Roman

Roman Krasnyanskiy
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Date of Birth: May 22, 1983
Marital status: married

Objective : to take Head of Supply&Chain position
Education
09/2000 - 06/2005 Sumy national agrarian university.
Faculty of Economics and Management, Specialization: management of foreign economic activity.
2003 – Took part in the All-Ukraine stage of students' Olympiad «The International economy».
2004 - Took part in the All-Ukraine stage of students' Olympiad «The political science».
2005 - Took part in the All-Ukraine stage of students' Olympiad «Management of foreign economic activity».
Graduated with a scientific degree of a master of management of foreign economic activity (first class degree with distinction).
09/1991-06/2000 School №15, Sumy (certificate attained for passing school-leaving examinations with distinction)

Operational experience

Sep2025 – till now Confidential Company, NDA, Kyiv, Ukraine
Chief Procurement Officer
• Led end-to-end procurement strategy, aligning sourcing activities with overall business objectives and growth targets
• Managed multi-million dollar global spend across direct and indirect categories
• Built and optimized supplier ecosystems, including strategic sourcing, supplier selection, and performance management
• Negotiated high-value contracts and framework agreements, achieving cost savings and improving commercial terms
• Implemented procurement policies, governance frameworks and compliance controls (including NDA, sensitive goods handling, etc.)
• Drove cost optimization, value engineering, and total cost of ownership (TCO) initiatives
• Developed and executed risk management strategies, including supply chain resilience and geopolitical risk mitigation
• Led digital transformation of procurement (ERP, e-sourcing tools, data analytics, automation)
• Collaborated with C-level stakeholders (CEO, CFO, COO) to support strategic decision-making
• Built and mentored high-performing procurement teams across multiple regions
• Managed supplier audits, quality assurance, and continuous improvement programs
• Oversaw procurement for critical and sensitive categories

Aug 2024– Sep 2025 Biosphere Corporation, Kyiv, Ukraine
Procurement Director

Procurement:
Develop and implement global procurement strategies that align with business objectives, focusing on cost reduction, quality improvement and risk mitigation.
Identify, evaluate, and qualify new international&local suppliers, negotiating favorable terms, contracts, and service level agreements (SLAs).
Manage existing supplier relationships, conducting regular performance reviews and driving continuous improvement.
Oversee the full procurement lifecycle: from demand planning and forecasting to purchase order creation, tracking and payment.
Collaborate with finance and operations to forecast procurement needs and budgets.
Implement and monitor procurement KPIs (cost savings, WAPT, OTIF, etc.).
International Logistics:
Design, implement, and optimize international logistics networks, including freight forwarding and transportation (air, ocean, road).
Oversee the selection and management of freight forwarders, carriers negotiating competitive rates and service agreements.
Monitor and analyze logistics performance metrics (on-time delivery, cost per shipment, transit times) and implement corrective actions as needed.
Customs Clearance:
Ensure full compliance with all international trade regulations, customs laws, import/export controls and sanctions.
Manage relationships with customs brokers, government agencies and other regulatory bodies to facilitate smooth customs clearance processes.
Resolve any customs-related issues, delays, or disputes efficiently and effectively.
Team Leadership & Management:
Recruit, train, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of procurement, logistics, and customs professionals.
Set clear performance objectives, conduct regular performance reviews, and foster a culture of continuous improvement and professional development.
Promote cross-functional collaboration and knowledge sharing within the team and with other departments.
Manage departmental budgets, ensuring cost-effective operations.

Sep 2021 – Jul 2024 Ajax Systems, Kyiv, Ukraine
Head of Procurement
• Develop and maintain procurement strategy for company’s spend, linking strategic plans to the company-wide vision and growth plan;
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to proactively define business requirements, understand cost drivers and develop strategies to optimize spend;
• Communicate procurement value to all leadership members and stakeholders;
• Demonstrates the ability to negotiate and manage contracts with vendors and maintains vendor relationships while minimizing risk to the business;
• Identify cost savings through strategic sourcing, consolidation opportunities;
• Perform market analysis to determine benchmarks for pricing and competitive bids;
• Establish clear and measurable goals and KPIs to ensure sustainable growth and maturity of the procurement function;
• Manage department of Direct materials – 7 persons (Ukraine, Poland, Turkey, China) and indirect materials and services (Operations, IT, Marketing categories) – 5 persons (Ukraine, Turkey) buyers;
• Establish the necessary routines with suppliers to manage quality, delivery, pricing, lead-time, stocking programs, and other performance criteria in support of the business. Develop supplier relationships at highest management levels in order to leverage the relationship when necessary to resolve issues.
May 2013 –Sep 2021 Subsidiary company «Lactalis Ukraine», Kyiv, Ukraine
Head of Procurement, Direct materials, CIS (Ukraine, Belorussia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Uzbekistan)

• Lead and develop CIS Procurement team;
• CIS purchasing strategy determination;
• CIS saving projects management;
• CIS Annual budget management;
• CIS Suppliers “A” relations management;
• CIS Stock management
• CIS monthly reporting management
• CIS payment terms management

December 2011 - April 2013 Subsidiary company «Lactalis Ukraine», Kyiv, Ukraine

Procurement Manager, Direct materials (packaging, ingredients)

• Ensuring ingredients, packs supply security with minimum costs
• Lead and develop Procurement team;
• Purchasing strategy determination;
• Leading cost-saving&optimization projects;
• Biddings realization management;
• Annual budget management;
• Supplier relations management;
• Supplier database management;
• Contract management;
• Supporting DM category for CIS region;
• NPD projects initiation and management.

