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Coimbra, Pt

Coimbra, Portugal

Implementing Business decision’s and self growth mindset for all the teams working with me, securing the right tools to navigate thru the challenges of the new Retail.Multi Project management with solid results in every scenario. Leading several teams up to 110 employes (of which 18 managers), with formal report to Area Manager, surpassing the forecasted sales sell-out and operating margins by developing a strong business mindset in stores team managers, setting high levels in business operations, implementing new routines and solutions, detecting and correcting inefficiency, contributing to talent development and succession, executing or developing projects (training managers).

Barcelona Area, Spain

Business partner for Barcelona/Catalonia region, with informal leadership, leading, managing and influencing 23 stores, with a team of 135 managers, and 1000 employees, with direct report to Area Manager and Central Controller, on key areas: P&L, business operations, business strategies, decision making, product assortment and stock management, budgeting, HR, safety and facility and informal report to Iberian CFO.

Madeira, Portugal

Leading, managing, developing teams of 2 stores, with 82 employees (7 managers) in a new market extension (Madeira island), reporting formally to area manager understanding new business opportunities, while creating new best practices in business operations for H&M Portugal and empowering decision making and team growth. For the first time in H&M Portugal, two stores were lead at the same time by one store manager.

Viseu Area, Portugal

Train and develop a team of 10 employees, in all aspects related to store operations, product management, and implementing visual guidelines, reporting to store manager, in one of the most important stores for H&M Portugal.In cross-functional teams, i have participated in HR recruitment's for new openings (in Portugal e Spain).

Viseu Area, Portugal

Ensuring that visual and commercial guidelines of the company where met, while coaching and training full store team (manager included), and mentoring an assistant visual merchandiser, to secure business sucession.

Porto, Portugal

Coimbra Area, Portugal

Managing all contacts in every aspect related with technical issues, for enterprise clients in the center of Portugal (300 enterprises from all industries ranging from 1 employe to more than 300), and deploying actions needed in the shortest time, to tackle the questions related to customers mobile phones. Detecting business opportunities, and drive them to commercial team. In every year my area was ranked 1st, in highest rate service accomplished.

Open Executive Programme, Complexity Thinking For Teams

Solid understanding on how to apply complexity thinking guidelines on complex adaptive systems. Advanced knowledge of defining complexity.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Graduate, Physics And Geography

In 2007, i attended at the Environmental and Resources Management, held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from the 4th of July to the 22th.