Job Details Participation in the CEO competitive selection of especially important enterprise for the economy of the country
Chairman of the Board for the company PJSC UKRZALIZNYTSIA
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Ministry of infrastructure of Ukraine
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Description
ABOUT THE COMPANY
State-owned rail monopoly Ukrzaliznytsia (UZ) operates 6 regional rail operators and close to 140 other subsidiaries. The domestic rail network is Ukraine’s strategic asset and a key transport link between the EU and Russia and Central Asia (4 out of 10 pan-European transport corridors cross Ukraine). UZ operates 21,600 km of rail tracks (47 % electrified) and a fleet of c. 4,000 locomotives and 123,000 railcars. It accounts for c. 60 % of total freight transportation and 38 % of passenger transportation in Ukraine, ranking first in Europe (ex-Russia) on freight turnover. UZ is number 2 by passenger turnover in the CIS and nember 4 in Europe. Metal and mining goods accounted for 58 % of its 2014 freight transportation in volume terms, followed by construction materials (15 %) and grain (8 %). With over 300,000 employees, UZ is one of the largest employers in Ukraine. The Government plans to corporatize UZ this year but does not have any immediate plans for privatization.
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KEY POSITION OBJECTIVES
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RESPONSIBILITIES
To create the company that will be the best example of effective business organization and an example to follow in terms of transparency, openness and quality management standards; To make a reformation of business management model and the transformation of the organizational structure by implementing business processes and performance management tools that will meet the best world practices; To ensure the quality evolution of management systems in the company. Perform reengineering of corporate culture. Create a business in which relation to service quality will be at the European level; To ensure the efficiency and transparency of commercial transactions and as a result – growth of financial results. Ensure the strategic stability of the company during the crisis processes.
Integrated operational management of the company, in order to achieve targeted operating and financial indicators;
Full personal responsibility for the business ratios concerning all areas of the company, including finance, government affairs, investment community, risk management, fundraising, and etc.;
Organizational design and establishment of management system that allows to see the actual operational situation for avoiding the possible errors, increasing efficiency and impacting on key business processes;
Representation and establishment of constructive working relations with all categories of target audiences: investors, major customers, suppliers, commercial banks, official bodies, industry associations and other organizations;
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An effective realization and control of capital projects and investment projects initiated within the company;
Implementation of the project office and project improvement of organizational and operational processes;
Improving of accounting processes and analyzing the effectiveness of transportation, purchasing processes, as well as warehouse and logistics processes;
Building an effective team, to create conditions for increasing employee productivity on the basis of transparent motivation and clear discipline. The introduction in corporate culture a European values of the provision of transportation services;
Development of personnel professional training, management culture and level of leadership. Coordinate implementation of training and development technology at the corporate university, able to create social mobility and talent pool and ensure reproduction of talent within the organization.
To develop a long-term strategy for the development of railways of Ukraine and a roadmap implementation of this strategy. To develop and consistently implement an action plan to reduce costs and optimize business processes;
To build high-quality and efficient system of management, as well as relevant business functions that will be adequate to the current state of the organization, objectives and strategic goals;
To create professional team of functional "leaders of change" that can ensure effective implementation of the development strategy of the organization and passing through all stages of reform;
To introduce a modern compliance system and internal control and implement anti-corruption action plan
KEY TASKS
management
GENERAL SELECTION CRITERIA
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Education
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Languages
Higher education. MBA will be a plus Fluent in Ukrainian or Russian, excellent knowledge of English is mandatory. Candidates for the position must demonstrate the presence of the following competencies:
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Core qualifications
Strategic Vision – demonstration of ahead vision - a broad view of the problem, events, activities, ability to predict future significance and consequences. The ability to formulate strategic priorities and specific objectives, able to bring the organization to a new level and provide companies a strategic advantage and sustainable development. Organizational Leadership –leader skills and administrative authority. The ability to create a clear vision of the company strategy and its development. Take care about employee’s priorities of clear company’s strategic targets awareness. To maintain confidence in the possibility of colleagues to achieve these goals. Change Management - successful action under uncertainty, the ability to initiate and lead the change process, being responsible for the results of changes. To motivate employees to initiate and implement changes. Ability to overcome skepticism and refusals
effectively. Managerial Effectiveness - the ability to build concerted transparent management systems; the ability to manage a team under pressure of crisis, limited resources and external negative attention effectively. Diplomatic Wisdom - the ability to find common ground and reach a compromise, to establish constructive working relationships with various categories of target audiences: employees, suppliers, partners etc. Values: Legal Awareness - existence of own experience, personal maturity and deeply rooted belief system that encourages candidate to make decisions and act absolutely in the legal field. Prioritization of law against perverse incentive. Compliance public morality and total rejection of corruption. Serving to the Society - orientation of all actions to create longterm benefits for the country, not to private interest. Caring about development, prosperity, welfare and happiness increasing of employees as well as society. 6.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
The successful candidate must have significant experience in managing large companies, ranking higher managerial position (level N - position of General Director / Chairman of the Board and the position of the N-1 - Board members or directors) over 5 years of proven experience in organizational change management and business reformation;
The availability of working experience in international, geographically dispersed and complicated industrial companies with large capital intensity and focus on B2B / B2C audience will be an advantage;
Experience in international companies of the following industries will ba an advantage: Railway, transport and logistics industries; engineering, chemical, aerospace, energy and MMC;
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Professional requirements
consumer goods and services;
Experience in senior executive positions in the world's best companies that provide auditing or management consulting with experience in design and project management strategy development, business transformation and improvement of operating efficiency will be a plus;
Experience of successful strategy implementation, development and complex projects management of organizational changes (transformation management models, business restructuring, business launch in new countries, the merger / takeover) is a must;
The candidate should have practical experience in implementing projects of operational efficiency increase as well as experience in implementing modern systems of complex business automation;
The ideal candidate should have experience in the development and successful implementation of the business development strategy
(transformation);
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ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY QUALIFICATIONS
A deep knowledge of business economics and operational experience in strategic planning, budgeting, manufacturing process, project management of capital investment is a must;
No conflict of interests;