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Managing local administrative teams in the Netherlands and GermanyProviding administrative support to associates based in Switzerland, Baltics&BalcansManaging budgets and keeping spending within the budgetPreparing and keeping real estate strategy up to date Coordination of business trips and overseeing the implementation of a new travel management platformOrganizing team-building eventsOnboarding and offboarding associatesManaging fixed assetsCooperating with vendors and service providersCreating and implementing administrative processes and guidelines Checking knowledge, skills and competencies of administrative team membersBuilding and sharing knowledge within the companyPreparing and implementing roadmaps and visionParticipating in global administrative projects assigned by HQPlanning and executing regional initiativesPerforming tasks requested by associates and cooperating with other departments (Finance, Legal, Marketing and Helpdesk)

Warszawa

Providing general, mostly remote, administrative support to DACH (since 07.2018) and BNX teams (since 10.2019)Supporting onboarding and offboarding processesManaging supplies and equipmentOrganizing business tripsKeeping track of team members expensesManaging office space strategy: research and negotiation for new and existing office space in 6 locations (Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Cologne, Hamburg and Stuttgart)Contacting landlord, vendors and suppliersTaking care of documentation workflowUpdating internal sources of informationCreating and/or updating local proceduresManaging calendars of other associatesCooperating with other departments, especially: Finance, HR, HQ Administration

Warsaw, Masovian District, Poland

Ongoing support to General Manager and subsequently to Sales Development Manager in building from the scratch and developing premium dealership network in Central and Eastern Europe.Developing and maintaining strong business relationships with dealers across Poland and in other countries in CEE region: acting as the first point of contact in all product- and sales-related matters, quoting, setting up new dealers, providing them with sales aids and marketing materials tailored to their needs, monitoring sales orders, tracking payments, arranging freight from Centor UK factory to the dealer.Taking care of a coherent corporate image of Centor Central Europe in cooperation with Centor Marketing Department in Australia and Polish PR agency. Acting as a media contact in Poland.Translation into Polish of all Centor marketing materials (brochures, website, videos etc.) since company's CEE market entry, including company slogan and product names. Interpreting during business meetings with dealers and suppliers. Everyday English communication with Australian supervisor and UK, US and AU colleagues.Recruiting, briefing and coordinating external translators (DE, CZ, HU, EL), which allowed for company's smooth transition into a multilingual company. Organising events, training and business trips for Polish, UK and Australian teams. Being responsible for company's presence at trade fairs in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic — from the product display and additional marketing materials in a local language, press publications etc. to the ongoing customer service at the stand during the fair and followup after the event.Taking care of Centor's Warsaw showroom (greeting visitors and presenting the products) and office (providing ongoing administrative support to the local team of up to 5 people).Organisational support during factory move from UK to PL.

Warszawa

Professional translation and interpreting services offered to business clients and translation agencies.My end clients included: Autodesk, Bayer, Bell Laboratories Inc.,Bioventus, Boston Scientific, Corporation, Iberhospitex S.A., INC, Johnson Controls, NOVA Chemicals, Sanquin, SAP, Sorin, Sener, Thermo Fisher Scientific.Examples of texts I usually translated:• Medicine and related: IFUs, clinical trial documentation (clinical trial agreemenst, ICFs, study protocols, AE reports), pharmaceuticals (SmPCs, both human and veterinary, PILs), hospital discharge summaries, market research questionnaires, safety data sheets.Recent project: trilateral clinical trial agreement (10 K words).• Business and marketing: employee training materials and surveys, newsletters, internal policies (ethics, antibribery and corruption, non-retaliation), business correspondence, product descriptions, mobile apps.Recent project: e-learning course on corporate ethics (12 K words). • Law: license agreements (EULAs), maintenance agreements (EUMAs), service agreements, authorized reseller agreements, warranties, general terms and conditions.Recent project: general terms and conditions for the purchasing of production material, spare parts and accessories (3,6 K words).

Warsaw, Masovian District, Poland

Teaching computer-assisted translation (CAT) tools course to Applied Linguistics' MA level students and consecutive interpreting (German) course to Applied Linguistics' BA level students.

Warszawa

Providing language services to companies and individual clients as well translation agencies. Participation in numeous projects for end clients in the area of medicine, business and marketing, law.My end clients included: Terumo, Medtronic, Spectranetics, SJM, Sorbact, Carestream, Novell, Bayer, Honeywell, Johnson Controls, DJO Global, Invacare, DePuy Mitek, DePuy Spine, ACIST Medical Systems, Boston Scientific Corporation, Thermo Scientific, Sanquin, Samsung, Shire, INC, SAP, Unicredit, CA Clarity, Rational, HRS.

Warsaw, Masovian District, Poland

Management of terminology resources using CAT tools, supervision of the development of existing resources by translators and proofreaders, co-operation with project managers in meeting clients' terminological demands in translations.• Transferred terminological databases (TD) from Idiom WS to MemoQ.• Introduced a solution enabling spellchecking of translation memories (TM).• Delivered terminology-related training for interns, including terminology extraction and creation of terminology resources.

Warsaw, Masovian District, Poland

(Internship) Proofreading of text in the field of law, banking, economy, medicine and technology translated into Polish.

Warsaw, Masovian District, Poland

(Internship) Translating and proofreading of text in the field of law, banking, economy and medicine translated into Polish.

Phd Programme, Applied Linguistics

Postgraduate Studies, Translation Of Medical Texts

The scope of study material: - basics of human anatomy and physiology, - translation of medical research articles, - translation.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Translation And Interpreting Of Specialist Texts, 2012

Graduated with distinction. Languages of specialization: Polish, German and English. Course highlights: • translation of legal texts.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Translation And Interpreting Of Specialist Texts, 2010

Languages of specialization: Polish, German and English. Course highlights: • translation of legal texts (contract law, family law.

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