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Zürich, ZH, CH

Zug, Switzerland

• Highlights: Strategic sourcing, complex tender management, stakeholder collaboration and contract negotiation.
• Led EMEA Brokerage Strategy and executed tenders, achieving 39.8% cost improvement by identifying and eliminating hidden costs.
• Spearheaded the French Parcel tender in a monopolized market, resulting in a 7.8% cost improvement, improved supplier performance, and reduced damages during the loading process.
• Directed multi-level stakeholder engagement to ensure project alignment and reported directly to senior sponsors on progress and escalations.
• Developed and executed customs brokerage strategy across EMEA, securing competitive terms while maintaining regulatory compliance and business continuity.
• Directed negotiations for new contracts across the EMEA region and sanctioned Russia, driving strategic partnerships and ensuring compliance with regulatory frameworks.

Zug, Switzerland

• Highlights: Global project management, Innovation in Cold Chain logistics, and sustainable solutions.
• Spearheaded the Global Temperature Control ULDs tender, achieving 19% cost savings by negotiating beyond standard rental fees, securing longer lead times and more favorable demurrage and detention rates.
• Led the inaugural global tender for Temperature-controlled Shipper Boxes across 35 distribution centers, procuring 160'000 GxP-compliant boxes. Executed a global strategy that delivered 5% cost savings, improved.
• Mapped logistics spend outside procurement, increasing visibility across departments to improve service quality and operational efficiency.

Basel, Switzerland

• Highlights: Dynamic regional leader managing over EUR600 MM annually with a 50% win rate in new tenders and a 98% renewal success rate. Proven expertise in innovative tender management and global stakeholder.
• Led 21 FTEs in 2 teams, overseeing pricing for 64 EMEA countries.
• Boosted win rates from mid-30% to stable 50% for new business and 98% for renewals on Strategic International tender team.
• Transformed Tactical Regional Quote Desk from 6 to 10 FTEs, improved hit rate from 27% to 43% and ROI from 267% to 538% through improved processes, higher accountability and performance management.
• Led procurement of rates and services from country organizations and in-house airfreight carrier StarBroker.
• Led final project sign-offs with DGF (DHL Global Forwarding) senior management - regional AFR heads, regional and country CEOs and Global Head of AFR.

Basel Area, Switzerland

• Highlights: since 2019 served as ad-interim Head of RACC, managing 20 FTEs (13 directly, 7 via dotted-line) and strategic projects for strategic customers.
• In contrast to the Head of RACC, met with customers exclusively to support annual tender preparation, advising on key terms and conditions (rate validity, financial terms, KPIs, penalties, VIP programs, jet-fuel.
• As Team Leader, maintained a dual role in driving team performance (including my own) and building strong relationships across the matrix organization, ensuring RACC’s positioning as a trusted partner and SME for sales.

Basel Area, Switzerland

• Highlights: Successfully managed multiple projects, demonstrating accountability for outcomes and directly supporting sales through strategic customer negotiations.
• Executed Global Tenders for Airfreight product, ensuring timely and effective collaboration across teams.
• Developed comprehensive pricing strategies by analyzing and quantifying business risks, including T&Cs deviations, fuel models, high-value and dangerous goods (including batteries), and volatile market conditions.
• Communicated global pricing instructions while ensuring compliance with international regulations and conducting competitive benchmarking using sources such as IATA CASS, Seabury, MTS, CPK, and Rabit.
• Accountable for achieving global hit rates and personal KPIs, driving sales success through targeted strategies and execution.
• Successfully won and retained significant tenders, contributing to overall business growth (details subject to NDA).

Basel Area, Switzerland

• Highlights: led a team of 5 project managers, supported KAMs with final negotiations.
• Managed a team of 5FTEs to deliver competitive and error-free bids.
• Developed an improved and simplified bidding process through automation and error-checking tools, reducing defects to just 1 in 1.5 years across entire team.
• Formulated pricing strategies based on analyses of business risks, including T&Cs deviations, fuel models, high-value and dangerous goods products, volatile market conditions, and country regulations (customs.
• Secured projects worth over EUR 46 MM in revenue.

Basel Area, Switzerland

• Leveraged extensive freight forwarding background and persistence to support the Global Bid team at DHL Global Forwarding (DGF) EMEA Headquarters.
• Led the breakdown and translation of customer needs and requirements to relevant units within the matrix organization, ensuring alignment and effective communication across departments.
• Conducted thorough data analyses to inform pricing strategies, executing pricing solutions that met customer expectations while driving profitability.
• Designed tailored solutions in collaboration with commercial owners and internal stakeholders, facilitating a cohesive approach to bid submissions and project execution.

Slovak Republic

• Executed Ocean Freight (OFR) and Air Freight (AFR) shipments by procuring and negotiating competitive rates for general cargo, oversized, valuable, and dangerous goods (DG), catering to local, national, and.
• Prepared and ensured documentation compliance with EU and international regulations, including Bill of Lading, customs documents, temporary exports/ATA carnets, and letters of credit.
• Managed billing processes and provided timely reporting to customers, team leaders, the Ocean Freight Manager, and the Brand Manager to ensure transparency and operational efficiency.
• Acted as a backup for Air Freight operations, ensuring seamless service.
• Trained and supported new colleagues, fostering a collaborative and knowledgeable team environment.

Slovak Republic

• Joined as a youngster eager to learn and understand financial market, institutions, principles and people shaping it; shortly, after 4 months training, managed considerable base of own clients,
• established long-term relations with clients,
• created ad hoc/long-term financial solutions, reviewed existing contracts seeking for unnecessary/ineffective products, supported clients in decision-making,
• mediated and led negotiations between/with fin. institutions and/in name of clients,
• yearly rose of clients´ base, consistent increase of sales
• yearly turnover now exceeding € (on request)

London, United Kingdom

• supported SBBC organize a conference of “24 Most Significant Slovak Women“in London.
• event marketing, fund-raising, client management
• CRM database administration

Scanning various objects with a high-end 3D laser scanners; summarized data used for reverse engineering and CAD models.

Master, Economics

Activities and Societies: Logistics, Controlling Faculty of Economics and Management, Logistics and controlling department,

Ing., Economics, Logistiics

Activities and Societies: Economics, Management, Logistics Master thesis: Optimizing Logistics via Controlling with the help of MS Access.

Economics, High School

A-Level Cambridge Certificate – AQA British Assessment,