Chief Project Officer at Nestlé Russia
Russian Federation
- Current
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- Expert-Lecturer at State University – Higher School of Economics
- Chief Project Officer at Nestlé
- Past
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- Chief Information Officer at Nestlé
- National Information Systems Manager at Nestlé
- Project Specialist at Nestlé
- Industrial Engineer at Nestlé
- Industrial Engineer at Nestlé
- Head of Artificial Intelligence Department at IBT International
- Software Developer at Scientific Production Centre of Information and Transport Systems
- Education
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- Gosudarstvennyj Universitet - Vysšaja Škola Ekonomiki
- Meždunarodnyj Institut Menedžmenta 'LINK'
- Samarskij Gosudarstvennyj Aerokosmiceskij Universitet
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Sergey P. Grachev’s Summary
• More than 14 years of successful business and project management experience,
6 years as a member of Management Board of Nestlé Group in Russia,
member of Independent Directors Association
• Professionalism in project management, business process optimization, organizational change management
• Extensive experience of business process introduction and reengineering, strategic management, IT strategy development and implementation, implementation of corporate project management systems
• Comprehensive experience of people management, forming and leading teams, coaching and training in Russia and abroad
• Innate sense of customer/consumer, other party
• Quick learner, keen on trying new approaches
• Result oriented, high capacity to handle stress
• Effective team leader/player, truly multicultural/bilingual
• Natural-born coach for a team/individual
• MBTI: ENTJ
Sergey P. Grachev’s Specialties:
Strategic Management, Corporate Governance
Business process optimization
Change, Project, People Management
Sergey P. Grachev’s Experience
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Expert-Lecturer
State University – Higher School of Economics
(Higher Education industry)
February 2006 — Present (2 years 9 months)
State University – Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia
Development and teaching Strategy & General Management course as a part of MBA Program. -
Chief Project Officer
Nestlé
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NESN; Food Production industry)
July 2005 — Present (3 years 4 months)
Nestlé Rossiya LLC, Moscow, Russia
(Nestlé Food LLC till 12/2006)
Member of Management Board of Nestlé Group in Russia
Responsibilities:
• Setup and management of Strategic Project Office, management of company project portfolio
• Introduction and development of Corporate Project Management System
• Management of large business reengineering programs
Key project/program accountability:
• High Performance Company Culture Development Program, Nestlé/BCG
• Nestlé Quality Management System Introduction Program / ISO 9001 Certification
• Sales force optimization/automation and divisionalization project
• Post-acquisition integration of Bistroff, Gerber, Ruzanna business into Nestlé
• Introduction of Shared Services Centre
• Merge of Nestlé companies in Russia
• Sales & Distribution strategy development and implementation, Nestlé/ATKearny
• Improvement of Nestlé brands visibility
• Office space optimization/relocation -
Chief Information Officer
Nestlé
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NESN; Food Production industry)
April 2001 — June 2005 (4 years 3 months)
Nestlé Food LLC, Moscow, Russia
Program Manager, Global Business Excellence (GLOBE)
Member of Management Board of Nestlé Group in Russia
The Program:
• The Russian implementation involved company Head Office, 7 factories, Distribution Centers & Regional Sales Offices all over Russia
• Included a number of Business Excellence/ Performance Improvement projects, IT infrastructure standardization and implementation of the full-scale mySAP.com information system solution
• Covered all businesses and process areas of Nestlé in Russia
Responsibilities:
• Provided overall Program management
• Facilitated the Program Steering Committee
• Formed and managed an international team of 180 people, including Nestlé own resources and contracted external consultants
• Owned Program budget, controlled Program scope and timeline
• Led various task force teams and issue resolution groups
• Provided internal Project Management training
• Took part in European GLOBE Steering Committee -
National Information Systems Manager
Nestlé
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NESN; Food Production industry)
July 2000 — December 2001 (1 year 6 months)
Nestlé Food LLC, Moscow, Russia
Defined, implemented, and maintained IT strategy according to Nestlé standards.
Identified a number of business needs, defined, planed, and supervised roll-out of business applications, and introduction of IT infrastructure:
• Business Continuity Planning,
• IT Service Management,
• Mobile Sales system and infrastructure.
Managed IS/IT staff of companies of Nestlé Group in Russia (over 60 people in the head office and in the factories). -
Project Specialist
Nestlé
(Public Company; Food Production industry)
August 1999 — June 2000 (11 months)
Nestlé Food LLC, Moscow, Russia
September 1999 – April 2000
Transformation Project, Barnaul, Russia
Project Manager
Managed integration of Altai confectionery factory into Nestlé:
• Merger of Altai Supply Chain function and Nestlé Food counterpart.
• Transfer of Altai Sales & Marketing functions to Nestlé Food.
Developed and managed implementation of Production planning procedures.
Ensured efficient networking of various specialist and departments from the both organizations. -
Industrial Engineer
Nestlé
(Public Company; Food Production industry)
July 1997 — July 1999 (2 years 1 month)
Nestlé Productivity Team, Vevey, Switzerland
September 1998 – April 1999
Performance and Engineering Improvement Project, Hayes, UK
Group/Project Leader
• Managed a project team of 5 people, project scope and budget.
