Agnieszka Napierala

United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (ONUCI)

- Provided technical assistance to the Independent Electoral Commissions (IEC) in all stages of Legislative Elections Dec 2011
- Supported the national electoral management body in planning, monitoring and evaluation with utmost success
- Provided feedback on the electoral process and the political context
- Produced reports and provided recommendations to the regional coordinator
- Social liaison with the local actors, representatives of the IEC, political parties and Civil Society
- Successfully deployed the International Electoral Observers including Military Observers

- Ensured management of the section dealing with good governance and effective management; ethical fundraising and multi-stakeholder engagement
- Participated in 30th International Council Meeting, August 2011, Netherlands
- Worked mainly on AI projects in ex USSR, Middle East and African Countries
- Organized workshops for Teaching Principles enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Campaigning, lobbying

- Initiated and organized a mission for a group of volunteers
- Organized training for micro- companies to use modern tools for enhancing their business
- Organized multiple workshops on Human Rights including Women and Minority Rights, Child Abuse etc
- Assisted in completion of a Community Centre for 300 people constructed with an expenditure of approximately EUR 100,000 by fund raising from private donors

- Contributed to new EU framework for research and innovation
- Worked on development of EU principles for financial instruments
- Developed financial products and new legal bases for EC programmes
- Prepared, negotiated and drafted contracts between the EC and the EIF for financial instruments (overall budget EUR 1,2 bn year 2007 - 2013)
- Reviewed and processed proposals for financing and prepared recommendations to senior management
- Reviewed programme deliverables, analysed their implementation reports so as to propose improvements
- Performed quality control and developed new internal procedures
- Ensured investments follow-up and budget follow-up
- Monitored EIF procedures, participated in on-site visits and prepared reports
- Prepared/ delivered briefings and position papers to senior management
- Dealt with contractors assigned as external evaluators
- Liaised with EIF, other EC services & Directorates-General and external bodies
- Liaison officer for environmental technologies and EU Environmental Technologies Action Plan (ETAP) forum active advisory member
- Trained newcomers and trainees

International Brand Manager – Kiwi
- Defined global merchandising strategy
- Contributed to new product development
- Developed packaging
- Liaised with European subsidiaries and helped them deploying International Merchandising Projects
- Gathered and analysed international market data with recommendations

National Merchandising Manager
- Defined national merchandising policy & ensured its application
- Developed and recommended merchandising projects for categories of products
- Developed Point-of-Sale materials, followed by inventory & budget management
- Followed up competitors assortment & merchandising recommendations to senior management for updating their merchandising policy
- Developed transversal merchandising tools for the sales force & Customer Marketing Development

- Given responsibility of interaction with the sales force
- Applied, followed-up & analysed Trade Marketing Operations
- Monitored supermarkets' sales & chains' "4Ps"

- Analyzed the market, quantitative merchandising results and other market data
- Developed merchandising plans for category products by using commercial softwares like Spaceman Merchandiser – Nielsen for supermarket chains