Mircea Danut Popescu
Professional Manager
Dezmir
Summary
Experienced Managing Partner focused on improving business performance. Entrepreneurial and hardworking mindset. Dedicated to expanding operations, delivering practical solutions and capitalizing on market trends.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
2029
2029
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages
Work History
Managing Partner
Intuu
5 2019 - Current
- Company Overview: Intuu is a software solution that identifies objects, places, and people from the physical world, tags them, and facilitates automatic data capturing in all four technologies (barcode, QR code, NFC, and RFID) for warehouse management, asset tracking, field services management, warranty management, and customer experience management
- Website: https://www.intuu.io
- I designed the solution, coordinated the software development team, and led the business development efforts
Client Partner
FranklinCovey Romania
04.2019 - Current
- Company Overview: FranklinCovey is the world leader in helping organizations achieve results that require lasting changes in human behavior, often the most difficult challenge any organization faces
- I provide business consulting services to companies in the fields of:
- Leadership development and creating an organizational culture of performance
- Streamlining operations and increasing productivity
- Business development and growth through continuous innovation
- With this partnership, I provide content, tools, methodology, training, and thought leadership to all companies and business leaders in Cluj and the North-West Region of Romania based on a foundation of unshakeable principles and proven practices
- In our relationship with our partners, we turn sporadic performance into a predictable system for consistently delivering results
- We do this by helping leaders focus on priorities, generate clarity and commitment to achieving goals, and mobilize people's potential for exceptional results
- FranklinCovey is the world leader in helping organizations achieve results that require lasting changes in human behavior, often the most difficult challenge any organization faces
Managing Director & HR Director Construction Products
Saint-Gobain Romania
10.2011 - 12.2018
- I led the restructuring process of the Weber Saint-Gobain brand
- The challenge was huge because the business had suffered significant losses in 2011, and distributors' trust in the brand was minimal
- We managed the transformation by acting in three main directions:
- Restoring employees' brand confidence and ability to provide quality products and services at competitive prices
- Streamlining operating costs by implementing a World Class Manufacturing program
- Generating sustainable growth organically by introducing a continuous process of product and service innovation
- The main achievements of this project were:
- Increase turnover by 75% in 7 years
- From -15% operating loss to 7% operating profit
- Achieving the SILVER level of operational excellence in the World Class Manufacturing program of the Saint-Gobain Group for two of the factories and BRONZE for the third
- 80% measured commitment and staff confidence in leadership
- A Net Promoter Score of 92 points
Managing Director
Hirsch Porozell
02.2006 - 09.2011
- Company Overview: Hirsch Porozell is a well-known producer of EPS (expandable polystyrene) panels for building insulation
- As Managing Director from 2006 to 2011, my principal goal was to introduce the Austrian group Hirsch Servo business in Romania by setting up the subsidiary Hirsch Porozell in Răscruci, Bonțida commune, Cluj county
- Some of the challenges that have been successfully overcome and the main achievements have been:
- - Construction of the expanded polystyrene factory in 9 months, during which time we purchased the land, obtained the necessary approvals, completed the construction of the building, and the assembly of the production lines
- Building a winning mentality team that still operates the business successfully
- Creating a solid distribution network through sustainable partnerships with building material traders across the country
- Successful management of the severe economic contraction of 2010 and 2011 through the immediate implementation of cost-effective measures and state aid programs
- Initiate the first steps to overcome the crisis by diversifying the product portfolio and innovation in sales by introducing additional services
- Hirsch Porozell is currently the leader in the expanded polystyrene market in Romania, with four factories and an annual production volume of 1 million cubic meters
- Hirsch Porozell is a well-known producer of EPS (expandable polystyrene) panels for building insulation
Managing Director
Mayr-Melnhof Packaging Romania
01.2004 - 01.2006
- Between 2004 and January 2006, I worked as the General Manager of Mayr-Melnhof Packaging Romania
- My main functions were to:
- Bring decisive contribution to the reconstruction of the business leadership
- Achieve the consolidation of the market position through the complete assimilation and significant development of the portfolio of clients acquired from Rodata
- Lead the organization toward its long-term goals
- Manage strategy execution
- Manage the company's budget
- Increase sales and turnover
Managing Director Assistant
Rondocarton
01.1998 - 12.2003
- Company Overview: corrugated board packaging producer
- Corrugated board packaging producer
Tutor
CODECS
09.1999 - 09.2003
- BZT 751 Managing Development and Change
Tutor
CODECS
09.1997 - 09.1999
- BZT 784 The Effective Manager
Education
Executive Coaching -
Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching
Organizational Leadership - undefined
Franklin Covey Education
01.2015 - 01.2016
Total Leader - Organizational Leadership
Leadership Management International
01.2013 - 01.2016
MBA - Economics
The Open University
01.2005 - 01.2009
B.A. - Economics
The Open University
01.1996 - 01.2000
Skills
Firm financial oversight
Arbitration
Mediation
Cost Reduction
Operations Management
Business partnership development
Business development expertise
Strategic Planning
Human Resources Management
Corporate Social Responsibility
Marketing knowledge
Business Development
Ethical Leadership
Industry Networking
Interviewing expertise
Revenue Growth
Timeline
Client Partner
FranklinCovey Romania
04.2019 - Current
Organizational Leadership - undefined
Franklin Covey Education
01.2015 - 01.2016
Total Leader - Organizational Leadership
Leadership Management International
01.2013 - 01.2016
Managing Director & HR Director Construction Products
Saint-Gobain Romania
10.2011 - 12.2018
Managing Director
Hirsch Porozell
02.2006 - 09.2011
MBA - Economics
The Open University
01.2005 - 01.2009
Managing Director
Mayr-Melnhof Packaging Romania
01.2004 - 01.2006
Tutor
CODECS
09.1999 - 09.2003
Managing Director Assistant
Rondocarton
01.1998 - 12.2003
Tutor
CODECS
09.1997 - 09.1999
B.A. - Economics
The Open University
01.1996 - 01.2000
Managing Partner
Intuu
5 2019 - Current
Executive Coaching -
Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching
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