Zsolt Galfalvi

ZSOLT GALFALVI Prague,CZ -- cz.linkedin.com/in/galfalvi zsoltgalfalvi.com/ IBM CERTIFIED PROJECT AND ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGER Summary Innovative,profit-oriented Project Manager with demonstrated success in increasingrevenues, market share and earnings, achieving cost reductions and improving client satisfaction in customer-facing operations and large diverse organizations. Adept at analyzing the competitive landscape, conducting research and attaining continual profits through focused, strategic workflow,staffing and business process analyses.Exemplary change agent with the ability to analyze issues,devise continuous process improvements and incorporate business process initiatives to increase efficiency,streamline operations and decrease aggregate expenses with limited resources. Consistently identifies and accelerates strategic measures to strengthen performance with sustained operational results. Forges long-lastingclient and business partner relationships to mutually benefit all parties. Areas Of Expertise § Business Development § Vendor/FinancialManagement § Team Leadership § Profit Maximization § § Strategic Planning/Analysis § Cost Control/Reduction § Change Management § Personnel Development § Program Management § Relationship Building § Budget Management Process Improvements Key Skills Assessment • Strategic Management- Experienced in vendor management,contract negotiations and strategic financial analysis to increase efficiencies and reduce costs while maintaining solid rapport with business partners. • Team Leadership and Budget Management- Expertise in leading and building cohesive cross functionalteams and collaborating with senior executives in improving operations and starting up new business locations while overseeing staff and managing budgets. • Process Improvements- Devised and implemented processes,procedures,systems and internalcontrols to strengthen operations,increase productivity and enhanee customer satisfaction. Professional Experience 2015- To current date Senior Project Manager- Corporate Divestiture Novartis Pharmaceuticals- Basel, Switzerland As a result of Novartis Portfolio Transformation,the AnimaIHealth division ofthe company was sold to Elanco- Eli Lilly. My task is to separate 60+office,test and commercialsites and transfer them to the Buyer in 27 countries in EU,APAC and Americas regions,including the offboarding/onboarding of more than 3000 associates. Job responsibilities include but are not limited to: •Participation in Due Diligence activity representing the IT function •Analysis,development of options and recommendation ofthe proposalforalilT activity necessary to complete the merger,acquisition,or divestiture •Development and delivery of cost estimates for work to be performed based on documented scope and effort •Identify and document risks and issues based on recommended IT efforts associated with any MAD work • Direct internaland externalIT resources as part of project leadership •Represent the merger,acquisition,or divestiture project through the IT Demand and Supply Process. •Third-party vendor management,on-site divestiture activities and cutovers. - Senior Project Leader- European Serverbuild Projects IBM Global Business Services- Brno,Czech Republic l was responsible to establish a Run Once Geo Repeatable service to provide rapid automated server provisioning, increase productivity of server builds,enable savings,improve build cycle time.Consolidation of server build execution into Run Once teams,decrease number of handoffs, improve efficiency,increase standardization of process execution. l was directly managing16 project managers in 7 countries,for confidentialreasons l cannot specify the number of FTE'sand serverbuilds in this project,but we are talking about hundreds of FTE'sand thousands of serverbuilds. Responsible for budget,timeline,milestones and deliverables.Taking part actively in the selection process ofteam members for the consolidated teams in other delivery locations such as India and Poland. - Business Operations Leader for Transition Project Services IBM Global Business Services- Brno,Czech Republic As a BOL forTPS my job was to drive the Strategic Outsourcing projects of IBM customers into Delivery Centers in Czech Republic,Hungary and Poland.Leading a team of80+ project managers in 3 countries and a project office of 10 people,with strict quarterly targets and KPI's, being responsible for the SO Delivery business. My general unit goals were the following: 1. OperationalStability: Deliver stable,high availability service to clients by:- applyingand contributing to global best practice (Tools,Process& Metrics)- delivering to contracted commitments 2. Strategic Partnership:Respond to client business needs through timely solution and effectiveexecution of requests for service 3.Teaming:Build Client First Culture by management system changes which:- Builds deep client knowledge and sharing of client insights across entiredelivery team 4. Automation:Drive transformation of delivery operations to increase automation of repeatable and complex tasks. 5. Skills Development: Elevate skills and capabilities Accomplishments: One of my duties was to eliminate the different reportingstructures in the 3 countries,unify it in one single reportingstream,standardisation of roles and responsibilities for allpreject managers,establish the project management framework for Transition Projects: -align milestones and requirements with World Wide Project Management Methodology (WWPMM) -establish change management process -put in the place a risk and issue management process -implement project quality verification system -create and implement a unified,global management system From the KPI's,I can highlight the following: - Reduction of project lifecycle from 270 days to 180 days - Reduction of project Initiation phase from 70 days to 30 days - Reduction of aging transition projects under 5% - Advisory Project Manager IBM Global TechnologyServices- Brno, Czech Republic • I was responsible for the day to day management of IT infrastructure projects across Europe for localand globalclients.As IT Project Manager my responsibilities can be listed as follows: -Responsible for the direct communication with globalsenior, technicaland functional management,subject matter experts, and third party vendors throughout the organization to ensure successfulproject execution. -Provide hands-on project management and actively create and manage the project plans as approved by senior management and key stakeholders to ensure that the project goals and objectives are achieved within the project timeframe and known constrains;in the end,to obtain approvalfrom key client stakeholders when project is completed and close the project -Define and manage overallproject risk identification and mitigation process through interaction with project constituents and stakeholders. -Identify and manage overallproject assumptions and dependencies and ensure project deliverables stay on-time,on-target,on-budget and above all deliver added value to the clients.ldentify and obtain the people and resources needed to deliver the project,define roles and responsibilities,build the project team from the formation throughout performing stages,evaluate team performance and assign tasks according to team member capabilities.- Create the project budget,obtain budget approval from key sponsors and agreed on metrics to track and evaluate project performanee.- Define and implement the appropriate change management strategy and plans to ensure that change management concerns are addressed during and after project implementation,as well as to ensure that the project impact is sustainable and supported by the business process owners. Education- Business Administration Babes-Bolyai University Management of European Institutions Certifications & Memberships • • • • • • Project Management Professional(PMP) Certification- scheduled for- Project Management Institute (PMI) Member Project Management Institute,Prague Chapter Member Project Management Certification,University of California,Irvine (License nr RPMVDATVD3HW) SCRUM Fundamentals Certified,SCF,(License nr 79201) PRINCE2 Certification- scheduled for- Awards & Recognitions • Novartis Excellence Award- 2016 o Received appreciation from Mergers,Acquisitions & Divestitures Director for successfulpassing of corporate audit on Animal Health Divestiture Project o Field of appreciation:Project Compliance • IBM Manager's Choice Award- 2014 o Received the highest esteemed award given to IBM Employees for the yearly contribution toward strategic goals o Field of appreciation:Listen for Need,Envision the Future • IBM On Demand Community- VolunteeringAward- 2014 o Ihave coordinated the valunteering activities of IBM On Demand Community,tracking volunteering projects,documenting the outcomes and preparing upcomingevents to the community. For this activity I was recognized as 2nd in the TOP 10 IBM On Demand Volunteering Community by the CFO and CEO of IBM GSD Czech Republic. Languages Hungarian (native),Romanian (advanced), German (Professional),French (Professional),English (Professional)