Andrey Lazarev

Degree in Automated Engineering Systems
Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics, St Petersburg

• Planning and Budgeting in the 1C program: Production enterprise management 8"
• 2022
• 1C development and implementation, Several courses 2015-2021
• Manufacturing Managers development program, Owens-Illinois, Toledo Oh, USA, 2005
• Sales Managers development program, Owens-Illinois, Toledo Oh, USA, 2004
• Active sales, Mercury International

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Jan 2021- to date            HSE

                                       Job Title: Senior Lecturer

Developed and conducted 2 author projects dedicated to practical cases on the management of an industrial enterprise of a continuous cycle. The projects caused a positive reaction of students. One project was conducted in Russian language, another- in English. Students feedbacks are available.

Jan 2023- to date                Simicon, S.Petersburg

                                          Job Title: General Director

Jan 2013- Jan 2023              Simicon, S.Petersburg

                                        Job Title:  1-st deputy GM, CFO

Company produces systems of micro-wave control, radars, speed control detectors, traffic- enforcement systems etc. annual turnover     >USD 25m. 

• Leading necessary organizational and personnel changes for better transparency of the business
• Re-financing and restructuring company loans.
• Started conversion of financial reporting system to the ISFR
• Set up a team for managing sales/production portfolio with the target of optimizing production , purchasing  and sales/pricing policy to gain predictable results, which should match budget  targets.
• Introducing best practice Western production and operational practices (production planning, financial and production re-cap, reporting systems).
• Challenging the supply chain to optimize the cost structure.
• Co-Responsible for financial results of the company.

Aug 2011- Jan.2013           KSE, Moscow

                                        Job Title:  General Manager

Company manages and develops glass factories, producing container glass. Four factories with turnover        >USD 72m. 

Anti-crisis management after the 30% of production capacity was destroyed by the fire.

• Leading necessary organizational and personnel changes for better company efficiency, to survive after the fire increasing uniformity of international management style for both remaining factories.
• Re-financing and restructuring company loans.
• Optimizing costs, production and administration.
• Managing the sales/production portfolio with the target of optimizing production runs and establishing better product line operational practices, resulting in increased productivity.
• Introducing best practice Western production and operational practices (production planning, job change, financial and production re-cap, reporting systems).
• Challenging the supply chain to optimize the cost structure.
• Responsible for financial results of the holding.

Dec 2009 – Aug 2011         BCM Group, S.Petersburg

                                        Job Title: Chief Executive Officer

Responsible for production quantity and quality, technical policy and development, structural changes, sales and financial results of two glass factories: Peterburgskoye steklo and Borisovskoye steklo.

• Leading necessary organizational and personnel changes for better company efficiency and maintaining the unified international management system for both factories. Result: 15% headcount optimization, essential increase of specific production parameters.
• Introduced effective budgeting system.
• Maintaining the growth trend of the production by implementing new production procedures, as well, as energy efficiency program.
• Managing the sales/production portfolio with the target of optimizing production runs and establishing better product line.
• Introducing the best Western production and operational practices to both plants.
• Optimized the supply chain to decrease the cost. Result: USD 1.5m saving over 18 months.
• Converted cash flow from negative to positive.
• Increased profitability from 2% to 11% on one factory, and from 6 to 18% on another.

Responsible for mergers & acquisitions. Guided due diligence and operational hand over of the M&A target.

Jan 2008 – Dec 2009         Orechovo – Zuevo, Moscow

                                        Job title:  Plant manager

Responsible for production quantity, quality and structuring of production processes, technical policy and development. As well as for R&D

• Leading necessary organizational and personnel changes for better plant efficiency
• Building up a new young team of main specialists.
• Maintaining the growing trend of the production and the downward trend of the production cost.
• Leading technical, HR, and organizational policies.
• Established Research and Development group/activities for new and lightweight containers and higher production efficiency.
• Developed and put into production 18 new items.
• Created a complete motivation system for a better employees performance that includes salary and bonus system and career growth
• Created the comprehensive Preventive Maintenance program and tractability of the engineering events.

• Established a system of monitoring and control.
• Anti-crisis management, manpower optimization (30%), operational cost reduction (20%).
• Implemented the energy efficiency program, resulting in 10% of energy consumption decrease.

Jun 2007 – Nov 2007         Sergiev-Posad, Moscow

                                         Job Title:  Technical Consultant

Responsible for implementing the NNPB method, leading and  structuring of production processes changes.

Apr 2006 – Jun 2007         ZAO, LIVIZ, S.Petersburg

                                         Job Title:  Deputy of the General Director

Responsible for purchasing, logistics, storing, transportation, of raw materials and ready products.

• Introduced a system of open and transparent tenders.
• Implemented important corrections in the budgeting system.
• Removed corruption, achieved optimization and savings of USD 4m annually.

Jun 1996 – Apr 2006        Owens-Illinois, S.Petersburg

                                       Job Title:  Director of the Representative Office

Key role to organize export sales of glass packing to Russia.

• Improved volume of export sales to Russia from USD 100k to USD 20m. Goods imported from company affiliate plants from areas including Finland, Estonia, Czech Republic, Poland. This volume was additional to the existing capacity of plants, generating the requirement to organize local production in Russia.
• In 1998 responsible for the search and purchase of a site for the future construction of the plant.
• Negotiated with the government, obtaining necessary permissions, agreements, technical documents. Company design of a technical project, responsible for onsite implementation. During the currency crisis in 1998 construction was frozen.
• 1999-2000 recovered the level of export sales, the result of USD 23m pa was achieved.
• 2000-2004 responsible for search of a partner for local production in Russia.
• Led technical, commercial and financial due diligence of more, than ten Russian glass companies.
• In 2004  started, conducted a DD, and in 2005 closed a deal with ZAO «OST Tara» - acquired shares of the plant. (M&A)
• 2005-2006 worked at OST TARA  as a plant  manager from the Company’s side. Responsible for plant production, technical and financial results.

Jan 1995 – May 1996         Polarcup, North-West Region

                                        Job Title:  Senior Representative

The Company produces in Finland non-returnable packing for food – PET and paper containers, plates, cups, napkins and other disposables. Responsible for sales, coordination, logistics, marketing.  On joining the Company  annual sales volume was USD 300k, successfully increased sales to USD 1.5m. Organized a joint-venture by selling a filling line «FLEXOFILL» to a milk plant.

May 1994 – Jan 1995          Bahlsen,  St Petersburg

                                        Job title: Senior Sales Representative & Manager of city sales sector

1993 – 1994                       Sales Representative, St Petersburg