Ivana Vrbova
Office Manager & HR Support at Pierce Group - Riders in Ecommerce- Claim this Profile
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German Elementary proficiency
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Czech Full professional proficiency
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Eglish Full professional proficiency
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Slovak Native or bilingual proficiency
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Swedish Elementary proficiency
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Bio
Johan Olsson
I was Ivanas reporting manager at Pierce for about 4 months where she worked as HR & Office coordinator, manageing the office and events and more. She did this very well. She had very good work ethic and employees felt safe coming to her which made her a good point of contact. She has a very structured mindset and shows appreciation for the little things and remains a positive mindset. I hope her next employer take care of her nicely :) Been a pleasure working with her.
Emese Urban
I had the pleasure to work with Ivana in Mars Czech s.r.o, between March, 2014 and December, 2016. During this period I was having the role of HR Director for the Czech organization, later as HR Project Manager for Central Europe. We experienced working together having direct reporting line to me and also dotted line reporting. Ivana joined Mars in a very turbulent period of time: just before moving our office from Porici nad Sazavou to Prague. Her professional approach and excellent support was truly crucial for the success of the project. Later on she proved similar excellence in another crucial project: turning the Prague office from a local to a cluster location. Ivana performed various roles during working for Mars: as Leadership Team Coordinator (first local, later regional), Office Co-ordinator, Project Manager. She was always keen to learn and apply new things, taking the extra mile to become expert in certain areas. Sometimes she was lacking a bit of self-confidence at the beginning, but with little guidance & support she moved on and achieved success in whatever she was asked for. She is an extremely professional, precise, responsible, reliable, loyal, hard working person. Whatever she committed, you can be assured, that it will be delivered on time and with high quality. She is doing everything (even if being under huge stress or tight deadlines) with a very calm, modest, pleasant attitude. Just talking to her is already helping to calm down! She is proactive, initiating new things, continuous improvements and has the strength to stand alone even in tough situations. She is very conscious about her self-development, regularly asking for feedback & taking the learnings of any situations. On top of her high professionalism I really liked working with Ivana also because of her nice personality. She is a real team player, always taking good care of others, trying to help with anything (both work & private). I really felt being gifted with her I would happily work with her in the future too and hope to remain her friend too.
Johan Olsson
I was Ivanas reporting manager at Pierce for about 4 months where she worked as HR & Office coordinator, manageing the office and events and more. She did this very well. She had very good work ethic and employees felt safe coming to her which made her a good point of contact. She has a very structured mindset and shows appreciation for the little things and remains a positive mindset. I hope her next employer take care of her nicely :) Been a pleasure working with her.
Emese Urban
I had the pleasure to work with Ivana in Mars Czech s.r.o, between March, 2014 and December, 2016. During this period I was having the role of HR Director for the Czech organization, later as HR Project Manager for Central Europe. We experienced working together having direct reporting line to me and also dotted line reporting. Ivana joined Mars in a very turbulent period of time: just before moving our office from Porici nad Sazavou to Prague. Her professional approach and excellent support was truly crucial for the success of the project. Later on she proved similar excellence in another crucial project: turning the Prague office from a local to a cluster location. Ivana performed various roles during working for Mars: as Leadership Team Coordinator (first local, later regional), Office Co-ordinator, Project Manager. She was always keen to learn and apply new things, taking the extra mile to become expert in certain areas. Sometimes she was lacking a bit of self-confidence at the beginning, but with little guidance & support she moved on and achieved success in whatever she was asked for. She is an extremely professional, precise, responsible, reliable, loyal, hard working person. Whatever she committed, you can be assured, that it will be delivered on time and with high quality. She is doing everything (even if being under huge stress or tight deadlines) with a very calm, modest, pleasant attitude. Just talking to her is already helping to calm down! She is proactive, initiating new things, continuous improvements and has the strength to stand alone even in tough situations. She is very conscious about her self-development, regularly asking for feedback & taking the learnings of any situations. On top of her high professionalism I really liked working with Ivana also because of her nice personality. She is a real team player, always taking good care of others, trying to help with anything (both work & private). I really felt being gifted with her I would happily work with her in the future too and hope to remain her friend too.
