Katarzyna Bolek

1. PMO Structure & Process Management

- Leading 15 people team of PMs and project Engineers
- Craft and refine PMO frameworks and methods for seamless project execution.
- Create and uphold standard operating procedures for managing projects, resources, and risks.
- Shape and oversee the project governance model, keeping aligned with company policies and regulations.
- Project workflows, harnessing automation and data insights to boost efficiency.
2. Project Portfolio & Performance Management
- Oversee the execution of a portfolio of industrial projects related to automation, process optimization, and quality improvement.

- Set and monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for project success, including: on-time project delivery, budget adherence, resource utilization efficiency, stakeholder satisfaction levels
3. Team Leadership & Development
- Conduct regular performance reviews, training programs, and professional development plans for the team.

- Encourage cross-functional collaboration, knowledge sharing, and best practice implementation across projects.
4. Budget & Resource Allocation
- Overseeing and optimization the financial management of projects ranging from 100K PLN to 10M PLN
-Ensure effective allocation of resources, balancing workloads across projects to maximize efficiency and impact.

- Approve project budgets, track financial performance, and identify cost-saving opportunities.

- Coordinate with finance and procurement teams to streamline budgeting and supplier management processes.
5. Continuous Improvement & Innovation

- Identify and implement automation and digitalization solutions to improve project tracking and decision-making.

- Lead process optimization initiatives, leveraging Lean, Six Sigma, and other methodologies to enhance efficiency.

- Stay ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies, integrating best practices into project execution strategies.

- Encourage a data-driven approach, leveraging KPIs and performance analytics to refine project management techniques.

Project Delivery Rate –80 % of projects completed on time and within scope.

Budget Compliance – 75% of projects delivered within approved budgets.

Responsible for Industrial Project in the area of refractory materials

• Planning and allocating resources, such as labor, materials, and equipment, to ensure the industry operates smoothly, safely and efficiently
• Capacity planning: Ensuring capacity to meet demand and adjusting capacity as necessary to accommodate fluctuations in demand
• Developing a project plan that outlines the scope, timelines, budget, and resources required to implement flow control measures in the industry
• Identifying all stakeholders involved in the project, establishing communication channels, and managing their expectations throughout the project lifecycle
• Identifying potential risks associated with the project, developing risk mitigation strategies, and monitoring and managing risks throughout the project
• Managing the project budget, ensuring that costs remain within CAPEX
• Monitoring project progress, identifying issues and deviations from the plan, and taking corrective actions to keep the project on track
• Providing training and development opportunities for employees to ensure they have the necessary skills and knowledge to implement and maintain flow control measures
• Use the lean and six sigma methodology to optimize production.
• Managed cross-functional teams to deliver projects on time, within scope, and under budget.
• Increased stakeholder satisfaction by maintaining clear communication channels and providing regular progress updates.

Manage the Project of new medical device for children and animal nebulization

• Collaborating with stakeholders to identify product requirements and developing a product concept that meets those requirements
• Overseeing the design and development of the medical device, ensuring it meets all regulatory and quality requirements
• Managing the testing of prototypes to ensure they meet all functional requirements and are safe and effective for use
• Ensuring that the medical device complies with all applicable regulations, such as ISO 13485 and FDA regulations for medical devices
• Intellectual property: Ensuring that the intellectual property associated with the medical device is properly protected
• Overseeing the manufacturing and supply chain processes to ensure that the medical device is produced in compliance with quality standards and is available for commercialization
• Building and managing a team of cross-functional professionals with the necessary skills and expertise to develop and launch the medical device
• Developing and managing the project budget, ensuring that costs remain within approved limits
• Monitoring project progress, identifying issues and deviations from the plan, and taking corrective actions to keep the project on track
• Preparing regular project status reports for senior management and other stakeholders
• Identifying areas for process improvement and implementing changes to improve project efficiency and effectiveness.

