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Jiří Tourek

Experienced CEO
Uvaly

Summary

My motivation is fuelled by serving a purpose leadership role faced with a challenging and dynamic environment. The foundation is the start of every building including teams. My leadership strategy is to clearly communicate the vision, encourage all members to engage in measuring the existing process, analyzing the results, and proposing change for improvements large and small. Execution and follow up continue utilizing the same team.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education

Work History

CEO and Chairman of the Administrative Board

TONAK a.s.
4 2019 - Current
  • Developed key operational initiatives to drive and maintain substantial business growth.
  • Setting and implementing long term strategy for business – direction and roadmap, with detailed step plan to achieve „best in class“
  • Transforming business (operations and commercial) to higher performance - leading teams to drive strategy execution as per roadmap
  • Managing and executing contingency plans due to disruptive market changes (Covid, RU/UA, Nigeria, Israel) – including severe restructuring cost base, adjusting clients’ and distribution strategy incl
  • Set up Commercial Policy and arranged external financing
  • Hold ultimate business responsibility for internal stakeholders (Shareholders liaisons, Trade Unions, all operational staff) as well as clients and governmental, tax and accounting partners

Sales Manager O&I CEE, Country Group Central General Manager (CZ, SK, HU)

Signify / Philips Lighting / Philips Czech Republic
Prague, 10
05.2012 - 03.2019
  • Sales Manager Office and Industry responsibility
  • Creating and serving the demand with O&I End User clients within CEE (mainly 5 countries – PL, CZ, SK, HU, RO), this included mainly but not limited to: Strategy preparation and localization
  • Market deep dive analysis, incl forward looking dynamics
  • Customer segmentation, prospecting and pitching the right Value propositions based on Client’s engagements (VOCs to understand true Value drivers)
  • Setting right account strategies – Account Management and Account Planning
  • Introducing new business models (service-based transactions, beyond illumination, data enabled etc.)
  • Concluded Several flagships projects that set the new standard and are successfully implemented in other markets (transaction values from 1.0M to 3.0M Eur)
  • Accomplishments:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkMHEQ0kmoE

(ArcelorMittal)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFZYWSKYEuw (TPCA)

  • Building teams capability and competence mainly via personal 1 on 1 coaching and cadence session
  • Representing CEE towards MG Europe in Systems and Services selling
  • Country Group Central GM responsibility
  • P/L, People, statutory and tax, IT, F&A
  • Secured delivery of 10+% CAGR (2013-2017), with over proportional growth of internal profitability (ISM)
  • Responsible for securing go-to-market strategy and commercial policy in indirect professional channels (Trade and VAP)
  • Transformed the organization from country to „district“ set up while at the same time secured performance
  • Personally initiated change management – corporate culture to more engagement, collaboration, team work etc
  • Driven several efficiency initiatives and programs and assured sustained results

Managing Director

Ideal Standard Czech Republic
04.2002 - 04.2012
  • Responsible for business operations in Czech Republic and Slovakia
  • Key responsibilities / tasks: Team development
  • Full statutory responsibility incl
  • Operations (plant of 450 FTEs)
  • Establishing management team, structure and improvement culture
  • Local business strategy adaptation based on market trends, consumer behavior dynamics
  • Brand deployment strategy
  • Gaining market share through demand creation, customer wallet penetration

Relationship Manager

Citibank Plc
05.1999 - 03.2002
  • Responsible for developing and managing of customer relationships
  • Completed several transactions, incl
  • US GAAP operating lease of green-built plant, structured commodity financing etc.

Education

Master’s degree in Economic Theory, specialized on International Trade and Marketing -

Vysoká Škola Ekonomická, Praha
Prague, Czechia
04.1994 - 04.1999

Master of Arts -

UCD Dublin
Dublin
04.1996 - 04.1998

Skills

Vision Setting

Career

My career commenced with a business finance role in Citibank, at that time a leading international bank in the Czech Republic. This role as “relationship manager” gave me a strong business acumen and foundation for my future career progression. Since 2002 I progressed in 3 senior management roles described below in my curriculum vitae..

Certificationsandworkshops

  • People Winning leadership
  • Unlocking potential
  • Biogenetics characters and temperament
  • Selling SPIN
  • SPI
  • Customer Focused Selling
  • Account Management and Planning
  • Services based business models
  • Core credit (Advanced)
  • Lean Advance
  • Six Sigma GB

Professionalcharacter

My professional character focuses on commitment to deliver results, effective communication, managing change, engagement, and empowerment of the team. I pursue a structured approach to business and strategy by combining my own and team’s strengths to achieve excellence.

Personal Information

Date of Birth: 10/16/74

Timeline

Sales Manager O&I CEE, Country Group Central General Manager (CZ, SK, HU)

Signify / Philips Lighting / Philips Czech Republic
05.2012 - 03.2019

Managing Director

Ideal Standard Czech Republic
04.2002 - 04.2012

Relationship Manager

Citibank Plc
05.1999 - 03.2002

Master of Arts -

UCD Dublin
04.1996 - 04.1998

Master’s degree in Economic Theory, specialized on International Trade and Marketing -

Vysoká Škola Ekonomická, Praha
04.1994 - 04.1999

CEO and Chairman of the Administrative Board

TONAK a.s.
4 2019 - Current
Jiří TourekExperienced CEO