Alexandru I.

Hornea
Drumul Taberei Street, 94, Apartment Building 519, Apartment 103, Bucharest E-Mail: hornea_alexandru@yahoo.com; Mobile Phone: (+40)726.751.383

EMPLOYEE PROFILE
Dynamic and persuasive, with high degree of creativity, excellent integration skills and a passion for execution. Proven stamina and decisiveness in situations of crisis; 3 years experience as sales and direct marketing team leader, in FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) business area for a multinational company; 3 years experience in direct marketing; Engineers degree in Electrical Engineering area obtained at Politehnica University in Bucharest; Over 4 years experience in customer related activities like care and engagement. 1 year experience in research and testing focused on electric insulating materials. Willingness to travel or relocate.

OBJECTIVE
Fill a position in a challenging environment where my experience combined with skills acquired in the past can lead to evolution for both parties.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
January 2011 Present Politechnica University of Bucharest, Romania Research engineer Responsibilities: Prepare test samples: o thorough cleaning; o measure and calculate average thickness using 5 measured points technique; o create initiating defects using abrasive paper and a hydraulic Carver press; o assemble water tree development well cell; Perform dielectric spectroscopy on the samples tested (before and after water treeing). Achievement: I designed and fabricated a fitting device used to align the upper and lower electrode fitted over and under the sample. This device shortened the test sample cell assembly time to a quarter of the initial time; Start and monitor water tree developing test. Achievement: I designed and fabricated a dedicated signal amplifier that can withstand specific working conditions imposed by the test and the testing platform; Measuring water tree dimensions. Achievement: I created an Excel Workbook that downscaled the measured dimensions to real dimensions, calculate water tree area volumes and dielectric strength of the tested material; Determine Dielectric Strength of the tested material using electric breakdown method. Achievement: I designed and fabricated a specialized electric breakdown cell that can carry out the test, avoiding flashover phenomena, on thin plaque samples. Interpreting and correlating obtained results.

January 2011 January 2012

February 2008 August 2010

February2009 August 2010

Computer Generated Solutions Inc., Bucharest, Romania Customer care agent in Activation Error Queue department of Sprint Telecom America Responsibilities: Identify where the automatic activation process failed, continue with manual activation from there on and get in touch with the customer if lack of key information is the source of the problem. Receive inbound calls from other departments or straight from the customer; identify and solve the problem that forced the customer to call in. Achievement: obtained well handled rating in three out of five calls. City Promotions, Bucharest, Romania Subcontracted in Marketing and Sales department, filling in Consumer Engagement Team Leader position at Philip Morris. Responsibilities: Select & recruit, teach & train, coach & lead a consumer engagement team. Monitor results and set an optimum efficiency curse of actions for led consumer engagement team. Achievement: Manage a team of 3 to 10 people depending on the scale of the task; Establish and maintain public relations between Philip Morris and contracted service providers in HoReCa business channel; Create weekly Highlights feedback report; Manage assigned area: o Assign brand to be promoted in the venue according to the clientele social profile; o Select the items that make up the branding kit to be installed and determine quantities; o Coordinate branding activities; o Look for new venues to be contracted; o Engage in contract negotiations. Achievement: contracted strategic venues within budget limitations; o Plan visit routs for consumer engagement activities taking in account time spent between venues and location filling degree timetable; o Keep accurate track of already existing and to be opened venues in the assigned area. Competition survey (field work and statistic analysis). Wrote weekly dedicated column in Highlights report about our main competitors to emphasis the latest marketing activities undertaken and branding materials used in the market; Other achievements: As leader of Parliament Virginia Slims special team Ive achieved a 0.2% market share increase in Bucharest for Parliament Reserve niche product in the first 3 months of existence. Created a new mobile stock management system Result: This system was adopted by teams covering Bucharest area. City Promotions, Bucharest, Romania Member of Consumer Insights 4 department at Philip Morris. (Volunteering) Responsibilities: Conduct interviews with both consumers and PM field representatives; Extract data out of the information collected in interviews; Identify opportunities to improve marketing strategies; Coming up with ideas / new solutions for communication (nonverbal communication materials, consumer approaches, prizes offered, promotional campaigns) to be used in consumer engagement activities carried out in HoReCa communication channel;

August 2007February 2008

Julie 2001 September 2001 Julie 2003 September 2003

Create presentations using information collected in interviews to emphasize the ideas offered as solutions for the future. Achievements: Interview conducting; Develop necessary skills to create presentations; Create a new product concept; Overcome fear of public speaking; Managed to show my presentation (speaker) to upper management, including members of the board of directors. Results: New ideas were collected and implemented from this presentation which led to a market share increase for the studied product. Brown Forman, Bucharest, Romania Subcontracted in Marketing and Sales department, filling in Events Team Leader position. Teach & train, coach & lead a consumer engagement team. Responsible for: Ensuring consumer engagement team presence at events where Brown Forman co-sponsored; Coordinating branding materials placement. Achievements: Ive acquired necessary skills and experience to become a good team leader; Personal development in the art of communication, persuasion, leadership behavior, solving problems in crisis situations. ProCA, Bucharest, Romania Assembly and troubleshooting technician within IT Hardware department. Secondary warehouse manager. Responsible for: Assembly of computers; Troubleshooting products returned with malfunctions covered by warranty policy; Keep accurate records of stock flows within ProCAs secondary warehouse; Manage transportation logistics related to product flow within secondary warehouse.

EDUCATION
2000 2004 Graduated 2004 2005 Dropped out 2005 2010 Graduated Technical College "Gheorghe Airinei" Bucharest, Romania Specialization: Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications Naval Academy "Mircea cel Batran, Constanta, Romania Specialization: Naval Electrical Engineering Polytechnic University of Bucharest Bucharest, Romania Faculty: Electrical Engineering Specialization: Power Electronics and Electric Drives Degree: Engineering Degree Polytechnic University of Bucharest Bucharest, Romania Faculty: Electrical Engineering Specialization: Electrical Engineering Products Degree: Master Degree

2010 2012 Graduated

TRAINING
Team leader workshop; Consumer interaction training; Supervisory skills training.

SKILLS, ABILITIES AND KNOWLEDGE

Skills and Abilities Negotiation skills, results oriented, highly self-motivated and proactive, positive cando attitude, sociable, adaptable, trustworthy and reliable, strong and ethical leadership, open minded, ability to handle numbers, investigate, analytical, strategic thinker, team player. Knowledge: IT (hardware and software), Technical (Electrical, Mechanical); Marketing; MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point); Microcal Origin, Applied Marketing, Client Handling.

Knowledge

LANGUAGE COMPETENCIES
Romanian Native English Advanced / Advanced French Beginner

SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS
Scientific Communication Session 2011. Third place. Water treeing influence on the dielectric behavior of polyethylene samples Scientific Communication Session 2012, First place. Analysis on water tree degradation of polyethylene compounds samples, using dielectric spectroscopy and electric breakdown tests

HOBBIES
Darts, literature, music, hiking.

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Age: 27 years; Nationality: Romanian; Civil status: Single; Military service: Completed; Drivers License: B,

RECOMANDATIONS
Catalin Secosan, AEQ Manager Mobile: (+40) 730 019 542