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Katarzyna Rodzeń

Katarzyna Rodzeń

Noordwijk,Netherlands

Summary

Hard-working Team Leader with 18 years of experience in Paint and Coatings industry. Engaging and motivational leader, skilled at training and coaching high-performing employees. Keen eye for detail and collaborative spirit enable to work seamlessly with process owners and internal customers, ensuring precise requirements are met. Eager to bring skills and experience to the team, promote excellence, and help achieve objectives efficiently. Administrative leader experienced in business operations and team oversight. Seeks opportunities to improve processes, procedures and practices. Excels with minimal supervision and decisively approaches problems.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

PSRA Classification Team Leader

AkzoNobel
Sassenheim, Netherlands
09.2022 - Current
  • Acting as Global Focal Point for Regional PSRA organization, addressing issues with process owners and proposing operations improvements for Raw material data enhancement resulting in increased Raw material data accuracy and accessibility.
  • Leading team of data analysts and scientists in maintaining, developing, and continuously upgrading Raw material data management systems and global documentation repository with over 250K of documents.
  • Providing critical insights to support strategic decision-making, contributing to overall success of PSRA and RD&I initiatives.

R&D MU Local Technical Support Manager East EMEA

AkzoNobel Decorative Paints Sp. z o.o.
Pilawa, Poland
06.2015 - 08.2022
  • Collaborated with Manufacturing, Planning, Procurement, and R&D
  • Conducted FMEA and ensured NPD and MoC readiness
  • Supervised and assessed trial batches
  • Developed quality control specifications and methods
  • Provided daily customer support and technical troubleshooting
  • Assisted in continuous improvement of KPIs (RFT, productivity, quality)

Trainings: CI Lead Practitioner, Project Management Essentials

R&D Project Chemist

ICI Paints AkzoNobel
Slough, United Kingdom
08.2013 - 05.2015
  • Interior Wall Paints product portfolio redevelopment (technology and raw material alignment)
  • Lead coordinator of 5S Continuous Improvement Methodology implementation (documentation, trainings, reporting).

R&D Team Leader

AkzoNobel Decorative Paints Sp. z o.o.
Pilawa, Poland
03.2012 - 07.2013
  • Coordination and implementation of various production transfer and insourcing projects
  • Management and development of team consisting of R&D specialists
  • Supporting local projects at R&D Local Technical Support France (six months secondment).

R&D Project Leader

AkzoNobel Decorative Paints Sp. z o.o.
Pilawa, Poland
08.2010 - 02.2012
  • Administration of local R&D department
  • Implementation of local R&D Sustainability Project
  • Implementation of SAP and Product Vision (data transfer, regression testing, user trainings).

Trainings: Management Essentials Program

Project Leader for Metal Coatings

PPG Polifarb Cieszyn S.A.
Cieszyn, Poland
03.2010 - 07.2010
  • Project coordination (internal production transfer, NPD implementation)
  • Daily production support
  • Customer’s claim problem solving.

Trainings: Business Process Improvement Initiator training, Internal Auditor ISO/TS 16949:2009 training

Technical Specialist

PPG Polifarb Cieszyn S.A.
Cieszyn, Poland
04.2008 - 03.2010
  • Project coordination (internal production transfer, NPD implementation)
  • Daily production support
  • Customer’s claim problem solving.

Trainings: Business Process Improvement Initiator training, Internal Auditor ISO/TS 16949:2009 training

Professional Technical Support

PPG Industries France S.A.S.
Marly, France
09.2006 - 04.2008
  • Product development of transportation and automotive underbody parts coating (paint reformulations according to customer’s product specifications and line conditions)
  • Visiting customers and on-site testing.

Trainings: Professional Coatings training, Project Management Fundamentals training

Education

M. Sc. Eng. in Chemical Engineering - Chemical and Process Engineering

Warsaw University of Technology
Warsaw, Poland
/2001 - /2006

Chemical and Process Engineering

Szczecin University of Technology
Szczecin, Poland
/1999 - /2001

Skills

  • Office 365
  • Product Vision
  • SAP
  • AutoCAD

Personal Information

  • Date of birth: 07/25/80
  • Nationality: Polish

Languages

Polish
Native
English
Fluent
French
Intermediate
German
Intermediate

Affiliations

  • Cooking, reading, travelling

Timeline

PSRA Classification Team Leader

AkzoNobel
09.2022 - Current

R&D MU Local Technical Support Manager East EMEA

AkzoNobel Decorative Paints Sp. z o.o.
06.2015 - 08.2022

R&D Project Chemist

ICI Paints AkzoNobel
08.2013 - 05.2015

R&D Team Leader

AkzoNobel Decorative Paints Sp. z o.o.
03.2012 - 07.2013

R&D Project Leader

AkzoNobel Decorative Paints Sp. z o.o.
08.2010 - 02.2012

Project Leader for Metal Coatings

PPG Polifarb Cieszyn S.A.
03.2010 - 07.2010

Technical Specialist

PPG Polifarb Cieszyn S.A.
04.2008 - 03.2010

Professional Technical Support

PPG Industries France S.A.S.
09.2006 - 04.2008

M. Sc. Eng. in Chemical Engineering - Chemical and Process Engineering

Warsaw University of Technology
/2001 - /2006

Chemical and Process Engineering

Szczecin University of Technology
/1999 - /2001
Katarzyna Rodzeń