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Dar Es Salaam, Dar Es Salam, Tz

Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

RednWhite is one of the largest wine and spirits distributors in Tanzania.In my role I am;- Responsible for daily operations and implementation of strategic plans. - Key management team member involved in budget and cash planning. - Imports, distribution and despatch management. - Main contact for government agencies (NSSF, TRA, OSHA etc). Heading HR and performance management. - Fleet and fuel manager. - Responsible for international and local procurement planning and execution. - Key contact for various service providers (insurance, IT, shipping, vehicles etc). - Supervisor of all non sales related departments (e.g. office management, procurement, credit control, imports department, warehousing).

Worldwide

- November 2016-March 2017, Netherlands. Wrote business case for a new business venture in The Netherlands. Includes; budgets, planning, strategy.- April-July 2016 Rakops Foundation, Botswana. Development work involving irrigation, agriculture, agroforestry and capacity building. A short consultancy for a project donor; I analysed current state of affairs of various activities of the foundation. Developed an agricultural plan for 3 hectares. Lived and worked in rural Botswana

Rhotia, Karatu, Tanzania

General management, responsible for: daily management, financials, bookkeeping, maintenance, planning, staff management (70 staff), supplies, hosting guests. Projects: 1. Supervision of borehole drilling (depth 150m) and development of PVC pipeline (2km, head 225m) and pumps. 2. Installation of drip irrigation system (approximately 1 acre) 3. I developed a new financial system including all business unitsThe lodge is a commercial luxury tented camp near Ngorongoro Tanzania to provide financial means for the adjacent Children Home. The project is non-for-profit, non-for-loss.

Mto Wa Mbu, Arusha, Tanzania

Hands-on job. Include: staff management, design and production of Joomla-based website, reservations and customer relations, marketing, financial management and accounting, maintenance and camp improvement (upgraded to solar power).

Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia

General office duties. Information Management, Document Management, streamlining of processes, quality management in an aged care facility.

Utrecht, Netherlands

- Worked as a junior business analyst within Document Management department; research and mapping archiving landscape within Rabobank, developing a vision about archiving and document management in collaboration with architects, product managers and business analysts- Obtained Prince2 foundation certification- Developed a business case for Strictly4Business: an event for students, young professionals CIO's and professors.- Involved in setup of a project in India concerning CO2, carbon credits, (re)forestation and sustainable agriculture

Kigali City, Rwanda

Temporary (6 weeks) consultant at BPR in Kigali.

North Holland, Netherlands

Annual summer job as allround worker for a cultural festival.Duties vary from building stages, lighting & sound to crowd control and ticket sales.In 2008 I was coordinator of ticket sales on the festival site.The festival has 50000 visitors annually.

Utrecht, Netherlands

Researching possibility to offshore business analysis.Did a research project at Capgemini for my Master thesis.Thesis topic: 'Social Presence, Conversational Involvement and Trust in Virtual Teams'

Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands

Personal assistant to the director of the International Relations Office

Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands

Personal assistant to the head of the Programme Committee

Kampala, Uganda

Internship in Kampala (Uganda):Analyzing business processes. Providing recommendations to optimize information streams and to implement a logistical information system.

Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands

Desk research for Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology

Msc, International Business (Information Management)

Activities and Societies: Extracurricular course 'Personal Development Trajectory' (10 months)Did courses in managing ICT in global.

Bsc, International Business

Activities and Societies: Faculty Council (2004-2005), Student Council (2004-2005)International Business, with a focus on information.

Business, Economics, Politics

Activities and Societies: Erasmus Student Exchange program for 6 months. Did MBA and MSc courses in Baltic economy, Business and Politics

Gymnasium, Latin, Economics, History, French, English, German

Activities and Societies: IMUNA board 2000, THIMUN delegate 1998 &1999, attended some other MUN conferences, President 6th grade committee.