Florina Preda, Management Consultant, Project Manager

Florina Preda

Management Consultant, Project Manager

Independent

Location
Romania
Education
Bachelor's degree, International Business and Economics
Experience
17 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 10 Months

Management Consultant, Project Manager at Independent
  • Romania
  • My current job since January 2013

Project “Energy Conservation Analysis & Design”, oil & gas, Project Manager
- Coordinate analysis of Energy work stream (part of a larger project)
- Detailed analysis of energy consumptions for three different production units and identify main gaps vs best practices
- Coordinate Root Cause Analysis workshops, define key actions to address root causes
- Compute the impact of selected key actions
- Define business case, deliverables, milestones, structure of the team and risk mitigation actions for the future Project

Project “Reorganization and Optimization of Finance and Customer Service Departments”, wholesale, Project Manager
- Part of the Wholesale Order to Cash Process Improvement
- Finance related Business Process Analysis and Redesign: Accounting, Credit Control & Collection, Invoicing, Customer Service
- Balanced Scorecard
- Lean Improvement: identify non-value added activities, improve cycle time, define work standards
Organizational Structure Analysis, Design and Implementation, incl. required FTEs, Roles and Responsibilities, KPIs definition, procedures
- Procurement process analysis and redesign

Investment Director at INC CEE Romania SA – part of INC Group Poland
  • Romania
  • January 2015 to December 2015

Investment and Consulting Advisory company on the Romanian market, focused primarily on the listing on the Alternative Trading System (AeRO market) of Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB).

Participated in two successful listings on BVB during 2015: Bittnet Systems S.A. and Carpathia Capital S.A.

Project Manager at Tefen Management Consulting
  • Romania
  • January 2012 to December 2012

Project Management in the sector of oil&gas, projects summary:

1. Reliability and maintenance enhancement with the aim of reducing unplanned shutdowns, extenting production cycle and decreasing maintenance-related costs.
Project planning: proposal, scope and objectives, deliverables, work plan, resources
Onboarding and training project team (consultants and client employees)
Management of daily activities, change resolution
Planning and supervision of workshops for process mapping and redesign
Communication strategy: development and implementation with the purpose of increasing project awareness and facilitating change management.

2. Energy Conservation project: decrease of utilities consumptions (steam, gas, fuel and electricity) primarily by identifying non-capex opportunities and redesigning of main energy-related processes, redesign of organizational structure and implementation of changes.
Project planning and management for a period of 5 months
Coordination and training of a mixed team of consultants and engineers
Defining project main risks and identifying ways to minimize risk exposure
Overseeing the preparation of main deliverables according to work plan (process book, opportunity book, business case, Management Updates, Steering Committees etc)
Regular update to Client Management
Successful implementation of selected opportunities for decreasing energy consumptions and redesigned energy-related business processes, for a period of six weeks

Corporate Finance Senior Advisor at CapitalMind S.A
  • Romania
  • January 2011 to December 2011

Project “Luxury retail chain divestment”, sale side mandate
- Oversee the drafting of specific documents: Proposal, Teaser, Information Memorandum, Valuation Reports, Non-­‐Disclosure Agreements, Letters of Intent, etc.
- Managing relationships with related parties: legal advisors, external experts, prospective buyers (I.e. private equity funds)
- Assist the partners with due diligence and deal structuring advisory (technical and legal aspects)
- Negotiation support for the client with selected buyers, according to an agreed framework
Achievements:
- Received three preliminary offers for the acquisition of the company (private equity funds)
- Entered due diligence process with one buyer

Business Partner at BCMS Corporate
  • United Kingdom
  • January 2010 to December 2010

BCMS Corporate is an UK-based M&A advisory with focus on advising SMEs on divestment.
With an unique, standardized approach towards selling a privately-held company, BCMS focuses on maximizing the selling price of a company, by identifying the most important strengths, by innovative strategic and operational business approaches as well as by significant marketing and negotiations competences.
Closely worked with Mediterranean Office, with the Headquarters in Istanbul.
Responsibilities: identify and manage business opportunities on the Romanian market and apply BCMS business model for selling privately owned local enterprises.

Corporate Finance Associate at Trigon Capital
  • Poland
  • November 2005 to April 2009

Trigon Capital Group is a boutique investment bank with its headquarters in Tallinn, Estonia. In the early 2010, Trigon Capital Corporate Finance Poland ceased to exist and the managers created a new entity, Arlig Capital.

Corporate Finance Associate, Warsaw office, main responsibilities and projects:
Focus on M&A advisory, primarily advising on a buy-side, and additionally few projects as sell-side advisor.
Projects summary:
- Sale of Yellow Pages directory in Poland, client: Telecomunikacja Polska (TP. S.A.), 2008, sector analysis, preparing relevant documents: Teasers, Information Memorandum, financial analysis, relative valuation and DCF valuation, assessment of prospective buyers in Europe
- Acquisitions and disposals in Europe for Rautaruukki Oyi Finland, various projects (2006-2008)
Rautaruukki Oyi Finland- largest Nordic supplier of metal based components and systems for the construction and engineering industries. In 2005, Ruukki decided to expand its operations in the CEE and Russia.
• Steel construction and engineering sector analysis for Romania, Poland and other markets in the CEE
• Participate in the meetings with selected targets
• Prepare preliminary valuation of short list targets
• Financial modelling and analysis of final targets

Education

Bachelor's degree, International Business and Economics
  • at The Academy of Economic Studies
  • January 2001

Bucharest, Romania

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Continuous Improvement
Operational Excellence
Change Management
Business Strategy
ACQUISITIONS
CLOSING
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
DRAFTING
FINANCIAL
MARKETING
MEETING FACILITATION
PRESENTATION SKILLS
STRATEGIC

Languages

English
Expert
French
Expert
Polish
Beginner
Romanian
Expert

Training and Certifications

Training “Acquisitions: Strategy and Modelling” (Training)
Training Institute:
Redcliffe Training Assoc, London, UK
Date Attended:
April 2007
Duration:
16 hours

Hobbies

  • Psychology and neurosciences, Classical music and travelling