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Athens, Attiki, Greece

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Athens, Attiki, Greece

Melbourne, Australia

MECCA is a world-class beauty destination with over 100 stores throughout Australia and New Zealand, housing 170+ premium global cosmetic brands and 3,000 team members across our four different concepts: MECCA, MECCA Cosmetica, MECCA Maxima and online stores MECCA.com.au and MECCAbeauty.co.nz.Applying a commercially-focused buying and forecasting process to a portfolio of 50+ premium, local and international brands including Tatcha, Go-To, KORRES, Dermalogica, REN Clean Skincare, AVEDA, Bumble and Bumble and Frank Body across the Skincare, Hair and Body categories. Driving sales of $130m pa, capitalising on new product launches while ensuring optimum stock levels and purchases remain within OTB.Identifying and implementing new product initiatives through brand partnering, researching market trends, consumer behaviour and the competitive landscape.Achieving profit, budget, sales and growth targets by developing and executing brand financial plans fully integrated with category strategies, marketing and communication plans.

Sydney, Australia

Lush Cosmetics is a specialty beauty retailer with over 900 stores worldwide and $900m+ annual turnover. Lush Cosmetics is an ethical and innovative brand producing handmade cosmetics using fresh, natural ingredients in recyclable packaging that are 100% vegetarian and never tested on animals.Stock supervisor of largest Lush store in Australia, whilst completing final year of MBA. Streamlined stock ordering to deliver optimal supply to largest store in Australia by analysing current and prior year sales to maintain adequate inventory levels to ensure product availability with minimal out-of-stocks and out-of-dates.

Athens, Attiki, Greece

Performer and teacher of Fusion Dance. Part-time carer of aged relative.Completed practitioner and instructor certification of The 8 Elements™ Dance Program by Rachel Brice, USA - 4 LevelsCompleted practitioner certification of DanceCraft™ Program by Zoe Jakes, USA - 2 LevelsGreek National Women's Team Petanque - 3rd place in Women’s Triplettes, Petanque Balkan Championship 2017Returned to Australia in 2018 to complete MBA Executive.

Sydney, Australia

Catholic Healthcare is a leading NFP health and aged care provider in NSW and QLD with operating revenue $300m pa and 4,000+ staff.Reported to CFO and GM; member of Senior Leadership Team; Chair of Finance & Performance Committee.Developed standardised unit cost and pricing of service and product catalogue and pioneered new business model and reporting tool for $30m pa service line (Consumer Directed Care - Home Care Packages) with customised IT solution; set the new benchmark within the sector, model adopted by partnering organisations.Transitioned finance, IT and property management support functions, $700K pa, from division to central office, saving $140K pa.

Sydney, Australia

Finance Manager of Community Services division, $50m+ pa operating revenue.Reported to CFO and GM; member of Senior Leadership Team; Chair of Finance & Performance Committee.Managed $1.5m Profit & Loss and team of 11-15 employees across Finance, Systems, Compliance, Accounts Receivable, Property and Learning & Development.Steered cross-functional team of award-winning project in automating statewide invoicing of 3,000+ clients saving $200K pa.Led finance team, peer nominated for service quality, to increase output without increasing overheads to support 45% growth ($15m) since 2007 applying continuous improvement principles.Innovated service delivery reporting using real-time data, allowing proactive adjustment of activity levels to increase service delivery thereby reducing government grants repayable.Designed new motor vehicle fleet strategy eliminating waste of $300K pa by optimising vehicle acquisition and utilisation.

Sydney, Australia

Acting GM Community Services, $50m+ annual revenue. Reported to Managing Director and member of Senior Executive Team; 6 direct reports.Assisted functional managers execute strategic plan; renegotiated contract with IT vendor when critical software customisation delivered for transformational project did not meet specification; supported HR manager through Collective Bargaining negotiations.

Sydney, Australia

Reported to GM and Financial Controller; direct reports: 1Improved external reporting workflow resulting in all external obligatory reporting submitted by due date, error-free with 100% acceptance from government.Created P&L budgeting tools with statewide training, applied in tendering process to win government contracts totalling $15m from 2007 to 2014.

Stuart Alexander & Co. is one of Australia's largest privately-owned FMCG importers and distributors of premium global brands throughout Australasia including Tabasco, Guylian, Mentos, Fisherman’s Friends. Major customers include Woolworth’s, Coles & IGA.Responsible for maintenance of general ledger and reconciliations; P&L/ balance sheet/ cash flow reporting; foreign currency hedging strategy; margin and variance analysis, annual budget, rolling forecast, transfer pricing.Streamlined month-end down to 3 days; supported brand managers in hitting budget via interpreted financial results and costing and variance analysis.Delivered costing and profitability analysis tool for brand managers to apply to potential new products so that only those satisfying minimum benchmarks were pursued, eliminating sunk costs.

Mba Executive, Business Administration And Management, General, Distinction

Awarded the AGSM Alumni Community Leader Scholarship in 2012 AGSM @ UNSW Business School is Australia’s leading graduate school.

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Accounting, Finance, Taxation

Activities and Societies: Hellenic Society

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