
Melinda Smocov
@melindasmocov
I lead SaaS renewals teams and grow revenue through customer retention, sales, and operational discipline.
What I'm looking for
I lead the People Division Renewals Team at The Access Group, building a newly formed team around customer outcomes, operational discipline, stakeholder alignment, and scalable ways of working.
Previously, I led DACH renewals at Aurea Software, growing my $3.5M book to $5M annually and helping a team manage $15M in revenue. Across sales, procurement, and finance operations, I've delivered savings, improved booking accuracy, strengthened retention, and built client relationships over 15+ years in sales.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Leading a newly formed team within the People Software division, focused on customer outcomes, operational discipline, team development, stakeholder alignment, and scalable ways of working.
Contract-based renewals, customer lifecycle support, account administration, Salesforce hygiene, and commercial operations support.
Brought booking process up to date - payments were delayed by 4 months at the time I was hired.
Designed and implemented companywide Purchasing Process.
Supervised and ensured the efficient and accurate processing of invoices, timely payments to vendors, compliance with financial policies and regulations, and overall improvement of the process.
Cost savings and streamlining on-time payments.
UBS is the largest privately-owned bank in the world.
Processed RFx, eAuctions, market tenders.
Evaluated and determined supplier selection.
Negotiated deals to achieve optimal commercial, specification, compliance and contractual outcomes.
Managed EUR 5 million in spend coverage, achieving EUR 500,000 in cost savings (10% reduction).
Concluded over 50 contracts with 100% compliance to UBS st
Software: Salesforce, SalesLoft, Outreach.io, Chorus.ai, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, O365, MS Office, Tableau
Manage B2B and B2C sales and renewals start of business to renewal.
Coach, train, manage team of 7 Acct Mgrs.
Personal book of business of $3.5 M expanded $5M annually (43% growth in personal sales)
My team managed $15M in revenue and achieved a 10% increase in total sales ($1.5M annually)
Senior Orders-to-Cash Analyst with German (remote)
Nov 2016 - Dec 2018 (2 years 1 month)
Software: Salesforce, Ariba, NetSuite, O365, MS Office / MS Excel/ MS Word/ MS PowerPoint, Tableau, SmartSheets, Skype, Slack
Supported the Sales team with quote creation and routing order forms (AdobeSign, DocuSign) on 5 different verticals.
Processed and validated over 200 deals per month, achieving a 15% improvement in booking accuracy.
Reconciled €25 million in ARR between Salesforce and Ne
Software:Salesforce, Ariba, NetSuite, O365, MS Office / MS Excel/ MS Word/ MS PowerPoint, Intacct, SmartSheets, Skype, Slack
Recovered 85% of overdue accounts, successfully collecting upward of $1.2M in outstanding payments over 14 months.
Reduced delinquent account balances by 20%, enhancing cash flow while retaining 90% of customers through effective negotiations
Maintained and monitored a re
Sold artwork to 2,600 - 3,400 NEW faces every WEEK.
Designed and operated retail art gallery and sales team on board cruise ships.
Actively participated in developing art programs through art auctions, lectures, presentations, gallery exhibitions, and other events with the end purpose of overachieving sales targets.
Implemented effective and efficient strategies to resolve logistics and stock
Procurement and Financial Controller with German
Jul 2010 - Nov 2011 (1 year 4 months)
Worked as Procurement and Financial Controller with German at Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise.
Worked as Orders Manager with German at Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise.
Front Desk Agent (exchange student B1 Visa)
May 2007 - Jun 2009 (2 years 1 month)
Worked as Front Desk Agent (exchange student B1 Visa) at Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts.
Worked as Customer Care Agent at Orange Romania.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Customer Service: Problem-Solving and Troubleshooting
Issued Dec 2023
Customer Service Foundations
Issued Dec 2023
„Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University
Master’s Degree, Business Administration and Management, General
2008 - 2010
„Tibiscus” University of Timisoara
Bachelor’s Degree, Philology/Modern Languages Applied to Translation and Interpreting
2004 - 2008
Universitatea „Tibiscus” din Timișoara
Counseling Psychology
2002 - 2006
Liceul de Informatica "Grigore Moisil" Timisoara
Information Technology
1998 - 2002
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