Chief operating officer at TEFRON EUROPE (2024-06 – Present)
P&L responsibility and leadership of end-to-end operations (Production, HSE, Quality Assurance, HR)
- Led 120+ employees across core operational functions in a structured, performance-driven environment, multi site in Romania and Bulgaria
- Owned and managed international certifications and audits for both social and technical (SMETA, GRS, OCS, client technical audits)
- Strengthened HSE and Quality governance, ensuring compliance with global standards and client requirements
- Launched a new work point operation located in another city (0 → 65 employees), achieving full operational readiness within only 4 weeks starting from zero
- Built the new work point from scratch, including end-to-end recruitment and team structuring and training
- Developed and trained the team in headquarters to bring innovation in operations, reporting and controllable actions
- Developed and implemented SOPs and quality frameworks, enabling scalable operations
- Successfully onboarded a new high-standard international client, aligning processes to strict requirements
- Implemented KPI-driven performance management and continuous improvement initiatives
- Working with AI tools
- Direct responsible for negotiation of contract with external companies (financing, H&S, workforce, transport)
Factory Manager, Production Manager, Planning at SIMPLYTEX MANUFACTURING S.R.L. (2018-03 – 2024-06)
- Managed a 500-employee manufacturing facility with full operational responsibility
- Scaled business to €10M annual revenue, including +45% growth during COVID-19
- Worked directly with major international retailers, including face-to-face negotiations
- Coordinated a network of 17+ subcontractors, increasing production capacity and flexibility
- Built and developed a middle management structure, improving execution and accountability
- Led organizational restructuring, enhancing efficiency and cost control
- Drove process optimization and implementation of operational and quality standards
- Forecasting production plan, cash flow, expenses, profit based on customer review and data analyse
Supply chain coordinator at SC LONDON CLOTHING SOLUTIONS SRL (2017-08 – 2018-03)
- Planning and coordinating orders at factories
- Responsible for a portfolio of 14 factories currently
- Prospecting factories for new collaborations
- Presenting factory orders
- Communicating with the technical team in Romania and London to resolve any issues that may arise in order to avoid delivery delays
- Organizing shipments based on customer priority and truck space availability
- Negotiating production prices based on technological process, production time value relative to expenses
- Daily updating of production planning (at least 3 months in advance) based on the working capacities of each individual factory
- Generating production reports
- Checking system records for raw materials and returns
Asistent productie, Production Manager junior at SC LIVAS CLOTHING SRL (2015-09 – 2017-07)
- Planning orders on lines and factories
- Technical support for customers and factory
- Issuing orders for factories
- Checking norms of productions and making sure these are achieved considering expenses for products
- daily, weekly and monthly reports regarding production for customers/factories/costs
- translation of technical paperwork necessary in the production process
Operator Calculator Resurse Umane, Computer operator fo HR at Red Clothing SRL (2008-08 – 2017-07)
- Maintaining employees database
- Reports regarding employees salary, documents,evaluations
Inspector resurse umane, HUMAN RESOURCE INSPECTOR at Gossip Clothing SRL (2014-01 – 2015-09)
- Operating employee data
- Keeping track of labor legislation changes and informing the HR Manager about relevant issues
- Managing employees files, gathering the necessary documents
- Completing the employees data in Revisal and sending it
- Preparing documents for payroll
- Evaluation of company's employees
Manager Productie, Production Manager at Red Clothing SRL (2010-08 – 2014-01)
- Negociation of prices, delivery dates and quantity for each order
- Keeping in permanent contact with our British customers
- Planning weekly, monthly and annual production; production raports for customers
Operator Calculator at Kaufland Romania SCS (2007-12 – 2008-07)
- Maintenance of the database, receiving goods, and entering them into the SAP system
- Preparation of transport documents for goods sent to stores nationwide
- Preparation of daily and weekly reports on the department's activity and goods in the system, including inventory notes