Johan Olsson
I was Ivanas reporting manager at Pierce for about 4 months where she worked as HR & Office coordinator, manageing the office and events and more. She did this very well. She had very good work ethic and employees felt safe coming to her which made her a good point of contact. She has a very structured mindset and shows appreciation for the little things and remains a positive mindset. I hope her next employer take care of her nicely :) Been a pleasure working with her.
Emese Urban
I had the pleasure to work with Ivana in Mars Czech s.r.o, between March, 2014 and December, 2016. During this period I was having the role of HR Director for the Czech organization, later as HR Project Manager for Central Europe. We experienced working together having direct reporting line to me and also dotted line reporting. Ivana joined Mars in a very turbulent period of time: just before moving our office from Porici nad Sazavou to Prague. Her professional approach and excellent support was truly crucial for the success of the project. Later on she proved similar excellence in another crucial project: turning the Prague office from a local to a cluster location. Ivana performed various roles during working for Mars: as Leadership Team Coordinator (first local, later regional), Office Co-ordinator, Project Manager. She was always keen to learn and apply new things, taking the extra mile to become expert in certain areas. Sometimes she was lacking a bit of self-confidence at the beginning, but with little guidance & support she moved on and achieved success in whatever she was asked for. She is an extremely professional, precise, responsible, reliable, loyal, hard working person. Whatever she committed, you can be assured, that it will be delivered on time and with high quality. She is doing everything (even if being under huge stress or tight deadlines) with a very calm, modest, pleasant attitude. Just talking to her is already helping to calm down! She is proactive, initiating new things, continuous improvements and has the strength to stand alone even in tough situations. She is very conscious about her self-development, regularly asking for feedback & taking the learnings of any situations. On top of her high professionalism I really liked working with Ivana also because of her nice personality. She is a real team player, always taking good care of others, trying to help with anything (both work & private). I really felt being gifted with her I would happily work with her in the future too and hope to remain her friend too.
Johan Olsson
I was Ivanas reporting manager at Pierce for about 4 months where she worked as HR & Office coordinator, manageing the office and events and more. She did this very well. She had very good work ethic and employees felt safe coming to her which made her a good point of contact. She has a very structured mindset and shows appreciation for the little things and remains a positive mindset. I hope her next employer take care of her nicely :) Been a pleasure working with her.
Emese Urban
I had the pleasure to work with Ivana in Mars Czech s.r.o, between March, 2014 and December, 2016. During this period I was having the role of HR Director for the Czech organization, later as HR Project Manager for Central Europe. We experienced working together having direct reporting line to me and also dotted line reporting. Ivana joined Mars in a very turbulent period of time: just before moving our office from Porici nad Sazavou to Prague. Her professional approach and excellent support was truly crucial for the success of the project. Later on she proved similar excellence in another crucial project: turning the Prague office from a local to a cluster location. Ivana performed various roles during working for Mars: as Leadership Team Coordinator (first local, later regional), Office Co-ordinator, Project Manager. She was always keen to learn and apply new things, taking the extra mile to become expert in certain areas. Sometimes she was lacking a bit of self-confidence at the beginning, but with little guidance & support she moved on and achieved success in whatever she was asked for. She is an extremely professional, precise, responsible, reliable, loyal, hard working person. Whatever she committed, you can be assured, that it will be delivered on time and with high quality. She is doing everything (even if being under huge stress or tight deadlines) with a very calm, modest, pleasant attitude. Just talking to her is already helping to calm down! She is proactive, initiating new things, continuous improvements and has the strength to stand alone even in tough situations. She is very conscious about her self-development, regularly asking for feedback & taking the learnings of any situations. On top of her high professionalism I really liked working with Ivana also because of her nice personality. She is a real team player, always taking good care of others, trying to help with anything (both work & private). I really felt being gifted with her I would happily work with her in the future too and hope to remain her friend too.
