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Certification
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IT Proficiency
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DORINA CADUC

BASINGSTOKE, UK

Summary

Global Operations and Business Transformation Leader with a proven track record of driving strategic initiatives, enhancing operational efficiency, and leading high-performing, multicultural teams across Europe, the US, and APAC. Known for delivering impactful results in complex, fast-paced environments through data-driven decision-making, cross-functional collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Currently seeking new international opportunities in business operations and support functions where I can contribute to transformative growth and customer-centric excellence.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

European Operations Director (Interim)

XP Power, UK
Pangbourne
03.2024 - 08.2025

Company Overview: Global manufacturer of power supplies

  • Oversee company business operations across Europe.
  • Manage budget forecasting focusing on financial efficiency by aligning resources with business targets and eliminating inefficiencies.
  • Lead and motivate business operations teams by providing mentoring and development opportunities.
  • Maintain NPS (Net Promoter Score) score of +65, enabling quick issue resolution by customer service team and reinforcing customer-focused culture.
  • Launched digital customer feedback tool, integrating insights into daily workflows.
  • Delivered 95% OTIF (On-Time-In-Full) performance to customers, optimising customer service, warehouse and distribution operations to support reliable service and high customer satisfaction.
  • Analyse key metrics to monitor and enhance operational effectiveness.
  • Collaborate with sales teams to improve customer experience and increase retention rates.

European Sales Support Manager

XP Power, UK
04.2022 - 02.2024

Company Overview: Global manufacturer of power supplies

  • Recruited, trained and developed high performing EMEA customer support team.
  • Oversaw day-to-day operations across multiple EMEA locations (North, South and Central Europe), ensuring alignment with corporate goals and service level expectations.
  • Implemented performance metrics and KPI dashboards to monitor productivity, quality and customer impact.
  • Directed cross-functional collaboration between manufacturing, supply chain, sales, customer support and warehouse to improve end-to-end process execution.
  • Reduced costs by 15% via improved resource allocation and process enhancements within 3 months.
  • Enhanced performance tracking resulted in 20% uplift in team productivity through data-driven feedback and timely coaching.
  • Improved customer performance scores following implementation of focused training and automation tools.
  • Cut order fulfilment time by 40% and improved delivery reliability through coordinated cross functional optimization project.
  • Spearheaded customer service initiatives, leading to increased customer retention rates.
  • Developed training programmes to enhance sales team's performance.

OTI Manager (Order to Invoice)

Vestel Holland B.V.
10.2017 - 03.2022

Company Overview: Global manufacturer of Electronic Goods

  • Provided strategic direction to customer support team to meet organisational goals.
  • Aligned processes and workflows to business needs, implemented KPIs, tracked OTIF (On-Time-In-Full) and other key metrics and drove continuous improvement through insights from customer surveys.
  • Led initiatives to deliver exceptional customer service and optimise operational efficiency for OEM and Branded businesses, including Toshiba/Sharp.
  • Improved staff performance by 50%, while leading major overhaul of sales support function and hiring and developing high-performing team.
  • Boosted business visibility through reporting tools to track orders, forecast revenue, analyse returns, resolve pricing issues and manage aged inventory.
  • Advanced supplier ranking from 17th to 3rd in one year and received AO UK's Best Supply Chain Award for excellence in customer service and operations.

EMEA Senior Sales Office Manager

Sony Europe Ltd., Hungary
01.2015 - 09.2017

Company Overview: Consumer Electronics /Professional Solutions Division (Healthcare, Cinema, Corporate and Education)

  • Oversaw daily EMEA operations, collaborated with product and sales teams to ensure seamless execution.
  • Standardised processes to align with group requirements and fostered customer-focused, business-driven team culture.
  • Regularly reported and updated leadership on EMEA operations.
  • Transitioned sales support operations from EMEA countries to Shared Service Centre for Professional Solutions in Budapest, managing four teams and 40+ FTE.
  • Reduced customer's and stakeholder's escalations by 80%, within 3 months significantly boosting satisfaction.
  • Reduced non-invoiced deliveries by 20% and streamlined month-end processes.
  • Strengthened sales and marketing alignment, acting as the key contact for project and sales operations.
  • Trained and developed the team, with three members promoted to senior roles and one to management.

EMEA Procurement Operations Lead

Citi Bank, Hungary
01.2013 - 01.2015

Company overview: Financial Services

  • Directed EMEA transactional procurement during strategic migration of new countries to Shared Service Centre, improving order fulfilment and invoice accuracy through establishing KPIs and SLAs.
  • Led procurement helpdesk, driving process optimisation and resolving complex issues across EMEA.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to share insights and align on procurement solutions.
  • Supported global procurement initiatives, contributing to $200M in regional revenue through strategic buying channels.
  • Enhanced end-user experience by launching procurement training function and rolling out P2P system across EMEA, Middle East and Africa.
  • Updated policies and procedures in line with global risk and control standards.
  • Served as primary contact for audits and compliance reviews within operations.

Education

PhD Degree - Finance & Banking

Academy of Economic Studies
Bucharest

Bachelor's degree - Finance & Banking

Academy of Economic Studies
Bucharest

Oxford Women's Leadership Development Program

Said Oxford University
Oxford

Alumni - Market Economy

Joint Vienna Institute
Vienna, Austria

Skills

  • Change Management
  • Business Transformation
  • Global Operations Management
  • Strategic Planning & Execution
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Team Training & Leadership
  • International Team Management
  • Global Supply Chain Management
  • Budgeting & Cost Optimisation
  • Customer Satisfaction & Retention
  • AI & Digital Tool Integration
  • KPI Development & Performance Tracking

Certification

  • Six Sigma Core Green Belt Certification
  • Certified Accountant (CECCAR)
  • Certified Company Evaluator
  • CITI leadership program 2015

Languages

English – Fluent
Fluent
Romanian – Fluent/Native
Native
German – in progress
Beginner
Russian
Fluent

IT Proficiency

  • MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
  • SAP (R/3, S/4HANA)
  • Salesforce
  • Business Intelligence (BI) Tools

Accomplishments

Silver BRAVO Award, Honeywell – Recognition of international procurement process standardisation

Affiliations

Member of Governing Body, Aldworth School Basingstoke, Hampshire

Mosaic Enterprise Challenge – Mentor for students at Langley Academy within program Mosaic Enterprise Challenge

Student Automotive Design Challenge, Honeywell – mentor for team of school children during automotive project. Winner of 1st place within Global Contest

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

European Operations Director (Interim)

XP Power, UK
03.2024 - 08.2025

European Sales Support Manager

XP Power, UK
04.2022 - 02.2024

OTI Manager (Order to Invoice)

Vestel Holland B.V.
10.2017 - 03.2022

EMEA Senior Sales Office Manager

Sony Europe Ltd., Hungary
01.2015 - 09.2017

EMEA Procurement Operations Lead

Citi Bank, Hungary
01.2013 - 01.2015

PhD Degree - Finance & Banking

Academy of Economic Studies

Bachelor's degree - Finance & Banking

Academy of Economic Studies

Oxford Women's Leadership Development Program

Said Oxford University

Alumni - Market Economy

Joint Vienna Institute
DORINA CADUC