Leading project of break systems implementation for freigth cars and locomotives

• Leads the target definition, specification and implementation of the project
• Defines project schedules, pricing and budget, quality, project risk and chances, personal and financial resource allocation management
• Design technological concept with CoC and System Coordinator
• Negotiates with customers and vendors
• Setup and maintain the project plan
• Coordinate all internally involved stakeholders in the project phase (R&D, Engineering, Manufacturing, Logistic, Controlling, etc.)
• Responsible for meeting project/program milestones and objectives
• Monitor the budget and takes actions in case of deviations. Sales planning in the 5, 10 and 15 years perspective.
• Monitor all commercial aspects of the project, incl payment, contract management
• Reports in a regular basis to Sales Director
• Regular monitoring tenders for rail market

Running investment project up to 10 mln EUR including certification and customer approval.

The whole project coordination:

• Negotiation contracts with Subcontractors
• Logistics coordination and cooperation with the customs office
• Machine set up
• Coordination first launch of the machine
• Scheduling and managing Team and project, prioritization of tasks and reporting performance to CEO
• Planning and managing budget, resources and milestones
• Project running in acc to APQP process
• Implementation VDA 6.3 standard to the organization
• Defining new development products based on guidelines from the customer, close cooperation with the client
• Daily work with stakeholders, external vendors and offshore teams
• Responsible for the successful and timely implementation of all relevant tasks associated with the project.

• Coordinate prototypes timing and amount for internal and external customers, establish demand plans
• Components procurement and tracking for prototype builds
• Supplier management for components
• Responsibility for achievement of design revision, cost and delivery targets
• Responsibility for the communication and coordination of engineering changes/activities within manufacturing plant and suppliers
• Arrange together with manufacturing plants production dates based on components availability
• Customer vs Manufacturing coordination, timings, parts availability.

• Scheduling and managing Team work, prioritization of tasks and reporting performance to the Department Manager
• Defining test scope and testing equipment usage for material/compounds
• Representation the European E/EA region in a global standardization process for cable and harness parts
• Implementation (and verification) of Customer specification into internal material testing procedure
• Evaluation and monitoring of the Staff work
• Coordination, maintenance and developing contacts with Delphi suppliers and customers
• Providing trainings to the Team
• Supporting plants, Product Engineering and Quality Departments in case of problems and complaints
• Leading the training for E/EA engineers.

• Scheduling and managing Team work, prioritization of tasks and reporting performance to the Manager
• Defining test scope and testing equipment usage for material/compounds
• Representation the European E/EA region in a global standardization process for cable and harness parts
• Implementation (and verification) of Customer specification into internal material testing procedure
• Evaluation and monitoring of the Staff work
• Coordination, maintenance and developing contacts with Delphi suppliers and customers
• Providing trainings to the Team
• Supporting plants, Product Engineering and Quality Departments in case of problems and complaints
• Leading the training for E/EA engineers
• Development of insulation material, to increase material robustness, and obtain the best price
• EMEA coordination and approval of lubricants used in assembly area
• New substances qualification, test definition, problems analysis
• Plant support due to production problems (insulation failure)
• Define and description of new test methodology, for cables, harness coverings and lubricants
• Certified trainer
• Leading regular 'Cable training' for engineers in all EMEA locations.

• Identification of new business fields and chances for diversification, evaluation of market potential (innovations, running products, variants)
• Business case preparation and final price set up
• Data collection with strong cooperation with Global Supply Management
• Work out and check the on-going product strategy by market segment and customer for product lifetime, preparation product plans
• Ensure cross customer usage of the product: involve CSC Sales and Department of Product
• Ensure product information exchange between Engineering, Program Management, Operations, Logistics and Quality & Sales.

• Laboratory work (validation tests like mechanical, electrical and chemical tests, shock and climatic testing, tensile strength and impact testing)
• Leading projects under Customer standards
• Equipment optimization and adaptation to custom tests.