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VLADIMIR HRISTOV

VLADIMIR HRISTOV

Project Manager
Sofia

Summary

Positive, organized, and solution-focused individual with comprehensive understanding of project lifecycle management and stakeholder engagement. Possesses strong communication and problem-solving skills, adept at managing project timelines and budgets. Committed to delivering successful outcomes through effective project coordination and collaboration.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
1
1
Language

Work History

Customer Project Manager

DXC Technology
09.2022 - Current
  • Company Overview: IT and Consulting services
  • Supports project planning, scheduling, monitoring and reporting activities in a Project/Program environment
  • Preparing Project/Program documents including WBS and project Plan, contributes to requirements, risk schedule and change control
  • Supports project team with knowledge about PM methodology, processes and tools
  • Organizes and maintain all project related documentation
  • Managing scope, cost, schedule and contract deliverables according to the project via different tools
  • Host daily team meetings to get/give updates on the progress of the project, address potential roadblocks, and ensure that the project is on track
  • Procurement ordering, tracking, and coordinating activities with 3rd Parties
  • Produces weekly project status reports
  • Managing the onboarding process of new resources
  • Financial activities related to budgeting, forecasting, cross-charging, invoicing and over/under-spend analysis
  • IT and Consulting services

Project Specialist

Forsta
03.2020 - 09.2022
  • Company Overview: Marketing Research - Looking beyond the voice of the customer to understand their hearts and mind through integrated research solutions
  • Handling SMB projects
  • Complete 100% of projects withing the wave plan structure
  • Responsible for the delivery of quality audit to clients
  • Communication and ensuring timely updates to clients and provide the optimum solution to client's request
  • Attend to inquiries on the delivered report
  • Participating in kick-Off and recap Meetings to improve each project or wave
  • Recruit new partners per project to grow the database and increase coverage
  • Provide clear instructions and active briefing sessions for the recruited partners
  • Establishing good connection to promote a good understanding of the client's needs
  • Delivers top-notch quality data to the client
  • Building Dashboards, Reports and Questionnaires
  • Survey testing (link checking) for logic and text, including formatting; survey look and feel; instructions to be used; Red herring, Speeder and Straight-liner logics function correctly; looking for odd pieces of code/tags; foreign languages match translation files and survey flow remain the same
  • Marketing Research - Looking beyond the voice of the customer to understand their hearts and mind through integrated research solutions

Lead Project Manager

Kantar
05.2017 - 03.2020
  • Company Overview: Marketing Research
  • Successfully managed high volume of projects accounting for $1.2mm in revenue
  • Proactively communicated with internal and external clients, relaying key project milestones and navigating potential hurdles
  • Consistently exceeded client expectations in delivering high-quality market research data and services while staying within budget
  • Managed approximate of 5–10 research projects simultaneously, 20–30 per month, therefore, 240–360 per the calendar year
  • To ease and solve partners' conflict with the organization and to repair the damaged relationship
  • Daily incentive reconciliation for all projects
  • Handled Multi-Market projects
  • Prepared necessary project documentation to meet requirements for each project
  • Prepared and delivered reports requested by clients and management
  • Works withing the budgets set by the Sales team
  • Marketing Research

Fieldwork Manager

Bright Marketing Research
08.2015 - 05.2017
  • Company Overview: Marketing Research
  • Ensure data were error-free and successfully delivered to the client within competitive timeframe
  • To promote good understanding of the designated project with peers
  • Reports directly to the lead project manager
  • Marketing Research

Education

Associate's degree - Computer Science

Academic S.P. Koroliov
09.2007 - 05.2011

Associate's degree - Physical Education Teaching and Coaching - C. O. R. F. I. T Europass certificate supplement

Private Proffesional Sport College "BIO FIT"
09.2016 - 05.2018

Skills

Sense of responsibility

Certification

Certified Project Manager, Project Management Academy, Bulgaria

Timeline

Customer Project Manager

DXC Technology
09.2022 - Current

Project Specialist

Forsta
03.2020 - 09.2022

Lead Project Manager

Kantar
05.2017 - 03.2020

Associate's degree - Physical Education Teaching and Coaching - C. O. R. F. I. T Europass certificate supplement

Private Proffesional Sport College "BIO FIT"
09.2016 - 05.2018

Fieldwork Manager

Bright Marketing Research
08.2015 - 05.2017

Associate's degree - Computer Science

Academic S.P. Koroliov
09.2007 - 05.2011
VLADIMIR HRISTOVProject Manager