Vladimir Zernin
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Vladimir Zernin is from Luxembourg, Luxembourg. Vladimir works in the following industries: "Food & Beverages", "Internet", "Consumer Services", and "Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing". Vladimir is currently Head of Shipping Supplies (Packaging) Category team in EU at Amazon, located in Luxembourg, Luxembourg. Vladimir also works as Senior Packaging Category Manager (Procurement) at Amazon, a job Vladimir has held since Sep 2019. In Vladimir's previous role as a Rigid Plastic Procurement Manager at JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS, Vladimir worked in Utrecht Area, Netherlands until Sep 2019. Prior to joining JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS, Vladimir was a Global Value Engineering Lead for Packaging at The Kraft Heinz Company and held the position of Global Value Engineering Lead for Packaging at Utrecht en omgeving, Nederland. Prior to that, Vladimir was a Senior Flexible Packaging Euro Buyer at HJ Heinz, based in Utrecht Area, Netherlands from Nov 2013 to Mar 2016. Vladimir started working as Senior Packaging Manager at HJ Heinz in Saint-Petersburg, Russia in Mar 2011. From Apr 2008 to Mar 2011, Vladimir was Purchasing manager at Otis Elevator Company. Prior to that, Vladimir was a Manufacturing prime cost Dep-t at Power Machines from Oct 2007 to Mar 2008.
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Vladimir Zernin's current jobs
Working hard, making history and having fun:)
Vladimir Zernin's past jobs
Lead Rigid packaging category in Netherlands and EMEA with spend over $110M. Set up global approach for sourcing strategies, define governance and way of working. Manage CAPEX intensive projects to Support business growth. Key Responsibility: • Lead cross functional team to execute the strategy, optimizing service and cost • Establish Better Connect meetings with R&D, Quality and factories to align sourcing strategy and priorities • Facilitate Squeeze program with plants, R&D and suppliers to optimize cost, service and quality • Suppliers management with defined Quality and On Time In Full Key Performance Indicators • Budget expenses for Rigid Packaging, commodity feedstock analyses for Resin and Oil. • Contract Management in e-sourcing platform Ariba • Apply Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) approach for injection moulding tools and assembly lines • Inform key stakeholders about market landscape focusing on potential opportunities Key Achievements: • Negotiated several hundred million Euro contract with substantial savings • Launched a Global supplier in a Region reducing cost and keeping investments covered by the supplier • Optimized logistic process of Packaging with 3% savings keeping the supplier’s margin on the same level
Responsibility: Develop and Implement Value Management Program 85 factories WW, $2,5B spend Primary duties: • Promote Value Culture in the company • Design and Establish business process to Support Value Engineering Program • Generate Project pipeline, Track the project implementation • Stakeholder engagement (Marketing, Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistic, etc.) • New packaging solutions development • Ensure P&L Benefits – 2% cost out annually The main achievements: • Facilitating 30 cross-functional workshops all over the world, using VE methodology • Establishing processes of getting business approval for the projects and implementation follow up with reporting • Generating Project pipeline for over than 70 mio USD
Responsibility: Shape and lead EU strategy for flexible resin packaging 91 Supplier; $40M spend Primary duties: • Work out and implement sourcing strategy (Suppliers consolidations with 18% cost out) • Implementing alternative specifications, within CAPEX intensive projects • Creating "peer" relationship with executive management (More efficient projects implementation) • Navigate in changing multinational environment (new owners, KraftHeinz merge, new management and organization structure) Key achievements: • Implementing alternative specification for sachets during a foot print project • Designing and sourcing alternative specification for biscuits – infant food • Restoring strategic relationship with key supplier after a major conflict (priceless)
Responsibility: Lead packaging materials procurement process in Heinz Russia Primary duties: • Manage Russian Packaging procurement team (3 people, development, coaching and succession planning) • Lead negotiations with key suppliers on executive level (CFO, CEO, Local and EU market leaders) • Support New product Development projects (New cap for Doy-packs, Top-down bottle introduction in Russia) Key achievements: • Initiate, align and implement cross-functional business process reengineering (Procurement, FSQ, R&D) • Implementing Suppliers KPI Tracker (Decrease of quality claims on 64%, Improved on time delivery 22%)
Primary duties: Procurement Metal parts CG Procurement, projects management, supplier development Key achievements: Leveraging monopolistic supplier with alternative sourcing in China (14% cost out)