Elene Okruashvili

Proud to lead the "General Manager Demand Planning- Automotive" function, at "Ghassan Aboud Cars" and work under the management of CEO and with the great team of professionals. GAC is a regional leader in automotive exporting and multi-product aggregator (Vehicles, Spare Parts, Lubricants & Accessories, Logistics), with the market reach of more than 150 countries and new vehicle inventory of over 10 000. Listed by Forbes: "Middle East Top Arab Family Businesses".

Core Responsibilities: * Developing of sourcing strategies by analyzing the supply base, worldwide market conditions, and technology roadmaps; * Leading contractual negotiations with suppliers on NDA’s, General Terms & Conditions and Production Supply Agreements; * Leading RFI/ RFQ/ RFP and strategic sourcing process; * Engaging with and support engineering leadership in identification of technologies and suppliers for vehicle development; * Development, oversight and presentation of all sourcing selections; * Establishing metrics to measure, monitor and analyze sourcing progress and supplier performance; * Driving cost model transparency to understand total cost of ownership for supplier selections; * Developing cost-saving initiatives and identify other opportunities through benchmarking, VA/VE activities, competitive bidding and re-sourcing; * Supporting business planning initiatives and milestone attainment; * Building and maintain strategic relationships with key suppliers, acting as the lead for all capital expenditure issues.

At “Agro Motors - John Deere (Georgia)", the leading agriculture machinery company of country, I was responsible for managing a diverse portfolio of projects aimed at defining growth plan, for "JD" in Georgia. I appreciate the opportunity to work at "AgroMotors JD" and wishing the continued success to the team. Core Responsibilities: * Led high impact projects; * Led complete Market Scanning study across the Georgia, key production systems, aimed at formalized strategy to lead in priority and growth markets; * Enable CEO/Founder with relevant analysis, Industry trends, research data and inputs to help make strategic business decisions; * Adoption and monitoring of sale forecasting and execution tools, competitive intelligence, order management tools; * Responsible for communication on annual planning cycle; * Develop a sales strategy, sales activities and sales plan within the territory of Georgia; * Analyze results versus budget / Target and initiate corrective action plan; * Budgeting/Data Analysis/Forecasting and etc. * Worked under the management of CEO/Founder and led the star team of sales.

I joined HR Department of “Elit Electronics”- the largest retail chain of Georgia, as a HR trainee and quickly progressed into the Management Role. Sincere appreciation to the HR Professionals, and the Founder- Mr. Kokoladze, for the excellent working experience. Core Responsibilities: *Administer compensation and benefit plans * Assist in talent acquisition and recruitment processes * Conduct employee onboarding and help plan training & development * Provide support to employees in various HR-related topics * Use social media tools to conduct and fulfill human resource activities * Assist in development and implementation of human resource policies * Undertake tasks around performance management * Organize quarterly and annual employee performance reviews