Oleg Potîngă

Curriculum Vitae Oleg Potinga

PERSONAL INFORMATION OLEG POTÎNGĂ

50/12, Independentei Street, Leova; 18/96, Independentei Street, Chisinau, Moldova 00373 - 069622269 [email protected]

Sex Male | Date of birth 04/01/1983 | Nationality Romanian

JOB APPLIED FOR Sales; Project and Grants Management; Business Administration POSITION

WORK EXPERIENCE

June 2012 – July 2013 Sales Manager S.C. Lidl Discount Romania, www.lidl.ro . Stock Management (product supply and quality control) . Personnel Management (hiring, training, motivating employees) . Productivity Management (planning business indicators, daily monitoring and control) . Customer relations (satisfying and solving customers’ demands) Discount Sales

March 2006 – June 2012 Founder and President ‘‘’Minerva’’ Youth NGO . General management and organizational development (fundraising) . Building and operating partnerships . Collaborating with donors (project design and implementation) . Recruiting and selecting personnel Civil Society

August 2008 – June 2009 Manager of the cross-border cooperation project “A Family for Every Child”, financed by the EU, TACIS CBC Program 2005-2006 Leova District Council . General project management (administrative, financial and human resources issues) . Signing contracts and agreements of collaboration . Ensuring effective communication and collaboration with donor and project partners . Support in conference, training and study visits activities . Preparation of the final project report Local Public Administration

October 2008 – June 2009 Chief of the Department for Investments’ Attraction and Management September 2005 – October 2008 Main Specialist in Investments Sustainability Assurance

Leova District Council . Leading and planning department activities; supervising the implementation of Council’s decisions

. Establishing and operating partnerships of collaboration with donors, local stakeholders . Designing and implementing projects . Translating official documents and projects into English . Elaborating and presenting reports of department’s activities . Cooperating with the Moldovan Investment Fund . Cooperating with NGOs from Leova District in attracting investments and community development (43 NGOs) . Providing trainings to Mayors and other interested civil servants on Project management Local Public Administration

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

August 2009 – May 2010 Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management and Leadership University of Missouri, Saint Louis, USA Leadership and Management in Nonprofit Organizations; American Philanthropy and Non- profit Resource Development; Financial Issues in Managing Nonprofit Organizations; Negotiating Workplace Conflict; Organizational Behaviour and Administrative Processes

August 2006 – June 2009 Master Degree in Management Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau Micro and Macro Economics; Local Public Administration; Fundamentals of Management; Public Finances and Budget; Socio-economic Statistics; Strategic Management; European Economic Integration; Management of Finances; Accounting

October 2001 – June 2005 Bachelor Degree in Political Science Al. I Cuza University, Iasi, Romania Modern Political Ideologies; International Relations Theories; European Political institutions; Public Politics; Regional Development; Public Law; European Processes of Integration; International Organizations; Globalization and Regionalization

January 2003 – October 2003 Certificate in European Economic Integration Centre of European Studies, Jean Monnet Permanent Course ‘’European Economic Integration’’

PERSONAL SKILLS Mother tongue(s) Romanian

Other language(s) UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING

Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production English C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 Russian C2 C2 C2 C2 C1 German B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 ARA Sprachschule, B1 Certificate, Magdeburg, Germany Levels: A1/2: Basic user - B1/2: Independent user - C1/2 Proficient user Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

Communication skills ▪ Excellent communication skills gained through my experience as sales manager, projects manager, NGO President, private English teacher, as well as academic courses, especially in the USA

Organisational / managerial skills ▪ Leadership (the biggest team which I was responsible for consisted of 50 people) ▪ Organizational skills, gained according to high professional standards at Lidl Romania ▪ Excellent managerial skills gained as projects manager, trainer and community leader

Job-related skills ▪ Valuable executive knowledge acquired during working for Lidl Discount SRL in Romania, Nonprofit and local public administration in Moldova and Romania ▪ Good command of nonprofit management processes ▪ Good abilities to work in international environment, acquired through Muskie scholarship, cross- border cooperation projects and voluntarism for You and I Community Collaboration, USA ▪ Team-work abilities acquired trough work within the “Siret-Prut-Nistru’’ Euroregion working groups

Computer skills ▪ Good command of Microsoft Office programs and tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); Internet Explorer

Other skills ▪ Writing articles on health, social behaviour and leadership

Driving licence ▪ B category (Leova driving school)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Projects ▪ A family for every child, financed by EU ▪ Renovation of the District Cultural House, financed by Social Moldovan Investment Fund ▪ Our voice will be heard, financed by the Francophone Agency ▪ Children are like flowers. Let them blossom!!!, financed by USAID within CPP Program ▪ Waste management in Leova region, financed by the EU Conferences ▪ Democracy in post-communist Europe: between illusion and reality. The case of the Republic of Moldova, Iasi, Romania, 2005 Seminars ▪ Sales Strategies; Project Management; Strategic Planning and Community Development; How to create and operate an NGO; Leadership styles Honours and awards ▪ Certificate of recognition for successful completing the Student IREX Public Policy Program Books ▪ Searching for flavours which intensify the taste of life

ANNEXES

▪ Copies of: Master diploma; Graduate NPML Certificate and official transcript; Recognition certificate of completing the IREX Public Policy Program; Licentiate diploma; Certificate for completing the European Economic Integration course; German language certificate ▪ Copies of: Work record book; Leova District Council decisions in regard with appointments in 2 projects, as well as nomination as representative within the ‘’Siret-Prut-Nistru’’ Euroregion working group ‘’Infrastructure, Economy, Employment and Tourism’’ ▪ IREX letter of information for You and I Community Collaboration ▪ Information letter from the American Ambassador to Republic of Moldova ▪ Recommendation letters from American professors, Minerva and Lidl

Chisinau, 23.12.2013