Nicolae Bornea

• Overseeing the entire production, testing, maintenance, and facility operations in a high-volume automotive manufacturing plant, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives and quality standards. • Successfully launched and managed 3 new production projects across 3 shifts, coordinating approximately 1,000 employees and ensuring seamless workflow in a dynamic, deadline-driven environment. • Redesigned and optimized plant layout post-EOP (End of Production) for legacy projects to support lean manufacturing principles, significantly improving material flow and reducing non-value-added activities. • Fostered cross-departmental collaboration between production, logistics, quality, and engineering teams to streamline processes and reduce bottlenecks. • Championed a continuous improvement culture by driving Kaizen initiatives, resulting in increased operational efficiency and enhanced employee engagement.

• Spearheading 6 production lines on 2 shifts with approximately 450 employees, organizing workflow to achieve production targets in a fast-paced environment. • Fostering communication transparency and facilitating training for junior employees and team leaders to enhance employee performance, boost productivity, and improve culture. • Collecting and implementing process improvement ideas and leading employees to verify compliance with IATF, PSI, OSH, social distancing and hygiene standards in the current health crisis. • Increased project efficiency by 4% from January to August 2021 by reducing operators, increasing productivity per operator, and maintaining workforce backup for special operations and critical stations. • Resized lines and production capacities to limit downtime, expedited loading speed and production efficiency, and reduced time while changing shifts by 10 minutes by creating an outflow and return flow process.

• Devised an ordering, delivery, and invoicing system for aftermarket products with a call-off system that improved invoicing by maintaining traceability of sent orders in the MRP. • Created and implemented a process that established order prices directly from the system, which was adopted and generally accepted by other locations. • Collaborated with engineering and R&D department in creating technical changes on current projects, enabling project teams to achieve more in less time. • Led production team by improving morale and productivity, resulting in timely production of prototype and aftermarket products while maintaining quality standards. • Partnered with supply chain personnel to ensure seamless flow of materials for prototype and aftermarket projects, reducing production and delivery times. • Reduced costs and material consumption through a strategic investment in manual crimping tools for aftermarket products.

• Coordinated and supervised a network of agencies and branches at national level to monitor approximately 50 agents' performance and opened/closed branches based on profitability and sustainability. • Leveraged sales and finance knowledge in creating solutions during a financial crisis that involved customer portfolios reaching 10% of their investment value. • Diversified client portfolio by attracting clients from the institutional field, positioning the company at the 4th-6th place from the previous 8th-10th on the securities segment and 2nd nationally on the bonds trading segment. • Reduced acquisition cost by achieving a lower price through negotiating contracts and contractual terms for the supply of equipment and materials. • Contributed to development of departmental procedures and monitored implementation of rules and operational standards while verifying compliance with legal requirements.

• Managed a portfolio of 100+ clients and offered investment consulting for multiple clients to ensure the development and consistent execution of sound financial decisions and processes. • Developed and managed departmental budget while adhering to strategy approved by the Board of Directors and company goals, resulting in reduced wastages and allocation of unnecessary expenditures.