July 2010 till December 2011 Subsidiary company «Lactalis Ukraine», Kyiv, Ukraine

Procurement Group Supervisor

• Coordination Packaging Materials and Services Purchase (HR, IS, MS);
• Lead and develop Procurement team;
• Purchasing strategy determination;
• Leading cost-saving & optimization projects;
• NPD projects initiation and management
• Biddings realization management;
• Annual budget management;
• Supplier relations management;
• Supplier database management;
• Contract management.

March 2010 till July 2010 Subsidiary company «Lactalis Ukraine», Kyiv, Ukraine
Procurement Senior Buyer Packaging&Marketing Services

• Packaging materials supply for two production units in Ukraine (Lactalis Nikolaev Plant (TM President) and Molochnyi dom plant, Pavlograd (TM Fanni));
• Marketing services sourcing for Marketing, Trade Marketing and PR departments;
• New product development and optimization program support from procurement side;
• Lead and develop Packaging&Marketing Services team;
• Procurement policy and procedure development and implementation;
• Preparing and analysis of P&L and PCI in area of responsibility;
• Preparing and control of budget in area of responsibility;
• Negotiations with Suppliers;
• Improvement of payment terms with Suppliers;
• Analysis of prices, principles of price formation and adaptation, development and approval of price cost models.

January 2009 till March 2010 Subsidiary company «Lactalis Ukraine», Kyiv, Ukraine
Procurement Buyer packaging
• Supply of packaging materials to production department
• Preparing and analysis of P&L and PCI in area of responsibility
• Preparing and control of budget in area of responsibility
• Planning of packaging materials supply
• Development and implementation of cooperation procedures with departments of Company and suppliers
• Negotiations with Suppliers
• Improvement of payment terms with Suppliers
• Control of warehouse inventory turnover
• Support of optimization initiatives of production department
• Support with the launch of new product
• Implementation of optimization programs in packaging purchasing
• Analysis of prices, principles of price formation and adaptation, development and approval of price cost models
• Analysis of internal and foreign market of packaging materials
• Management and control of supply&chain of packaging materials
• Control of Suppliers’ liability execution and financial liability of the Company
• Claims preparing and corrections actions development with Supplier
• Support of replenishment team activity
• Support of custom clearance team activity
• Support of custom quality and marketing team activity
• Private label support

February 2006 –January 2009 CJSC Kraft Foods Ukraine Trostyanets city, Sumy region, Ukraine

Procurement Junior Buyer IM&S

• Analysis of internal and foreign supplier’s markets
• Management and formation of Client’s base
• Searching for new Clients
• Bidding’s conditions formation
• Bidding’s conditions coordination inline with internal companies policy
• Tender realizing.
• Received offer analysis.
• Negotiations with Suppliers
• Price for Goods and services formation
• Budget costs control
• Contract’s conditions coordination
• One-time and annual contract signing
• Existent contracts re-signing on better commercial terms
• Control for foreign and local Goods deliveries and service realization
• Control for contract’s conditions fulfillment
• Organization and realization of pilot tenders
• Procurement optimization programs realization
• Claims preparing

Professional Skills

INCOTERMS knowledge, skills in negotiations with local and foreign partners, analytic skills.
Training: “Working in goals”, “Qualitative cooperation”, “Communication strategies”, “Self-management”, “The art of time management”, “The art of communication”, “Assertiveness”, “The basis of corporative effectiveness”, “Effective negotiations”, “Presentations skills”, “7 Habits of highly effective people (Franklin Covey)”, “3P (Procurement, People, Performance)”, “3P advanced”, “Value analysis”, “Out of boxing thinking”, “Conflict management’, “Authority delegation”, “Emotional intelligence”, “3P Finance”, “Finance Literacy”,“Team efficiency and leadership”. “Skills of influence and assertive behavior”.
Computing - MS Windows, Software: Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook Express.
Languages – native Ukrainian, fluent English.
Driving license – category B, C.

Personal Skills
Responsible and hard-working person, good decision making, administrative, communicative and interpersonal skills. Ready for professional training.
Activities
Football, tourism.
References
Ready for proceed to business during 1 month after candidature approval.

Available upon request.