Roman has broad international experience in Lean, consulting, training and teaching.
He has extensive track record in the industries including engineering, construction, machinery, food, beverage, textile, education, logistics and finance. His portfolio includes several projects abroad: Estonia, Lithuania, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Latvia and China. Roman has consulted more than 50 companies and helped them to launch continuous improvement initiatives and to improve business processes. Special area of knowledge is business information systems (DAX, NAV, SAP, Movex) in manufacturing industry, including several implementations of ERP systems.
Common areas of competence are: lean thinking and process improvemnt tools, business process modeling and analysis, equipment effectiveness, facility layout development, independent ERP systems selection and analysis, CAD/ERP architecture development, employee involvement, operational development system implementation.
EDUCATION
2013/05 – 2013/09 Introduction to SAP BI with SAP ERP 6.0 (TERP10)
University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
2012/11 – 2013/03 SAP ERP Integrated Business Processes (TERP10)
University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
2009/09 – (on hold) Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Engineering and Management
Concurrent Lean and ERP implementation, ISCED 6A
Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
2004/09 – 2009/06 Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering MScMechEng
Industrial engineering and management, ISCED 5A
Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
1998/09 – 2004/06 Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering BScMechEng
Production technology, ISCED 5A
Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
LEAN SENIOR CONSULTANT, PARTNER Lean Shanghai Co. Ltd. 凌善（上海）
Setting up daughter-company in China; market analysis; sales process establishment; training and consulting in operations management and lean thinking.
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT AND LEAN THINKING CONSULTANT Lean Enterprise Estonia
- training and consulting in operations management
- lean thinking and practical implementation including tools
- SMED, OEE, kanban, Kaizen, Motion Studies, etc.
- continuous improvement initiatives
- business processes mapping
- production and technological processes modeling and analysis
- CAD and ERP systems integrations architecture development
- independent ERP implementation validation
- industries including engineering, construction, machinery, food, beverage, textile, logistics.
A list of projects is available separately upon a request; some are listed on LinkedIn profile.
30+ projects in Estonia, Lithuania, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Latvia and China.
LECTURER Tallinn University of Technology
2014/09 – 2016/12 Fundamentals of business administration, in English
2013/09 – 2016/12 Project management, in English and Estonian
2013/02 – 2014/10 Lean in production - workshops in Chinese universities, Beijing, Shanghai
2009/09 – 2015/09 Information systems of production management
HEAD OF LEAN ENTERPRISE Swiss Property AS
2014/12 – 2015/07 Estonia
OPERATIONS ESTABLISHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT Pharmadule Morimatsu AB
2011/06 – 2013/05 China, Shanghai
DEVELOPMENT AND IT/IS MANAGER E-Profiil AS
DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER Pharmadule OÜ
PREPRODUCTION ENGINEER Pharmadule Emtunga OÜ
2005/06 – 2007/12 Estonia www.pharmadule.com
TECHNICAL MANAGER Ecopress Group OÜ
WORKSHOP SUPERVISOR APL Production AS
MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY ENGINEER APL Production AS
2003/03 – 2003/12 Estonia Www.apl.ee
LANGUAGES
English (Fluent - Full Knowledge)
Estonian (Fluent - Full Knowledge)
Russian (Native Speaker)
Chinese (Basic communication)
About us
Roman Zahharov
Trainer & Partner
Operations management and lean
15+ years of work experience
07+ years as consultant
30+ projects internationally
08+ years teaching at university
