Position: Product Owner / Sales Manager / Project Manager - Manufacturing domain
Category: Product Manager
English level: upper
Years of experience: 11


I'm from the industrial automation domain - introducing industrial robots, machine vision, industrial programming computers, Industry 4.0 and digital twins.

From 2013 to 2019, I was a Sales Engineer in the territory from Poland to Kazakhstan. (clients: SKF, Mondelez, JTI, PMI, Imperial Tobacco, P&G etc). But in 2018, the company decided to restructure its business processes and leave several markets, including Ukraine. Sales Engineer in our domain - conducts negotiations with the client, including level C. The cost of projects can reach 500,000 euros and more. Collects information about the project, and stakeholders perform market analysis, etc. And based on this and together with the Project Engineer, the solution concept is prepared and agreed on the implementation timeline with the Project Manager. Prepares a commercial proposal and presents it to the client. In the future, closes the agreement from the financial side and transfer it to the Project Manager.
And in 2019, I became a co-founder of a new integration company. I gained experience in creating and controlling sales plans, budgeting, P&L, and cash flow. Communication with all government organizations.   I also hired employees, and unfortunately, sometimes, I fired. A complicated process, but it is necessary when it is better to remove a diseased tooth than to get an infection of the whole body.  Project Manager - conducts synchronization timeline for the implementation of projects together with all stakeholders and executors. He is engaged in cash flow control for this project. As a rule, an average of 10 or more contractors from Ukraine, Europe, and the USA are involved in the project.
In 2022 I decided to sell my share in the company and learn new things in the North American market. And together with three children and wife, they temporarily went to Canada. I am currently responding to a projects engineering at the North American market. Project Engineer - make communications with the client on technical nuances. The project Engineer undertakes the technical implementation of the project. Creates detailed drawings of mechanical elements and the location and functionality of automation elements (industrial computers, robots, machine vision cameras, sensors, etc.). He programs industrial computers, collaborative robots, and machine vision cameras at the primary level.
The work is exciting (many dynamic projects with such clients as Tesla, PepsiCo, Mondelez, ATS and others).