Transferred from Colombia to Baghdad for a special mission, I was in charge of the administrative set-up of the new delegation in Baghdad, which relocated 11 expatriates from Jordan to Baghdad in January 2011. Main challenges included:
Recruitment, training and management of 30 administrative staff members
HR Responsible for all 100 national employees
Create & implement HR processes and procedures for the Delegation
Implement financial procedures for the new structure
Financial Controlling of all expenditures and budget follow-up
Infrastructure set-up: rental agreements, rehabilitation of offices and residences
Administrator, Bogota, Cali & Pasto, Colombia
As a flying Administrator I gave support to the Administrators based in the Delegation of Bogota, Sub-Delegation of Cali and the Office of Pasto. My main tasks involved:
Recruit and train a new HR Manager (new function)
Improve and reorganize the communication flow in HR for all ICRC offices in Colombia
In Bogota – Restructuring and training of the secretary pool
Organize and give a training for all administrators
CB Richard Ellis Hotels, Central & Eastern Europe, Prague
01.10.2007 – 08.01.2010
Senior Analyst
Responsible for hotel development advisory and operator selection across Central and Eastern Europe, my role involved working with a wide range of developers and operators, providing both with reasoned advice on various levels. My experience included:
Provide consultancy work to clients including development and investment advice for hotel and mixed-used developments
Lead the operator selection from marketing the product until signature of an agreement
Negotiation of management and lease agreements on behalf of owners/investors
Build internal and external relationships and maintaining strong relationships with existing clients
Other tasks include: feasibility studies, brokerage, and valuation
Atisreal Hotels, Paris (CB Richard Ellis Hotels till March 2007)
02.01.2007 – 28.09.2007
Analyst
The existent team of CB Richard Ellis changed hands after the sale to Atisreal Hotels. My main responsibilities within this team were:
Valuation of portfolio and single hotel assets
Investment consultancy on an acquisition of a palace hotel in Paris for a bank (value of building: 404M€)
Representation of a Spanish client for an acquisition (analysis of due diligence, establishment of value of the property (value: 11 M€)
Sale of two Parisian hotels and a portfolio of 7 properties located in France (preparation of brochure, analysis of due diligence valuation and selection of potential buyer)
Page Personnel (Michael Page), Paris
03.07.2006 – 12.12.2006
Consultant
As a consultant in the financial division, I was in charge of, on behalf of external clients, the entire recruitment process with regards to financial staffing. My daily tasks included:
Prospecting and cold calling of potential clients
Establishment and management of a portfolio of clients
Recruitment procedure for clients (interviews, technical tests, control of references of applicants)
In a short period, I reached a sales target of 45K€ per trimester (average 30K€)
