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Gothenburg, Se

Gothenburg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden

- Leading the end to end Polestar business products and services sourcing and implementation.- Perform procurement of new services according to strategies defined together with relevant Stakeholders. - Advise stakeholders on procurement issues, providing support and guidance at all stages of the procurement cycle as well as on modifications requests. - Track supplier performance through regular and automated tracking of the quality, cost project deliverables across the network - Define and take corrective actions to improve contract compliance and continuously follow up progress

Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland County, Sweden

- Global Business Travel strategy -- Buyer of travel services- Risk handling and Duty of care for our business travelers.- Mobility - procuring our international hires with what's needed when moving and settling in Sweden.- Networker and always thinking outside the box to find the best services for Polestar

Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland County, Sweden

Teacher in Travel Management for YRGO - a vocational adult education school in Sweden. The students were on a 2 year TRAC education, becoming Tourism and travel consultants. I prepared all the lectures, managed the content and learned how to teach to an audience, making sure the class was interactive and engaging.

Gothenburg, Sweden

Head of production of Soft Landing Camps in the USA, Denmark, Australia + New Zealand and other student trips, events that welcome thousands of students.Head Nordic student travel arrangements - mostly flights, using Amadeus and Sabre via a travel agency.Production of educational programs all around the world, for high school students.B2B procurement, budget control, Recruiter for my own team of 20+ seasonal staff, training them, and managing them remotely.

Gothenburg, Sweden

Explore the world - Learn for life!Head of flight coordination for the Nordic countries.Head of operations for Soft Landing Camp in several corners of the world, inbound and outbound. Budget control and analysis, recruiting and mentoring.Travel manager - Organization of all company events in Sweden and the yearly convention, which hosts around 300 participants in different parts of Europe.Office Manager

Göteborg, Sweden

In charge of the international travel section, selling marketing opportunities available through Let’s Deal to different travel companies interested in offering their services to Scandinavian customers. Guide partners through the publication process, analyse results and establish long term contracts. Negotiating, budget control and management, manage relationships and develop them.Booking of services, planning on innovation for our products, develop the travel team and help recruit new colleagues. Customer and partner support, financial advice to partners and settling long lasting business relationships.

Gothenburg, Sweden

We created an online tool that puts together all children activities in a city so that its easy for families to find them. As a co-founder i carried out the following tasks:- Managing of the bookkeeping and all financial tasks- Managing of the employees and hiring processes- Building a strong network with our event organisers- Bringing resources on board- Sales and marketing- Business development strategies- Pitching for investorsOn top of that, we managed to get seed investment from one of the best startups incubators in the world, that has allowed us to move on to further development.

Luzern, Switzerland

Responsible for supplier selection and contract negotiation of all services for a tour - including bus companies, hotels, restaurants, attractions and museums - in Spain, Portugal and Morocco with a total yearly expenditure of €3 million. Responsibilities included: - Accurate cost projection throughout the year- Complex logistical planning for tours traveling through the region- Constant monitoring of company-specific KPIs to ensure high levels of quality and service- Analysing industry trends to adapt budgets and planning timeframes- Quick and creative reaction to disruptions in the industry- Clear communication with suppliers and EF staff worldwide. - Main emergency contact person for Tour Directors (guides) worldwide when on shift.- Recruit, train and develop trainees who stayed as full time colleagues. - Develop newcomers to our team

Europe

EF tour guide for groups of North American students traveling with their teachers on cultural tours around Europe. In charge of the on site smooth operation of the tour, up selling of extra activities on tour and being the contact person for the travellers at each place visited. Extremely extrovert and interactive job.

Various

Retail, Bartending, Waitresing and event planning while studying in 3 different locations: Madrid, Barcelona and Gothenburg, Sweden.

Paris Area, France

Sales associate in the main shop "Strollers" that sold souvenirs but had as the main activity to rent strollers for parents. After a summer long competition on sales of specific products for the whole park, I won the award as best temporary sales person. The prize was a trip to Disneyland in Florida with my colleagues.

European Tourism Management, Tourism, Merit - Dissertation; "Work And Travel Programs"

BILINGUAL MASTERS- French part done at the Universite de Savoie at the Chambery Campus The broad aims of the European Tourism Management.

Internationell Key Account Manager, Sales, Distribution, And Marketing Operations, General, Internationell Key Account Manager

Vocational degree in Swedish, that gave me tools to develop as a talented Key account manager.

Digital Marketing, Web Page, Digital/Multimedia And Information Resources Design

ONline course aimed to expand knowledge about Digital Marketing.

It B2B Säljare, Specialized Sales, Merchandising And Marketing Operations, Yh

Took the IT oriented courses of this education, in order to expand my IT related skills.

Diplomado En Turismo, Tourism

Bachelor's degree in international Tourism, including a 6 month Erasmus internship at the Universite d'Artois in Arras, France.