STRAHINJA JOVANOVIC
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER
DETAILS
Belgrade, 11000
Serbia
--Date of birth-
Driving license
A, B
SKILLS
Business Development Strategies
Communication Skills
Effective Communications and
Negotiations
Confidence
Creative Thinking
Leadership
Decision Making
LANGUAGES
English
Serbian
LINKS
Likedin
ELSD
HOBBIES
Skiing
SkyRunning
Hiking
Crossfit
Reading
BELGRADE, 11000, SERBIA
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PROFILE
Effective and forward-thinking Procurement Manager, bringing forth valuable different
industry experience and the skills to achieve real results. Adept in developing key
relationships with strategic partners and committed to ensuring a company continually
moves in the right direction. Very passionate about Sourcing and Data Analysis.
Bringing forth the ability to effectively oversee all processes related to the advantageous
procurement of goods and services.
Dedicated Customer Service Representative dedicated to providing quality care for
ultimate customer satisfaction.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Purchase manager at Desing, Belgrade
November 2019 — Present
Food industry company.
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Procurement for the primary raw materials, commodities, and packaging
Entirely in charge of Investment procurement
Actively involved in production planning and forecasting
Leading participant of CAPEX planning
Lead project manager with projects established with Innovation fund - World Bank,
Government development agency, EBRD, and USAID projects
• Lead team member on B2B and B2C e-Commerce platform development project
• One of the achievements was establishing stable suppliers that follow company
demand based on lean production methodology - just in time.
• Responsible for negotiations with suppliers to maintain the commodity prices on
the level of last year - by carefully tracking situation on the field and getting constant
updates from competitor suppliers
Purchase manager at Zatura International, Berlin - remotely
October 2020 — May 2021
e-Commerce company oriented on selling different groups of products.
The company is selling products mainly throughout Amazon, Etsy and Dropshipping.
Fully responsible:
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Sourcing and finding a products
Negotiations about the best prices and lead times
Development and maintaining a great relationship with all suppliers
Logistics coordination between supplier - pick up - warehousing
Closely tracking and maintaining the stock level at warehouses and secure stock
warehouses at supplier warehouses
• Organized and prioritized work to complete assignments in a timely, efficient
manner.
• Actively planning with management team a new product launching.
COO at Elsdevelopment LTD, Belgrade - remotely
October 2017 — November 2019
Co-owner and managing partner at ELSDevelopment - Web platform for English language
learning and tutoring.
I have personally overseen the development of a start-up, which is the first
European-based English tutoring platform that primarily targets students in China.
My main tasks were related to business development:
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The opening of the company oversees, contacts with foreign partners
Bringing new partners and clients on board
Obtaining approval for usage payment systems worldwide
Obtaining a payment system for Chinese users
Active collaboration with investors
Active preparation for the company acquisition process
The company was acquired in December 2019 by one of the Fortune 500 companies.
Head of Supply chain sector at Nissal Newmet, Nis
October 2016 — March 2018
• Procurement of primary materials for production units (approx. 400MT of
aluminium on a monthly basis). LME(London Market Exchange) monitoring and
price spotting with foreign suppliers.
• Complete organizational spend analysis to facilitate the development of strategic
sourcing strategies.
• Active participation in production planning and harmonization with the production
units.
• In charge of all major investment procurement.
• Staff management - responsible for a team of 8 people.
Supply chain manager at Nissal Newmet, Niš
December 2015 — October 2016
Responsible for:
• Fixing price and procurement of raw material according to London Metal Exchange
• Procurement of all key parts of the production on domestic and import markets
• Actively monitoring and planing budget goals
Logistics
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Planning and organizing the transportation of the raw materials
Monitoring of import documentation
Close collaboration with forwarding companies and customs agents
Working closely with in\out warehouse teams.
Supply specialist at Nissal Newmet, Niš
November 2014 — December 2015
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Cost control
Procurement of spare parts for production units
Packing materials
Special Lubricants
Daily production needs
HSE safety equipment
Logistics associate at O.Z. moving and storage, New York
June 2013 — October 2014
• Organization of transport schedule.
• Routes planning.
• Transport service invoicing.
Import and export associate at Traffic plast doo, Niš
June 2012 — December 2019
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Operational buyer of all necessary goods.
Incharge for helping with import and export documentation
Identified areas needing improvement and offered real solutions.
Achieved cost-effective procurement outcomes by establishing strong
relationships with vendors and partners, and negotiating well.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Business Administration, University of business " Dzon Nezbit ", Nis
October 2009 — March 2013
High School Diploma, Gimnazija " Svetzar Markovic ", Nis
September 2004 — June 2008
COURSES
Efficient Negotiating
December 2019 — December 2019
Analytics Intermediate, Google
May 2019 — June 2019
Analytics Advanced, Google
August 2019 — October 2019
Public speaking, Centar za javni nastup
October 2019 — November 2019
Digital Marketing course, Daragh Walsh
November 2018 — February 2019
Supplier Auditing
September 2019 — September 2019
Microsoft Excel full course from Beginner to Advanced, Udemy
April 2020 — June 2020
