Pärtel Tomberg

4 years of managerial experience in various areas, such as logistics, IT, procurement, personnel management, outsourcing, consulting, business start-ups and sales.
Managed business projects in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland and partly in Russia.
Managed vendors in Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia.
Experience in strategic planning and setting up risk-sharing partnerships.
Experience in developing and setting up new services and technologies.
Experience working with large scale systems – as a mediator between top management and technical staff - integration and implementations projects.
Helped different business units articulate project vision and strategy, allocate resources, and evaluate vendors; documenting workflows, business requirements, functional and technical specifications; and overseeing quality assurance testing.
Regular interaction with senior management – leading negotiations, giving presentations on business strategy and status.
Author of the chapter Outsourcing Contracts in Logistics Handbook published by Äripäeva Kirjastus (part of the The Bonnier Group).

Employer:	Smartpost OÜ
Position:	Global Sales Director (North and South America)
Time period:	March 2008 - Present
Description:	Developing market entry strategies of a industrial technology start-up for the North and South American markets.

Employer:	Tomberg Management & Consulting Group OÜ
Position:	Founder & Director
Time period:	August 2007 - Present
Description:	Responsibilities: Managing the company and all of its business operations. Consulting companies with whom I had previously worked in partnership with at Quelle. Writing business plans and finding investors for various Estonian-based technology and web start-ups.

Employer:	Dreamcom OÜ
Position:	Project Manager (Consultant)
Time period:	December 2006 - February 2007
Description:	Responsibilities: Preparing company for IT-sector market entries in other European countries. Strategic planning: Prepared business models and management structures for new market entries.

Employer:	International Trade Invest OÜ
Position:	Market Entry Strategiest (Consultant)
Time period:	April 2006 - September 2006
Description:	Responsibilities: Consulting a fashion wholesale start-up on business start-up, product pricing, logistics and management. Leading sales and contract negotiations with key customers. Business start-up: Managed to win the company exclusive rights in the Baltic region for fashion brands Rocawear and Southpole. Sales: Lead negotiations with different retail-companies in the Baltic states; managed to get both brands into shops in all the three countries.

Employer:	Motion Productions OÜ
Position:	Founder & Board Member
Time period:	January 2006 - April 2006
Description:	Responsibilities: Business start-up; customer relationship management.

Employer:	Quelle OÜ
Position:	Logistics Manager
Time period:	July 2004 - August 2007
Description:	Responsibilities: Strategic and operational management and development of the supply-chain of 4 different distant sales companies in 4 countries (yearly logistics budget under my management was around €4 million); broadening the product range; setting up strategic partnerships with different vendors; administrating legislative reports. Logistics: Designing and managing the work processes of the warehouse-terminal (managing processes, personnel of 60 people and inventory); managed the international and domestic distribution network; consolidated logistics processes and service providers; designed and opened a new logistics centre (nominee for the logistics achievement of the year 2005 award). IT: Analysed different business processes in the company and prepared software specifications for programmers; analysed the IT-systems of vendors for system integration needs (track & trace systems); developed ERP & WMS software. Outsourcing: Helped to outsource the IT front-office to a vendor in Czech Republic; outsourced the entire supply-chain: local logistics operations (warehousing (previously 6600 m2), terminal services, picking & packing) and transportation management to vendors in Estonia, Finland and Czech Republic (nominee of logistics achievement of the year 2007 award). Sales: Opened an outlet store "Discounter"; formed business relations with various wholesalers; developed a procurement department independent from the German headquarters (risk sharing partnership models). Sector development: Developed distribution networks in Estonia, Latvia and Finland in co-operation with vendors; started a B2C courier service in co-operation with a vendor (new service on the Estonian market); pressured a vendor to set up Automated Parcel Terminal network (test-run in November 2007); set up plant delivery system in partnership with Bakker Hillegom B.V. (Netherlands).

Employer:	Umbro.Com Limited
Position:	Editor
Time period:	April 2002 - October 2002
Description:	Responsibilities: Providing daily information on Estonian football and its top-stories; reporting from matches.

Employer:	Inrestauraator Projekt OÜ,
Position:	Data Entry Operator
Time period:	January 2001 - December 2004
Description:	Architecture firm. Responsibilities: Helping the head-architect form the documents needed for publishing the blueprints.

University:	Oxford Brookes University
Time period:	2007 - Present
Degree:	International Business Management & Finance , BA

Articles:	I have often been cited in Estonia’s biggest business newspaper Äripäev (part of the Bonnier Group) as a leading logistics specialist.
Books:	Author of the chapter Outsourcing Contracts in Logistics Handbook published by Estonia’s key business literature publisher Äripäeva Kirjastus (part of the Bonnier Group)

Clubs:	Oxford Entrepreneurs, Estonian Liberal Party
Awards:	My work has been nominated for the best logistics achievement of the year award in 2005 and in 2007