Experience
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Pierce Group - Riders in Ecommerce
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Sweden
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Sporting Goods Manufacturing
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100 - 200 Employee
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Office Manager & HR Support
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Aug 2021 - Present
Office operations & procedures | Events execution Managing budgets | Implementation of office policies Health & safety | Safe & secure working environment Security, integrity & confidentiality of data Supporting hiring managers in the process | Contacting candidates & follow up Maintenance & update of recruiting tools Office operations & procedures | Events execution Managing budgets | Implementation of office policies Health & safety | Safe & secure working environment Security, integrity & confidentiality of data Supporting hiring managers in the process | Contacting candidates & follow up Maintenance & update of recruiting tools
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Axis Communications
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Sweden
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Computer Networking Products
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700 & Above Employee
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Office Manager & HR Coordinator Central Eastern Europe
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Jun 2018 - Jun 2020
Responsible for countries (CEE Region) : Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Latvia, Romania, Hungary, Croatia Office Manager role: • Facility management including management & administration of related contracts, energy supplies supervision, facility related services & daily office operations for CEE offices located in Prague, Warsaw, Bucharest • Responsible for liaising with external suppliers, contractors & company HQ to ensure best level of service is provided & maintaining local records related to these areas • Establishing new procedures & signing contracts with external suppliers based on company signing policies • Keep register of work equipment handed out to employees & ordering new equipment • Responsible for functionality of all office premises & taking proactive steps to solve the issues • Owner of safety procedures including Health, Safety and Fire protection trainings for employees in the whole region based on local regulations and specifics • Establish, document & run processes • Organization of events, meetings linked to management teams and activities related to social responsibility HR Admin Coordinator role: • Production of all official HR documents for whole CEE region • Regular communication with payroll & accounting companies • Active leadership on monthly payroll activities for Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania • Responsibility for new-joiners before & after their start including onboarding process & making sure perfect overview on company local & global policies is provided • Content actualization & creation of new pages on company Intranet website for each country from the region • Responsibility for benefit programs, mandatory trainings and medical checks • Supporting recruitments and related activities • Ensuring implementation of best practices
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Mars
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United States
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Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Leadership Team Coordinator
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Feb 2014 - Mar 2018
Position Description: As a member of different teams from HR to Finance she was responsible for various scale of tasks related to Event/Office Management, HR, Corporate Affairs and Communication. On a daily basis was cooperating with 10-member expatriate senior management team and significantly focused on delivering consistent results. Was able to deal with ambiguity and was not afraid to take important decisions. Proved that she can stand alone and was highly oriented to actions, prioritizing and solving problems to the good of all while protecting unique company culture. Learned how to work analytically by using initiative and independent judgement. Significant Projects 2014-2017: • Office Move • Leading Office Rebuilds evolved from new company structure • Conference Organization for GM’s & VP’s in Brussels • Coordination Lead for logistics of Company Owners Visit in Prague • Organization of event for three units oriented on Sustainability and Ecological topics Key Responsibilities: • Executive Communication • Coordination & Organization of Leadership Team • Complex Agenda and Travel Management across multiple time zones • Organization of internal Communications • Company materials - Preparation & Coordination • Project and Event Management internal and external • Smooth running of Office including Reception - leading a direct report • Budget Management process planning and controlling in cooperation with finance • Leading portfolio of vendors and developing relationships • Full responsibility for Office Service Department in internal projects & processes • Office related devices management, asset management & inventory • Creating functional network, co-operating & sharing best practices within Office Services, Leadership Team Coordinators and HR community • Supporting Local/Regional Projects and Initiatives • Site contact person for other units & responsibility for internal portal updates
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Tupperware
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United States
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Event Management at Tupperware Brands
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Aug 2010 - Dec 2013
• Organizing company events | Event budgeting & analysis | Contract negotiations • Office management (20 employees) | Invoices management | Suppliers management • Supporting GM & Top Management | Supporting key projects • Organizing company events | Event budgeting & analysis | Contract negotiations • Office management (20 employees) | Invoices management | Suppliers management • Supporting GM & Top Management | Supporting key projects
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Hotel Kilmartin
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Kilmartin, Scotland UK
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Language Travel
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Jun 2008 - Sep 2008
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ACRHE, New York City, NY, USA
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New York City, NY
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Sales Associate
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May 2006 - Sep 2006
Customer Service, Stock and Inventory Management Customer Service, Stock and Inventory Management
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Education
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2020 - 2022
ABF Komvux & SFI Globen, Stockholm | Sweden
Svenska som andraspråk, grundläggande 3:4, SFI -
2004 - 2009
University of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia
Master's Degree, Mass Communication | Media Studies -
2000 - 2004
Grammar School in Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia
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