Ivan
Sales & Marketing Director - Slovakia - iCEO #51885

Experience

I am an international marketing executive with 15+ years of experience in FMCG categories covering Central and East European markets: Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Turkey, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia with extensive experience in running a regional business with a high level of diversity and complexity.

Major Achievements

I have achieved solid business results in both big matrix multinational as well as smaller private companies. I led a complex EUR 330MM business out of recession with the all time high 120% YOY profit growth, transformed a niche USD 80MM business into a solid top line growth engine of USD 240MM size and 90% of the total regional profit and challenged a growing Private Label business with a 26% branded business growth and 3pp share gains in one year.

Industry Sector Competencies

Electronics

Consumer Goods

Medical Equipment

Engineering

Media

Consumer Goods

Professional Objectives

Function: VP Marketing, CMO

Sector: FMCG, electronics, telecomunications

Interim Manager: No

Permanent Position: Yes

Operational: Yes

Availability: Full time

Prefered Locations: Western, Central Europe

Additional Professional Interests

Non executive director assignments

Personal financial investment: 150-350K USD

Countries Covered

Austria

Operational Competencies

Technologies to market (Expert)

Business development (Expert)

New product or service launch (Professional)

Geographical expansion (Expert)

Company rescue or turnaround (Professional)