Adriana Croitoriu
Romford,Essex
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Managing director
MasterCut London Limited
Romford, Essex
12.2019 - Current
- Kept accurate company records, upholding compliance with regulations and company policies.
- Maintained smooth operations through careful management of office workflow and administrative processes.
- Hired exceptional candidates and effectively led staff to maximise productivity and eliminate process lags.
- Devised and implemented long-term strategy to drive progress in key areas.
- Maintained organisational compliance with applicable legislation and regulations.
- Recruited and managed senior staff with focus on delivering clear results.
- Supervised budgets and timelines, ensuring progress met project scope targets.
- Improved operations by implementing training and development sessions into employee schedules.
- Partnered with management team to optimise operations and reduce costs.
Procurement buyer
CRT Interiors Limited
Romford, Essex
10.2017 - 11.2019
- Built and managed supplier contact and maintained lasting relationships.
- Documented purchases, pricing structures and supplier information and produced reports outlining key metrics.
- Maintained strong working relationships with suppliers and vendors to obtain favourable contract terms.
- Communicated closely with stakeholders, including vendors and merchants, helping to secure well-timed [Type] deliveries.
- Negotiated contracts and improved prices and terms with suppliers to make business savings.
- Researched and purchased specialized equipment and materials for company use.
- Analysed costs, quality metrics and delivery times to make best purchasing decisions.
- Consistently delivered required service levels and met KPI targets.
- Assessed and resolved logistic challenges to meet delivery deadlines.
- Kept up-to-date knowledge and complied with purchasing and contracting regulations.
Community interpreter
various local authorities and agencies
London, London
03.2013 - 07.2015
- Interpreted Romanian and Hungarian languages for one-on-one conversations and group presentations.
- Managed conversational flow without dominating or intruding.
- Maintained excellent client confidentiality during interpreting services.
- Studied language vocabulary, cultural background and environment-specific terms to develop and maintain advanced linguistic abilities.
- Provided parties with clear and exact interpretation of verbal conversations.
- Translated consecutively using interpretation equipment.
- Informed supervisor when interpreting sensitive and reportable issues.
- Maintained understanding of slang, regional differences and informal speech to offer services to broad client base and verbally translate nuances.
- Consulted specialised dictionaries, thesauruses and reference books, identifying closest equivalents for nuanced terminology, words and phrases.
- Processed and imparted information swiftly, relaying intentions, emotions and tone in interpretations.
- Preserved meaning, intention and context of original speech and texts.
- Displayed neutrality towards client and limited English speaker to maximise impartiality and non-interference.
- Researched to fully understand topic to be discussed prior to interpreting session.
- Demonstrated cultural awareness for enhanced translation understanding and accuracy.
Teaching assistant in primary school
Maytime Montessori School, ..............
London & Essex, London & Essex
03.2004 - 07.2010
- Created positive, engaging learning environments to improve student experiences.
- Observed children during social interactions and encouraged positive choices for minimising and resolving conflicts.
- Responded to changing needs of pupils and staff to provide maximum help and support.
- Built trusting, respectful relationships with pupils through attentive listening and communication abilities.
- Partnered with teachers to plan and execute lessons following school curriculum, objectives and philosophies.
- Identified disruptions to learning and discretely addressed issues where possible.
- Minimised distraction by creating and maintaining clean, safe and organised classroom.
- Organised class spaces and prepared materials for upcoming teacher lessons.
- Helped student to build confidence by cultivating trusted atmosphere in group settings.
- Provided friendly, enthusiastic support to pupils in individual and group support settings.
- Maintained child safety, security and good behaviour during classroom and outdoor activities.
- Offered students personalised support during in-class activities and projects.
- Assisted teacher with using support equipment and computers during lessons.
- Monitored children in spaces between classes, keeping disruptions to minimum.
- Attended to younger children's basic physical needs and assisted in development of personal skills.
- Supervised pupils during lunchtimes and educational visits.
- Maximised class teacher productivity by preparing work and activities in advance of lessons.
- Planned and arranged classrooms to promote learning and student achievement.
- Prepared necessary equipment and technology ahead of class.
- Created and distributed instructional materials for group and one-on-one use.
- Prepared visual aids, equipment and classroom displays for daily lessons.
- Gave students papers related to assignments and collected finished work.
- Kept class records current with attendance information and student grades.
- Encouraged students to work together to complete projects and solve problems.
- Supported development of appropriate resources, working with teachers to guarantee provision met learning needs.
Notary public assistant
Notary Public Office ( Romania )
Carei, Satu Mare
08.2003 - 02.2004
- Responded to time-sensitive queries quickly for fast resolution.
- Coordinated smooth property transfers by organising paperwork and keeping to tight deadlines.
- Handled official documents to maintain privacy, authenticity and accuracy.
- Created legal documents and contracts for official use.
- Maintained impartiality when serving as mediator.
- Observed official policies and procedures to be fully compliant.
- Delivered exceptional customer service by proactively listening to concerns and answering questions.
- Completed customer documents with speed and accuracy.
- Handled high-volume telephone and email enquiries to minimise backlogs.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Created email notifications, invitations and agendas for meetings, events and appointments.
- Completed assigned work within deadlines and to company standards.
- Demonstrated adaptability by taking on ad-hoc tasks.
- Liaised with relevant parties using appropriate communication channels.
- Received, sorted and distributed incoming mail.
- Answered phone calls and emails for management team during busy periods.
- Created and distributed invoices to customers.
- Managed time effectively to meet deadlines.
- Showcased professionalism in client meetings.
- Collected customer information for new orders, verified details and obtained missing data to meet project requirements.
- Calculated bills for customer orders, collected fees and updated tracking system with new totals.
Education
Community Interpreting Level 3 -
Waltham Forest Adult Learning Services
London, United KingdomCommunity Interpreting Level 2 -
Waltham Forest Adult Learning Services
London, United Kingdom 01.2012 - 07.2012
Higher National Diploma - Social Pedagogy
The University College of Schoolteachers
Oradea, Romania 10.2000 - 06.2003
Skills
- Problem solving skills
- Customer service
- Customer-focused
- Team building
- Public relations
- Time management
- Communication skills
- Problem-solving
- Multilingual
Affiliations
- Fitness classes
- Spending time outdoors
- Football
Languages
English
Fluent
Romanian
Native
Hungarian
Advanced
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Managing director
MasterCut London Limited
12.2019 - Current
Procurement buyer
CRT Interiors Limited
10.2017 - 11.2019
Community interpreter
various local authorities and agencies
03.2013 - 07.2015
Community Interpreting Level 2 -
Waltham Forest Adult Learning Services
01.2012 - 07.2012
Teaching assistant in primary school
Maytime Montessori School, ..............
03.2004 - 07.2010
Notary public assistant
Notary Public Office ( Romania )
08.2003 - 02.2004
Higher National Diploma - Social Pedagogy
The University College of Schoolteachers
10.2000 - 06.2003
Community Interpreting Level 3 -
Waltham Forest Adult Learning Services