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New York City

New York City

Prague, The Capital, Czech Republic

Key responsibilities:• Prepared RFP/RFI as part of change management including collecting initial information, providing screening, negotiating terms and conditions, submitting offers, and handling administrative tasks.• Contributed to the process of renewing contracts and renegotiating their terms and conditions.• Supported sales team in bidding processes with relevant information and documentations.• Participated in the establishment of project scope with business representatives and analysts.• Identified upsell opportunities.• Scheduled projects, resources, information and prerequisites in MS Project, MS Excel, and/or JIRA.• Managed project team, support team and external contractors.• Dealt with overlapping projects and changing priorities while meeting the agreed deadlines.• Communicated with project stakeholders and customers (client facing position).• Led status meetings with the team and/or with customers on a regular basis in Czech and English.• Monitored project progress and reported to customers and company’s senior management.• Maintained project logs, project information updated on O365, and overall project administration.• Built and maintained long-lasting relationships with customers through effective communication.• Represented a key point-of-contact for majority of our customers.• Balanced clients’ expectations with technology limits.• Worked collaboratively with other team members and departments to ensure that everybody was updated with the most recent information and that the final product meets and satisfies client needs.• Brainstormed client’s next steps in order to come up with possible scenarios and exceed client's needs.Remarkable projects: - MilkyWay; ŠKODA AUTO Czech Republic; SP-based platform for sharing various importers’ content;- Flexitime; European GNSS Agency (GSA); SP-based application to record employee’s working and non-working time and its integrations with 3rd party tools (e.g. card readers);

Prague, The Capital, Czech Republic

Key responsibilities:• Updated project logs – risk, issue, quality registers, and budget spending on behalf of Project Manager• Maintained project information updated on O365/SharePoint and overall project platform administration.• Assists more senior project managers in the day-to-day aspects of managing projects• Managed projects of smaller size while dealing with overlapping projects and changing priorities.• Elaborated on project documentation and contributed to pre-sale/sales activities from the project management perspective.• Communicated within the team of analysts, testers, and developers on a daily basis, including participating in stand-up meetings.• Monitored project progress and reported to customers using MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, OneNote, Project, Visio) on a regular basis.• Organized meetings with project’s and/or product’s stakeholders and prepared meetings’ agendas.

Prague, The Capital, Czech Republic

Key Responsibilities:• Contributed to planning of communication strategy for cloud-based product.• Analyzed different communication channels/tools and evaluated their suitability for the product.• Prepared the specific implementation of selected communication strategies including content and support materials preparation (e.g. website content, leaflets, posts, etc.).• Prepared specific content for product’s website and analyzed incorporation of third-party tools (automatic emails tools, billing tools...).• Actively participated in brainstorming meetings with company’s management to set overall product’s targets.• Coordinated the delivery team and oversaw the development phase including setting short-term goals.• Reviewed quality delivered features and executed smoke tests of a product.• Communicated product’s status across different company’s departments and teams.• Organized meetings with partners and was responsible for drafting meeting minutes.

Prague, The Capital, Czech Republic

Bangor, Maine Area

Work and Travel, USASummer job at Asticou Inn, Maine, USA. I was working as a server and a server assitant. Moreover, I worked as a server during weedings and special events such as Friends od Acadia.The aim of this stay was to improve and pratice my English and learn more about USA culture and customs.

Oxford, United Kingdom

Summer job at Wadham College, Oxford, UK. I was working as houskeeper and waitress. I was responsible for one Staircase during summer period. In addition to this I attended English 2000 language school. The aim of this stay was to improve and pratice my English, time management when planning my work on my own. Moreover I used the chance to learn about UK culture and customs.

District Litomerice, Czech Republic

A summer job with following responsabilities:• Greeted guests and directing them appropriately;• Entered information into a system.• Managed incoming booking requests.• Performed administrative tasks.• Responded to telephone calls, emails and other correspondence.

Master'S Degree, International Business

Major: International Trade Minor: Marketing Diploma Thesis: Marketing communication of Timo, s.r.o

Programme Étudiants Internationaux Ucl - Francais

Louvain School Of Management

Exchange semestr under Erasmus program, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgie

Bachelor'S Degree, International Business

Major: International Trade Bachelor Thesis: EU-USA Trade Relations

A General English, And Work Vocabulary, Summer Course