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Participation in the CEO competitive selection of especially important enterprise for the economy of the

country

Title:

Chairman of the Board for the company PJSC UKRZALIZNYTSIA

Management Body: Ministry of infrastructure of Ukraine

# Section Description

1. 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.

2. KEY POSITION

OBJECTIVES

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.

3. RESPONSIBILITIES

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;

An effective realization and control of capital projects and investment

projects initiated within the company;

Implementation of the project office and project management

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.

4. KEY TASKS

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

5. GENERAL SELECTION CRITERIA

5.1 Education Higher education. MBA will be a plus

5.2 Languages Fluent in Ukrainian or Russian, excellent knowledge of English is mandatory.

5.3 Core qualifications

Candidates for the position must demonstrate the presence of the following

competencies:

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 long-

term 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

6.1 Professional

requirements

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;

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);

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;

7.

ADDITIONAL

ELIGIBILITY

QUALIFICATIONS