Beatrix Szondi studied business administration and management at János Kodolányi University in Budapest, Hungary, and then began her professional career as an IT and eBusiness Team Assistant in the healthcare division at General Electric in Budapest. From the outset, she successfully supported complex ERP implementation and digitisation projects, achieved significant cost savings and was honoured internally as a top talent. As she progressed at General Electric in Budapest, she was jointly responsible for the successful implementation of a new Oracle ERP system as a Sourcing Coordinator, conducted regular ERP user training and supplier audits and implemented a web shop with Six Sigma Green Belt.
In 2005, Beatrix Szondi moved to General Electric's Security division in Belgium as EMEA IT Process Specialist. In this role, she established an IT asset system, achieved significant cost savings for the headquarters in Belgium and pioneered the introduction of data metrics and asset repositories. After successfully completing several projects, she moved to General Electric's marketing department in Belgium and became a Pricing Analyst in the lighting division. In this role, she was responsible for price analyses to minimise price erosion and maximise contribution margins for around 10,000 lighting products and achieved numerous margin improvements for special lamps on the European market during this time.
In 2011, Beatrix Szondi took on a new challenge as CRM Consultant in the printing and digitalisation division at Konica Minolta in Budapest, became a member of the IT Steering Committee for Central Europe and successfully contributed to the implementation of a new ERP and CRM system. Further milestones in her successful career include working as a Client Account Manager for top EMEA customers in the financial sector at Celergo in Budapest and as a CRM Manager at Polytech Industries, where she implemented a new CRM system for four companies in Hungary and Austria, transforming sales and customer service processes and introducing a work ethic for digitised sales processes.
Beatrix Szondi then expanded her professional experience as a Project Manager in the medical industry at SYNLAB in Hungary and became a Member of the Steering Committee in the European IT department. In this role, she managed comprehensive changes to business processes, from the conception and management of projects to their implementation and introduced a new web shop and an e-learning academy.
Beatrix Szondi is an expert in information technology and digitalisation, as well as process and project management in various industries. She has extensive experience in business process optimisation, lean management, ERP and CRM systems as well as change management, including cultural transformations in the area of conflict between people and processes.
She is certified as a LEAN specialist, project management specialist and in the field of (business) psychology, among other things. She is also studying business administration at the School of Business and Trade in Lucerne, Switzerland, and will graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Business Studies in 2025.
Beatrix Szondi acts and leads people in a way that recognises and values their individuality, while at the same time creating a cooperative and effective environment in which everyone feels they belong. She is a very good mediator and bridge builder between departments and organisations on the path to success.
- Studying Business Administration at the School of Business and Trade, Lucerne, Switzerland, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Business Studies in 2025.
- Bachelor's Degree Programme in Business Administration and Management at the János Kodolányi University in Budapest/Hungary.
- Completed Six Sigma Green Belt training at General Electric in Budapest, Hungary.
- Ongoing training with IBM: GenAI for Executives and Business Leaders.
- Ongoing training with Imperial College London: Coaching Skills for Learner-Centred Conversations.
- Certified LEAN Specialist, certified by SYNLAB STS Academy in Germany and the Lean Competence Centre at Cardiff University in Wales, UK.
- Certified Project Management Specialist, certified by SYNLAB Academy in Hungary.
- Certificate in (Business) Psychology (Economics, Marketing, People, Communication and Change Management), certified by the BGSZC Technical School of György Békésy in Budapest, Hungary.
- Training in computer science (developments, apps and artificial intelligence) with HarvardX at Harvard University.
- Information Technology and Digitalisation/Transformation
- Process Management, Process Automation/Standardisation, Six Sigma and Lean Management
- Project Management
- ERP and CRM Systems
- Change Management as well as Cultural Transformations in the area of conflict between people and processes
- Network configuration, IT security, Server administration, Data management and analysis, Cloud computing and IT support
- Project Manager at SYNLAB Hungary Kft. in Budapest/Hungary as well as Member of the Steering Committee in the European IT department for the SYNLAB Access project: responsibilities included managing all relevant changes to business processes; designing, managing and implementing projects; introducing a new web shop, including restructuring service processes with clinics; and introducing an e-learning academy.
- CRM Manager and Software Developer at Polytech Industries Kft. in Hungary: responsibilities included introducing a new CRM system for four companies in Hungary and Austria, comprehensive analysis and optimisation of all business processes, introducing a work ethic for digitised sales processes, and optimising system speed.
- Client Account Manager at Celergo LLC. in Budapest, in particular creation of end-to-end payroll accounting for top EMEA customers with analyses, reports, KPIs and cost figures.
- Application Support & CRM Consultant at Konica Minolta Kft. in Budapest as well as Member of the IT Steering Committee for Central Europe, collaboration on ERP migration projects, ensuring compliance and security, leading weekly workshops with key users and developers, ensuring ongoing support, conducting training for end users, CRM management: development, implementation and support.
- EMEA IT Process Specialist at General Electric in Belgium, including process controlling, introduction of new processes, development of an IT asset system, introduction of data metrics and asset repository, revision of general terms and conditions.
- Pricing Analyst at General Electric in Budapest, conducting price analyses to minimise price erosion and maximise contribution margins for approx. 10,000 lighting products, ERP price analyses, creating financial workflows, cost analyses for production and margin calculation, creating strategic price plans.
- Sourcing Coordinator and IT & eBusiness Assistant at General Electric in Budapest, implementation of a new Oracle ERP system, adaptation of business processes, introduction of a test strategy to improve quality, regular ERP user training, supplier audits and ensuring supplier quality, introduction of paperless ordering, realisation of cost savings in the purchasing processes of all functional areas, introduction of a web shop with Six Sigma Green Belt.
- IT & eBusiness Team Assistant at General Electric in Budapest, including collaboration on business process transformation as part of the implementation of a new ERP system, bug process mapping, performing functional tests and test scenarios, creating training materials and conducting user training, ERP support, collaboration on audit processes.
Outdoor sports activities, family, travelling, running, swimming, reading, learning about other cultures, cooking and helping other people.