• Developed and implemented procedures for plant maintenance work planning and follow up, common Maintenance and Production planning.
• Developed and implemented a production downtime tracking system. Identified improvements resulted in a 30% increase of plant output.
February 1998 - June 1998
Operations Improvement Project, Toronto ON, Canada
Project Staff Member
• Managed an implementation of Performance and Efficiency Tracking System.
• Identified and realised a number of efficiency improvements, resulted in 14% efficiency increase.
August 1997 - December 1997
Operations Improvement Project, Trenton MO, USA
Project Staff Member
• Developed and implemented Maintenance work planning and follow-up practices, spare part management procedures. -
Industrial Engineer
Nestlé
(Public Company; Food Production industry)
December 1996 — June 1997 (7 months)
JSC "Confectionery Union Rossiya", Samara, Russia
Participated in MRP system implementation (Nestlé native). -
Head of Artificial Intelligence Department
IBT International
(Computer Software industry)
March 1995 — November 1996 (1 year 9 months)
IBT International, Samara, Russia
• Managed a number of software development projects for external and internal customers.
• Managed project teams of 2 to 5 people, project timing.
• Performed Scientific research in the field of virtual reality and artificial intelligence, applied to distant learning systems.
• Developed Virtual Worlds package for learning environment modelling. -
Software Developer
Scientific Production Centre of Information and Transport Systems
(Computer Software industry)
October 1993 — February 1995 (1 year 5 months)
Scientific Production Centre of Information and Transport Systems, Samara, Russia
Developed a system for railway network modelling.
Sergey P. Grachev’s Education
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Gosudarstvennyj Universitet - Vysšaja Škola Ekonomiki
EMBA, Management, 2004 — 2006
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Meždunarodnyj Institut Menedžmenta 'LINK'
MBA, Management, 2000 — 2004
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Samarskij Gosudarstvennyj Aerokosmiceskij Universitet
Engineer-Mathematician, Applied Mathematics, 1989 — 1995
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Courses & Seminars
02/2008 – Situational Leadership course (The Ken Blanchard companies, Moscow, Russia)
11/2007 – «Defining the value of an organizational project management practice» master-class by Mark E. Mullaly (PM Expert, Moscow, Russia)
05/2007 – "Building Successful Strategies" master-class by Kenichi Ohmae (Leaders in Moscow, Moscow, Russia) -
Courses & Seminars
04/2007 – Mobilizing people for change course (IMD, Moscow, Russia)
03/2007 – "Leading in high performing organisations" master-class by Manfred Kets de Vries (Leaders in Moscow, Moscow, Russia)
03/2007 – "Effective Project Portfolio Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage and Advancing Process Maturity" master-class by J. Kent Crawford (PM Expert, Moscow, Russia)
10/2006 – "Specialisation Strategy in Russia" master-class by Jack Trout (Leaders in Moscow, Moscow, Russia)
07/2006 – Media Relations course (Selena V S.A., Moscow, Russia)06/2006 – Effective Board of Directors course (Independent Directors Association, Moscow, Russia)
04/2006 – The Strategic Project Office: Performance Measurement and Governance course (Project Management College, Moscow, Russia)
03/2006 –"Developing a winning business strategy" master-class by Kejll Nordstrom (Leaders in Moscow, Moscow, Russia)
11/2005 – Managing Multiple Projects course (Project Management College, Moscow, Russia) -
Courses & Seminars
08/2005 – Nestlé Leadership Program (Nestlé/LBS, Lausanne, Switzerland)
07/2004 – PMP Exam Preparation course (IT Expert, Moscow, Russia)
05/2004 – Nestlé Leadership Program (Nestlé/LBS, London, UK)
06/2003 – Charisma-based management course (by R.Gandapas, Moscow, Russia)
03/2003 – "Building Strategy Focused Organizations with the Balanced Scorecard" master-class by Robert Kaplan (Leading Minds, Moscow, Russia)
11/2002 – mySAP.com Application Fundamentals (SAP Consult C.I.S., Moscow, Russia)
10/2002 – Public speaking course (by R.Gandapas, Moscow, Russia)
09/2002 – Project Management in a company. Standard ANSI PMI PMBOK GUIDE 2000 (IT Expert, Moscow, Russia)
09/2001 – Nestlé Manager as Coach and Change Agent course (Nestlé/IMD, Rive-Reine, Switzerland)
07/2000 – Finance for non-Specialists course (Geneva Management Consulting, Moscow, Russia)
04/1999 – Managing People course (Management Centre Europe, London, UK)
Additional Information
Sergey P. Grachev’s Websites:
Sergey P. Grachev’s Interests:
trying and making sense of new things, organizational development, strategic planning, project management, professional networking, people relationships, coaching, advanced car (and everything else that has an accelerator) driving, digital photography, philosophy
Sergey P. Grachev’s Groups:
Association of Independent Directors http://www.nand.ru
Project Management Institute http://www.pmi.org
MoiKrug http://SergeyGrachev.moikrug.ru
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Gateway to Russia (Friends of Russia) -
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M&A Integration Management (www.mergerManagementGroup.com)
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