George Calin

Contact:

Telephone : (+40) 722 764 836/(+40) 753 568 417
Email : george.calin@gmail.com

EDUCATION:

“Maritime University of Constanta” – Faculty of Maritime Transport, Constanta, graduated in June 2002
- average mark of the study years 9.08/10; graduation mark 10/10
-graduation thesis “The call for reducing costs in the maritime transport. Offshore registration for maritime companies and use of flags of convenience”

“Faculty of Economics” -open distance studies, Department Accounting and Computing, University “Dunarea de Jos” Galati, graduated in February 2005
- graduation mark 9.30/10
- graduation thesis “Management Accounting in the IT environment”

“Faculty of Economics” – Master’s degree in “Accounting Information Systems” , July 2008
-graduation mark 9.5/10
-graduation thesis “Information Systems for Manufacturing Management. Application entity Lacon Electronic Romania”

“Vasile Alecsandri” High School -Galati, Romania, Diploma – June 1997

WORK PLACE:

Project Manager/Logistics – Lacon Electronic Romania, June 2008 – currently

Lacon Electronic Romania is a subsidiary company of Lacon Electronic GmbH Germany. The company produces electronic and electromechanical components for various industries.

Tasks and responsibility:
-designing and controlling the internal Warehouse Management System based on LN SSA 6.0 ERP

-designing, implementing and controlling the Manufacturing Information System based on LN SSA 6.0 ERP ;
-validating the preparation within the Warehouse of Raw-materials Kits for orders planned for Production;
-checking internal activities related to inbound materials and controlling proper ERP recording;
-checking internal activities related to outbound materials (finished goods) and controlling proper ERP recording ;
-carrying out and controlling proper ERP recording for supplementary consumption within the Production processes;
-carrying out and controlling ERP recording of Subcontracted Production activities (Lacon GmbH to Lacon Romania);
-accounting the monthly invoice for Subcontracted activities (Lacon GmbH to Lacon Romania);
-coordinating and checking of activities with the Sales Representatives for the Connectors Distribution Business;
-performing continuous inventory analyses (ABC, value/consumption) , physical stock taking or requesting item’s inventory when necessary;
-scheduling analyses for individual items along with the Procurement Department (Planned Receipts/Purchasing versus Planned Issues/Production Orders);
-performing training for subordinate personnel;
-designing, implementing and improving the IT infrastructure required for the Electrical and Electronic Components Distribution Business ( website, online catalogue for exhibiting products portfolio; online application for a Customer Relationship Management System; search engine promotion)

Reference: www.lacon.de

Manufacturing planning and scheduling coordinator – Lacon Electronic Romania, January – May 2008

Lacon Electronic Romania is a subsidiary company of Lacon Electronic GmbH. The company produces electronic and electromechanical components for the consumer goods industry. The components are not standard products, but specific to fit various client needs, thus , they are not standardly manufactured. The production of the components is largely made in manual labor form, using high precision equipment and devices, as per the specific projects established together with the clients. Reference: www.lacon.de

Tasks and responsibility:
1.Manufacturing planning: implementing a manufacturing work control system; designing a suitable informational workflow within the manufacturing process (specific documents, assigning responsibilities and feedback) altogether with the implementation of a local software manufacturing module/WinMENTOR ; maintaining on-line process communication with Lacon GmbH pertaining projects, resources, timeline, client’s specifications; assigning resources, time for the proper accomplishment of projects; acquiring data for analyses ( productivity, costs, timing); invoicing lohn manufacturing activity

2.Connectors distribution business: addressing customers’ individual orders ; invoicing; situation analysis (market demographics, trends, product offering, competition analysis), strategy phrasing, competitive assets (delivery terms, price, quality), positioning , contingency planning, controlling, implemented a Content Management System suitable for dynamic content, an online catalogue, statistics and allowing extensions (deployment of Joomla! 1.5.3 with Virtuemart 1.1.0 extension), implemented SugarCRM as customer relationship management tool.

