Justinas Bambalas

Experience

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  Abercrombie & Fitch

  Jul 2011 - May 2013

  Impact team member

  - Gained invaluable customer service, store stock management and general retail business experience- Provided sales-oriented and high standards customer service

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  Aston University

  May 2012 - May 2013

  Chairman of the Basketball Club

  - Ensured efficient communication and organization with the leagues, more than 60 club members, university officers and managed the club's budget- Successfully used my negotiation skills to secure the highest in club’s history sponsorship from university- Used my initiative, engaging team management and creative thinking during the Fresher’s Fair, which resulted in the largest ever club’s budget generated from the new memberships.

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  PricewaterhouseCoopers

  Jul 2013 - Jan 2014

  Management Consultant

  - Built the foundation of a structured, analytical, data-driven approach towards many different projects

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  Manodaktaras.lt

  Feb 2014 - Sept 2014

  Business Development Manager

  - Business development: led the SaaS sales in B2B. Key market- private health sector.- Product management: was the key person initiating and overseeing product improvement and development- Team build-up: hired, trained and led a new sales team. Start-up environment made it highly important to train young sales people and interns efficiently and correctly.

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  Kesko Senukai Digital

  Feb 2015 - Sept 2015

  Assistant eCommerce Project Manager

  - Agile project management, assisting the CMO and CTO with all tasks related to reshaping one of the largest retailers in Lithuania eCommerce platform.- Team build-up: selecting and developing content creation team. - Customer support and coaching: ran a thorough comparative analysis, implemented new customer service tool and trained the Customer Support department

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  Darnu Group

  Jan 2016 - Sept 2019

  Retail and Property Manager

  - Negotiation: extensive long-term&high value contracts negotiation with C-level executives- Leading infrastructure changes that resulted in significantly optimized sales processes and completely revised partner management approach- Project management: business center development project management (budgets, deadlines, expectations, stakeholders)

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  Vinted / Kleiderkreisel

  Oct 2019 - Sept 2021

  - Team transformation into individual owners - Responsible for the global operations including launching and managing partner sites- Leading strategic negotiations with the partners' senior leadership- Key responsible for the vendor composition strategy creation and implementation- Driving the pipeline of the ROI improvement initiatives in vendor operations- Owning the team's transformation to data analytics

  • Manager, Outsourcing operations

    May 2021 - Sept 2021

  • Vendor Manager, Outsourcing Operations

    Oct 2019 - May 2021
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  Bolt

  Sept 2021 - now

  Regional Manager overseeing strategy, growth, and profitability across multiple markets, leading a diverse team of 100+ to achieve operational excellence, efficient growth, and sustainable success. Responsible for setting strategy, managing P&L, and building world-class local teams. Ownership of P&L & delivery business growth strategy

  • Regional Manager (CEE, Malta, Baltics) Bolt Food

    Sept 2024 - now

  • Regional Manager Bolt Food

    May 2023 - Dec 2024

  • Country Manager Lithuania and Latvia (interim)

    Feb 2023 - May 2023

  • Country Manager

    Mar 2022 - Mar 2023

  • Operations Manager - Bolt Food

    Sept 2021 - Mar 2022