Professional Experience
Current Position: Ecommerce Integration Manager, Studio Moderna (SM), Slovenia
April 2012 – Present
• Researched, selected, and implemented an integrated Email marketing and Marketing automation system (SilverPop), managed and implemented the vendor selection process, and established the processes required to roll the system out to 21 country offices
• Researched, selected, and implemented an Agile Project management and bug tracking tool
• Managed the selection and implementation of a Web-based attendance tracking human resource solution, subsequently adopted by the central SM Group human resource department
• The main automation coach and advisor in our company, training international branches and sharing all acquired knowledge with our local email marketers to help them reach their goals.
Previous Position: International Content and Translation Coordinator – Studio Moderna Fashion Group (SMFG), Slovenia
October 2010 – April 2012
• Managed a six-person content management department responsible for
o Sourcing product data from suppliers/partners and cataloging items which lacked SKU (stock-keeping unit)-specific data
o Managing import and customs data for all products sold by SMFG
o Fully processing product data acquired from suppliers/partners and publishing products and sales campaigns on 10+ SMFG websites
o Supporting 10 country offices with campaign-related topics on a daily basis
• Devised a consolidated interface of all business group products (250K SKUs annually and growing), their imports, and updates.
• Established and managed all central and local localizations, including partner agencies and in-house translators. Implemented a CAT (computer assisted translation) system across the group, cutting localization costs by 47% and processing time by over 80%.
Previous: Product Manager Assistant – Studio Moderna, Slovenia
May 2009 – October 2010
• Managed program content:
o Acquisition and of product data from our suppliers/partners
o Processing of product data and publishing sales campaigns on our websites , including:
Data consolidation and insertion into our BIS (business information system)
Maintenance of product data in BIS and ERP (Enterprise resource planning system) in group websites, backend applications, and stock management
• Adjusted reclamations and resolved warranty claims, by managing the complete process, from first costumer contact to claim resolution
Previous: Product Manager Assistant – Studio Moderna, Slovenia
October 2007 – May 2009
• Product data management (BIS and ERP)
o Introduced automatic product transfer from our BIS which dramatically reduced our product processing time
o Published and maintained all our sales campaigns
• Reclamations / warranty claims
o Responsible for handling the complete process from first costumer contact to completing the claim
Optimized the claims process with the introduction of claim forms made available for our customers at all points where costumer interaction was possible (website, warehouse, call center agents )
Introduced main documentation standardized forms, thus greatly shortening claim processing time and improving efficiency and transparency
Areas of Expertise
• Streamlining and optimizing process management
• Devising new applications and coordinating integration and roll out
• Managing the localization process
• Marketing automation and behavior marketing consulting
• Data mining
• Project management
• Research and analysis
Special Skills
• Scrum/Agile project management
• Research and planning
• Stakeholder management
• Communications
• Interpersonal abilities
• Budget responsibility
• Planning and organizing
• Result driven and crisis resilient
• High computer literacy
Languages
• English (native)
• Slovenian (native -mother tongue)
• Serbian, Croatian (fluent)
• German (basic)
Education and Training
1999 – 2004 Economoics Secondary School Ljubljana
