NEUILLY SUR SEINE
Melinda ANDRES-CERVANTES
95110 SANNOIS
Phone number: 06 45 29 31 78
E-mail: mcervantes@hotmail.fr
WORK EXPERIENCE
November 2007-February 2008: Grass Manufacturers, Sydney, Australia
Legal and export coordinator, I was in charge of legal matters such as European and North American patent law and I also helped with the exports to different countries.
I was also in charge of two shops of clothing in Sydney “Bagatelle de Paris”, assuming the stocks, welcoming the customers and selling.
2002 -January 2007: DAIHATSU France (FREY Group)
My responsibilities relied heavily on a mix of legal, business and translation skills.
I am a really customer oriented person who understands the importance of dialogue with both internal and external customers of the organization.
I am very well at ease in cross-functional settings because of my ability to multi-task and meet tight concurrent deadlines.
Within my position, the company won around 100 000 € a year, when concluding sales with final customers and/or dealerships.
Responsibilities included:
• Legal elaboration of the new European distribution
• Legal follow up of the network (nominations and terminations)
• Translation of speeches, technical and press documents for international and French journalists
• Managing relationships with customers (dealers) and suppliers
• Developing the network (finding new customers)
• Maintaining good working relationships with internal and external customers
• Interfacing between the sales department and other departments of Daihatsu France
• Ordering of cars to Japan and invoices to dealers
• Preparation of presentations (internal and external)
• Follow up of advertising budgets
• Participation in marketing decisions
• Help in organizing Paris auto and Val d’Isére shows
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Feb to July 2007 Graduate Certificate of International Business (Masters Program), Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
Modules studied included International Marketing & research, International Business, International commercial Law, International Trade & Finance
2002 Masters in International Law from University of Cergy-Pontoise, France
Modules studied: International and European Public and Private law
2000 Advanced diploma in International Business, ISEG, Paris (institut Supérieur Européen de Gestion), France
OTHER RELEVANT WORK- RELATED EXPERIENCE
Training course MITSUBISHI France November 1999 Business and customs regulations
Training course SCHENKER /BTL June 1998 Law follow up of legal matters related to transports
Summer jobs (1998-2001): postal service and distribution, switchboard (6 lines)
SOCIETE GENERALE bank, International recruitment service, Paris
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SPECIAL SKILLS
Languages: Fluent English and French
Italian: understanding
German: understanding
Computers skills: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, TRIVIF (computer system for Frey Group)
INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES
Interests: I am interested in all international matters in general and particularly in legal and business matters
Activities: sports, travelling, opera, theatre.
REFEREES:
• M. Stéphane Magnin, President of Daihatsu France, PA des Béthunes, 95005 Cergy-Pontoise, 01 34 30 63 63
• Mme Danièle George, Sales administration Daihatsu France, 01 34 30 63 50
