing project manager for Nagravision from country to centre- identified, developed internal candidate for manager- mentoring and coaching of team leads and newly appointed managers- worked within IBM ISC as lecturer for management development centre- managing people- accountable for achieving quality targets- responsible for employees’ contracts and salaries- performance management for departments managed- resolving daily operational tasks and issues- scorecarding - providing inputs for organization scorecard- working on process improvements- providing mentoring to newly appointed managers and team leaders- mentoring- coaching- facilitating educational workshops in centre - for professionals and leadership candidates- managing transitions of job roles- translation of Customer Fulfillment strategy into team goals Show less Managed product readiness within company's systems to be ready for day of announcement. Led group of 50 people and 2 team leaders. Responsible for overall department's KPIs.- on-time transition 30+ jobs from US to Slovakia as pull manager- mentoring and coaching of team leads and newly appointed managers- managing people- accountable for achieving quality targets- responsible for employees’ contracts and salaries- performance management for departments managed- resolving daily operational tasks and issues- scorecarding - providing inputs for organization scorecard- working on process improvements- facilitating educational workshops in centre - for professionals and leadership candidates- managing transitions of job roles from US to Slovakia- translation of Customer Fulfillment strategy into team goals Show less

  • ICF CoE Manager

    Jun 2008 - Sept 2012

  • Global Fulfillment Support Manager

    Sept 2006 - May 2008

  • Data Operator

    Apr 2004 - Aug 2006
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  Lenovo

  Oct 2012 - Oct 2015

  Global Supply Chain Lead Nordics and BeNeLux

  Provided supply chain guidance to country sales, managed order to delivery of PC+ products for Nordics and Benelux region with quarterly shipments of over 0.5M products and average revenue 600 mil USD. Led team of 20 people and 2 managers with dual reporting line to VP of Nordics and Benelux region and ED Customer Fulfillment EMEA- helped sales to get to No1 in consumer PCs in Nordics against HP, Apple, Dell- secured on time shipments for enterprise roll-outs and tenders to avoid penalties for late deliveries- managed 100% on-time ocean delivery for over 50 000 units for pan Nordic consumer retailer Elkjoep for Boxing day campaign 2014- maintained neutral HCs within organization despite over more than 160% growth in shipped volumes of orders and units- redefined North supply chain roles to achieve "seat at the table"- worked on identifying, developing 2 managers from internal resource. Reduced cost against hiring from outside- Optimize order to delivery performance within region balancing cost and speed, addressing areas including Product Sourcing, Logistics Providers and Routings, Method of Transport, Stock Holding- Define optimal supply chain strategy to support PC / Tablets / Server growth- On a Country by Country level, define, implement and measure specific supply chain KPI's to support business- Establish and enhance E2E supply chain processes- Work directly with Country General Managers, Sales Leaders and business partners on quarterly order, plans, defining best supply chain strategy (balancing cost and speed) to meet each segment's targets and ensuring supply chain capability to support- Attend business partners and retailers across the region, presenting supply chain performance and continuous improvement initiatives- Present supply chain performance metrics to Nordics and Benelux Leadership Team on a monthly / quarterly basis- Act as Voice of Customer within Supply Chain, ensuring correct balance between logistics and fulfilment KPI's Show less

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  OMME, s.r.o.

  Apr 2016 - Mar 2017

  Self Employed

  Digital marketing and distributor of Faraday Bags for Slovak, Czech, Serbian, Hungarian and Austrian markets.- design, creation and maintenance of web pages- design and maintenance of commercial social network profiles (Facebook, Linkedin etc)- outsourcing of marketing activities (mostly digital marketing)- negotiation of price offers with companies and state agencies for Faraday Bags- supply chain management of orders from source of supply from UK to owned territoriesDigital marketing and distributor of Faraday Bags for Slovak, Czech, Serbian, Hungarian and Austrian markets.- design, creation and maintenance of web pages- design and maintenance of commercial social network profiles (Facebook, Linkedin etc)- outsourcing of marketing activities (mostly digital marketing)- negotiation of price offers with companies and state agencies for Faraday Bags- supply chain management of orders from source of supply from UK to owned territories Show less