Kaloian Soukmandjiev

About

Vision/Mission

“My vision is to be an honest, empathetic and impactful project leader and to be recognized within my industry. I am committed to growing as a leader and delivering value-added strategy and business development projects to the end users and the companies where I work. My mission is to create and lead a dream team where everyone is playing to their strengths.”

Brief Profile

Profound Management, Program/Project Management, Strategy and Project Consulting experience
Sound Finance & Controlling, Business & Strategy development, DMS, Reporting and IT background
Risk- and Change- Management, BPM, Process improvement and Transformation knowledge
Lead and Implementation of Finance, Controlling, DMS, Strategy, Business, IT and Transition Projects
Strong Analytical-, Conceptual-, proven Leadership- and Program/Project management- skills
Experience in organization and leading of Cross-functional Teams in complex environments
Master’s degree in economics (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)

Key Achievements (brief overview)

Successful consulting, planning and realization of projects in the area of sustainable energy in CH and EU
Leading, planning, organisation and implementation of Strategy- and Business- Development Projects
Achieved significant savings through projects/programs for implementation of DWH, ERP, CRM, MIS and financial processes optimisation within ABN Amro Bank, Holcim White AG, Panalpina AG, Swisshaus AG, ICC Consulting Ltd, ITN Group Ltd, etc.

Managed and delivered more than 60% of all the projects in Corporate Finance in Panalpina AG within two years period and achieved essential savings over 15 Mio. for the company within this time
Management and organisation of M&A, Due Diligence and Post- merger integration processes
Set up of new PMO and project management methodology within Swisshaus AG, Panalpina, ITN Group

Work

Work experience

Aug.2018-Current
Soukmandjiev Consulting
Self-employed Consultant – Project Management, Strategy, Business Development and Corporate Finance areas – Employments under mandate for companies in Switzerland and EU

For more details please visit the web site:

www.soukmandjiev-consulting.ch

May 2019 – Dez 2024

Interim CEO, Board Member and Consultant Consultancy in the area of renewable energy – different companies in Switzerland and EU

Nov.2015-Sept.2020
Interim Senior Program Manager (Business Planning & Development and Strategy)– EB member
(Direct responsibility for PM and Business Development & Strategy departments /8 persons)
ITN Group/ ICC Consulting(Head Office) – Zurich, CH/ Sofia, BG

Aug.2014-Sep.2015
Interim Position as Senior PMO/Program Manager and Head IT – member of the extended EB
(Direct responsibility for PM&PMO department/ 4persons and IT department/2 persons)
Swisshaus AG (Head Office) – St. Gallen, CH

Feb.2014-Aug.2014
Interim Position as Senior Project/Program Manager(Corporate Finance) – member of EB
(Direct responsibility for PMO, Program management departments – total 8 persons)
Nelsen OOD (Head Office) – Sofia, Bulgaria

Oct.2012-Jan.2014
Interim Finance Manager and Head of Finance& Controlling, IT and PM – member of EB
(Direct responsibility for Fin.& Controlling departments/ 7persons and IT department/ 2 persons)
ISN Eco Ltd (Head Office) – Sofia, Bulgaria/ Zurich, CH

Mar.2010-Sep.2012
Senior Consultant/Project Manager– employments under mandate

Mar.2008-Feb.2010
Senior Project/Program Manager Corporate Finance
(worldwide responsibility) PanalpinaAG (Head Office) – Basel, CH

Jun.2006-Jul. 2007
Interim Senior Project Manager
Holcim White Ltd(Head Office) – Zurich, CH

Mar.2005-Dec.2005
Interim Senior Project/ Investment Manager
Topaz 97 AG– Sofia, Bulgaria/ Cologne,Cermany

Apr.2001-Oct.2004
Associate Senior Management Controller
ABN AMRO Bank (Head Office) Zurich, CH

Education

Current:
Preparation for PMI and HERMES certifications

Jun.2014-Aug.2014
E-discovery education (ACEDS)

Jan.2008-Mar.2008
Insurance education – in Zurich Insurance AG

Aug.1994-Jul.2000
University of Fribourg, Switzerland: Business Administration, (Master of economics) ‘cum laude’
Main courses: Marketing, International Management, Informatics, Communication

IT Knowledge

Microsoft Office products(incl. Excel, PP, Access, MS-Project, MS-Visio, etc.), Project Planning, Lotus Notes, CasaSoft,Messeri, PlanSoft Configurator, SAP (FI/CO, BW, EC-CS, CRM, GRC), Microsoft Dynamics- Navision 2013 R2 (CRM/ERP), Professional Modeler, Sales Planning II, Cartesis Magnitude, Cognos, ProClarity, Qlik view, Business Objects, etc.

Languages

German – Fluent

English – Fluent

Russian – Fluent

Bulgarian – Mother Tongue

French – Basic Knowledge

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