Hr Consultant
Morrison and Hershfild
Total years of experience :34 years, 0 Months
Construction company in Canada, over 1000 employees
Consultant for Eastern Europe, temporally, part-time job, because of personal reasons . Main activities is finding stuff in this region for mother company . Sent over 10 engineers in various location. Main problem, metric system.
The Belgrade refinery is the largest(over 600 employees) and oldest state owned Serbian company specialized in production industrial and automotive lubricants and some other products for machinery industry.
Short term role focusing on transition corporation from state to private ownership by business analisis and financial strategies.
Increase refinery output by 400% in four month period by implementing streamlined organizational process and reaching break-even point of 800 tones of products per month.Managed liquidity as most important issue in this stage, improved 300%.Increased assets of company with improving bookkeeping and appraise lot of inventory, land and other assets more than 1, 2 million EUR.Returned most important brand on market and adjusting prices by completely control of each point of production . New products launched on the market
.Successfully transitioned ownership to new owners upon government regulations .
Private company for financial transactions and fashion consultancy services.
O.K. International is a firm that has exclusive distribution rights to the Christian Seltmann porcelain, as well as cutlery products from Picard und Wielputz and Zwilling. Starting from beginning i all aspects . Responsible for management of over 50 direct staff during peak time.Generated respectable sales via direct sales or other marketing methods, in some month over 100 000 US$. Created base of clients trough cold calling and referrals throughout Serbia and Montenegro.Clientele targeted are major hotels and restaurants as well private client with exclusive line of principal. Firm sold in 2009.
Zepter International is a global enterprise which produces, sells and distributes exclusive, high-quality consumer goods, cosmetics and some medical devices around the world principally by way of direct sales and high-end stores.
Executive Director of Holding 1998-2001 Monaco& Barcelona
Responsible for coordinating and decision maker the entire system of companies in 50 countries, more than 100 000 work-sales and employees.Increased yearly sales volume during this time 12%, exceeding US$ 1bil., 30% contract execution increased, 20% cost decreasing by optimization process of goods order, 15% saving in price calculation
establishing financial and quantity reports for controlling major data .Personally travel in all important companies weekly, Australia 3 moths, save 2 million US$, fraud.Changed sales methods or stuff depends of results and/or market, ensuring optimum performance and trouble-shooter when needed to.First implemented flip-chart concept for knowing products and sales steps in the company for management and sales agents.
Decided for all major positions in company with President.
International Director, Balkan region 1995-1998
Controlled all aspects of business daily , like General Manager, ranging from business administration, sales and marketing strategy and human resources .Responsible for coordination between head office and firms situated in the Balkans, proposing and making decisions. Within eight moths of inception to director, sales volume, with implementing full system and adjusting to each country, inventory and financial analysis, introducing new products or making new sets of it, had increased in some countries over 100%, and region had over US$15 million per month.Responsible for directly supervision and training H2H top management in firm, but also indirectly 400 stuff and 15000 sales agents directly and trough reports.After one year all financial data were better aprox. 25% in region.
General manager, Romania 1993-1995 Bucharest, Romania Established the entire Romanian operations from „Ground zero“.Responsible for the inception of the organization, implementing and directly managing all finances, direct sales system, marketing, planning, human resources, adjustment all system, financial, tax issues. Saved approximately around 13% of planed expenses.Achieved significant results in an eighteen month period by achieving monthly sales resulting 10 Million DM per month. Rewarded as Best GM in System. Special reward for price and cost calculation and funds transfer methods.
Built a team consisting after two years over 100 office stuff and cca 4000 sales agent via referrals, brand building, advertising.Opened branch facilities in 35 cities and purchasing lot of machinery and main building of over 3000 square m.
In 1995 promoted to Director, responsible for overseeing the entire Balkan region.
•Controlled all aspects of business, ranging from business administration, sales and marketing strategy and human resources .
•Responsible for coordination between head office and firms situated in the Balkans.
•Within eight moths of inception to director, sales volume, with implementing full system,
had increased in some countries over 100 percent, and region had over US$15 per month
•Responsible for directly supervision top management in firm, but also indirectly 400 stuff and 15000 sales agents.
Established the entire Romanian operations from „Ground zero“
•Responsible for the inception of the regional organization, implementing and directly
managing finances, sales, marketing and human resources.
•Achived significant results in an eighteen month period by achieving monthly sales resulting 10 M DM.
10 mil. DM
•Bult a team consisting over 100 office stuff and cca 4000 sales agent
•Open branch facilities in 35 cities and purchasing lot of machinery and main bulding of over 3000 square m.
Zastava Yugo /Zastavaimpex Belgrade, Serbia
Zastava use to be the biggest automotive company in Serbia and region with a traditional spanning over seven decades.The company in that period operated in over 30 countries, including even USA, and produced cca 250 000 automobiles, over 55000 workers, plus commercial vehicles, army products etc. Zastavaimpex was the specialized company for
foreign trade activities with over 400 office staff, based in Belgrade .
Various roles, from interim to Division Director
Fast tracked trough the organization to become the youngest director in the history of the firm.
Held position of increasing accountability ranging from junior positons in export-import
department to Director of Fiat Auto Division with over 90 and soon member of
Commercial board in Holding.
Accountability ranged from basic commercial activities to managing wide sales activities,
coollaboration with other factories to export their goods troughout cooperation agreement,
Various financial activities, marketing and sales of Yugo automobiles out of country, selling
in ex Yugoslavia Fiat gama of pasenger cars and commercial vehicles .
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