GBS Accounts Payable Manager

• May 2022 - Present

EMEA Multisite Purchasing Manager

• May 2018 - Nov 2022

- Managing team of 25 Buyers and Senior Buyers with diverse backgrounds: recruiting, on-boarding, managing workload, coaching, training and development discussions, talent management, succession planning;- Stakeholder management across Europe Middle East and Africa region to assure operational as well as strategic procurement needs are managed by my team;- Managing regional procurement spend in collaboration with colleagues and Regional Purchasing Director;- Creating, implementing and managing MRO (Maintenance, repairs and operation) and Facility Services spend and category strategy across the region. Active role in tender, negotiation and contracting phases of high value contract for sites located in Nederlands;- Representing Riga Purchasing team in Global Procurement organization remote and on-site meetings;- Creating, implementing and executing Global Exchange program, hosting an employee of team located in America in Latvia for several weeks;- Member of Cabot Latvia leadership team representing procurement function as one of the largest teams of Business Center;- Providing coaching sessions to business center employees; Show less

EMEA Multisite Purchasing Manager North

• Jan 2017 - May 2018

- Managing half of the Procurement team (10 people) located in Riga Business Service Center together with team manager of the other part of the team;- Evaluating and improving requisition to pay process stream (incl. supplier data maintenance, purchase order and invoice processing);- Stakeholder management across sites located in United Kingdom, Nederlands, Norway, Latvia and Switzerland.

Business Service Center Manager (Accounts Payable)

• Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

- Managing team of 14 Accounts Payable specialists: recruiting, on-boarding, training, evaluating, leading development discussions, coaching, problem solving, talent and succession management;- Establishing and implementing Service Level Agreement between Business Center and its internal customers across EMEA (Europe Middle East and Africa) region.

Accounts Payable Team Supervisor

• Aug 2014 - Jan 2016

- Transition of Business Services from Leuven, Belgium to Riga, Latvia (incl. planning, organizing, stakeholder management, preparation of office premises for the team who is yet to be hired; business trip planning, expense reporting and managing);- Building and leading team of 12 (hiring, on-boarding, training and development);- Learning how to and performing as Accounts payable specialist to better understand, manage and improve services transitioned from previous Shared Service Center;- Reporting to General Manager of Cabot Latvia on a weekly basis;- Representing the team with various stakeholders visiting Riga office as newest companies location. Show less

Team Leader

• Apr 2012 - Jul 2014

- Translation project coordination (planning, optimization and allocation of resources, reporting); - Managing team of 7 in-house and more than a 100 freelance Estonian language experts and translators. - Translation project coordination (planning, optimization and allocation of resources, reporting); - Managing team of 7 in-house and more than a 100 freelance Estonian language experts and translators.

Project Manager

• Mar 2011 - Mar 2012

- Ownership, development and promotion of short term loan products internally and externally;- Development and implementation of remote consumer loan servicing (incl. contract signing and amending);- Swedbank brand and value ambassador.

Leasing Infoline Team Leader

• Mar 2009 - Mar 2011

- Managing work of leasing and insurance information line (team and individual goal setting, appraisals, knowledge and competence development);- Customer complaint management (written and verbal);- 24/7 online support, testing and developing telephony solutions of the Call Center (Siemens, CISCO, Genesys).

Client Manager

• Jul 2007 - Mar 2009

Telephone Banking Services Specialist

• Nov 2006 - Jul 2007