Radoslava P. Dicheva

WORK HISTORY

ABOUT RADOSLAVA P. DICHEVA

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs To my person- Over 24 years\' experience in an international IT organization; more than 20 years out of it holding various strategic leadership roles within Global Strategic Procurement- Director and Global Head managing an international procurement team in charge of a strategic product portfolio (Trading Goods & Strategic 3rd Party Business, OEM/ODM Modules and Systems, Electronics and electromechanical A-Categories) and global strategic suppliers- Two decades of profound procurement experience and proved sucessful management of more than 60% of Direct Procurement Categories of a Global Retail and Banking Solutions Provider- Assertive, highly motivated procurement expert with excellently proved negotiation skills at a senior executive level of global organizations- Developer and implementer of global category strategies in line with the Purchasing Excellence Model- Team Leader of up to five cross-functional Global Category Teams (25 team members)- Global contract management- Ability to thrive in an international environment dealing with internal and external customers as well as stakeholders at a senior executive level- Ability to motivate and bring teams with different cultural background to a joint successful target achievement- Mentor and coach of global teams in best-in-class procurement practices and negotiation strategies- Target-oriented with strong executive skills. My goal is to continuously create added value for companies by optimizing their product and service portfolio in terms of costs, margin, quality, supply chain, service performance, etc. I am a passionate procurement expert and I love to apply my know-how and leadership skills in an international, strategic procurement environment with high product complexity, challenging assignments, and global sales & supply chain optimization programms. My focus is on elaborating procurement business solutions for dynamic markets, expanding my network, gaining new opportunities for professional development as well as exchanging best practices with professionals acting in the same or similar business segments like mine. Further Specialties: Advanced Strategic Procurement/ Marketing Management,(Team) Negotiation Tactics, DTC-Projects, BoB-Processes, TCO Analyses, Project Management, Supply Chain Optimization, Team Leader and Speaker in Global Product Convention.