Žan Aleksander Božič

Experience

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  PartyCon

  Oct 2014 - Sept 2016

  Event Organiser

  My high school project where I organised a series of 3 events for underaged high school students to go out in a safe and controlled environment and not be on the streets. The events held 600-1000 people, each. For each event, I had to negotiate a venue price, a security team and on event animations. I also had to manage a promotor team for ticket distribution where we sold over 1500 tickets.

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  CDE nove tehnologije d.o.o.

  Jul 2015 - Aug 2015

  Back Office Employee
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  Grem! App

  Jul 2017 - Nov 2020

  Founder

  Grem (English translation: I Go) is a platform that digitalises how event sponsorships work. We partner up with numerous bars and restaurants which we use to distribute promotional - free - sponsored products to create a first interaction between the sponsor (brand) and the consumer. Through an app, we build up a base of consumers through the mentioned interactions and convert them into promotional event attendees. Through the app, we guide the attendees through the - at the event - sponsorship points and increase the success of the sponsorship campaign.As the CEO, I am responsible for a team of 7 people that make Grem what it is. As a manager, I believe that the team and the relationships within the team are the keys to success and therefore I emphasize a lot on it. Furthermore, I am responsible for talking to our customers and making sure that we build a product that solves their problems and that they love to use.Building a B2C2B business has challenged me to understand the difference between selling to consumers and to businesses. Our app is built for consumers that attend events and go out. However, our business model is selling to businesses and solving their real problems in order to enable monetisation. This showed me the big differences in the B2C sales cycle and the B2B sales cycle. Our solution is also a tech-based solution and throughout the 2-year development of our product, I have learned many aspects of what it takes to develop a platform - form the financial challenges, development challenges to team coordination challenges.Additionally, I also play the role of the CFO. I have learned the aspects of project financing, as well as management of funds for a project and seeking funds. Further, I have learned what it takes to develop a working business model that does not just solve a problem but actually creates a sustainably profitable business. Show less

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  Knauf Insulation

  May 2020 - now

  • Marketing & Strategy Manager

    Oct 2023 - now

  • Project Management Officer Systems Division

    Oct 2022 - Dec 2023

  • Project Manager

    Apr 2022 - Dec 2023

  • Sustainability Business Analyst Intern

    May 2020 - Apr 2022
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  Tata Consultancy Services

  Sept 2020 - Jul 2021

  Junior Project Manager

  Worked closely with IT teams to help clients be leaders in IT solutions.Responsibilities:- analysed an internal business process' issues- designed and proposed a solution- conducted an IT resource assessment to build the solution- pitch project plan and received approval for needed resources- managed a team of 3 developers- met the 3-month development timeline for pilots- conducted pilots which showed 20-50% business process improvement