Barbora Kulkova

Strategic Planning and Execution : Develop and implement regional strategies aligned with global business objectives. Collaborate with leadership to define program goals and resources. Successful implementation of SBN / driving Network Revenue Growth.

Client Relationship Management : Oversee client relationships, address concerns, risks and identify opportunities and drive Network Growth.

Operational Management: Manage operational aspects of programs from deployment to further enablement, ensuring adherence to quality standards and compliance.

Team Leadership and Development: Lead and develop a team of program and project managers, fostering continuous learning and providing mentorship.

Risk Management : Identify, assess, and mitigate risks associated with programs and projects to protect organizational assets and ensure project success.

• Successful implementation and delivery of projects for MEE customers - Deployment and Enablement of SBN. Running a team of Project Managers.
• Maintained smooth-running business operations by delegating priorities
• Translated senior management directives into actionable front-line policies and implemented changes with staff
• Organized financial and operational data to help with yearly budgeting and planning.

• Managing multiple customers on supplier enablement strategy execution
• NDL acts as project manager for cross functional teams consisting of both internal and external stakeholders
• Assists Customers with strategy (Flight Plan creation) and suppliers with documentation around electronic invoicing and VAT regulations in different European countries
• Accountable for structuring projects to meet customer goals and objectives
• Prepares and delivers analyses and presentations for customers to convey expectations, risks, options, project plans, results

• FORECASTING, CAPACITY, and COST MANAGEMENT: Forecasting global resource needs through communication with Solution Managers
• Management of production costs through the ongoing monitoring of effort (hours) per project, project duration, project budget, and actual incurred costs
• Tracking performance relative to defined goals and MBOs
• QUALITY and CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT: Ensuring customer satisfaction with services delivered by setting and managing customer expectations
• Ensuring process compliance within the team, consistency with other operating groups and best practices
• Coordinating and leading root cause analyses (RCAs) for all significant quality errors and overseeing the implementation of corrective and preventive action plans identified

• Responsible for managing multiple customers (mainly Swiss and German customers) who represent enablement projects of various complexity
• Accountable for executing against the project timeline while meeting customer goals and objectives
• Maintaining strong customer focus (external and internal) at all times
• Interacts with both buyer and supplier customers providing education and training on the value of the Ariba Network / e-procurement impact
• Coordinates internal resources and teams assigned to the project
• Appropriately identifies issues, potential risks and opportunities while working with a high degree of autonomy to address, escalate or handover within and across teams as appropriate
• Execute Flight and Project Plans

• Supporting the enablement of suppliers onto the Ariba Network and coordinating supplier communication needed for various projects
• Responsible for conducting outreach to suppliers, precisely auditing the weekly reports
• Controlling supplier progress and highlighting specific expectations to the Supplier Managers supporting each project
• Coordinate escalation of records to the customer per defined process
• Quality assurance (checking progress, monitoring comments, emails, surveys)
• Daily cooperation with Project Managers
• IT Industry

• Purchasing of materials and services for Procurement - Germany
• Creating RFQs, updating POs in SAP/Stripes
• Daily interaction and communication with clients and suppliers
• T&C's and price negotiations
• Responsible for purchasing of chemicals and drilling materials for plants
• Creating tenders for chemicals / strategic buying
• Project buying
• Oil and Gas Industry

• Primarily responsible for activities concerning receivables of the company
• Ensure that invoices are generated on time and all remittance advices are booked in to the system SAP
• Furthermore to resolve unpaid invoices and control bank accounts
• Outsourcing Industry