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Adrian (Pawel) Brania-PRINCE2® 7 Foundation

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Poland

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Experience

Jan 2024 - Present

Co-Founder; Project Manager

Chip Electronics

Expertise details
Position Summary
Co-Founder; Project Manager at Chip Electronics
Industries
Information Technology
Manufacturing
Business Areas
Product Development
Project Management
Strategy
  • Gathering requirements from customers to make sure product meets market requirements

  • Conducting PDCA loops to improve product

  • Serving as central point of contact for 2 people coding team to deliver right product

  • Creating business case to assure profitability of the project

  • 15+ customers among which are: Fiege Logistics, Rossmann Polska, Ikea, Ruukki and some other industrial/governmental entities

  • Profit generated in 1st year of activity

  • Project management skills

  • Co-developing HW product to increase attractiveness of the offering

Jan 2024 - Present

Semiconductor Management Expert

KION Group

Expertise details
Position Summary
Semiconductor Management Expert at KION Group
Industries
Manufacturing
Business Areas
Procurement
Strategy
Supply Chain Management
  • Identifying and setting up regular reviews with manufacturers to understand their business needs

  • Presenting KION as interesting partner to work with to technological partners

  • Aligning needs with KION internal stakeholders like Procurement and R&D

  • Established relationship with 16 key manufacturers and distributors global group

  • Strategy development to align semiconductors with overall corporate strategy

  • Regular business reviews and suppliers days to keep regular knowledge exchange

  • Building supplier relationship management for global group

  • Strategy development

Jan 2024 - Dec 2024

Semiconductor Management Expert

KION Group

Expertise details
Position Summary
Semiconductor Management Expert at KION Group
Industries
Manufacturing
Business Areas
Business Intelligence
Operations
Supply Chain Management
  • Suggesting SiliconExpert as data source for most of required information

  • Active participating in PowerBI dashboard shaping with cooperation with 3 person technical team

  • Encouraging Tier-1 suppliers to share more transparency in return for market information

  • Mapping semiconductor 500+ production location with Tier-1 suppliers

  • Establishing regular monthly system of informing Tier-1 suppliers about semiconductor risks

  • Improved data quality allowing early prediction of lifecycle changes in advance

  • Identifying weak points in the processes and developing solutions according to business need

  • Execution of reshaping current process in 6 months

Dec 2023 - Present

Co-Founder; Project Manager

Chip Electronics

Expertise details
Position Summary
Co-Founder; Project Manager at Chip Electronics
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Product Development
Project Management
Sales
  • Gathering requirements from customers how the product should look like and what functions should have

  • Sales activities supporting promotion of the solution

  • Serving as central point of contact for 2 people coding team to deliver right product

  • 15+ customers among which are: Fiege Logistics, Rossmann Polska, Ikea, Ruukki and some other industrial/governmental entities

  • Profit generated in 1st year of activity

  • Project management skills

  • Co-developing SW product to increase attractiveness of the offering

Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

Category Manager - Semiconductors

Aptiv

Expertise details
Position Summary
Category Manager - Semiconductors at Aptiv
Industries
Automotive
Business Areas
Procurement
Supply Chain Management
  • Negotiation lead on category level

  • Preparation of RFI, RFP and RFQ process

  • Facilitating design-to-cost meetings with the 4 person technical team

  • Regular communication to suppliers on targets

  • Preparing sourcing recommendation to Executive

  • 2.5% short-term savings negotiated as part of price increase mitigation analysis

  • BOM cost reduction on power components by 45% via design-to-cost activity

  • Fully mapped supply chain for all components sourced

  • Fast pace sourcing project with full cost function

  • Leveraging supplier innovation to drive cost down

  • Supplier relationship development

Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

Category Manager - Semiconductors

Aptiv

Expertise details
Position Summary
Category Manager - Semiconductors at Aptiv
Industries
Automotive
Business Areas
Procurement
Project Management
  • Running benchmark activities with several suppliers

  • Facilitating technical discussions to initiate VAVE activity for product with global platform engineering team (3 people)

  • Keeping pricing on market level

  • Keeping alternative supplier engagement into process

  • Full price increase cancellation by the original supplier

  • Market overview prepared for new generation radar

  • Leveraging VAVE activity in price negotiation process

  • Negotiation in cross-functional team engaging category management, supplier lead function, sourcing process project management and advanced sourcing

Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
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Category Manager - Semiconductors

Aptiv

Expertise details
Position Summary
Category Manager - Semiconductors at Aptiv
Industries
Automotive
Business Areas
Procurement
Supply Chain Management
  • Coordination of sourcing activity within category, purchasing and engineering team (15 person)

  • Onsite auction process coordinator closing the deal

  • Assure component selection according to category commitment given to BU strategy

  • 2% short term saving spread across two years

  • Stretch target met

  • LTA agreement signed

  • Organization of onsite auction negotiation process

  • Coordination of 10-digit $ value sourcing process

Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

Senior Commodity Segment Leader - Electronics

Varroc Lighting

Expertise details
Position Summary
Senior Commodity Segment Leader - Electronics at Varroc Lighting
Industries
Automotive
Business Areas
Procurement
Quality Assurance
Supply Chain Management
  • Negotiating T&C and other legal documents in cooperation with legal department

