Product Manager

Posted on: 2006-05-17

PERSONAL DATA Agnieszka Polak 2536 Overlook Road #104 Cleveland Heights, OH 44106 Phone: 216 320 1968 Mobile: 216 333 4697 [email protected] EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS LODZ, POLAND - TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY July 1998 Master of Science, Organization and Management Faculty Concentration in Marketing BARCELONA, SPAIN - UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMIC, 1993-1994 Empresariales Faculty Concentration in International Trade ADDITIONAL COURSES 2002 Purchasing foundation course - Holland 2004 Supply chain management academy– France 2005 Product management - Holland 2005 Marketing II – Holland EXPERIENCE PHILIPS LIGHTING POLAND S.A. 2004-2005 Product Manager for Halogen Applications • Developed market, supply group and product group strategies, analyzed market trends, benchmarking study with concentration on manufacturing • Optimized customer information flow, internal projects managed, reduced time to market by 50% 1999-2004 Purchasing Officer • Built up purchasing plans in line with BOM strategies, managed supplier base with yearly purchase value over $20 million, e-auction program developed, implemented vendor rating system, online logistics solutions ex. Vendor Management Inventory to cut cost and lead-times, implemented purchasing process survey tool 2000-2001 Commodity Team Lead Buyer • Built up purchasing lead in wires commodity team, set up targets and savings opportunity, optimized pan-European supplier base LODZ, POLAND HIGH SCHOOL AD VOCEM 1996-1999 Spanish Language Teacher LODZ, POLAND CONSULATE OF MEXICO Summer 1996 Assistant and translator SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES Summer 1996 High School Organized holiday trip for students to French Island Corse. Fall 1995 Founder and representative of sport athlete group MISCELLANEOUS My language skills: •English: spoken- very good, written –very good •Spanish: spoken- very good, written –very good, D.E.L.E diploma •Polish: mother tongue •German: spoken – basic, written – basic Computer skills: Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Power Point, SAP/PR, SAP/BW, Prisma