Iuner Molagea

• Managing a team of procurement professionals for the direct and indirect spend of the consumer division, manufacturing plants and offices, including raw materials, packaging, CAPEX, marketing goods and services, private label/co-packing agreements, logistics, admin. Bringing procurement best practices and implementing into the business. Having cross‐functional collaboration with planning & demand, R&D, sales and marketing for optimizing the processes and controlling the budget.
• Enhanced material and product value by increasing quality and lowering cost through key vendor acquisition.
• Executed negotiated contractual documents and binding contracts.
• Facilitated supplier performance evaluations based on KPIs to maximize benefits in terms of delivery, price and quality.

• Lead a regional team of Marketing Purchasing Managers. Responsible for the Gulf and Levant regions. Brand deployment goods and services sourcing for FMCG clients like Nestle, J&J etc. Partner with the strategic suppliers to drive savings for all marketing related products and activities. Define and implement strategies with the category directors. Owner of the ME margin improvement plan.
• Represented companies in negotiating contracts and formulating policies with suppliers.
• Evaluated and approve specifications for issuing and awarding bids.
• Located vendors of materials, equipment and supplies and interview them determined product availability and terms of sales.

• Sourcing all Marketing and Co‐Packing / Private Label suppliers for the MENA region. Agencies for Media Planning and Buying, Production and Creative, Market Research and Intelligence, POSM, branding, Catman, events, in‐store activities, premiums.
• Co‐Packing/Private Label for frozen food (vegetables, French fries, chicken & beef specialties) contracts across Europe, Asia, Americas.
• Evaluated current vendors and sourced out new vendors for bidding requests.
• Administered online purchasing systems.
• Located vendors of materials, equipment and supplies and interview them determined product availability and terms of sales.
• Represented the company in negotiating contracts and formulating policies with suppliers.
• Prepared reports regarding market conditions and material costs.

• Managed relationship with strategic suppliers to ensure P2P expectations are clarified, understood and met. Defined effective processes, prepare recommendations and design solutions, best practices, improve operations based on business requests.
• Identified and prioritized activities to maximize savings contribution from allocated supplier portfolio.
• Analyzed inventories to determine how increased inventory turns, reduced waste and optimized customer service.
• Identified opportunities to reuse and recycle materials to minimize consumption of new materials, minimize waste and to convert wastes to by-products.
• Participated in coordination of engineering changes, product line extensions and new product launches to ensure orderly and timely transitions in material and production flow.
• Negotiated prices and terms with suppliers, vendors and freight forwarders.

• Procurement of all facility related services and goods for 5 P&G manufacturing plants in Central and Eastern Europe. Develop, lead and execute all sourcing strategies for global and regional suppliers including outsourcing of hard and soft FM.
• Evaluated and approve specifications for issuing and awarding bids.
• Participated in development of specifications for equipment, products and substitute materials.
• Prepared bid awards requiring board approval.
• Resolved vendor and contractor grievances and claims against suppliers.
• Developed cost reduction strategies and savings plans.
• Committed to delivering excellent customer service while working in a fast-paced environment.

• Project management for procurement operations performance for Central Europe in relation with the BPO company for business transformation. Documentation sign-off for all processes, SOPs, current best approaches, sourcing allocation standards, risk management. Hyper-care period responsible for the region in scope.
• Developed emergency management plans for recovery decision-making and communications.
• Conducted and oversaw contingency plan integration and operations.

• Managed a team to deliver with excellence all the targets, KPIs for South Eastern Europe, in accordance with the Global Procurement Operations: delivery and payment on time, payment term, master data management. Responsible for RFQs, vendor database development, stewardship / internal control for various spends in direct and indirect. SME for ERP/SAP.
• Mentored and coached team members to ensure successful performance.
• Analyzed performance data to identify areas of improvement.
• Took appropriate measures to correct service quality deficits.

• Contract negotiations with medical products suppliers. Market analysis / Identifying new innovative products needed by the medical market and new manufacturers. Preparing documentation for public tendering on electronic governmental bids/tender portal.
• Identified and capitalized continuously on cost savings opportunities.
• Developed and implemented systems to monitor and validate supplier quality.
• Analyzed price proposals, financial reports and other data and information to determine reasonable prices.