Barbara Zatorska

Purchasing Specialist at one of leading gel polishes manufacturing companies in Poland. Main responsibilities: 1. managed daily communication with European and Asian suppliers (placing purchase orders, ensuring timely deliveries and efficient transport organization) 2. controlling and adjusting ordering process according to requirements, sales and new projects 3. meeting with suppliers and price negotiations, resulting in cost savings and improved procurement processes 4. dealing with deliveries of raw materials and finished goods 5. supervising production cooperation process and vendor managed inventory contracts (strategic products) 6. close collaboration with the New Product Development team to successfully implement new seasonal collections 7. constant contact with production planning team to maintain production continuity and sales product availability

Main responsibilities: 1. supervision of the crucial components’ suppliers 2. working on the stock policy strategy for long lead-time vendors 3. simplification tasks within the Purchasing Team 4. quality cases management

Material Planner responsible for fulfillment and planning activities for Italian RDC. Main responsibilities: 1. daily contact with ABB Feeder Factories (placing purchase orders, anticipatinig deliveries, working on On Time Deliveries) 2. close cooperation with Customer Operations Team, Sales Team and Product Management on completeing customer orderbook 3. controlling and adjusting stock policy according to requirements, consumption and market conditions 4. Inventory management (ITO, SLOB inentory control)

Independent position with cross-functional responsibilities for P&F activities and Inventory Management in Hungarian RDC, as well as service and inventory management for UPS Resale range in Bielsko-Biała. I learned how to work with and manage team members of multiple locations. Main responsibilities: 1. reporting of service and inventory levels for EMEA Sourced UPS products (FR, RM, Stock Coverage, Global OVD - value of external, internal and available customer orders) 2. Inventory management: - responsible for current inventory level analysis (GAP, MTO inventory, high runners) - reduction actions (LT shortenning, MOQ reductions, reworks, PM sales lists) - exception messages follow up - SMI follow up (revision and follow up with Product Managers, Finance and Warehouse leaders) - scrap process responsibility - communication with Customer Operations for Available Not Released Stock - customers return supervision/approval

I was working in Team Leader position for 7 years, which gave me the deep knowledge about daily tasks of the team members and processes in Resale Business. Together with all team members we successfully worked on our targets and we were recognized with awards for Team performance regarding Inventory and Service. Personally, I had opportunity to lead a few cross-functional projects (local distribution center movement to other country, as the biggest one) which gave me the opportunity for exposure and working with other departments. They were recognized by Resale Material Manager EMEA and Logistics & Transportation Manager EMEA. Essential Responsibilities: 1. improving service on Resale products by working close together with Sourcing, Sales and Product Management (KPI: OVD NSA, Fill Rate, Request Met) 2. work on input parameter settings (forecast) with relevant supply chain team members for correct stock policy and inventory reduction 3. working on inventory quality improvement 4. supporting team on projects e.g. MTO redeployment process, Lead Time reduction projects 5. preparing reports for team members (FSOW, Fill Rate, OVD, open PO) 6. make suggestions for necessary process improvement in Resale area 7. leading the recruitment process and training of the newly hired replenishers 8. supporting Materials Manager Resale EMEA (during absence) in reporting to Senior Materials Planning & Execution Managers 9. main projects led: Custom Clearance Simplification Project, Strykow warehouse movement, GE Hungary Legal Entity Change, Supplier Quality Case

Responsibilities: 1. controlling customer orders OVD NSA for Resale Products EMEA IS 2. controlling assigned Inventory level 3. placing purchase orders and maintaining constant contact with vendors 4. controlling open orders book and rescheduling them according to the needs 5. collecting documents from suppliers (order confirmations and delivery notes) and maintaining the updated information in SAP 6. working with the warehouse and AP department to solve overdue payments and quantity discrapancies 7. responsibility for replenishment of more than 900 active materials from 23 different vendors

Responsibilities: 1. working under the supervision of a senior accountant to learn the day-to-day duties in the accounting department 2. making entries into the non-accounting system (controlling requirements) 3. checking the accuracy of the entries and making necessary corrections in documents when needed 4. booking of costs in accordance with cost center plan

Production Management postgraduate studies in Faculty of Organization and Management. Completed with thesis "Analysis and assessment of vendor inventory management (VMI) on the example of XYZ company"

Studies in Faculty of Economics and Sociology; specialization: International Trade. Completed with thesis "Outsourcing of logistics services"