  • Negotiation of commercial terms acceptance

  • Assurance supplier meets company technical requirements

  • Frame commercial terms acceptance (Incoterms, payment terms, business bonus)

  • 6 suppliers accepted shape of legal documents (with deviations included)

  • Another 2 supplier process started

  • Fixed commercial terms

  • Leveraging new business to drive short-term saving (2% of category spend)

  • Contract negotiations, including legal aspects

  • Supplier audit with Supplier Quality team

  • PCB production process understanding

Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

Product Line Purchasing Leader

Aptiv

Expertise details
Position Summary
Product Line Purchasing Leader at Aptiv
Industries
Automotive
Business Areas
Procurement
  • Coordination of the saving activities with project management, engineering and category management (15 person team)

  • Saving idea generation

  • Introduction of new memory supplier improving BOM cost by 3.5% on 40% of variants

  • Driving purchasing activities on the high exposure project to executive team

Jan 2018 - Dec 2020

Product Line Purchasing Leader

Aptiv

Expertise details
Position Summary
Product Line Purchasing Leader at Aptiv
Industries
Automotive
Manufacturing
Business Areas
Procurement
Project Management
Supply Chain Management
  • Acting in the cross-functional, 30 person team including business, project management and SCM

  • Coordination of VAVE activities on memories in all BU projects across the globe

  • Driving implementation activities helping acquire cost savings

  • Increase margin of business unit by 40%

  • Financial health improvement recognized by the company board

  • Driving purchasing activities focused on the overall result of the company

  • Coordination of activities in 6 project across glove simultaneously

Jan 2018 - Dec 2018

Product Line Purchasing Leader

Aptiv

Expertise details
Position Summary
Product Line Purchasing Leader at Aptiv
Industries
Automotive
Business Areas
Logistics
Procurement
Supply Chain Management
  • Coordination of LOA signatures with all suppliers present on the bill of material

  • Assure all production approvals are in place

  • Support Logistics team to get material on time

  • All projects in EMEA region launched successfully

  • 90% of LOA signed by suppliers

  • Understanding of production outsourcing process from SCM perspective

Jan 2015 - Dec 2016

Indirect Process Center Supervisor

Mahle

Expertise details
Position Summary
Indirect Process Center Supervisor at Mahle
Industries
Automotive
Manufacturing
Business Areas
Information Technology
Operations
Procurement
  • Acting as team leader of ex. Delphi people making sure operations are continued (4 person team)

  • Advisory to the new company on legacy Delphi systems

  • Supporting IT activities on SAP and other system level

  • New plants fully merged by May 2016

  • Unification of two separate purchasing systems on IT and process level

  • Team management

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Automotive, Manufacturing, and Information Technology.

Automotive
Manufacturing
Information Technology
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Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Project Management, Operations, Product Development, and Strategy.

Procurement
Supply Chain Management
Project Management
Operations
Product Development
Strategy
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Languages

Polish
Native
English
Advanced
Russian
Elementary

Certifications & licenses

PRINCE2® 7 Foundation

PeopleCert

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 12
Experience in Automotive 8 y
Avg length 1 y 6 m
Longest experience 2 y 11 m

Expertise

Recent roles Co-Founder; Project Manager, Semiconductor Management Expert, Category Manager - Semiconductors
Main industries Automotive, Manufacturing, Information Technology
Main business areas Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Project Management

Qualifications

Certifications earned 1

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What languages does Adrian speak?

Adrian speaks the following languages: Polish (Native), English (Advanced), Russian (Elementary).

How many years of experience does Adrian have?

Adrian has at least 10 years of experience. During this time, Adrian has worked in at least 6 different roles and for 5 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 10 months. Note that Adrian may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Adrian be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Adrian would be well-suited for roles such as: Co-Founder; Project Manager, Semiconductor Management Expert, Category Manager - Semiconductors.

What is Adrian's latest experience?

Adrian's most recent position is Co-Founder; Project Manager at Chip Electronics.

What companies has Adrian worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Adrian has worked for Chip Electronics, KION Group, Aptiv, and Varroc Lighting.

Which industries is Adrian most experienced in?

Adrian is most experienced in industries like Automotive, Manufacturing, and Information Technology.

Which business areas is Adrian most experienced in?

Adrian is most experienced in business areas like Procurement, Supply Chain Management, and Project Management. Adrian also has some experience in Operations, Product Development, and Sales.

Which industries has Adrian worked in recently?

Adrian has recently worked in industries like Automotive, Information Technology, and Manufacturing.

Which business areas has Adrian worked in recently?

Adrian has recently worked in business areas like Procurement, Supply Chain Management, and Project Management.

Does Adrian have any certificates?

Adrian has 1 certificate: PRINCE2® 7 Foundation.

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