Andreea Mazilu

Front door & bridge between business needs and digital requirements, coordinating cross-functional teams towards digital projects implementation

• Collaborated with functional leaders to identify reporting needs, resulting in the development of customized digital solutions tailored to specific business functions and in 20% improvement in project implementation efficiency.
• Managed the demand submission and review process, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and prioritization of initiatives.
• Advocated for customer interests throughout project implementation, ensuring solutions met stakeholder needs and expectations, resulting in a +30% increase in customer satisfaction.

Leading the COGS and Distribution finance team across the entire SWE region with strategic and operational expertise

• Led the implementation of the Global Planning Tool (IBM Planning Analytics) in the SWE region for Supply Chain area, improving profitability analysis, planning accuracy and efficiency.
• Standardized planning processes and closing activities across SWE, reducing cycle times by 2 days, and improving data accuracy.
• Streamlined activities to eliminate non-value-added tasks, resulting in +20% improved productivity.

Orchestrating transformative initiatives and strategic projects to optimize operations and drive business growth across diverse markets.

• Played a pivotal role in transforming Greater Balkans' operating infrastructure towards leaner operations, contributing to the development of turnaround business strategies improving bottomline profit by 4.5%.
• Acted as Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Europe Sector, spearheading projects such as Intercompany Transfer Price Policy and COGS Blue Book revision.
• Led the blueprinting of the Site and BU COGS modules and also led the local implementation efforts for the Global Planning Tool (IBM Planning Analytics) in pilot markets across the Balkans region, including Romania, Serbia, and Bosnia.

Implementing operational excellence and organizational development initiatives across Balkans

• Enhanced Operations organization in the Balkans area, integrating West Balkans team and implementing regional roles to drive continuous improvement across organisation.
• Utilised data-driven decision-making process to identify and capitalize on profitability opportunities, particularly during Annual Operating Plan processes resulting in $300M savings and bottomline improvement.
• Validated CoGs module functionality during the transition of entities to SAP (SAP Rise project), ensuring seamless integration and operational efficiency.

Managing risk mitigation strategies, enhancing performance tracking tools, and fostering cross-functional collaboration to optimize cost efficiencies and productivity.

• Proactively identified and mitigated business risks, particularly in the beverages sector, by exceeding productivity targets by 20% to offset inflationary COGS impacts.
• Developed robust tracking tools to monitor category deviations against Annual Operating Plan, Year Ago , and Forecast, elevating management awareness and alignment in COGS performance analysis.
• Provided coaching to budget holders to ensure adherence to timelines and data quality standards, while also spearheading efforts to identify potential co-packers for product optimization, as part of a cross-functional team.

Driving seamless integration projects, fostering cross-functional alignment, and implementing change management strategies.

• Oversaw financial aspects of Integration projects, ensuring fiscal responsibility and alignment with strategic objectives.
• Collaborated cross-functionally to ensure smooth integration processes and alignment across teams.
• Implemented change management strategies to facilitate successful achievement of Integration goals, while also supervising financial aspects of simplification and standardization initiatives for Distribution Centers.

Adept at implementing planning systems, conducting business reviews, and spearheading budget development initiatives to drive financial excellence.

• Led the implementation of the Cognos Planning System in Romania, playing a central role in testing, data initialization, and validation across all planning cubes.
• Produced comprehensive Periodical Business Reviews for internal and Sector use, providing critical insights for informed decision-making.
• Orchestrated the COGS budget process, intricately linking product recipes to financial planning, and collaborated with department managers to develop comprehensive departmental budgets.