Anca Jelescu
Chief Operations Officer
Hamburg
Summary
Highly experienced COO dedicated to supporting the port agency contracts of numerous NATO nations, under the NSPA contract across a wide geographical area, ranging from Europe, to Arab Peninsula, Africa and North America.
In over 12 years spent at Global Defense Logistics I have been a valued member of staff and later management team. I have an excellent track record bidding for military logistics contracts, especially naval related, as well as overseeing and managing these subsequent contracts.
I have started at GDL in 2012 and in the last 11 years I have accumulated invaluable experience across all the companies departments.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Chief Operations Officer
Global Defense Logistics
Hamburg
07.2016 - Current
- Managing NSPA's Port Services contracts covering Europe, Arabian Gulf and Africa, Naval fuel supply contracts in Europe, Arabian Gulf, South America and South East Asia.
- Leader of the bidding team responsible for the NSPA - NATO solicitations, including researching, writing, pricing and strategical approach.
- Prime point of contact for contractual and operational matters on Navy Port Agency services. Managing the day to day operational activity of the company > 3000 worldwide port calls per year.
- Traveled, on a monthly basis to different locations abroad for commercial negotiations, contract implementations,identifying potential cost optimization solutions, performance assessment with regards to GDL's network of local port agency collaborators.
- Collaborated with international legal teams in order to review and maintain compliance with NATO regulations.
- Providing strategic recommendations to the CEO based on analysis of statistics, experience, market knowledge. My inputs to the company's CEO were the foundation of the companies success (from a turnover of no more than 30 mil. EUR in 2012 to 150 mil in 2022)
- Providing a revenue/expense analysis to the CEO of the company based on through own designed tools.
- Providing guidance and directing staff across all departments of the company.
Regional Operations Manager
Global Defense Logistics
Hamburg
07.2013 - 07.2016
- Managed NSPA's Port Services Contract for North Sea and Eastern Mediterranean.
- Built and maintained relationships with local port agencies, vendors, suppliers and partners to maximize the supply chain management.
- Enforced compliance with contractual obligations and NATO processes and procedures across GDL's network members And internal staff.
- Ensured operational availability on a 24/7 basis for our key customers (as per customer requirements)
- Recruited, hired, and trained initial personnel.
- Planned resources and assigned personnel for major naval military exercises such as Cold Response, Baltops.
Education
BBA - International Business
09.2007 - 2010.08
Skills
Communication is one of my key assists having to currently intermediate the contact in between port agents in more than 50 countries with navy personnel from 22 NATO member countries
undefinedTimeline
Chief Operations Officer - Global Defense Logistics
07.2016 - Current
Regional Operations Manager - Global Defense Logistics
07.2013 - 07.2016
Ovidius University - BBA, International Business
09.2007 - 2010.08
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