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Vitalii Severyn
CEO / CCO / Commercial Director/Business Development
EU, Ukraine
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SUMMARY
Strategic and operational leader with 16+ years of experience across industrial manufacturing, building materials, coatings, and chemical technologies. Demonstrated success in launching and scaling production facilities from scratch (up to 120,000 t/year), driving profitability through LEAN transformations, building high-performance commercial teams, and developing products and technologies for construction materials, dry mixes, and industrial coatings.
Technical background in cement- and gypsum-based dry mixes, calcium carbonate, dispersions, modifiers, polymer chemistry, coatings, and organic/inorganic raw materials. Strong track record in international B2B sales and export growth in EU, CEE, Balkans, MENA, and Scandinavia.
Hands-on leader with a “playing coach” management style, capable of simultaneously handling strategy, operations, P&L, product development, and business development.
CORE EXPERTISE
• CEO Leadership: Launching and managing full-cycle industrial plants “from zero”; operational excellence; plant ramp-up.
• Commercial Leadership (CCO): From sales manager to director — Ukraine & Export, B2B, industrial clients.
• Construction Materials & Chemistry: Dry mixes, fillers, additives, coatings, refractories, steel enamel, pigments, polymers.
• Product & Technology Development: Creating formulations from scratch, lab setup, quality control systems.
• LEAN & Operational Optimization: Cost reduction, cross-department automation, boosting EBITDA.
• International Sales & Export: Large industrial contracts, distributors, exclusive partnerships, EU/CEE market entry.
• Team Building: Coaching, KPI systems, motivation, onboarding, internal academies for partners and sellers.
• Marketing & Strategy: Market analysis, USP creation, new product launches, brand positioning.

CAREER HISTORY
Deputy Director for Commercial Affairs
Novomoskovsk Enamelware (Interpipe Corporation) — Dnipro, Ukraine
June 2025 – Present
• Led commercial restructuring and crisis recovery.
• Achieved a full EBITDA turnaround from negative to positive within four months
• Strategic development in cookware, enamelware, coatings and OEM projects.

Business Development Director
UDK / Alef Corporation — Dnipro, Ukraine
July 2024 – June 2025
• Built new marketing and product strategy — company reached TOP-3 in the market.
• Launched new product lines and technological directions in building materials.
• Created the USP and B2B positioning for distributors and construction partners.
• Designed a full training ecosystem for partners, sales teams and clients.
• Initiated new business directions based on existing assets.

CEO / Commercial Director
UNI PARTS / Alef Corporation — Dnipro, Ukraine
November 2021 – July 2024
• Launched a 120,000 t/year dry mix plant from zero (construction, equipment, lab, warehouse).
• Scaled production volume 12× during the first year.
• Increased profitability by +17% through LEAN processes and OPEX optimization.
• Implemented automation across departments (CRM, ERP, production → sales link).
• Opened 3 new business lines on existing assets.

Head of Export Sales Europe
GIR Refractories Group — Dnipro, Ukraine
September 2020 – November 2021
• Signed new contracts with EU metallurgical holdings (Romania, N. Macedonia, Italy etc).
• Built exclusive distribution in Romania for construction materials.
• Supervised Polish office and controlled construction projects at a Romanian oil refinery.

Head of Export Department
Alfa LLC — Kyiv, Ukraine
July 2018 – September 2019
• Conducted market analysis and launched export operations from zero.
• Secured multiple international industrial contracts.

Export B2B Sales Manager, Team Leader
Global Sp.zoo — Białystok, Poland
January 2018 – July 2018
• Entered Western European and Scandinavian markets.
• Designed marketing strategy, sales algorithms, scripts.

Country Sales Manager for Imerys and Clariant/ Production Manager
Vulkascot — Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine
October 2012 – October 2017
• Launched a €250,000 manufacturing startup.
• Grew personal sales from €100,000 to €3.4M annually.
• Delivered €1M yearly industrial project for metallurgy.

EDUCATION
International Economics & Foreign Trade Management
Kryvyi Rih Technical University, Ukraine — with distinction
2000–2005
Technology of Building Materials & Constructions
Ukrainian State University of Science & Technology (PDABA), Dnipro
2024–2025

LANGUAGES
• Ukranian and Russian: native
• English: B2
• German: A2
• Polish: A2

ADDITIONAL NOTES
• Extensive practical expertise working as Country Sales Manager for global leaders Imerys and Clariant, including technical sales of mineral fillers, bleaching earth, functional additives, and industrial raw materials for construction chemistry, coatings, plastics, and related sectors.
• Deep understanding of calcium carbonate, kaolin, bentonite, titanium dioxide alternatives, mineral modifiers, rheology agents, and their application in cement, gypsum, polymer and paint formulations.
• Strong network of technical specialists and distributors across EU, CEE, Balkans, Turkey, and Scandinavia.
• Direct contributor to the development of Ukraine’s first modern calcium carbonate production facility (Neocarb).