Renata Lore
Toronto,ON
Summary
I’m seeking new and challenging career opportunities within a dynamic multinational company. Having studied Marketing and Management, I feel I can bring a range of skills to any new company along with a broad range of experience gained from my previous roles. I am fluent in Polish, English and currently studying French. I have excellent social and communication skills which enable me to work well within a team coupled with the confidence and ability to make decisions and take the initiative when required. A career that offers me the chance to apply my personal and working skills in a positive way would be my prime objective.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
EA to Civil Director
City Rail Link Auckland – Link Alliance
07.2021 - 04.2023
- Assisting key company executives with scheduling, resolving clashes, organization and administrative tasks
- Handled confidential and sensitive information with discretion and tact
- Reviewing, prioritizing and responding to emails
- Maintained confidentiality with sensitive documents, ensuring proper storage and distribution as needed.
- Taking notes at meetings
- Compiling and distributing PAB Report, ensuring all is in order and done in a timely manner
- Organizing workshops, forums and venues
- Processed travel expenses and reimbursements
- Coordinated events for staff members, promoting team-building activities and boosting morale within the workplace
- Supported Civil Director in decision-making processes by conducting research and presenting findings in clear formats
- Providing support to assist the Construction Managers
- Co-ordinating specific tasks required by Civil Director
On-boarding Consultant
Hire Right
01.2014 - 01.2016
- Coordinated the on-boarding process for up to 90 new starters
- From employment offer accepted to their first day in the business
- Ensured all required on-boarding documents were completed and filed, including Right To Work checks
- Issued the contract to the Candidate, sent out new hire welcome pack containing required payroll forms, and employee benefit information
- Instructing the Global Service Centre to create an employee record for the candidate and ensure that all appropriate supporting documents are provided to the GSC to enrich the records, such as Right to Work documentation, new hire form and bank account details
- Provided instructions to correct screening issues
- Contacted Candidate and HireRight to solve any issues
- Working on the Applicant Tracking System Taleo.
Supervisor / Assistant Manager
Strada Restaurant
01.2012 - 01.2014
- Interacting with customers and ensuring that high standards of customer service are maintained
- Taking responsibility for restaurant safety and security
- Overseeing compliance with health and safety regulations at all times in the restaurant, kitchen and other areas
- Organising and advertising events such as live music, birthdays, business parties, Christmas parties
- Running promotional campaigns to market house products
- Collecting and acting on customer feedback to improve the overall running of the venue
- Undertaking regular stock checks, placing orders with suppliers
- Ensuring regular maintenance of the restaurant, including cleaning and repairs
- Training and managing staff
- Monitoring profitability and performance to ensure sales targets are met or exceeded
- Meeting with the general manager to assess restaurant performance and set sales targets
- Managing in the execution local store marketing initiatives and building positive, on-going relationships with local businesses, schools, sports centers and community organization.
Supervisor
The Dukes Head Public House
01.2010 - 01.2012
Personal Assistant to the Chairman
Hunter Wild
01.2007 - 01.2010
- During my time at Hunter Wild I was employed as the PA to the Chairman of the company
- My duties within this role were quite varied; however my key responsibilities were the day to day time management of the Chairman and employees within the business
- I also proactively created and developed relationships with key collaborators, managed all quotes & the co-ordination of domestic and international sales
- Other duties included… Organizing and preparing all Committee Agendas and making arrangements for committee, board, and other meetings
- Preparing agendas and handling all logistics for visits to other branches
- Monitoring and Organizing all received external and internal business correspondence from all Departments and Branches
- Preparing memos, letters, minutes of meetings and other business related documents for internal and external distribution in using word processing and presentation software
- Communicating and liaising with employees regarding internal affairs, i.e
- Deadlines, progress reporting, actions list progress, etc
- Prepare responses to correspondence containing routine enquiries
- Development and organizational control of new electronic and manual archiving filing system for corporate documents, records and reports
- Personal responsibility for liaison between VIP customers and their enquiries with the various departments within the organisation
- All Office Manager and Personal Assistant duties to the Chairman.
Pricing Control Specialist
Tesco (Poland)
01.2003 - 01.2006
- Technical team assistant performing helpdesk support functions for all items relating to sales transactions, pricing and stock control
- This included: Cash machines, all EPoS (Electronic Point of Sale) terminals – such as the tills, barcode scanners & PC’s
- Promoted to the role of Pricing Specialist, where I managed a team of 2 other members of staff
- As part of my duties as Pricing Specialist I was ultimately responsible for: Management of the pricing & commercial aspects of the products that were sold
- Proactive monitoring of the markets that we operated in, the products that we sold and analyse our competition
- This was one of the key areas of responsibility because it ensured that as a Branch we were as competitive as possible by negotiating better prices from our suppliers, passing on the savings to our customers whilst ultimately maximising our revenues, gross profit and also Tesco’s market share in our region
- Personally selected by the National Manager for Tesco Poland as a Pricing Control Specialist for Tesco Group Operations, where I worked with a team of 9 to replicate & develop what we had achieved locally for approximately 250 stores across Poland.
Education
Bachelors Degree in Marketing & Management, SME & Logistics Specialisation -
College – Tourism Studies -
Vocational Secondary School Economy Profile – Food Technology -
English Language Certification -
University of Cambridge
England2007
Bachelors Degree in Marketing & Management, SME &
Higher School of Management And Entrepreneurship
Poland 2006
Tourism
College
Poland2003
High School Diploma -
Vocational Secondary School Economy Profile
2001
Skills
- Executive Support
- Office Management
- Strong Problem Solver
- Schedule & calendar planning
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Information confidentiality
- Expense Reporting
- Resourceful
- Presentation Development
- Reliable and Responsible
Hobbies and Interests
My interests are quite varied and include Scuba diving, reading, swimming, traveling, photography and cooking. Enjoy working with computers.
Timeline
EA to Civil Director
City Rail Link Auckland – Link Alliance
07.2021 - 04.2023
On-boarding Consultant
Hire Right
01.2014 - 01.2016
Supervisor / Assistant Manager
Strada Restaurant
01.2012 - 01.2014
Supervisor
The Dukes Head Public House
01.2010 - 01.2012
Personal Assistant to the Chairman
Hunter Wild
01.2007 - 01.2010
Pricing Control Specialist
Tesco (Poland)
01.2003 - 01.2006
Bachelors Degree in Marketing & Management, SME & Logistics Specialisation -
College – Tourism Studies -
Vocational Secondary School Economy Profile – Food Technology -
English Language Certification -
University of Cambridge
Bachelors Degree in Marketing & Management, SME &
Higher School of Management And Entrepreneurship
Tourism
College
High School Diploma -
Vocational Secondary School Economy Profile