Distributed brands: binder, COOPER tools, Weller, HARTING, Helmholz, INTERCONTEC, NMB, MPE GARRY, PEPPERL+FUCHS, PROVERTHA, Rexroth, Rockwell Automation, SCHAFFNER, SCHMERSAL, SICK, tyco Electronics, WAGO, Weidmuller

Marketing manager – D&D Cosmetics Romania, July – December 2007

The company’s offering comprises a range of professional cosmetic products, with point on anti-aging and anti-wrinkle products. The presented brands are Jeunesse, Danielle Laroche and Organix, produced by B4You Israel reference http://www.b4you.co.il/

The company addresses to both, beauty salons/Romanian pharmacy shop chains and direct sales through its e-shop

Tasks and responsibility:
communicating with pharmacies, individual and as a whole chain, addressing promotional campaigns ( structuring, target, content), formulating orders/ sales reports for specific periods, interpreting orders/sales reports, tracking orders, collaborating with the accounting department upon the invoicing and product inventory, organizing the company’s participation at exhibitions (logistics, contracting, selecting and inviting potential business parteners and cosmeticians), monitoring the updating of the website, addressing the online audience, supervising sales representatives, assisting sales representatives

Reference: www.jeunesse.ro

Maritime Transport Field

Carisbrooke Shipping LTD. – United Kingdom , MV Vanessa-C, March- September 2003

Position : AB/deck cadet

Vessel’s details: year built 2003, type general cargo, flag UK, deadwight 10500 dwt, gross tonnage 7621 to, engine power 4320 kW, vessel trade world wide

Other: PC applications made onboard for nautical charts organization (stand alone, Access .mdb database), stores room information (stand alone, Access .mdb database).

Leechcroft Investment Ltd. – Gibraltar, MV Vinlandia, December 2005 – March 2006

Position: 2nd Mate

Vessels details: year built 1979/1996, type alimentary tanker, flag Panama, deadweight 3847 dwt, gross tonnage 2808 to, engine power 3600 HP, vessel trade world wide

Duties: master’s representative, watchkeeping, navigation, radiocommunications according on GMDSS, pollution prevention, reporting and emergency situations response, ISM documentation onboard

Maersk Marine Services- London, United Kingdom, MV Maersk Bristol, June – November 2006

Position: 3rd Mate

Vessel’s details: year built 2005, type oil and chemical tanker, flag UK, deadweight 29 000 dwt, gross tonnage 19758 to, engine power 7150 KW, vessel trade world wide

Duties: master’s representative, compliance with master’s orders and company regulations, watchkeeping, navigation, cargo watch, navigational equipment daily checks, radiocommunications according on GMDSS, life saving appliances documentation and maintenance, pollution prevention, reporting and emergency situations response, maintaining of the Maersk Ships Performance Programme

Maersk Marine Services – Newcastle upon Tyne , United Kingdom, MV Maersk Belfast, January – March 2007

Position: 3rd Mate

Vessel’s details: year built 2005, type oil and chemical tanker, flag UK, deadweight 29 000 dwt, gross tonnage 19758 to, engine power 7150 KW, vessel trade world wide

Duties: master’s representative, watchkeeping, navigation, cargo watch, navigational equipment daily checks, radiocommunications according on GMDSS, life saving appliances and fire fighting equipment documentation and maintenance, pollution prevention, reporting and emergency situations response

Freelance work - Romania, web designer, October 2003 – August 2004

Abilities: mark-up languages HTML, CSS ; raster graphics Adobe Photoshop; client-side scripting Javascript (generally); server-side scripting PHP (generally); web usability , graphic user interfaces terms; miscellaneous 3d rendering Terragen

Method: online bidding

Projects: website design, implementing open-source server-side scripts based on php/mysql technology

Sample portfolio: http://cgeorge.deviantart.com

Graphical User Interface consultant - Advanced Field Solutions, Dublin, Ireland, September 2004

The company provides a GPRS based solution for companies with service engineers which eliminates the use of paper, controls costs and permits savings in expenditures (on variables as Monthly Expenses Associated With Mobile Engineers; Time Spent on Administration Associated With Mobile Engineers ).

Implementation hardware O2 XDA 2 Pocket PC , operating system Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 SE, Handwriting recognition. The solution offers the ability to invoice as soon as a signature is captured on the screen and received instantly at the head office.

Implementation software Microsoft ASP/MSSQL and Internet technologies, three tiers application ( customers/subscribers, company’s administration, engineers on the field)

Reference: www.advancedfieldsolutions.com

Tasks and responsibility: part of the rebranding team for the product as a GUI consultant

Superintendent – Unicom Holding S.A., Bucharest, Romania, May –July 2005

The company provides bunkering services in Constanta, Galati and Turnu Severin ports covering also Agigea, the southern part of the Constanta seaport, the docks of the Midia seaport, being able to deliver both inside the docks and within the harbour (out of port limits). Its fleet comprises six bunkering tank type vessels, three tank barges, a river tug.

