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Volunteer Experience
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Aikaterini Lianou

Athens

Summary

Project Management Professional, PMP certified, with multi-national experience in designing, implementing, and delivering complex B2B projects. Effective team leader and qualified user of state-of-the-art technologies, with a proven ability to achieve business goals. Hands-on experience in the areas of customer care, operations, new product launch, quality management, and business process reengineering.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Project Manager Team Leader

PeopleCert
12.2022 - Current
  • Managed end-to-end project lifecycles, emphasizing best practices for success
  • Provided visibility at project, program, and functional levels, adapting to changing demands
  • Efficiently allocated resources, ensuring timely progress monitoring
  • Enabled informed decision-making for sponsors and stakeholders
  • Focused on trust, open communication, and creative thinking in team leadership
  • Celebrated team accomplishments and encouraged knowledge transfer for continuous improvement
  • Assumed customer-centric approach for global operations across multiple time zones.

Business Process Reengineering (BPR)

Inform P. Lykos S.A
01.2017 - 11.2022
  • Managed ISO 9001 Quality Management System
  • Handled customer complaints and internal quality issues, including audits
  • Presented Quality Reports and proposed improvements to top management
  • Led business transfer of 40 customer contracts, guiding a team of 25
  • Oversaw transition of jobs and proposed process automation
  • Managed a real-time Envelope Tracking System, reducing claims through quality control
  • Coordinated banking projects, defining project scope and product specifications.

Project Managers Team Leader

Inform P. Lykos SA
11.2012 - 01.2017
  • Set clear goals, tasks, and deadlines for a team of 10 Project Managers
  • Improved department operation, reducing quality problems by 30%
  • Evaluated team performance and reported to senior management
  • Organized a 3-day event attended by top market executives
  • Developed in-house training programs for Project Management Team.

Project Manager, Administrative Sales Support

Inform P. Lykos S.A
07.2005 - 11.2012
    • Defined project scope and quality requirements, ensuring on-time delivery
    • Monitored project progress, scheduled phases, and managed change requests
    • Reported and communicated project progress with stakeholders
    • Provided administrative support to Account Managers during client tenders.

Administrative Sales Support, Card Processing Dept

Inform P. Lykos S.A
09.2001 - 07.2005
    • Managed phone and email correspondence and handled incoming and outgoing mail and faxes.
    • Interacted with vendors, contractors and professional services personnel to receive orders, direct activities, and communicate instructions.

Personal Assistant to Production Manager

Inform P. Lykos S.A
11.1999 - 09.2001

Education

Master of Science - Information Technology

Metropolitan College (University of East London)
Athens, Greece
06.2021

MBA - Business Administration

Hellenic Open University
Patras, Greece
11.2016

Bachelor - Marketing and Advertising

Technological Educational Institute
Athens, Greece
06.2005

Finance & Administration

Perantonis Technical Vocational School
Athens, Greece
01.1998

Skills

Soft Skills

  • Strong Organizational Abilities
  • Building Rapport with Coworkers
  • Results-Driven & Problem-Solving Skills
  • Verbal and Written Communication Skills

Software Skills

  • MS Office (ECDL Core)
  • Wrike
  • Monday
  • MS Project
  • Visio
  • SAP 47

Certification

  • PRINCE2® 7th Edition Practitioner in Project Management /2023
  • ITIL® 4 Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management/2023
  • ISO 9001:2015 Internal Auditor, TÜV Austria Academy/ 2021
  • Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute/ 2018

Languages

Greek
Native language
English
Proficient
C2
Italian
Intermediate
B1

Volunteer Experience

Volunteer in Event Crowd Management – Special Olympics “Athens 2011”

Timeline

Project Manager Team Leader

PeopleCert
12.2022 - Current

Business Process Reengineering (BPR)

Inform P. Lykos S.A
01.2017 - 11.2022

Project Managers Team Leader

Inform P. Lykos SA
11.2012 - 01.2017

Project Manager, Administrative Sales Support

Inform P. Lykos S.A
07.2005 - 11.2012

Administrative Sales Support, Card Processing Dept

Inform P. Lykos S.A
09.2001 - 07.2005

Personal Assistant to Production Manager

Inform P. Lykos S.A
11.1999 - 09.2001

Master of Science - Information Technology

Metropolitan College (University of East London)

MBA - Business Administration

Hellenic Open University

Bachelor - Marketing and Advertising

Technological Educational Institute

Finance & Administration

Perantonis Technical Vocational School
Aikaterini Lianou