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Kristina Drljaca

Kristina Drljaca

PERTH,WA

Summary

Multitalented Executive Assistant with over 7 years in top-tier organizational support. Skilled at close work with senior executive team. Robust history offering office management, support staff management, training, supervision and event planning. Excellent research, project support and organizational abilities. Diverse background in business managements. Facilitated multiple projects simultaneously. Considered as a valuable and punctual employee with outstanding calendaring and organizational talents.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Executive Assistant

Marvels Gold
Dubai, UAE
10.2022 - 12.2023
  • Organized and managed complex calendar of appointments, meetings, and travel arrangements for executive team.
  • Collaborated with internal teams to support long-term research, marketing and ad hoc projects.
  • Prepared reports, presentations, agendas, minutes, and other documents as needed by the executive staff.
  • Conducted research on various topics as requested by executives or senior management personnel.
  • Maintained company confidence and protected business operations by keeping sensitive information confidential.
  • Scheduled appointments for executives with external parties such as vendors or suppliers.
  • Tackled and addressed top-level, high-priority issues with professional administrative discretion.
  • Acted as a liaison between the executives and internal and external stakeholders to facilitate communication flow.
  • Scheduled and arranged travel and hotel reservations for meetings, conferences and seminars.
  • Designed PowerPoint presentations for monthly divisional meetings with top-level executives.
  • Managed and tracked expenses to meet company budget requirements.

Regional Manager

Candy and Lola
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
10.2020 - 01.2022
  • Established organizational vision and developed strategies to achieve sales, profit and loss and customer service goals
  • Oversaw correct execution of onboarding and induction processes and managed full recruitment lifecycle
  • Minimized discrepancies by training over 8 employees on best practices, policies and procedures
  • Launched new sales training courses to drive continuous profitability improvements
  • Streamlined operational efficiencies, directing daily protocol, including strategic planning, quality assurance, packaging, marketing, logistics, warehousing, contracts, production, sales strategies, customer trade shows and system management
  • Maintained contact with clients and candidates to guarantee successful placements and promote repeat business.

Director of Event Management

Marvels Event Management
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
08.2017 - 10.2020
  • Mentored customer service, marketing, sales and accounting teams
  • Negotiated preferred rates and package upgrades with venue and product suppliers resulting in significant client cost savings
  • Fulfilled contractual obligations, including communications, vendor coordination, schedule creation, budget administration and rehearsal and day of event coordination
  • Coordinated major fundraising events, including sports and music events, raising up to 450,000 AED exceeding fundraising goals by 60%
  • Administered contracts to deliver outstanding vendor coordination, timeline development, budgeting and day-of coordination services
  • Managed administrative logistics of event planning, including contract signing, fee collection, event booking and event promotions.

Cabin Crew Member

Emirates Airline
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
04.2016 - 08.2017
  • Ensured pleasant flight experience for all passengers with contributions to pre-flight briefings, security checks, H&S procedures, first aid and attending to passengers requests promptly.

Education

Contract Law -

Harvard University edX
05.2020

MicroMasters Diploma in Business Management -

IIMBx
10.2018

Bachelor of Architecture -

Curtin University of Technology
11.2015

Skills

  • Effective Time Management
  • Ability to Work Under Pressure
  • Presentation Development
  • Invoice Processing
  • Strategic Planning
  • Business Administration
  • Project Oversight
  • Legal Administrative Support

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 02/02/95
  • Nationality: Australian

Languages

  • Serbian, Native speaker
  • Arabic, Very good command
  • English, Native speaker

Languages

Serbian
Professional
Croatian
Professional

Websites

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Executive Assistant

Marvels Gold
10.2022 - 12.2023

Regional Manager

Candy and Lola
10.2020 - 01.2022

Director of Event Management

Marvels Event Management
08.2017 - 10.2020

Cabin Crew Member

Emirates Airline
04.2016 - 08.2017

Contract Law -

Harvard University edX

MicroMasters Diploma in Business Management -

IIMBx

Bachelor of Architecture -

Curtin University of Technology

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