Reference: www.unicom-group.ro

Tasks and responsibility:
1.collaborating with the commercial department, technical operation of the fleet, maintaining technical availability of vessels for their commercial schedule
2. personnel responsibilities on checking the availability of certificates, on pollution prevention, firefighting and personal safety inventory, instructing

3.creating and maintaining a computer system to keep a record on vessels’ movement/fuel status/costing associated.

Reasons for signing off: the amount of salary over the living expenditure


ABILITIES:

PC literacy
1. OSs: Windows 95/98 , Windows NT/2000/XP
2. office applications: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint
3. databases: MS Access;
4. languages: HTML, CSS, Javascript (generally)
5. graphics raster Adobe Photoshop, vector Adobe Illustrator
6. project planning tools: MS Project
7. Web Content Management Systems: Joomla!, Drupal, WordPress
8. Manufacturing management software (inventory, costing, manufacturing planning, clients, suppliers, lists and reports): WinMENTOR
9. Enterprise Resource Planning literacy : LN SSA 6.0/BAAN 6.0

Determined, able to work within deadlines, autodidact, communicative, goal-oriented

SPOKEN LANGUAGES:
English (fluent)
French (conversational)
German (beginner)

MISCELLANEOUS DATA

Marine Courses Attended/Certifications available:

1. Maritime English, Problems of communication in human relationships, date attended 04/2005, Romanian Maritime Training Centre, Constanta, Romania

2. Ship Security Officer, date attended 05/2004, Romanian Maritime Training Centre, Constanta, Romania

3. Transport and Handling of Dangerous, Hazardous and Harmful Cargoes, date attended 04/2004, Romanian Maritime Training Centre, Romania

4. Advanced FireFighting, date attended 04/2005, Romanian Maritime Training Centre, Constanta, Romania

5. Personal Safety and Social Responsibilities Onboard Ships, date attended 04/2004, Romanian Maritime Training Centre, Constanta, Romania

6. General Operator’s Certificate for the Maritime Mobile Service and Maritime Mobile- Satellite Service, date attended 03/2005, available till 03/2010, Romanian Maritime Training Centre, Constanta, Romania

7. Medical First Aid, date attended 04/2005, Romanian Maritime Training Centre, Constanta, Romania

8. Radar Navigation, Radar Plotting and Use of ARPA, date attended 03/2005, Romanian Maritime Training Centre, Constanta, Romania

9. Prevention of Pollution of the Marine Environment , MARPOL 73/78, date attended 04/2005, Romanian Maritime Training Centre, Constanta, Romania

10. Personal Survival Techniques, date attended 04/2005, Romanian Maritime Training Centre, Constanta

11. Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats, other than Fast Rescue Boats, date attended 04/2005, Romanian Maritime Training Centre, Constanta, Romania

12. Proficiency in Crowd Management on RO-RO Passenger Ships/Passenger Ships other than RO-RO Ships
Ships familiarization training on: RO-RO Passenger Ships/Passenger Ships other than RO-RO Passenger Ships
Safety Training for Personnel providing direct service to passengers in passenger spaces on :RO-RO Passenger Ships/Passenger Ships other than RO-RO Passenger Ships
Proficiency in: passenger safety, cargo safety, hull integrity, passenger safety on RO-RO Passenger Ships/Passenger Ships other than RO-RO Passenger Ships
Proficiency in Crisis Management and Human Behaviour on: RO-RO Passenger Ships/Passenger Ships other than RO-RO Passenger Ships
Date attended 04/2002, Romanian Maritime Training Centre, Constanta, Romania

13. Tanker Familiarization, date attended 09/2002, Romanian Maritime Training Centre, Constanta, Romania

14. Specialized Training for Liquefied Gas Tankers, date attended 09/2002, Romanian Maritime Training Centre, Constanta, Romania

15. Specialized Training for Chemical Tankers, date attended 11/2006, Romanian Maritime Training Centre, Constanta, Romania

16. Specialized Training for Oil Tankers, date attended 12/2006, Romanian Maritime Training Centre, Constanta, Romania

17. Operational use of Electronic Chart Display and Information System, date attended 12/2006, Romanian Maritime Training Centre, Constanta, Romania

18. Quality Systems. Internal Quality System Auditor Training, date attended 06/2008, Tornado Systems, Galati , Romania