Name

Norbert

Position

Regional Director

Location

Kuwait

Summary

 

Results-focused senior operating executive with 20+ years of significant experience in multi-faceted industry sectors, driving operational excellence, continuous process improvement and product portfolio diversification.

 

Confident leading within fast-paced, pressurised environments to address complex issues through creative problem solving, influential management, cross-functional communications and a collaborative approach and team culture.

 

Experience encompassing all aspects of operations management, including people leadership, target setting, budgeting and cost savings, relationship building and partnerships, contract negotiation and administration, product development, and project management.

Experienced in following business verticals

 

·         Fashion & Retail

·         Oil & Gas

·         Logistics

·         Information Technology

·         Internet

·         Non-Profit

Qualifications

 

·         Goa University – Bachelor of Commerce (Business Management)

·         National NGO Program in Humanitarian Leadership, Harvard Initiative, 2021

·         edX–Rights3x: Human Rights Defenders, Amnesty International, 2020

·         Human Trafficking Awareness for the General Public, Restaurant Industry & Hospitality Industry, Stanford University

Key Areas of Expertise

 

·         Operations Management

·         Executive Leadership

·         Fleet Management

·         Digital Transformation

·         Sales & Business Development

·         Target & Objective Setting

·         Staff Recruitment & Retention

·         Operational Risk Management

·         Creative Problem Solving

·         Equality & Human Rights

·         Mentoring

Experience

 

Worked with Tech Start-ups, Scale-Up’s, SME and Global Non-profit organisations, involved in product development from ideation to go-to-market strategies. Helped organisations in their Digital Transformation process, taking them from traditional business process to more modern ones. Helped organisations implement Standard-Operating-Procedures, Process Optimisation and Cost-Reduction strategies and policies.

 

Held C-Level Position in several organisations in the Middle-East & Europe. Instrumental in helping start-ups build their products and services and then scale-up and grow.

 

Worked with Organisations in UK, US, Portugal, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, India, Philippines and Palestine. Worked with and managed multi-cultural and multi-national workforce comprising of citizens from over 10 different nationalities.