Avihai Diamant

• Successfully led highly complex business transformations and change management processes with an enormous budget of tens of millions of euros. • Responsible for a large-scale and strategic global project of business implementation of a global and united ERP system in all the North American commercial, distribution and supply chain operations to support business success and global standardized SAP S4 Hana ERP. • Connect business and technical processes for a smooth and successful implementation of the ERP system while meeting budget restraints and timelines aligned with business KPIs. • Successfully execute the planned go-live, and post-go-live support and lessons learned to contribute to the continuous improvement of the global implementation while meeting and exceeding the business KPIs. • Led a cross-disciplinary global team of business experts from Supply Chain operations, Commercial, Distribution, Legal, and Regulatory Management, FICO, and R&D departments.

• Managed the Supply Chain operations of the Israeli subsidiary while reporting to the local CEO, being part of the local managing team, and leading a team of ~90 employees. • Led and integrated cross-functional departments consisting of production planning, procurement, import/export, distribution, warehouse management, trade compliance, new product delivery, ERP management, downstream manufacturing, and customer excellence. • Initiated and executed excellence projects with the common purpose of introducing new technologies to replace outdated processes, while ensuring quality, safety, and compliance. Among my projects: o Weighing and packaging automation o B2B and B2C EDI connections o Replace local ERP with global standardized SAP S4 Hana • Responsible for providing optimum customer service for B2B and B2C customers, through an e-commerce platform, as well as supporting the field sales teams. • Support post-acquisition transition and integration including adjusting processes, handling cultural change management via clear and transparent communication, implementing 6S methodology, and updating employees’ KPIs while ensuring high engagement and retention. • Maintained close collaborations with all the company’s global divisions.

Leading IT teams in Israel, Japan, India, Australia, South Korea and China. Implementing Server virtualizations, storage consolidations, Avayay projects and general IT operations. Responsible for over 800 users including remote users and VPN sites.

Managed the startup’s DB and IT departments.

Managing the bank's web live trading floor for the Tel-Aviv stock exchange and the NYSE. Responsible for ensuring site uptime, redundancy and overall web experience. Leading a team of developers, systems engineers and database specialists.