Meike Schulte, Operations Manager

Meike Schulte

Operations Manager

Executive Solutions

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Doctorate, Operations & Logistics
Experience
12 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :12 years, 3 Months

Operations Manager at Executive Solutions
  • United Arab Emirates
  • My current job since December 2018

Leading a team of six in a RPO of a group of six companies that operates in the fields of data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning and cloud computing
•End-to-end recruitment of highly qualified and predominantly PhD educated technology professionals
•Building processes from the ground up
•Coordinating with second tier suppliers and maintaining relationships with clients and other stakeholders
•Designing and implementing operational procedures. Identifying and addressing inefficiencies and improving the overall company performance
•Responsible for the daily operations of the company for every two weeks per month when the owner is abroad
•Drafting agreements, SLAs, revising contracts and legal documents;
•Writing proposals, RFPs, responding to tenders
•Designing graphics and brochures for marketing use, writing content
•Establishing and maintaining KPIs, performance reporting

Operations Director
  • United Arab Emirates
  • April 2013 to August 2013

Secondary, quantitative and qualitative market research, to obtain insights into consumer attitudes & behaviours. Statistical analysis through SPSS
•Implementing a new and more extensive and efficient inventory system
•Creation of fancy diamond price tracking database, dating back to 1989
•Design and implementation of operations procedures and policies from scratch
•Operational savings due to more efficiency in logistics and inventory
•Procurement savings due to negotiation
•Bi-annual provision of strategy recommendations and revision of business plans and development
•Continuous updated trading portal reflecting documents and stock
•Drafting of white papers, creating website content, providing training, marketing material and monthly industry reports
•Establishing strategic partnerships
•Drafting MoU’s, agreements, revision of legal contracts
•Implementing strategic fit by using import and export to balance efficiency with responsiveness

Operations Assistant at La Rocca
  • Belgium
  • December 2004 to April 2011

Inventory management, stock keeping and accounting duties
•Writing content for marketing purposes
•Marketing, promotion and PR
•Reservation management and customer relationship management

Operations Coordinator
  • Belgium
  • April 2011 to April 2011

Writing content for marketing purposes
•Supply chain and inventory management
•Establishment of strategic partnerships
•Selecting diamond parcels based on consumer requirements for private viewings

Education

Doctorate, Operations & Logistics
  • at Swiss Business SchoolMiddlesex UniversityVlekho Business SchoolVlekho Business School
  • January 2006

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Master's degree, Operations & Logistics
  • at Swiss Business SchoolMiddlesex UniversityVlekho Business SchoolVlekho Business School
  • January 2006

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High school or equivalent, Operations & Logistics
  • at Swiss Business SchoolMiddlesex UniversityVlekho Business SchoolVlekho Business School
  • January 2006

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High school or equivalent, Operations & Logistics
  • at Swiss Business SchoolMiddlesex UniversityVlekho Business SchoolVlekho Business School
  • January 2006

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Bachelor's degree, Marketing Management
  • at Swiss Business SchoolMiddlesex UniversityVlekho Business SchoolVlekho Business School
  • January 2002

courses: I. Propedeuse Account Management –

Specialties & Skills

Management
Writing
operations
Research
Process Design
CONTENT MANAGEMENT
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
DRAFTING
MARKETING
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
FOLLETO DE DISEñO

Languages

Dutch
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English
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