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Zuzana Hribova

Zuzana Hribova

Regional Safety And Security Manager, EMEA

Summary

I am a self-motivated, driven professional. I am known for my commitment to integrity, team development, and ability to balance delivering the best results while maintaining a strategic focus. My career is highlighted with the ability to successfully perform in a fast-paced, high demand, agile environment.

With experience leading a variety of complex programs and projects, I am adept at defining success factors for both the project and team and ensuring satisfactory delivery. I am known as a collaborator and effective communicator. I most enjoy creating an atmosphere of support and success among my team members.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Regional Safety and Security Manager

Red Hat Czech
08.2020 - Current
  • Develop, implement, and manage the strategic and tactical planning for EMEA's security and safety services.
  • Provide regional S+S leadership to the sites and establishes the region's S+S business plan.
  • Develop, plan, and organise regional S+S activities and ensures actions comply with regulatory requirements.
  • Develop and manage business critical projects and programs with significant financial/legal impact on a regional level.
  • Develop documents standards for measuring efficiency and effectiveness of S+S operations.
  • Brief senior and executive management on status of security issues.
    Plans, develops and implements procedures to obtain, maintain, secure, analyse, account for, and provide information from S+S assessments.
  • Maintain close relationships with high-level law enforcement, authorities having jurisdiction, emergency management, intelligence and private sector counterparts to include in-country security and international security agencies.
  • Plan and direct S+S protection plans through guideline/standard development, analysis, design, and project management.
  • Utilize analytic skills and resources to identify trends and activities enabling the Company to quantify security risks and then implement the necessary countermeasures.
  • Create and modify as necessary, documentation relative to physical security vulnerability assessments (examples: security surveys; vulnerability analyses; technical security reviews; lighting and CPTED evaluations; and similar), and the Company's written Security Program and security projects (guidelines and protocols; cost benefit analyses; root cause analyses; lessons learned; system and countermeasure upgrade project plans and budgets; regulatory and audit responses; Board Reports; and Basis of Design).
  • Coordinate with internal departments, i.e., IT, Telephony, Real Estate and Facilities Operations, as well as other partners to ensure system applications requirements are met.
  • Manage a team of security personnel, providing regular training for improved performance and professional growth.

Office Manager

Red Hat Czech
02.2017 - 07.2020
  • primary escalation point for problems and concerns among associates and suppliers. Promoted an open atmosphere for sharing and processing all feedback and developing creative solutions to improve delivery and enhance the associate experience
  • developed an effective budget process for the Brno Office, ensuring integrity in budget creation, review of expenditures, and the approval process
  • ensured effective engagement between property management and suppliers to quickly resolve and repair office maintenance issues
  • managed a variety of office projects and enhancements
  • leading workplace health, safety, and environment initiatives for the local office, implementing global and regional programs as mandated by local regulations
  • with a focus on associate and business support, I ensured effective working space for associates by regularly inspecting office and meeting rooms and being available to resolve any issues
  • negotiating directly with local vendors to provide services and supplies to the office and ensure they meet agreed SLAs and KPIs
  • promoted associate engagement by supporting, hosting and promoting various activities and events. This often required coordinating communications with associate teams, partners, and external providers
  • to ensure effective service delivery, process continuity and capturing of business metrics, promoted the use of internal ticket placement among team and associates
  • acted as escalation point for employees requests and vendor issue
  • team lead for 6 associates with a strong focus on personnel development and results oriented delivery of organizational initiative
  • leading the implementation of Global Workplace Solutions initiatives for local office, including global and regional programs as mandated by policy or local regulations
  • regional focal point for all EMEA, supporting Red Hat Safety and Security initiatives. Regularly promoted events and hosted training designed to promote associate safety and business resilience.

General Affairs Senior Specialist

HTC RC Czech
05.2015 - 12.2015

• responsibility for the office refurbishment – planning, budgeting, negotiating with vendors supplier relationship management - contact point for vendors and the landlord – negotiations of contracts, coordination and supervision of works
• organization of corporate travel plans for all employees, coordination of visits to the office settlement of air ticket payment, travel insurance, car rentals
• negotiating terms and conditions with hotels, travel agencies
• cafeteria supplier management
• office renovation/changing office lay-out, office furniture and equipment procurement
• managing company apartment leases, securing, renewing and terminating apartment leases
• company mobile services deployment
• managing sufficient supplies, PO process, payment settlements

Office Manager

Sysmex
07.2008 - 08.2014

• office related administrative support to all departments
• office policy updates and their implementation
• cooperation with the site landlord on issues regarding repairs and preventive maintenance
• management of health and safety trainings, engagement into revisions set by law
• event management – training, conference and event organization - for guests or employees, across CZ and Europe
• vendor management - supplier selection process on a yearly basis
• purchase of office supplies, management of storages, stock review
• tender and eAuction management - performing an initial review of tender documents to establish the scope of work and tender schedule, creating qualifications documents, cooperation with relevant offices and law agencies, tender submissions, post - submittal clarification
• negotiating terms and conditions with hotels, travel agencies, establishing corporate contract terms
• assisting on ISO 9001 quality system implementation

Executive Assistant to the Managing Director

Sysmex
01.2008 - 06.2008

• managing day-to-day operations of the office
• property management - responsible for workplace safety, correct disposal of hazardous waste
• fleet and leases management
• training, conference and event organization
• organizing and maintaining files and records
• planning and scheduling meetings, appointments, flights and accommodation for the managing director
• managing projects and creating reports

Billing Representative

Symbol Technologies Inc
09.2006 - 01.2008
  • invoicing, accounts creation and management in SAP
  • responsible for evaluation, analyzing and verifying dates of service and billed amounts
  • Identified, researched, and resolved billing variances to maintain system accuracy and currency
  • customer care - corresponding with customers to resolve billing issues and queries


Education

Bachelor of Arts - Law And Business Management

Nottingham Trent University
Brno, Czechia
04.2001 -

Skills

Safety and security procedures

Team Management

Project Management

Task prioritization

Project tracking

Compliance Management

Cross-functional collaboration

Emergency Response and Management

Reporting

Security audits

Physical Security

Incident Reports

Security Procedure Implementation

Budgeting

Timeline

Regional Safety and Security Manager

Red Hat Czech
08.2020 - Current

Office Manager

Red Hat Czech
02.2017 - 07.2020

General Affairs Senior Specialist

HTC RC Czech
05.2015 - 12.2015

Office Manager

Sysmex
07.2008 - 08.2014

Executive Assistant to the Managing Director

Sysmex
01.2008 - 06.2008

Billing Representative

Symbol Technologies Inc
09.2006 - 01.2008

Bachelor of Arts - Law And Business Management

Nottingham Trent University
04.2001 -
Zuzana HribovaRegional Safety And Security Manager, EMEA