Jola Sokolowski
- Role
- Head of Business Excellence, Siemens Smart Infrastructure, Rss, Region Americas at Siemens
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jola Sokolowski
Business and Finance leader with 15+ years of experience within Fortune 500 companies…
Experience
Head of Business Excellence, Siemens Smart Infrastructure, Rss, Region Americas
Feb 2020 — Present
Lead and direct implementation of business transformation initiatives in finance, sales, and operations for Region Americas, resulting in improved profitability. Devise and implement business process improvements to generate profitability while considering diverse needs of customers, employees, and shareholders. Created and implemented work process and policies for field employees and new just created Global and National Centers for finance, engineering, and sales. Key Achievements: • Spearheaded successful implementation of a business transformation initiative in finance, sales, and operations for region Americas (US + Canada,$3B revenue), which resulted in improvements in profitability since going live. Implemented process changes and operational improvements across Field organization and two new Global and National centers for finance, sales, and operations. • Delivered business support to drive $3B annual revenue during the biggest business processes / systems /tools changes. • Improved overall productivity by $70M. • Established and led a robust business excellence organization that oversaw implementation of 100+ operational process improvements and employee work experience enhancements. • Restructured training department into profitable organization by implementing novel strategies and enhancing training programs for customers.
Skills
- Business Planning
- Supply Chain
- Program Management
- Procurement
- Process Engineering
- People Skills
- Continuous Improvement
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Cost Saving Initiatives
- Process Automation
- General Ledger
- Internal Audit
- Manufacturing
- Operational Excellence
- Business Process
- Co-Pa
- Capital Budgeting
- Management
- Training
- Operations Management
- Sap Implementation
- Corporate Finance
- Supply Chain Management
- Account Reconciliation
- P&L Management
- Leadership
- Revenue Recognition
- Accounts Receivable
- Business Process Improvement
- Project Planning
- Cost Benefit
- Critical Thinking
- Project Finance
- Strategic Planning
- Executive Management
- Consolidation
- Innovation
- Sap
- Erp
- Budgets
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