Diana Toncea
Timisoara
Summary
I’m oriented on making the life better for people in the organization, by leadership and more clear, efficient and clean processes.
Visionary person with management and team coordination experience.
Positive, adaptable, and detail-focused professional with deep understanding of optimizing business processes and methodologies.
Committed to driving efficiency and achieving significant organizational impact through innovative solutions.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages
Work History
Business Process Consultant
FORVIA Hella Romania
Timisoara
01.2022 - Current
- Drive initiatives for end-to-end processes in O2C/P2P/R2R, by coordinating workshops, alignments and bringing the structures from concept to reality
- Focus on continuous improvement and generate ideas for activity efficiency and further increase the understanding and application of the corporate system in the organization – re-design the Process Lifecycle processes
- Frequent client interactions to coordinate and mediate the stakeholders activities with the scope of global standardized and efficient process, that follows compliance, risk and audit standards
- Coordinate the timely approval of process milestones to the Process Chain Board; Closely monitor the planned milestones and ensure that any risk of delay is proactively addressed
- Lead the re-design of processes of the 2 merging companies for transition to one process and conduct gap analysis to detect and resolve issues during design and implementation
- Ensure that business process responsible are timely on-boarded by trainings and presentations on their roles, fostering a high-performance culture and employee engagement.
Project Manager GBS Processes
FORVIA Hella Romania
Timisoara
01.2020 - 01.2022
- Lead the transformation of local business processes into Business Service organization with focus on global Service Level Agreements realization and service optimization through process improvement and automatization: process definition and workshops design to standardize and develop business processes globally in Europe, Mexico and China
- Achieve successful standardization and transfer of processes from Purchasing to GBS
- Drive the continuous improvement of existing processes for the continuous optimization and improvement of the assigned process portfolio: develop automatization of the process of Order confirmation by RPA solution implemented
- In the Lean in Administration expert role, use process expertise to provide recommendations for process improvements, by organizing workshops, identify ideas of improvements and support the team in implementation of the ideas for several initiatives
P2P Request to Receive Project Manager
FORVIA Hella Romania
01.2017 - 01.2020
- Steer the design and implementation of the end to end process for P2P, leveraging own Purchasing expertise
- Drive multiple high-impact, cost-saving initiatives across the organization: Freight & Logistics process improvement initiative with potential saving of 2M Eur – organize 8 workshops with Purchasing, Logistics, Finance and IT experts and top management representatives, analyses of the risks and benefits of the new processes, follow-up and alignment meetings, facts and figures centralization, business case and budget analysis
- Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects: successful drive and implementation of the Freight Outbound project, requiring over 8 on site workshops, with various departments and top management
- Successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously by prioritizing tasks according to urgency, resource availability, and alignment with organizational goals: project Manager for Concept of Limit order for services – design and successful implementation of the concept in 13 locations of the company (Germany and Eastern Europe, India, US, and other companies requirements analysis)
- Identify the local specific business requirements and align to the standard, analyze the specific locations processes and tools and identify the best method of implementation
- Coordinate with IT the necessary technical settings and improvements, implement change requests for Limit order standardization process
- Create documentation and train the players involved
Team Coordinator Indirect Purchasing Team
FORVIA Hella Romania
01.2015 - 01.2017
- Supervised a number of 20 co-workers
- Ensure team building and mentoring for the Indirect Purchasing team on services and manage the team’s activities to meet the objectives set
- Coordinate the relation between Purchasing team in Germany Headquarter and Indirect Purchasing Romania based team, making sure of clearance and completeness of information for tasks and activities
- Served as a liaison between management and team members to address concerns and facilitate problem-solving initiatives.
- Part of Task Force team for clearing the overdue invoices in Purchasing IMS and work on improvement process for invoice check in coordination with Finance
Purchasing Manager
TT Electronics Timisoara
01.2013 - 01.2015
- Managed a team of 20 co-workers
- Successfully create and develop a Purchasing team to sustain the new business, in terms of production materials, MRO and services
- Assess, define and put in place required purchasing and sourcing processes, tools and systems to accommodate the project transfers for the new company in Romania
- Staff the department to meet the objectives set
- Enssure effective and proactive liaison with other departments to ensure project deliverables remained on track and aligned with business goals and expectations
- Implement a new process to organize the indirect materials acquisition and services approval
- Coordinate the sourcing and purchasing for NPI projects of the site, including a project with over 1000 different materials, in aggressive one-month timeframe
- Develop Eastern European market analysis to generate commodity list showing strategic suppliers for main commodity area and localization of sourcing
- Engage directly with clients to understand business needs, build relationships, and ensure service excellence.
Commodity Manager
Alcatel Lucent
01.2010 - 01.2013
- Implement the corporate sourcing strategy and achieved the budget and savings targets for a family of products of millions of euros, as equipment and antenna towers, used by the company in developing telecommunication networks in the word - I negotiated a new offer contract with a second supplier which decreased costs by 25%, resulting in winning a million dollars project over the competition
- Select and evaluate the suppliers globally, for achieving the best terms and conditions related to price, payment terms, quality, post sales conditions and warranty – I eliminated the risks of quality unconformity and reduced post sales costs for project in Central America by implementing global sourcing
- Ensured negotiation of supply for new potential projects, supporting bidding team with relevant market information needed to have competitive quotations to the customer, in order to attract and maintain clients like Orange, Vodafone, African & American telecom customers
Strategic Data Analyst
Alcatel Lucent
01.2009 - 01.2010
- Maintain accurate contract data pricing and T & Cs for implementation in all Alcatel-Lucent manufacturing sites and manage data for the negotiation activity, translating to local requirements
- Support development and implementation a new process for improving response time and solution of the project requests coming from the field teams
Strategic Buyer & Commodity Buyer
Solectron
01.2003 - 01.2009
- Identify and closure of potential material issues related to shortage or excess, quality, logistics processes, which may impact production and profitability, on daily basis
- Successfully finalize procurement for a major NPI project in a winter holiday period
- Support project transfer to China Solectron site, securing transfer of orders and managing excess and obsolete process in the own area – part of developing internal tool in this scope
- Support the optimization of portfolio: cost reduction initiatives, improvement of liability and payment terms, lead time and MOQ reduction
Education
Master Studies - UE Economics Studies and International Trades
West University of Timisoara
01.2011 - 01.2013
Graduate Studies - Economics Faculty
West University of Timisoara
01.1998 - 01.2002
Skills
Training
- Project Management training
- LiA expert training – process improvement tools
- Global Supplier Performance Management
- Soft skills development trainings – Growth mindset, Autonomous thinking, Conflict Management, Coaching, Negotiation, Communication
- People Mastery boot camp
Timeline
Business Process Consultant
FORVIA Hella Romania
01.2022 - Current
Project Manager GBS Processes
FORVIA Hella Romania
01.2020 - 01.2022
P2P Request to Receive Project Manager
FORVIA Hella Romania
01.2017 - 01.2020
Team Coordinator Indirect Purchasing Team
FORVIA Hella Romania
01.2015 - 01.2017
Purchasing Manager
TT Electronics Timisoara
01.2013 - 01.2015
Master Studies - UE Economics Studies and International Trades
West University of Timisoara
01.2011 - 01.2013
Commodity Manager
Alcatel Lucent
01.2010 - 01.2013
Strategic Data Analyst
Alcatel Lucent
01.2009 - 01.2010
Strategic Buyer & Commodity Buyer
Solectron
01.2003 - 01.2009
Graduate Studies - Economics Faculty
West University of Timisoara
01.1998 - 01.2002
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