Eleni Kentrou
Thuwal,Saudi Arabia
Summary
Skilled professional eager to create and implement successful strategies to improve organizational efficiency in different areas of expertise(HR, Procurement, Operation, and Finance). Strong communication and interpersonal skills and experience in advising and guiding management teams to support decision-making.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Operations Manager, Plant Science
RedSea
(Remote)
07.2022 - Current
- Develop, implement, and review processes and procedures
- Analysed financial data to track and achieve budget targets.
- Reduced costs and improved operations by analysing processes and procedures.
- Minimised discrepancies by effectively training employees on best practices, policies and procedures.
- Organize visits to the R&D Greenhouse and ensure policies and procedures are followed
- Organize in-house or off-site activities
- Monitor daily operations
- Boosted employee performance, developing training plans to facilitate cross-training between departments and roles.
- Produce business and financial reports of the division to the upper management
- Ensure a safe and healthy work environment by establishing, following, and enforcing standards and procedures, complying with legal regulations
- Establish and manage the procurement process of the division.
- Car feet management
- Supervised and steer a team of 6 with 2 direct reports.
Human Resources Specialist
BMW Group Hellas
National Retail Company & Financial Services
04.2015 - 06.2022
- Planned, organized, and managed recruitment and selection processes, consistently meeting budget targets and recruitment goals.
- Communicated and enforced HR policies to team members, cultivating compliant and satisfied workforce
- Managed payroll input, processes, submissions and audit for timely payment of the employees.
- Updated HR policies and documentation in line with legislative developments and GDPR requirements to ensure compliance.
- Addressed employee conflicts, following corporate procedures for timely resolution.
- Initiate wellbeing projects
- Prepare and implement trainings & workshops
- Prepare and evaluate salary surveys data
- Support in local integration of expats
- Manage communication with external partners
- Maintain all HR related systems and support the users
- Prepare HR related reports
- Administer all purchasing process for HR
- Consult & support employees on HR topics
- Planned, organised and managed recruitment and selection processes, consistently meeting budget targets and recruitment goals.
- Manage HR budget for consulting services
- Consult on Compensation and Benefits budget.
- Oversaw exit interviews and off-boarding process for resigned and terminated employees.
- Organised company-wide team-building events to boost employee morale.
Purchasing & Facility Management Specialist
BMW Hellas S.A
08.2013 - 05.2015
- Effectively steered tendering process to ensure requirements' completeness and Procurement standards, along with maximum savings
- Built relationships for increased engagement and partnerships across supplier base.
- Search and evaluate new suppliers according to BMW standards
- Ensure the maximization of BMW's benefits through the development and implementation of the Procurement policy
- Negotiated contracts and terms successfully, delivering cost and operational efficiency for the company.
- Manage and prepare contracts in cooperation with legal consultants and suppliers to ensure all GTC
- Advised and guided management teams on decision-making, enabling cost-effective tendering processes.
- Ran due diligence checks on potential suppliers and flagged issues detected for action.
- Manage ERP (SAP ) procurement process and support users by providing training on the system.
- Manage all Facility projects (e.g Maintenance, safety, security, relocation/lease negotiation, FM budget) efficiently.
- Produced periodic reports on procurement and FM projects and recommending improvements.
Purchasing Specialist
BMW Central & Southeastern Europe, CSEU
03.2011 - 08.2013
- Manage Indirect Procurement for BMW Central & Southeastern Europe.
Purchasing & Controlling Assistant
BMW Hellas S.A
03.2011 - 09.2011
- Support and negotiate Procurement for BMW Hellas
- Support SAP users for procurement module
- Assign Purchase Orders through SAP
- Timely and detailed reporting of BMW Procurement and projects.
- Support in budget planning
- Report preparation
- Data maintenance in ERPsystem.
Purchasing & Accounting Assistant
BMW Hellas S.A
03.2009 - 03.2011
- Support and negotiate Procurement for BMW Hellas
- Support SAP users for procurement module
- Assign Purchase Orders through SAP
- Timely and detailed reporting of BMW Procurement and projects.
- Posting of invoices, credits and warranties
- Credit check
- Suppliers' reconciliation.
Education
B.S - Universityof Economics and Business, Management Science and Technology
Athens
2009
Skills
- Recruitment
- Performance management
- Incentive development
- Budget analysis
- Contract Negotiation
- Procurement expertise
Languages
English
Fluent
German
Elementary
French
Elementary
Timeline
Operations Manager, Plant Science
RedSea
07.2022 - Current
Human Resources Specialist
BMW Group Hellas
National Retail Company & Financial Services
04.2015 - 06.2022
Purchasing & Facility Management Specialist
BMW Hellas S.A
08.2013 - 05.2015
Purchasing Specialist
BMW Central & Southeastern Europe, CSEU
03.2011 - 08.2013
Purchasing & Controlling Assistant
BMW Hellas S.A
03.2011 - 09.2011
Purchasing & Accounting Assistant
BMW Hellas S.A
03.2009 - 03.2011
B.S - Universityof Economics and Business, Management Science and Technology
Athens
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