Razvan Vatav
Timisoara
Summary
Ready, willing and able to support during these challenging times of changes and evolution by putting all my skills and competencies in its service.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Team Leader - UX AP TSR & IAS
Continental
12.2022 - Current
- Successfully managing a team of 7 advanced purchasers located in Timisoara and Iasi - providing support to colleagues in Novi Sad (Agora-format meeting - once per month - for experience sharing)
- Supported employee morale and well-being by developing positive practices centered on career development and individual job satisfaction
- Purchasing representative in Continental's processes committee
- Developed open and professional relationships with team members to facilitate effective issue resolution
- Closely monitored team performance by conducting observations and tracking key metrics, supporting their career progress while also identifying and managing underachievers appropriately
- Planned employee workloads and delegated tasks strategically to meet project and organizational demands
- Tactfully handled issued raised by internal customers (including direct support in case of escalation) by using excellent problem-solving and dispute resolution skills
- Maintained excellent employee relationships by cultivating supportive, positive and helpful working environment
- Monitored team performance and provided constructive feedback to increase productivity and maintain quality standards.
- Supervised team members to confirm compliance with set procedures and quality requirements.
- Responsible for team recruitment, interviewing and onboarding
- Cultivated work environment focused on personal responsibility, continuous improvement and delivering high-quality results.
- Set performance expectations for the team, monitoring progress towards goals and providing constructive feedback as needed.
Team coordinator
Continental Automotive
05.2018 - 12.2022
- Functional and administrative supervisor of a team of 7 advanced purchasers and one student (intern)
- Ensured tasks and operations ran smoothly and efficiently by effectively delegating jobs to employees based on identified needs
- Conducted in-depth consultations with internal clients to obtain understanding of their needs and requirements
- Conducted team training on task or event operations, communicating best practices and requirements based on client needs
- Delegated tasks to teams based on individual skill sets, priorities and deadline-dependent situations
- Objective setting and performance evaluation of the AP team
- 1st escalation level – support and align with HQ
- Ensuring a balanced support and optimal resource allocation from the AP team – collaboration with Babenhausen, Brandys and Novi Sad
- Coach and mentor for new AP colleagues
- Assessed feedback from customers to gauge satisfaction and project success
- Provided for smooth day-to-day flow of communications to build trust within team.
Advanced purchaser
Continental Automotive
01.2012 - 04.2018
- Lead AP for various Daimler, VAG, Renault and Fiat projects
- Responsible for target achievement while also observing the project milestones, cost tracking and optimization
- Expertise in head-up displays (classic and combiner), instrument clusters, displays
- Good mediator between various disciplines, able to organize and find common grounds in order to achieve the required project deliverables
- Experience in working with people coming from many different cultures and with different levels of training and/or expertise
- Good understanding of the overall project planning, organized and able to involve the right people at the right time
- Flexible and willing to accept new challenges while adhering to the existing processes
- Experience in mechanical parts, good knowledge of production processes, cost factors, change management process
- Expert in Continental Supplier Management Process.
Bidding manager
ETA2U
01.2008 - 01.2012
- Manage and supervise the activities of the bidding team (4 people)
- Best achievement – the 1st 1 million EURO contract in ETA2U's history – Biblionet/IREX Romania, a project by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Identify opportunities, collaborate with the sales team and the procurement team to find the best solution while observing the requirements of the tender documentation
- Negotiate contracts, incorporate changes requested by the customer or necessary due to new technological advances
- Ensure that the bank guarantee letters are issued and recovered at the right time, to optimize cash flow.
Corporate account manager
ETA2U
01.2001 - 01.2008
- Responsible for corporate sales
- Main customers – Siemens, Solectron (Flex), Elbromplast, Unita Turism Holding, Politehnica University Timisoara
- Expert in software licensing
- Microsoft Certified Professional – licensing solutions.
Education
Master of Science - Applied Engineering Sciences
University Politehnica
Timisoara07.2019
Bachelor of Science - Communication And Public Relations
University Politehnica
Timisoara01.2011
Skills
- Diplomat and good networker
- Excellent memory
- Good organizer & self-organized
- Communicative
- Courteous
- Hard-working
- Focused on details
- Agile learner
- Adaptive and versatile
- Dependable and trustworthy
Certification
- Project manager - certified by the Ministry of Labor
- Program manager - certified by the Ministry of Labor
- Sales manager - certified by the Ministry of Labor
- Trainer - certified by the Ministry of Labor
Languages
Romanian
Native language
English
Proficient
C2
German
Advanced
C1
French
Proficient
C2
Italian
Upper intermediate
B2
Hobbies and Interests
- Piano and church organ playing
- History
- Literature and culture - getting to know people with different backgrounds
- Jazz and rock music
Volunteer Experience
- AIESEC member from 1998 to 2001 (currently AIESEC alumnus). I currently provide coaching and training support for AIESEC members in Timisoara and Oradea.
- Timisoara Gospel Project – support for a palliative care house (hospice) 2009-2013
- Restoration of the old Roman-Catholic churches in Banat – Ofsenita, Bobda, Freidorf (old crosses and monuments) 2020 – present day
Timeline
Team Leader - UX AP TSR & IAS
Continental
12.2022 - Current
Team coordinator
Continental Automotive
05.2018 - 12.2022
Advanced purchaser
Continental Automotive
01.2012 - 04.2018
Bidding manager
ETA2U
01.2008 - 01.2012
Corporate account manager
ETA2U
01.2001 - 01.2008
Master of Science - Applied Engineering Sciences
University Politehnica
Bachelor of Science - Communication And Public Relations
University Politehnica
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