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IRYNA SCHMIDT
BUSINESS PARTNER | PROJECT MANAGER | BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Business Structuring • Cross-Functional Leadership • Strategic Execution • Analytics • Change & Growth Initiatives
PROFILE
Senior business professional and project manager with 15+ years of experience in international companies including Volvo, Ford and Colgate-Palmolive. Combines broad commercial and operational understanding with hands-on project ownership: translating leadership priorities into structured plans, aligning cross-functional teams and external partners, managing budgets and multiple workstreams, and driving initiatives through to delivery. Able to act as a trusted business partner to an executive: quickly understand the context, bring structure to complex or ambiguous tasks, identify gaps and risks, support decision-making with analysis, and take ownership of execution.
HOW I CAN ADD VALUE TO A BUSINESS
Turn strategy into execution
Translate business priorities and management ideas into clear plans, workstreams, responsibilities and deliverables.
Bring structure to complexity
Organize parallel initiatives, stakeholders and dependencies; create visibility, priorities and follow-through.
Drive cross-functional projects
Coordinate internal teams, agencies, suppliers and partners across functions without losing the business objective.
Support better decisions
Prepare management reporting, market/sales analysis and structured information that helps leadership make informed decisions.
Strengthen business execution
Identify gaps, unblock issues, challenge assumptions constructively and keep initiatives moving from discussion to result.
Build scalable ways of working
Improve communication, internal learning, stakeholder alignment and repeatable processes as the organization grows or changes.
CORE BUSINESS CAPABILITIES
Strategic Execution | Business & Project Coordination | Cross-Functional Leadership | Management Reporting & Analytics | Budget Ownership | Commercial & Marketing Operations | Product & Market Launches | Stakeholder Management | Agency & Supplier Leadership | Internal Communications & Learning | Events & Partner Activations | Process Structuring & Follow-Through
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Internal Trainer / Internal Education Projects Manager | Winner Imports Ukraine | 2022–2024
• Owned internal education initiatives end-to-end, converting business and employee-development needs into onboarding programs, training sessions and learning events.
• Redesigned existing learning programs for online delivery, coordinating video content and Telegram-based participant interaction and creating motivational and educational content.
Volvo Marketing Communications Manager | Winner Imports Ukraine | 2015–2022
• Acted as an end-to-end business owner for approximately 15 integrated initiatives annually, translating international brand and commercial priorities into local plans, coordinating execution and reviewing results.
• Managed €500K+ annual investment across digital marketing, BTL, PR and brand activation, balancing priorities, suppliers, timelines and business requirements.
• Led local execution of 5 new Volvo model launches, coordinating campaigns, website delivery, press training, test-drive events and multiple internal/external stakeholders.
• Managed agencies, suppliers and cross-functional stakeholders while running 2–3 complex projects simultaneously and ensuring alignment from briefing through delivery.
• Coordinated consistent execution across a 10-dealer national network, aligning independent stakeholders around campaigns, launches and brand priorities; delivered 5+ major brand/partner events annually for audiences up to ~1,000.
Assistant to Ford Brand Director / Ford Sales Administrator | Winner Imports Ukraine | 2008–2015
• Worked close to brand leadership across commercial, sales and marketing activities, coordinating special projects, dealer conferences, business meetings and product-launch initiatives.
• Produced market analytics dashboards and sales reports used to support management decision-making; contributed to PR and marketing communications projects.
Office Administrator | Colgate-Palmolive Ukraine | 2005–2008
• Built an early foundation in international business operations through cross-functional administrative, HR, training, corporate-event and stakeholder coordination.
EDUCATION & LANGUAGES
Master of Management of Foreign Economic Activity — European University, Kyiv, 2008–2009
Bachelor of Management of Foreign Economic Activity — Interregional Academy of Personnel Management, Kyiv, 2004–2007
Languages: English B2 | Spanish A2 (improving) | Ukrainian Native | Russian Fluent