He believes in the power of a positive attitude, a healthy distance to professional challenges, the advantage of potential over experience, intuition in making decisions taking into account well-calculated risk. He managed large teams, combining the ability to build relationships and motivate teams with achieving business goals.
He took the position of GM at Jacobs Douwe Egberts in October 2019. Before that, in 2017–2019, he was the Managing Director for Poland and the Baltic States at Mondelēz International (a company offering consumers such brands as Milka, Oreo, Prince Polo and belVita).
Janusz Idczak gained his professional experience in the FMCG industry, holding many positions in Sales and Marketing departments in companies such as Ferrero, Mondelēz or Jacobs Douwe Egberts.
He is a graduate of the Faculty of Management of the University of Lodz (Human Resource Management in International Organisations).
Mentor in the Mentorship project: 11th edition, 2023/2024
Meeting place: place agreed with the Mentee; online; Lodz, Warsaw
Number of mentees in this edition: 1
Language: Polish, English
Mentee support area:
- shaping career plans
- clarifying your professional preferences
- understanding your professional motivations
- practical challenges at the early stage of career development and many other areas that will appear during the meetings