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Bucarest, Roumanie

Bucharest

Company providing consultancy services in business development and management focusing mainly but not exclusively on the retail industry. Activis Consult aims at facilitating the understanding of the markets, formulating and implementing winning business models to any company willing to succeed in Eastern European countries.

Moscow, Bucharest

Kiabi is the leading value fashion retailer in France. The company designs, produces and sells fashion apparel, footwear and accessories both for adults and kids under KIABI brand. The company operates over 500 stores worldwide ; its annual turnover is almost 2.0 Billion euros.Key achievements: Elaborating and leading the country expansion strategy for Romania and the Russian Federation; Negotiation and delivery of over 40,000 m2 of retail space in premium locations;Main responsibilities:- Development of the company’s expansion strategy: setting up a road-map of cities to enter in the next 3-5 years and setting the growth targets, both qualitative and quantitative, for new stores and existing portfolio;- Build full business case for projects in terms of fit with market strategy, location requirement, commercial idea, configuration of space, economic and legal terms;- Negotiating and executing the first deals and rent/lease/acquisition contracts;- Preparation of the project budget, selection of general contractors and costs monitoring;- Optimizing the existing portfolio, meaning refit, extension and relocation of existing stores;- Legal and technical due diligence;- Cultivation and promotion of the working relationships with outside partners, state authorities and developers;- Leading the rent, leasing, legal, store planning, construction, and facility teams: setting the values, mission and vision, and consistently displaying integrity, and developing, empowering and motivating the teams to meet their agreed goals;- Maintenance of the development decisions as per corporate interests and policies;- Leading KIABI in-store drive for innovation;

Romania

Romanian company offering consultancy services in real estate and construction management as well as in the domain of Mergers & Acquisitions.Key achievements: Delegated works for the construction of Tomis Constanta (50 million euro); Project management for the construction of Brasov Nord shopping center (39 million euros); Project management for the acquisition by VEOLIA ENVIRONMENT of SSB waste collection company and IRIDEX ecological landfill (city of Ploiesti);Main responsibilities:- Construction of the project budget, selection of the subcontractors, project cost monitoring and reporting;- Organization tender procedures and selection of the General Contractor;- Relation with local authorities for the obtention of all key administrative authorizations and permits;- Organization of legal and technical due diligences;- Elaboration of the preliminary P&L;- Business intelligence on waste collection and landfills private operators in scope of potential acquisition;- Coordination of public tender for VEOLIA ENVIRONMENT;

Bucarest, Roumanie

International French company, providing water treatment solutions and the complete range of services required to design, build, maintain and upgrade water and wastewater treatment facilities for industrial clients ans public authorities.Key achievements:- Formulation and implementation of the methodology for water tariff adjustments;Main responsibilities:• Forecasts on macro-economic parameters and operating costs• Redaction of requests for Extraordinary Tariff Adjustment to the panel of European experts and to the Romanian Office of Competition

London, United Kingdom

International French company, providing water treatment solutions and the complete range of services required to design, build, maintain and upgrade water and wastewater treatment facilities for industrial clients ans public authorities.Main responsibilities:• Study on the impact of metering on the evolution of the Per Capita Consumption of households from the Three Valleys and North Surrey • Optimization of the Three Valleys Water meters and pipes replacement strategy under consideration of technical and economical parameters.

Ingénieur, Genie Des Procedes

Activities and Societies: Président de l'association étudiante Upsilon pour l'organisation des activités récréationnelles et culturelles.

Master'S Degree, Environmental Sciences