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Riga, Lv

Latvia

Latvia

- Create regional sales plans and quotas in alignment with business objectives - Support regional distributors with day-to-day operations & opportunities - Evaluate regional and country-based performances - Report on regional sales results - Quarterly and annual forecasting - Analyze regional market trends and discover new opportunities for growth - Address potential problems and suggest prompt solutions - Participate in decisions for expansion and new development - Suggest new services/products & co-develop the marketing strategy for the region - Identify hiring needs, select and train new people - Prepare and review annual budget for the area of responsibility

- Managing sales operations in the company- Owning plans and strategies for developing business and increase market share in target markets- Sales plan development (forecast and KPI reporting)- Process and material set up for onboarding, regular training and product development for specific stakeholders- Brand management of the company and its products in events, talks and networking activities- Market penetration and market research and brand awareness in target with new market opportunities- Coordination and implementation of inter-department activities (sales, marketing, product owners, product development, etc.)- Establishing and fostering partnerships and relationships with key customers both externally and internally.

Riga

- Business development & active sales- Brand strategy in existing and new markets (consistency and awareness) through partnering marketing, management, customer and sales teams and implementing specific projects, market research targeted campaigns, PR activities, participation conference and seminars- Building and maintaining profitable relationships with key customers- Understanding key customer individual needs and addressing these- Knowing competition and strategising accordingly- Conducting business reviews using the company's CRM program- Preparation of sales training and onboarding materials, and distribution of these between stakeholders

Amersfoort

- Leadership and management of the Customer and Sales support, Tender Team and Logistics in EMEA for the Purification Solution Business – 18 people- Ensure operational performance & execution against core KPI’s- Partner with Global & Regional management to enhance and deliver upon core strategic pillars and strategies- Manage progress to plan- Keep overall performance visible to all key stakeholders- Team budget management- Developing and implementing projects in relation to processes, customer opinions, buyer personas and market trends for the specific business line.

Latvia

EMEA Customer Care Manager; leadership and management of a group of people in charge of all the customers located in the EU. Providing the vision and lead of the team and its people partnering with customers and other departments, setting and monitoring of KPIs; managing, developing and implementing internal projects in relation to processes, customer opinions, buyer personas and market trends for the different business lines of the company (carbon black, fumed metal oxides, specialty carbons, marsterbatches and others)

Riga

EMEA Customer Care Manager; leadership and management of a group of people in charge of all the customers located in the EU. Providing the vision and lead of the team and its people partnering with customers and other departments, setting and monitoring of KPIs; managing, developing and implementing internal projects in relation to processes, customer opinions, buyer personas and market trends for the different business lines of the company (carbon black, fumed metal oxides, specialty carbons, marsterbatches and others).

World

Print, photo, copy writing, translations and transcriptions (SPA-ENG, ENG-SPA, LV-SPA, SPA-LV). I produced, filmed and edited a newsy documentary on non-citizens of Latvia. Among others, I collaborated with New Eastern Europe, Natural Gas Europe, The Lithuania Tribune, Futbolgrad, El País Viajero, Público and Diari ARA, Miradas de Internacional, and Baltic Review.Additionally, I co-jointly launched the project One Nil Up (www.onenilup.com), an English language digital magazine and blog established. Acting as Founder and Editor-in-Chief, I was also responsible for the development of the online and social media strategy for the brand.During the Virsliga 2014 edition, the One Nil Up team co-produced a bimonthly TV show with Latvijas Futbol Virsliga on the domestic football league.

Development and implementation of the digital marketing strategy through mainly SEO and PPC for several customers. Content creation and content management to target specific audiences, follow market trends and create the online brand presence and consistency.

Riga

Acquisition/research; identifying and inputting relevant financial information; creating and maintaining financial dictionaries; researching and inputting textual information used for business profiling. Project management for the Spanish and Italian customers.

Azerbaijan

Country Editor and Country Ambassador for the “TBY: Azerbaijan 2012” project; brand awareness strategy & campaigns, interviews with the world's top political, commercial, and industrial leaders to deliver targeted information and in-depth analysis for the publication. Managing the entire marketing and editorial project with the different stakeholders and teams & organizing PR activities during the in-field project and for the publication.

Plymouth, United Kingdom

Freelance contract with The Plymouth Herald after spending a week in the newsroom as part of a work experience. As a member of the newsroom I wrote an important number of stories and pictures stories that made it into the daily paper and the front page.

Lleida, Spain

Radio news editor and newsreader in Segre Radio. Also I used to produce and drive my own radio programme and broadcast football games. I worked as video reporter for the TV news programmes for Lleida TV, producing and editing news packages, as well as writing scripts. Also, I worked as a newsreader in the evening news bulletins.

Lleida

Radio news editor and newsreader in Segre Radio. Also I used to produce and drive my own radio programme and broadcast football games. I worked as video reporter for the TV news programmes for Lleida TV, producing and editing news packages, as well as writing scripts. Also, I worked as a newsreader in the evening news bulletins

Master’S Degree, E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce, Ma In E-Commerce Y Marketing Digital

Ma, International Journalism

Activities and Societies: Periodismo Internacional- BJTC accredited course - modules include: TV and radio production, research.

Bachelor'S Degree, Journalism