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Work Experience

Employment

2000 – 2006 Bureau Veritas Bivac BV

5 years as Manager Benelux (Holland + Belgium)
Employees 60 – office staff and inspectors in both areas
Supervision of Inspection services in Scandinavia

Management of all activities in the above areas
Financial control of Bureau Veritas Bivac BV – The Netherlands
Management of Personnel selection/training/guidance
Delegating operational tasks to Section managers
Reporting to Head office of all activities
Management of the Quality control procedures
Working with International network to improve/change working processes.
Analysing and working on new projects



1988- 2000 Bureau Veritas / Bureau Veritas Bivac BV

11.5 years employed as Operational Manager
Employees 50 – office staff and inspectors

This work involves all the day to day operations of the running of the CRE.
Contact with the overseas offices
Contact with the Offices within Europe
Contact with clients
Supervising and delegating the work floor activities
Ensuring quality control and follow up of work flow of the work process
Reporting to the CRE Manager

Additional activities within Bureau Veritas
3 Foreign trips to Africa (Kenya and Ghana) on trouble shooting projects and opening of a new office.
Opening of a new office in London, recruitment, training and operations
Audits carried out in various European offices in preparation for ISO9000






1987-1988 Move to Holland – worked for 2 uitzenbureau’s on a temp basis as Secretary to
Director and Administrative assistant.


1980-1986 Marks & Spencer PLC – England


1984-1986 Department Manager – Liverpool
Personnel Managed – 70

Management of Men’s wear, Child’s wear departments
Commercial management
Reporting to Head office
Training of new personnel and management of these 2 departments
Following merchandise trends and reporting to buyer
Auditing of departments

1980 – 1984 Supervisor – Exeter, London and Reading
Personnel supervised 20-40

Supervision of daily commercial sales and activity
Supervision and training of staff
Reporting trends and problems to the Department Manager
Reporting of weekly sales to Head office
1 year spent on auditing of internal procedures
Worked on Profit and Loss project for London store

1978 – 1980 - Personal Assistant to Directors (2) Revill Industries Finishes – Exeter

Secretarial duties
Salary and administration
General book keeping
Customer contact and order processing

Education

Education
A level Law and Sociology 1976-1978
Studied at Exeter College of Further Education
Bishop Blackall School for Girls 1971-1976
Grammar School Education

Courses
· Internal Auditors Course – BVQI – Holland
· Dutch for International Management – Holland
· Cost Analysis via Internal course B.V. – Holland

Computer skills
-Ms Office such as Excel, Word, Access

Languages

Languages
English – mother language – fluent
Dutch – spoken/reading - good
written – average (could be better)

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