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GOAL: To find an operational management role related to the optimization of
business processes and digital transformation.


PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES:

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strategic planning and implementation of the company’s strategy;

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business process modelling and organisation of cross-functional interaction;

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optimisation and automation of the operational management system;

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budgeting;

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development and implementation of KPIs;

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management, training and development of personnel;

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implementation of marketing strategy, including brand management, digital-
and trade marketing;

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development and introduction of new products to the market;

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organisation of cooperation with contracting organisations;

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management of the company’s financial indicators;

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conducting a negotiation process at any level.

INSTRUMENTS:

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Lean (TPS);

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ERP;

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Agile/Scrum;

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BPMN;

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MS Visio;

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MS Excel;

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MS PowerPoint

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Schastya Zdorovya Vertical Farms
CEO/Co-founder
2016 - 2023

Work included:

• implementation the company's strategy;
• organisation of cross-functional interaction;
• operational model optimisation;
• establishment of potential risks control points;
• search for alternative sales channels;
• introduction of new products to the market;
• implementation of a marketing strategy, including brand management, 
digital and trade marketing; 
• management of the company's financial indicators; 
• organisation of cooperation with contracting organisations; 
• development of TOR for production process automation systems; 
• installation of equipment for monitoring and managing climate and plant 
nutrition for the farm; 
• coordination of data collection and analysis of algorithms, based on which 
the operation of the entire production automation system was changed; 
• management reporting and accounting set up. 
 

Achievements:
 

• Created the first underground vertical farm in Ukraine for growing herbs 
and greens. 
• Reduced the production cycle from 54 to 35 days thanks to the automation 
and optimization of 75% of business processes. 
• Organized the supply of products to key national and regional food retail 
chains of Ukraine. 
• Achieved an increase in production volumes by 1800% in 2018. 
• Attracted $500,000 of external investment into the project. 
• Spoke at the TED international conference in Tallinn (2019) with a speech on 
the topic of innovations in the field of AgriTech. 
 
 

EY Ukraine (Ernst and Young) 
Senior Consultant, Department of Operational Efficiency and Optimization of 
Business Processes 
2014 - 2016 

 
 
Work included: 

• conducting interviews with clients; 
• analysis of business processes (AS IS); 

• information systematization; 
• looking for bottlenecks in systems; 
• formed requirements for ERP system integration; 
• development of initiatives to optimise business processes; 
• building and implementation of a new scheme of business processes (TO 

BE) taking into account their impact on the organisational structure, KPIs, 
as well as the level of automation and centralisation; 

 
Examples of implemented projects: 
 

EY for IMC and VAPG under the program of IFC (International Finance 
Corporation) and Bayer CropScience 
Developed business process models for agricultural companies of various 
sizes: 
• analyzed business processes AS IS, including KPIs and business process 
maturity assessment; 
• modelled TO BE business processes, including the RACI responsibility 
matrices, target KPIs and changes in the organizational structure; 
• created an implementation plan, including a roadmap, prioritization and 
risk assessment. 
 
EY for ATB-Market 
• Implemented lean principles in food retail, which led to a 15% reduction in 
staff at retail outlets without loss in product turnover; 
• Automated the hourly calculation of the demand for man-hours of all 
operations in retail outlets, which significantly shortened queues at cash 
registers and reduced "goods holes" on the shelves; 
• Developed a KPI system for all positions at trading points; 
• Was the only representative of Ukraine within the international EY team. 
 
EY for DTEK 
• Developed a business process model of the procurement function and 
recommendations for further implementation; 
• Changed the level of centralization of existing procedures and established 
control points in areas of potential risks; 
• Wrote new procurement business processes (TO BE), on the basis of which 
the TOR was drawn up for integrator developers; 
• As part of the EY team, was responsible for modelling business processes 
according to the client's requirements. 
 
 
 
EY for Alfa-Bank 
• Introduced procedures aimed at satisfying the FATCA tax reporting law into 
the process of bank clients’ identification; 

• Formed the TOR for the bank's IT department. 
 

Victor Pinchuk Foundation 

PR-manager 
2011 

Participated in the Foundation's projects including opening of medical 
facilities, holding exhibitions of modern art, development of grant programs 
for gifted youth. 

Novy TV Channel
Content Manager (Procurement manager) 
2010 

Formed a unified database of foreign producers of movies, series and formats 
with ranking of potential content for purchase according to selected criteria. 
 

ICTV TV Channel 
Assistant Content Manager (Procurement Manager) 
2009 

Conducted negotiations on the sale of ICTV products to Ukrainian cable 
channels.

EDUCATION:

Bradford School of Management (UK) – General Management, 2013. Master’s 
degree.

Kyiv Institute of International Relations (UA) – International Business, 2011. 
Bachelor degree. 

 
SUPPLEMENTARY EDUCATION:
 
Course for entrepreneurs BUILD (Unit School Of Business) 
MBTI® - personal and team effectiveness (EY Business Academy) MBTI® - leader 
potential (EY Business Academy) 
Project Management I (EY Business Academy) 
Project Management II (EY Business Academy) 
Brand Management (LABA International Business School) 
Chief Operating Officer (LABA International Business School) Category 
Management (LABA International Business School) Neg************* (LABA 
International Business School) 
Price Setting (LABA International Business School)

LANGUAGES: Ukrainian (fluent), Russian (fluent), English (fluent).

HOBBIES:

travelling, photography, yoga, cybersport, surfing, cinema, crypto 

trading.