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Paola Puddu, Business Development Manager

Paola Puddu

Business Development Manager·Is Mellus FZE

United Arab Emirates

Bachelor's degree, Legal

Work experience

Total years of experience: 13 years, 8 months

Business Development Manager

July 2016 - Present

Is Mellus FZE

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

July 2016 - Present

• In charge as Manager for an international company dealing with Food&Beverages Import/Export;
• Manager customer service;
• Improve the profits and obtain sales target of the store;
• All kinds of activities connected to the Dubai Municipality as products’ registration, application online to Dubai Municipality website, management of all documentation related to import;
• Franchising restaurant/shop development;
• Study and analysis of commercial law;
• Liaison between the company and suppliers and support for import documentation;
• Checking on order progress;
• Advisor for international contracts and commercial agreements;
• Preparation of Import documentation between Europe and Middle East;
• Develop and maintain a customer database;
• Management, updating and development of e-commerce;
• Accounting and drafting of invoices and other necessary documents for customer;
• Company accounting and sending payment reminders;
• Study of sales strategies;
• Sales to hotels, restaurants and shops;
• Arrange business meetings with prospective clients;
• Promote company's products and services;
• Plan of retail space in restaurants;
• Marketing skills, management of social media accounts;
• Send quotation's request and analyze quotations received from different suppliers;
• Management of quotations received from suppliers;
• Prepare purchase order and management of orders and arrange shipment of orders;
• Warehouse’s inventory;
• Continuous contribution to improve performance, suggestions and innovations.

Company industry:
Catering, Food Service, & Restaurant
Job role:
Management

Trainee for Commercial Legal area in international market

March 2016 - July 2016

Is Mellus FZE

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

March 2016 - July 2016

• In charge as a trainee for an international company dealing with Food&Beverages Import/Export;
• Study and analysis of commercial law;
• Study of the commercial communication in Middle East;
• Advisor for international contracts and commercial agreements;
• Continuous contribution to improve performance, suggestions and innovations.

Company industry:
Catering, Food Service, & Restaurant
Job role:
Legal

Freelancer

February 2015 - February 2016

Lawyer - Freelancer

Italy

February 2015 - February 2016

• Legal assistance in the following fields: Criminal law; commercial law at the international level related to import/export; Family law and Debit recovery.
• drafting of judicial acts;
• drafting of legal advices;
• assistance and representation in criminal cases;
• customer relationships management;
• administration and account management for the law office;
• legal advice;
• analysis and research in case law;
• drafting and review of legal documents;
• keeping the relationships with all departments on legal fields; external lawyers and other interested parties in order to continue the smooth running of agreements;
• assistance in court proceedings.

Company industry:
Law Firm
Job role:
Legal

Assistant Lawyer

June 2013 - February 2014

Law firm

Italy

June 2013 - February 2014

• Collaboration with Law Firms in Turin mainly in civil and criminal fields;
• analysis and research in case law;
• drafting of contracts and legal advices;
• communicate with external lawyers and other interested parties to continue smooth running of agreements;
• draft and review legal documents.

Company industry:
Law Firm
Job role:
Legal

Trainee

November 2011 - June 2013

Law firm

Italy

November 2011 - June 2013

• Collaboration with Law offices in Turin that were mainly concerned with civil and criminal fields;
• Checking of the documents for the chief law officer and providing that all the administering documents were entered to the respective departments or external parties;
• Drafting of independent required documents;
• Managing of internal and external correspondence;
• Maintaining and organizing the office systems, documentation and filing to ensure the database was maintained at the required confidentiality level;
• Drafting of contracts and legal advices;
• Drafting and reviews of legal documents.

Company industry:
Law Firm
Job role:
Legal

Education

University of Turin

October 2011

October 2011

Bachelor's degree, Legal

Italy

High school scientific achieved at the Liceo Scientifico E. Fermi

July 2006

July 2006

High school or equivalent, Liceo Scientifico E. Fermi

Italy

Skills

Accounting
Expert
Accounting
Expert
Logistics
Expert
Logistics
Expert
Business Development Manager
Expert
Business Development Manager
Expert
Document Preparation
Expert
Document Preparation
Expert
Import Export
Expert
Import Export
Expert
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
Beginner
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
Beginner
COUNCIL
Beginner
COUNCIL
Beginner
DEBIT
Intermediate
DEBIT
Intermediate
LANGUAGES
Intermediate
LANGUAGES
Intermediate
LEGAL
Expert
LEGAL
Expert
MARKETING
Beginner
MARKETING
Beginner
READ
Expert
READ
Expert
WRITING
Expert
WRITING
Expert
Accounting
Expert
Accounting
Expert
Logistics
Expert
Logistics
Expert
Business Development Manager
Expert
Business Development Manager
Expert
Document Preparation
Expert
Document Preparation
Expert
Import Export
Expert
Import Export
Expert

Languages

English

Intermediate

French

Beginner

Italian

Native Speaker