Profile
WELL EDUCATED:
1. two MBAs, one in Slovenia and one in Austria;
2. fluent in English, German, Serbian/Croatian, beginner in Russian;
3. experienced with Microsoft Windows/Office…;
4. rich knowledge base from individual study of more than 130 US business books from personal library.
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE:
1. sales & marketing director, financial director, general manager of several companies, and occasionally consultant;
2. has traveled for business reasons in almost all European and some non-European countries;
3. especially rich in knowledge and managerial experiences for company turnarounds.
HIS PERSONALITY
is characterised by values first, although business world is based on interests. He insists on respecting both, one must not override the other (which can be seen over and over again in real life).
His management style is relatively democratic or autocratic depending on the company case circumstances. Yet he always challenges conventional thinking and company culture flaws.
Experience
Director and Owner
POSVET – Kranj
2/1991 – 7/2015
Managing Director
S.Ž. ELEKTRODE – Jesenice
3/1997 – 2/2001
Managing Director
S.Ž. VERIGA LESCE – Lesce
11/1997 – 2/1998
Managing Director
PEKARNA POSTOJNA – Postojna
10/1996 – 6/1997
Finance Director
METALNA TGS – Senovo
10/1995 – 4/1996
Managing Director
ENERGOINVEST TTL – Ljubljana
5/1990 – 11/1990
Commercial Manager
ISKRA VIDEOMATIKA – Ljubljana
1/1987 – 4/1990
Sales Manager
ISKRA VIDEOMATIKA – Ljubljana
10/1983 – 12/1986
Economist
ISKRA ŠTEVCI – Kranj
7/1980 – 10/1983
CV’s on:
Education
University Maribor_Faculty of Economics 10/1975 – 6/1980
EMBA Krems Austria
9/2005 – 5/2007
MBA Brdo Slovenia
9/1991 – 10/1992
Management Consulting_EU-Phare Program 3/1994 – 10/1994
International Trade_Iskra-company school 4/1982 – 11/1982
International Marketing _Munich, Germany two months in 1988
International Management_Cologne, Germany two weeks in 1988
Turnaround Management_ITEO Ljubljana two weeks in 1995
Valuing a Business_SRD d.d. Ljubljana
two weeks in 1995
Courses for MS Office and Windows_Ljubljana in the year 1995
English language Courses_in Slovenia, UK and USA three years in SLO, two months in UK and two in USA
Kobayashi 20 Keys to workplace improvement_in Tokio, Japan
one week
Expertise
His expertise is what really differentiates him from others, constituting his competitive advantage. He has spent many years studying and researching the vast amount of relevant knowledge which has resulted in a personal collection of concepts, methodologies and techniques needed for business management and consulting. His expertise is a custom built technology – a collection of managerial tools for different companies continuous improvement or radical transformation needs.
COMPANY TURNAROUND APPROACH
- YOU’RE IN CHARGE – NOW WHAT
- THE FIRST 90 DAYS
- CORPORATE TURNAROUND
- STRUCTURE AND RESTRUCTURE
- STRATEGIC ANALYSIS
- 4+2 FORMULA-WHAT REALLY WORKS
- LEADING CHANGE
- STRATEGY
- EXECUTION
- ORGANIZATION
- EXECUTION PREMIUM
- LEARNING ORGANIZATION
More details:
Skills
LEADING COMPANY TURNAROUND
His skills are based on leading/managing of five companies as interim director. Each case is described in his publicly available CVs on LinkedIn and Xing.
MANAGING SALES AND MARKETING
Skills based on his experience, education and expertise. He has conducted business in many West and East European countries as well as some non-European countries; including about a hundred business trips to partners in this markets.
MANAGING COMPANY FINANCIAL TRANSFORMATION
His skills are based on presented experience, education and expertise. In his five turnaround cases, financial management was always not only a priority, but even the most urgent issue for the company’s survival.
ICT SKILLS
He has vast experience in the use of Microsoft Office programs, as well as others: not only Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Windows, but also Access, OneNote, Project, Visio, SharePoint, Mindjet-MindManager.
Achievements
Specified achievements:
A. Two succeessful company turnarounds: Pekarna Postojna and Elektrode Jesenice;
B. “Insight into the competitive position” of three companies achieved in a very short time; so that the owners were able to make a decision about bankruptcy;
C. Planned bankruptcy for Energoinvest TTL Ljubljana, as the only way for a company turnaround given its circumstances, resulting in otherwise unlikely success.
Three kinds of achievements:
I. In the first decade he successfully managed international sales, marketing, purchasing and logistics in the large company Iskra. The proof and evidance is his career development.
II. In the second decade, he achieved the expected results of five company owners while managing their company turnarounds. This can be seen from the fact that after the bankruptcy of one company, he was appointed to lead the second company inside the same company group. These facts can be verified by the board members of Slovenske železarne d.d., Prof. dr. Vasilij Prešern, Tibor Šimonka univ. dipl. oec. and Dr. Matic Tasič.
III. In the third decade he decided to rebuilt his competences for knowledge economy in the modern global digital world where knowledge is key for every person, company and country.